Brig. Gen. John Buford meets with Col. William Gamble.

Confederate Troops forward "like a great serpent" to attack the Union Soldiers of Colonel Mulligan.

Second Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper scouts with Company A, 10th US Cavalry Regiment.

Col. Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine hold the left flank of the Army of the Potomac.

Major General John Bell Hood confers with Lieut. General James Longstreet about a flank attack on Little Round Top

Elements of the 8th Iowa Infantry Regiment engage Louisiana soldiers in the Hornets’ Nest at the Battle of Shiloh.

2,200 British troops charge the forward position of some 4,400 American soldiers.

The 11th Mississippi Volunteer Infantry Regiment valiantly rally around their flag and advance upon the Union line.

On July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg, Garden’s South Carolina Battery sends one gun to support the infantry.

Major General George G. Meade admonishes Third Corps Commander, Major General Daniel E. Sickles.

Stonewall Jackson with a portion of his staff in the Shenandoah Valley.

Portrait of James Longstreet.