32nd Mississippi Infantry at 150

Sometime during the month of May 1865, my Great Grandfather Nathan Richardson Oakes, who served throughout the War Between the States in L...

On April 26, 1865, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston formally  surrendered the Army of Tennessee, along with the rest of his forces, at the Bennett ...

On today's date in 1865, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston  officially  surrendered 1   his armies to Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman at Bennett P...

Gen. Joseph E. Wheeler On Monday, April 17, 1865 , Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and Union Gen. William T. Sherman met at the Ben...

On today's date in 1865, Good Friday, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston sent a letter under a flag of truce to Union Gen. William T. ...

Having learned that Union Gen. William T. Sherman's army was marching toward Raleigh, on today's date in 1865, Confederate Gen. Jos...

On March 31st ,  Gen. Joseph E. Johnston reorganized  the Army of Tennessee near Smithfield, North Carolina. The remnants of Mark P. Lowrey...

Robert E. Lee at home in Richmond, April 1865 Source: Brady Civil War Collection On the morning of today's date in 1865, Palm Sund...

To keep Gen. Joseph Johnston's Confederate army busy and disciplined while encamped around Smithfield, North Carolina, the commanding o...

John Austin Wharton (July 23, 1828 – April 6, 1865) was a lawyer, plantation owner, delegate to the Texas Secession Convention, and a Confe...

At its new base at Smithfield, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's army numbered about 28,000. Johnston's opponent Gen. William T. Sherman, o...

Having withdrawn his forces from the Bentonville battlefield  overnight March 21-22, 1865, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston led them tow...