लेखक: Hampton Newsome

George S. Bernard was a Petersburg lawyer and member of the 12th Virginia Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Over the course of his life, Bernard wrote extensively about his wartime experiences …

A study of Grant’s and Lee’s battles in the weeks before the 1864 election In the fall of 1864, the Civil War’s outcome rested largely on Abraham Lincoln’s success in the upcoming presidential electi …

On a cold day in early January 1864, Robert E. Lee wrote to Confederate president Jefferson Davis The time is at hand when, if an attempt can be made to capture the enemys forces at New Berne, it sho …

On June 14, 1863, US Major General John Adams Dix received the following directive from General-in-Chief Henry Halleck: “All your available force should be concentrated to threaten Richmond, by seizi …

A study of Grant’s and Lee’s battles in the weeks before the 1864 election In the fall of 1864, the Civil War’s outcome rested largely on Abraham Lincoln’s success in the upcoming presidential electi …