American Battlefield Trust Expresses Concern about "Wilderness Crossing" Development Proposal
(Orange County, Va.) — The American Battlefield Trust has issued the following statement in response to the proposed Wilderness Crossing development...
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Garrett A. Graveraet
Born in approximately 1840 on the upper part of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula to Franco-Ottawa merchant-fur trader Henry Graveraet and his Ojibwe wife...
John Patterson at the Wilderness
An account of the brave actions of Medal of Honor recipient John Patterson during the Battle of the Wilderness in May 1864.
The Evolution and History of Staff Rides
The military staff ride has long been a part of the training experience for professional American soldiers, and it was on the great battlefields of...
The "Detroit Light Guard:" 1225th Support Battalion
The 1225th Support Battalion has served the city of Detroit since before Michigan was a state. Formed in 1830-1 as the Detroit City Guard, the unit...
Cold Harbor Morning
This page describes the morning of June 1, 1864, during the Battle of Cold Harbor.
The “Gimlet” Regiment: 21st Infantry
Since its creation in 1861, the 21st Infantry Regiment – the “Gimlet” regiment – has earned 56 wartime campaign streamers – a record matched by few...
"The Men Fell in Heaps"
This article discusses the actions of Francis Barlow's Union division at Cold Harbor.
The 16th Infantry Regiment, United States Army
In the Wheatfield at Gettysburg, Omaha Beach at Normandy, Ramadi and Fallujah in Iraq and a host of deadly places in between, the 16th Infantry...
Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School
Our Lady of Sorrows has contributed to battlefield preservation more than any school in the country, read their story.
"The Exercise of a Little Skill"
Douglas Ullman, Jr. compares the leadership of American Civil War generals Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman during the spring and summer of...
Jackson or Longstreet: Whose Accidental Wounding was More Detrimental?
In perhaps one of the strangest Civil War coincidences, the Army of Northern Virginia lost two of its key corps commanders during friendly fire...