Featured in union armyBYTeam MightyDec 1, 2022ShareA Minnesota regiment sacrificed itself to save the Union Army at GettysburgThe 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment suffered the greatest single day loss of any U.S. Army unit ever during the Battle of Gettysburg. It seems like a tragedy – and generally,… BYTeam MightyDec 1, 2022ShareBYJessica EvansNov 3, 2022ShareHere’s what to know about the Battle of AntietamUnion and Confederate forces fought the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. It pitted the Union Forces against the Confederate Army. After the Second Battle of Bull Run, Confederate… BYJessica EvansNov 3, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyAug 10, 2022ShareThe youngest NCO in Army history shot a Confederate officer at age 12Ohio native John Clem might have been small in stature, but he was big of heart. After running away from home following the death of his mother in 1861, he… BYTeam MightyAug 10, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyJun 29, 2022ShareThe ‘last casualty of the Civil War’ died of his wounds in 1914Times were simpler in the days of the Civil War. Back then, any ol’ college professor might volunteer for the Union Army and become a straight up slayer of bodies,… BYTeam MightyJun 29, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyFeb 28, 2023ShareWhy General William T. Sherman’s battle flag was never used in combatBattle flags were a big thing during the American Civil War. Perhaps the most famous (and now most notorious) is the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia. Often… BYTeam MightyFeb 28, 2023ShareBYTeam MightyDec 3, 2021ShareThe Army’s youngest-ever general was left for dead but survivedGalusha Pennypacker came from a long line of military family members. His grandfather fought in the American Revolution, his father served in the Mexican-American War, and his distant cousin was… BYTeam MightyDec 3, 2021ShareBYLogan NyeApr 30, 2021ShareThis is how the Marine Corps ensured Union victory in the Civil WarBefore World War I, the U.S. Marine Corps wasn’t the true expeditionary warfighting branch that it is today. It was frequently neglected, underfunded, and at one point entirely disbanded. BYLogan NyeApr 30, 2021ShareBYJames ElphickApr 23, 2021ShareThat time Union soldiers stole a train to wreak havoc in GeorgiaBy April 1862, the American Civil War was a year old and neither side had the upper hand. The fighting was particularly brutal in Tennessee, a border state heavily divided between Union and Confederate sympathizers. Grant won a pyrrhic victory at th… BYJames ElphickApr 23, 2021ShareBYBlake StilwellFeb 5, 2021ShareHow Russia guaranteed a Union victory in the Civil WarIt’s hard to determine which is more surprising: the British aching to send troops and materiel to aid the Confederacy during the Civil War or that the first “Special Relationship” was between the U.S. and Russia against the British. Bot… BYBlake StilwellFeb 5, 2021ShareBYBlake StilwellApr 29, 2020Share4 Union generals that were better than any of the ‘famous’ onesEvery workplace has them: the loudest, most boisterous employees, constantly talking about how much work they’re doing and how good they are at their jobs or making a scene with their after-work activities. Meanwhile, quietly plugging away somewher… BYBlake StilwellApr 29, 2020ShareBYVAntage PointApr 29, 2020ShareThis Civil War nurse made a big impact on wounded soldiersIn section 42 of Beaufort National Cemetery is a modest private marker for Emma Morrill Fogg French. In addition to her name and years of birth and death — 1831-1898 — is the simple inscription “Hospital Nurse.” Emma (or Emeline) M. Morr… BYVAntage PointApr 29, 2020Share
BYTeam MightyDec 1, 2022ShareA Minnesota regiment sacrificed itself to save the Union Army at GettysburgThe 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment suffered the greatest single day loss of any U.S. Army unit ever during the Battle of Gettysburg. It seems like a tragedy – and generally,… BYTeam MightyDec 1, 2022Share
BYJessica EvansNov 3, 2022ShareHere’s what to know about the Battle of AntietamUnion and Confederate forces fought the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. It pitted the Union Forces against the Confederate Army. After the Second Battle of Bull Run, Confederate… BYJessica EvansNov 3, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyAug 10, 2022ShareThe youngest NCO in Army history shot a Confederate officer at age 12Ohio native John Clem might have been small in stature, but he was big of heart. After running away from home following the death of his mother in 1861, he… BYTeam MightyAug 10, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyJun 29, 2022ShareThe ‘last casualty of the Civil War’ died of his wounds in 1914Times were simpler in the days of the Civil War. Back then, any ol’ college professor might volunteer for the Union Army and become a straight up slayer of bodies,… BYTeam MightyJun 29, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyFeb 28, 2023ShareWhy General William T. Sherman’s battle flag was never used in combatBattle flags were a big thing during the American Civil War. Perhaps the most famous (and now most notorious) is the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia. Often… BYTeam MightyFeb 28, 2023Share
BYTeam MightyDec 3, 2021ShareThe Army’s youngest-ever general was left for dead but survivedGalusha Pennypacker came from a long line of military family members. His grandfather fought in the American Revolution, his father served in the Mexican-American War, and his distant cousin was… BYTeam MightyDec 3, 2021Share
BYLogan NyeApr 30, 2021ShareThis is how the Marine Corps ensured Union victory in the Civil WarBefore World War I, the U.S. Marine Corps wasn’t the true expeditionary warfighting branch that it is today. It was frequently neglected, underfunded, and at one point entirely disbanded. BYLogan NyeApr 30, 2021Share
BYJames ElphickApr 23, 2021ShareThat time Union soldiers stole a train to wreak havoc in GeorgiaBy April 1862, the American Civil War was a year old and neither side had the upper hand. The fighting was particularly brutal in Tennessee, a border state heavily divided between Union and Confederate sympathizers. Grant won a pyrrhic victory at th… BYJames ElphickApr 23, 2021Share
BYBlake StilwellFeb 5, 2021ShareHow Russia guaranteed a Union victory in the Civil WarIt’s hard to determine which is more surprising: the British aching to send troops and materiel to aid the Confederacy during the Civil War or that the first “Special Relationship” was between the U.S. and Russia against the British. Bot… BYBlake StilwellFeb 5, 2021Share
BYBlake StilwellApr 29, 2020Share4 Union generals that were better than any of the ‘famous’ onesEvery workplace has them: the loudest, most boisterous employees, constantly talking about how much work they’re doing and how good they are at their jobs or making a scene with their after-work activities. Meanwhile, quietly plugging away somewher… BYBlake StilwellApr 29, 2020Share
BYVAntage PointApr 29, 2020ShareThis Civil War nurse made a big impact on wounded soldiersIn section 42 of Beaufort National Cemetery is a modest private marker for Emma Morrill Fogg French. In addition to her name and years of birth and death — 1831-1898 — is the simple inscription “Hospital Nurse.” Emma (or Emeline) M. Morr… BYVAntage PointApr 29, 2020Share
