Lincoln visits with his generals
After the Civil War battle of Antietam, President Abraham Lincoln was anxious for Major General George B. McClellan to pursue Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s...
Lincoln’s difficult general
Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan snubbed and acted insubordinately toward President Lincoln on numerous occasions. Lincoln suffered the insults as long as McClellan...
Not so fast
On May 9, 1862, Gen. David Hunter declared all slaves in Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida “forever free” and authorized them to serve in the U.S. Army....
On to victory!
This message signed by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was handed to Allied troops stepping onto their transports in early June 1944. As Commander of the Supreme...
Peace commissionersand tribal representatives
Members of the Indian Peace Commission, including General Sherman, were photographed meeting with Indians at Fort Laramie in 1868 by Alexander Gardner.
Phillip Henry Sheridan
”Little Phil” Sheridan began the war as a Second Lieutenant and quickly rose to become the fourth ranking member of the Union Army in three and a half years.
Polk’s death
A 3-inch shell hit and instantly killed Confederate Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk as he scouted enemy positions from atop this mountain near Marietta, Georgia, on...