The quick advance of Union troops on General Lee's unsuspecting army is an essential part of Burnside's strategy; the two-week delay gives the Confederate soldiers plenty of time to prepare for ...

Your most trusted general, James Longstreet, has arrived bringing with him two full divisions of troops. They have been marching all morning and can now be committed to battle. Union forces have ...

He was dubbed “The Beast” in 1862 by Confederate New Orleanians humiliated by the Union occupation he led ... found his solution: General Order No. 28. The order was carefully crafted to ...

General Lee and 21 confederate generals on horseback. 1867. Courtesy: Library of Congress. The official surrender document of Lee's troops to the Union Army, signed at Appomattox Court House on ...

General Ewell and his division commanders examine Cemetery Hill from afar and determine that Union forces have rallied ... Exhuasted Confederate forces raise the Stars & Bars atop the conquered ...

The base’s name was changed in 2023 as part of a wider bipartisan effort to eliminate military honors bestowed on Confederate officers who rebelled against the Union during the Civil War.