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The Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865 (often abbreviated as DUVCW) is a patriotic lineage society for women who descend from a Union patriot during the American Civil War. The society began as a women's auxiliary of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War .
"Erected by Harmanson-West camp Confederate veterans, the daughters of the Confederacy, and the citizens of the Eastern Shore of Virginia to the soldiers of the Confederacy from Northampton and Accomack Counties. They died bravely in war, or, in peace live nobly to rehabilitate their country. A. D. 1913." [8] Emporia: Confederate Memorial (1910)
Campaign medals and other military awards and decorations issued exclusively for the American Civil War. Pages in category "Military awards and decorations of the American Civil War" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
For example, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton promised a Medal of Honor to every man in the 27th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment who extended his enlistment. 311 accepted, but because there was no official list of their names, the War Department issued 864 - one for each man in the unit. In 1916, a board consisting of five retired generals ...
Bradford County (1861), named for Captain Richard Bradford, who was killed in the Battle of Santa Rosa Island, becoming the first Confederate officer from Florida to die during the Civil War. [ 203 ] Hendry County (1923), named for Francis Asbury Hendry , a Confederate Captain and one of the first settlers in the area.
According to Kansas Civil War Monuments and Memorials, there are 105 counties in Kansas most have a monument to Union soldiers of the Civil War. Many were funded by GAR posts or Sons of Union Civil War Veterans, today the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. [33] Monuments and memorials in Kansas include:
William H. Paul (October 3, 1844 – February 23, 1911) was an American soldier who fought with the Union Army during the American Civil War as a member of Company E of the 90th Pennsylvania Infantry [1] and, later, the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry's E Company. [2]
The 12th West Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.The regiment was particularly distinguished for its successful attack on Fort Gregg during the 1864 to 1865 Siege of Petersburg, receiving a golden eagle for its flagstaff as a token of appreciation from corps commander John Gibbon.