Privately issued tokens, typically one cent and made of copper and similar in size to government issued coinage, were used instead and by late 1862 these Civil War Tokens were circulating in ...

Historians talked about the Civil War's Chattanooga Campaign, which took place in the fall of 1863 and resulted in Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant breaking through a Confederate siege ...

A rain delay played an essential role in The Battle of Jackson, which was fought 162 years ago today in Jackson, Mississippi, as part of the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War.

On July 4, 1863, after 47 days of battle, Lt. General John Pemberton’s Confederate troops surrendered to General Ulysses S.

As Union General Ulysses S. Grant pushed southward from Tennessee into Oxford, Mississippi, in December 1862, he felt the pressure of the Southern cotton economy closing around him. Smuggling and ...

Gettysburg, Vicksburg change course of Civil War while draft leads to riots, ridicule and 54th Mass. fights and dies for glory Published: Jul. 01, 2013, 10:00 a.m.

Civil War: May 1863 marks deaths of Stonewall Jackson, many Springfield area soldiers; 54th African American regiment leaves Boston for war Published: May. 05, 2013, 4:01 a.m.

On this day in 1822, Ulysses S. Grant, the supreme commander of the Union forces at the end of the Civil War and the nation’s 18th president, was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio.

He talked about Union General Ulysses S. Grant's series of strategic maneuvers that led to a prolonged siege and ultimately the fall of the fortified city on July 4, 1863.

Object Details Description This particular Civil War Token depicts a patriotic theme. The obverse, front of the coin, depicts a profile image of George Washington while the reverse, back, shows two ...