Sunday, July 31, 2011

William Booth Taliaferro: The man who couldn't destroy a Stonewall

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William Booth Taliaferro William Booth Taliaferro (pronounced Tah-liver), was born in 1822 in Virginia.  The man came from a very prominen...
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Sunday, July 24, 2011

John Decatur Barry: The man who destroyed a stone wall

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John Decatur Barry        John Decatur Barry was born in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1839. He graduated from the University of North Car...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Fought Like Hell: William Barksdale

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William Barksdale          William Barksdale was born in 1821 in Tennessee.  His father had served in the War of 1812.  He moved to Columb...
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Friday, July 15, 2011

A General and his killer: McCook and Gurley

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Robert Latimer McCook        Robert Latimer McCook was born in Lisbon, Ohio in 1827. He was one of the "Fighting McCook's" t...
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

The Bravest Man: Colonel William P. Rogers

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Colonel William Peleg Rogers        William P. Rogers was born in 1819 in Georgia, but grew up in Alabama and later Mississippi. His fathe...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Southern born Federal Generals in the Civil War

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Virginia Born Winfield Scott        Recently, on facebook, I noticed a couple of guys on my friends list discussing who had more generals ...
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Thursday, July 7, 2011

Northern Born Confederate Generals

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        Of the 425 Confederate generals commissioned during the Civil War you may find it surprising to learn that 33 were born in Northern ...
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