Grant entered the Civil War with ... 42nd Ohio Infantry regiment. He later served as chief of staff to Gen. William S. Rosecrans. Garfield was the 20th president of the United States, serving ...

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to fight for the Union Army as the Civil War broke out between the ...

Uniforms are used for identification as well as to provide a sense of unity during any conflict, and the American Civil War (1861-1865 ... divisions—cavalry and infantry, for example.

Michael Lally, an immigrant to Massachusetts from Ireland, fought for the Union in more than a dozen major battles of the Civil War ... dated July 16, 1861 (just before the first battle of Bull Run) ...

On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States -- an event that ... Finally, on April 18, 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army.

Seeing a woman in the midst of the hotly contested Civil War battlefield of Spotsylvania surprised the veteran officer of the 8th Ohio Infantry ... moved to the United States following his death.

It is observed annually in the United States on the last Monday in May ... honored military personnel who died in the Civil War (1861-1865). May 5, 1866 - Residents of Waterloo, New York, observe ...

Michael Lally, an immigrant to Massachusetts from Ireland, fought for the Union in more than a dozen major battles of the Civil War ... dated July 16, 1861 (just before the first battle of Bull Run) ...