Request a brochure Civil War Encyclopedia Blue and Gray Trail Civil War in Georgia On the Blue and Gray Trail Civil War by state Today in the Civil War Battles Images Places Feature Stories Links Search Who we are	1864 Two penny coin First coin stamped with the motto "In God We Trust" Albert Sidney Johnston Albert Sidney Johnston , near the start of the Civil War Bombardment of Fort Sumter Fort Sumter under fire, April 12 and 13, 1861. Major Robert Anderson commanded the fort while his student, General P. G. T. Beauregard commander the Confederate forces in Charleston Harbor. Breach in Fort Pulaski Fort Pulaski as it looked after the battle from Tybee Island Brigadier General Benjamin Butler Massachusetts politician and Brigadier General Benjamin Butler Brigadier General Benjamin Franklin Kelly B. F. Kelley commanded the Union forces during Philippi, first battle of the Civil War Brigadier General James Garfield James Garfield, William S. Rosecrans chief-of-staff C & O Canal Dam Number 5 Site of Stonewall Jackson's first attack from Winchester in December, 1861 Charles Sumner is caned by Preston Brooks Popular political cartoon that illustrated the caning of Senator Charles Sumner by Representative Preston Brooks Close-up of breach in Fort Pulaski In this close-up a cannon sits atop rubble at Fort Pulaski Covered Bridge at Philippi, West Virginia The distinctive two-lane bridge at Philippi crosses the Tygart Valley River Don Carlos Buell Major General Don Carlos Buell who fought in the Western Theater of the Civil War from 1861-1862 Dunker Church On Antietam battlefield, Dunker Church was the site of heavy fighting in the morning Fort Pulaski Cannon Modern shot of a cannon and casemates at Fort Pulaski General Edward Otho Cresap Ord General Edward Ord, for whom Fort Ord is named General P. G. T. Beauregard Diminutive general P. G. T. Beauregard as he looked near the end of the war. General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard The "Hero of Fort Sumter," General P. G. T. Beauregard commanded forces at Manassas, Shiloh and Petersburg George B. McClellan Major General George B. McClellan Green River Railroad Crossing, south of Munfordville, KY Site of the battle of Munfordville, south of the Green River near the 1853 Louisville and Nashville railroad bridge Harrison Island and Ball's Bluff On October 21, 1861, Union soldiers under the command of Col. Baker fought a disastrous battle here. Irvin McDowell Commander of Union forces at Bull Run, Irvin McDowell served as an independent commander until the formation of the Army of Virginia Isham Harris Civil War governor of Tennessee until 1862, Harris was at the Battle of Shiloh as aide to Sidney Johnston James Garfield assassinated The Assassination of President Garfield at the Baltimore and Ohio Depot in Washington. John Floyd Virginia legislator and governor who served as Secretary of War under Buchanan Jubal Anderson Early Amused by his first name, his soldiers called him Jubilee or Old Jube Lew Wallace after the battle of Shiloh Major General Lew Wallace, author of Ben-Hur Lewis Cass Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, Democratic candidate for President in 1848, and Secretary of State Lock, 1855 Springfield Rifle Lock assembly from the 1855 Springfield Rifle with a Maynard Tape Primer Major General Edwin Vose Sumner Major General Edwin Vose Sumner was the first commander of the Second Corps in the Civil War Major General George Armstrong Custer Respected cavalryman who became Phil Sheridan's right-hand man during the Civil War, Custer died at Little Big Horn in an Indian attack Major General George Stoneman Major General George Stoneman, The "Merchant of Terror" during Sherman's March to the Sea Major General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson Stonewall Jackson fought from Bull Run until his untimely death shortly after Chancellorsville Map of the Siege Lines at Yorktown, VA From the city of Yorktown, VA on the York River, John Magruder's lines extend west to the Warwick River Map showing location of Fort Sumter Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor Observation balloon basket Professor Thaddeus Lowe in observation balloon basket President James Buchanan James Buchanan, President of the United States when the South seceded President James Garfield James Garfield served as a Legislator, Senator and President of the United States Queen of the West destroying the City of Vicksburg Dual independent, fully encased sidewheels made Queen of the west a serious threat to Confederate shipping Salmon Chase This Brady-Handy photograph of Salmon Chase was probably taken during Chase's Presidential bid in 1860 Samuel F. B. Morse Portrait artist Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the first commercially successful telegraph Secessionist Edmund Ruffin Agriculturalist and secessionist Virginian Edmund Ruffin Senator Edward Baker Col. Edward Baker, killed at Ball's Bluff Senator Edward Baker dies at Ball's Bluff Death of Col. Edward "Ned" Baker at Ball's Bluff, Virginia Siege Guns, Yorktown VA Union gunners stand by their mortars in Mortar Battery 1 near Yorktown, VA Silver-hair P. G. T. Beauregard Less than a year into the war, General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard hair turned gray. Surrender House McLean Farmhouse at Appomattox Telegraph Infrastructure in the United States Telegraph lines in Ohio and South Carolina in 1853 William 'Bull' Nelson Former Naval officer, Nelson led Union forces at the battle of Richmond, Kentucky William J. Hardee Commander, Central Army of Kentucky, Corps Commander, Army of Mississippi and Army of Tennesseee
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