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unusual facts about The American Civil War



The Last Letter Home

The novel has a slightly more reflective perspective than the other three, and it follows events such as The American Civil War and the Sioux Outbreak of 1862 through the perspective of the settlers.


see also

104th Regiment

104th Ohio Infantry, a unit of the United States Army during the American Civil War

153rd Regiment

153rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, a unit of the Union (North) Army during the American Civil War

191st

191st Ohio Infantry (or 191st OVI), an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War

64th Regiment

64th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, a unit of the Union (North) Army during the American Civil War

86th Regiment

86th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, a unit of the Union (Northern) Army during the American Civil War

Alexander Slidell Mackenzie

He was the brother of U.S. Senator John Slidell of Louisiana, who was later involved in the American Civil War's "Trent Affair."

Alfred Iverson

Alfred Iverson, Jr., Confederate general during the American Civil War

Alfred Pearson

Alfred L. Pearson (1838–1903), lawyer and Union Army general in the American Civil War

Barnard E. Bee

Barnard Elliott Bee, Jr. (1824–1861), career United States Army officer and a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War

Battle of Jackson

Battle of Jackson, Mississippi (May 14, 1863), part of the Vicksburg Campaign in the American Civil War

Battle of Winchester

Second Battle of Winchester, a battle fought between June 13 and June 15, 1863 as part of the Gettysburg Campaign during the American Civil War

Chancellorsville

Battle of Chancellorsville, a battle during the American Civil War that took place at Chancellorsville, Virginia, from April 20 – May 6 in 1863

Charles Pinkham

Charles H. Pinkham (1844–1920), Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War

Charles Walcott

Charles F. Walcott (1836–1887), American Union brevet brigadier general during the American Civil War

Clontibret

After a promising Army career in the American Civil War he joined forces with the Fenians and later established an Irish colony in Nebraska where today the city of O'Neill, Nebraska stands as a memorial to his endeavours on behalf of the Irish communities in the United States of America.

Colonel Tillinghast

Henry Tillinghast Sisson (1831–1910), colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War

David Gregg

David McMurtrie Gregg (1833–1916), farmer, diplomat and Union cavalry general in the American Civil War

Edward Potter

Edward E. Potter, Union general in the American Civil War; actions included the Battle of Boykin's Mill

Edward Willis

Edward Banker Willis (1831–1879), United States military officer during the American Civil War

Fort Sanders

Fort Sanders (Tennessee), the decisive engagement of the Knoxville Campaign of the American Civil War, fought in Knoxville, Tennessee, on November 29, 1863

General Bragg

Braxton Bragg (1817-1876), General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War

General Duval

Isaac H. Duval, an American general during the American Civil War

George Morell

George W. Morell (1815–1883), civil engineer, lawyer, farmer and Union general in the American Civil War

George Strong

George Templeton Strong (1820–1875), his son, diarist during the American Civil War, worked at Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft

Grand Old Man of the Army

General Winfield Scott (1786–1866), United States Army General serving from the War of 1812 to the American Civil War, a fifty year career

Henry Freeman

Henry Blanchard Freeman, U.S. Army general, Medal of Honor recipient during the American Civil War

Henry Little

Henry F. W. Little, sergeant in the Union Army and Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War

Henry Walker

Henry Harrison Walker (1832-1912), Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War

J. Hale Sypher

He served four terms as a Republican, after having served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

James McMillan

James W. McMillan (1825–1903), Union officer during the American Civil War

Jeff Thompson

M. Jeff Thompson (1826–1876), brigadier general in the Missouri State Guard during the American Civil War

John H. Morgan

John Hunt Morgan, Confederate general during the American Civil War

John Marshall Jones

:For the American Civil War general, John Marshall Jones, see John M. Jones.

John Rawlins

John Aaron Rawlins (1831–1869), United States Army general during the American Civil War

John Winder

John H. Winder (1800–1865), Confederate general in the American Civil War

Joseph Palmer

Joseph B. Palmer (1825–1890), American lawyer, legislator, and Confederate general in the American Civil War

Kansas Pacific Railway

The struggle to build the railway against the backdrop of the American Civil War was depicted in the 1953 western movie Kansas Pacific, starring Sterling Hayden and Eve Miller.

Maffett

Robert Clayton Maffett (1836–1865), officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War

Meadow Bridge

Battle of Meadow Bridge, an 1864 skirmish near Richmond, Virginia, in the American Civil War

O'Rorke

Patrick O'Rorke (1837–1863), Irish-American colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War

Patrick Connor

Patrick Edward Connor (1820–1891), Union general during the American Civil War

Robert Stone

Robert King Stone (1822–1872), doctor who served U.S. President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War

Tecumseh Fox

In Double for Death, he explains that his full name is William Tecumseh Sherman Fox, so he was supposedly named for the American Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman.

Timothy O'Sullivan

Timothy H. O'Sullivan (c.1840–1882), American photographer known for his work on the American Civil War and the Western United States

Twiggs

David E. Twiggs (1790–1862), US soldier during the War of 1812 and Mexican War, and a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War

Wade Hampton I

The younger man served as the state's first Democratic Party governor after the American Civil War, and then was elected to the United States Senate.

Wakarusa

The Wakarusa War, part of the Bleeding Kansas violence before the American Civil War

William Fuller

William Allen Fuller (1836–1905), conductor on the Western & Atlantic Railroad during the American Civil War era

William Ketchum

William Scott Ketchum (1813–1873), U. S. Army officer before and during the American Civil War

Woolson

Albert Woolson (1850–1956), the last surviving member of the Union Army, which fought in the American Civil War