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William Cantrell and his wife Maudie (later Hopkins) in 1936. Their ages, about 88 and 21. At least four widows of veterans of the American Civil War (fought 1861–1865) are known to have survived into the 21st century. All were born in the 20th century and married their husbands while the women were still young and the men were in advanced age.
William Ormond "Bruce" Butler (23 September 1895 – 29 October 1962) was a United States Army Air Force major general. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York , in April 1917 and was commissioned in the Field Artillery Branch .
American and other Allied forces were involved in the Polar Bear Expedition which began during World War I and continued into the Russian Civil War. Warren V. Hileman (1901–2005) – U.S. Army. Served in the 27th Infantry Regiment as part of the American Expeditionary Force Siberia. [58]
In 1969, a facility was built to house their national headquarters and a Civil War museum. [3] [4] Located next to the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War Museum is the Dr. Benjamin Franklin Stephenson Library and Research Center, housed in a 2,800-square foot American Foursquare house from 1898. [5]
The Civil War in Arizona: The Story of the California Volunteers, 1861–1865. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006. Parson, Thomas E. Bear Flag and Bay State in the Civil War: The Californians of the Second Massachusetts Cavalry. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2001. Pettis, George Henry.
The Battle of Helena was fought on July 4, 1863, near Helena, Arkansas, during the American Civil War. Union troops captured the city in July 1862, and had been using it as a base of operations. Over 7,500 Confederate troops led by Lieutenant General Theophilus Holmes attempted to capture Helena in hopes of relieving some of the pressure on the ...
For example, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton promised a Medal of Honor to every man in the 27th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment who extended his enlistment. 311 accepted, but because there was no official list of their names, the War Department issued 864 - one for each man in the unit. In 1916, a board consisting of five retired generals ...
Gold mining in Montana began during the Civil War; gold placer deposits were discovered at Bannack in 1862. The resulting gold rush resulted in more placer discoveries, including those at Virginia City in 1863 and at Helena and Butte in 1864. [4] Gold from the Montana gold mines went to both sides of the conflict. [5]