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  • Colonel George W. Shook in the Hard Marches of the 11th Texas Cavalry

    December 17, 2025
    Detail Information Full Name George Washington Shook Primary Role Colonel, 11th Texas Cavalry (Confederate States Army) Key Event or Campaign…
  • Colonel Albin Schoepf at Mill Springs Shaping Union Kentucky

    December 17, 2025
    Detail Information Full Name Albin Francisco Schoepf Primary Role Union Army brigadier general and department commander Key Event or Campaign…
  • Colonel John C. Carter at Franklin Shaping the Army of Tennessee

    December 17, 2025
    Detail Information Full Name John C. Carter Primary Role Confederate colonel, brigade commander (Army of Tennessee) Key Event or Campaign…
  • Colonel John S. Butler in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign

    December 17, 2025
    Detail Information Full Name John S. Butler Primary Role Colonel, 5th West Virginia Cavalry, Union Army Key Event or Campaign…
  • Colonel Henry L. Cake at Antietam Shaping the 96th Pennsylvania

    December 17, 2025
    Detail Information Full Name Henry Lutz Cake Primary Role Union Army colonel and regimental commander Key Event or Campaign Command…
  • Robert R. Hitt: The Man Who Captured Lincoln’s Words

    December 17, 2025
    Detail Information Full Name Robert Roberts Hitt Primary Role Union War Department telegraph official and later U.S. diplomat and congressman…
  • Colonel E. B. C. Cash in South Carolina’s Militia Politics

    December 17, 2025
    Detail Information Full Name Edward Bass Curtis Cash Primary Role South Carolina militia colonel and Confederate officer Key Event or…
  • Colonel Benjamin R. Cowen from Vicksburg Veteran to Ohio Reformer

    December 17, 2025
    Detail Information Full Name Benjamin Rush Cowen Primary Role Union Army colonel and postwar Ohio public official Key Event or…
  • Colonel Henry V. Freeman In The Crucible Of Atlanta Campaign

    December 17, 2025
    Detail Information Full Name Henry Vaughan Freeman Primary Role Colonel, 18th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Union Army Key Event or Campaign…
  • Colonel John W. A. Sanford at Petersburg and the 60th Alabama

    December 17, 2025
    Detail Information Full Name John William Augustus Sanford Jr. Primary Role Colonel, 60th Alabama Infantry (Confederate States Army) Key Event…
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