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Richard Rowland Kirkland (August 1843 – September 20, 1863), known as "The Angel of Marye's Heights", was a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War, noted by both sides for his bravery and the story of his humanitarian actions during the Battle of Fredericksburg. Monument depicting Kirkland giving water to wounded Union troops at ...
The Killer Angels is a 1974 historical novel by Michael Shaara that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975.The book depicts the three days of the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War, and the days leading up to it: June 29, 1863, as the troops of both the Union and the Confederacy move into battle around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and July 1, July 2, and ...
Confederate States Army. Years of service. 1862–1864. Battles/wars. American Civil War. Franklin–Nashville campaign. Battle of Johnsonville. John W. "Jack" Hinson, nicknamed "Old Jack" (c. 1807 – 28 April 1874) was a farmer in Stewart County, Tennessee, who operated as a Confederate partisan sniper in the Between-the-Rivers region of ...
Sally Louisa Tompkins. Sally Louisa Tompkins (November 9, 1833 – July 25, 1916) was a Confederate nurse and the first woman to have been formally inducted into an army in American history. She may have been the only woman officially commissioned in the Confederate Army. [1] She is best remembered for privately sponsoring a hospital in ...
John Stanly (grandfather) Lewis Addison Armistead (February 18, 1817 – July 5, 1863) was a career United States Army officer who became a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. On July 3, 1863, as part of Pickett's Charge during the Battle of Gettysburg, Armistead led his brigade to the farthest point ...
The Killer Angels. Gods and Generals. The Last Full Measure (ISBN 0-345-43481-1 (10 ISBN), ISBN 978-0-345-43481-4 (13 ISBN)) is a novel by American author Jeffrey Shaara, published on May 2, 2000, by Ballantine Books. It is the sequel to The Killer Angels and Gods and Generals. Together, the three novels complete an American Civil War trilogy ...
James Longstreet. James Longstreet (January 8, 1821 – January 2, 1904) was an American military officer who served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War and was the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse". He served under Lee as a corps commander for most of the battles fought by the ...
14 November 1854. 19 December 1959. On December 19, 1959, [16] Walter Washington Williams (sometimes referred to as Walter G. Williams [17]), reputed near the time of his death to be the last surviving veteran of the Confederate States Army, died in Houston, Texas. Williams's status as the last Confederate veteran already had been debunked by a ...