Site includes chronology, photos, comprehensive biblography, and articles. A brief biography of the Chief of Cavalry, Army of the Potomac, who started out in the West, later made a name for himself fighting Indians. Information on his son, Walker Keith Armistead, Regimental and related information. Covers Civil War career and his political ventures. Was captured and sent to Andersonville Prison and later died aboard the Sultana steamer trying to get back home just after the war ended in April, 1865.
Site includes good links to other sites dealing with the plight of the common soldier.
A detailed account of Gen. James Longstreet's famous scout. However, historians are still trying to piece together the mystery of Harrison and continue searching for clues as to his earlier life and his whereabouts after the Civil War. This site contains a brief biography and a photograph of this Southern spy who was incarcerated at the Old Capitol prison. He was for states rights but against secession. About Irish-born Patrick R. Cleburne, perhaps the best battlefield commander of the Confederate armies.