1861

Forum Post West Point Class of May 1861 ring
...fifteen years ago, I was retained by a motion picture company to make copies of the West Point class of 1861, class rings. I was given access to the originals, from which I made molds. Those molds a...
Blog Post the trent affair 1861
...teamer "the trent",with them were family and one secretary a piece. leaving havana cuba on november 8th 1861 they sailed towards a country that at least had granted the csa ...
Forum Post Attempting to locate Munson's hill. It is in what is now Arlington Co., Virginia.
Hi I found this for you, and this as well, It may be a start, and if this is not accurate enough, you could try and contact these people - they seem to have good archives. Good luck
Forum Post Looking for Civil War cartographer
I'm looking for someone who can create a couple of maps of the US in 1861 and '62 for a book I am writing. Thank you, Corey shoot07@aol.com
Forum Post 49th Virginia Infantry
...e any way to find out what soldiers fought at what battles? I have a relative who was mustered in July 1861 at Dumfries, Virginia. Would he have served for the entire war? How could I find out when...
Forum Post research
yes 11th and 12th corps plus once soldier mustered out he could rejoin another unit say man enlists in 1861 in an eastern unit then later he could enlist in western unit for whatever reasons and be pr...
Forum Post First and Second Manassas Battles
... Present until WIA Bull Run 7/21/61. Ab. wounded in Winchester hospital until DOW’s in Shenandoah Co.1861. Did you find anything on the person you were searching for? debijean...
Forum Post history 111
...utherners" in the federal army. Many joined specifically for the "bounty" [quote]From 1861 to 1865 the federal government, along with states and localities, paid about $750,000,000 i...
Forum Post november 18th
1861-two political events today,kentucky pro -southern faction in russelville adopt an ordnance of secession.kentucky has now both usa and csa goverments. on the outer banks of north carolina at hatte...
Forum Post if the south had been allowed to go-how long would slavery h...
...Cormick and Mr. Deere were already sounding the death knell of slavery in the US, long before the March 1861 Baltimore Riots, causing first blood in the North/South conflict. Slavery has to be the mo...
Forum Post november 22nd
1861-usa begins to shell cs at pensacola fla. csa department of indian terrirory is established under poet-politician-general albert pike. 1862-secretary of war edwin stanton this day releases the maj...
Forum Post If the Confederacy had won at Gettysburgh...?
...etam campaign?how many joined him in 1863?not many, the ones that wanted to fight for the south went in 1861.later not that many.lee never had a chance maybe 1n 1864 with a new us president but even ...
Forum Post Civil war bullets
... standards. Please improve this article if you can. (September 2007) During the American Civil War 1861-1865 and used by the Union (Federal or Northern or Yankee) Army, there were three types of ...
Forum Post november 16th
1861-some in the north see what wilkes did with the "trent affair"wasnt so cool,senator charles sumner of mass. and montgomery blair,the postmaster general,condem his action. 1862-aop under ...
Forum Post november 21st
1861-robt e. lee in command of wva confederates at big sewell mtn. trying to stop usa advances in that part of va. ormsby m. mitchel,the famous star gazer for the union commands now the dept.of the oh...
Forum Post Which of these battles was considered to be the high point o...
...ionists to allow the south to leave the Union, early on in the War. Had he conducted punishing raids in 1861, along the Md/Pa border, as he did in 1863, chances are the south would've been a sepa...
Forum Post Done Translating
...ured out several words, but it certainly gives you a pretty good perspective of a few days in August of 1861. I really appreciate your help on this and hope you find it interesting. The dotted lines a...
Blog Post The Ultimate Shipwreck Guide
An interesting take on the the period of the Civil war 1861 - 1865 is bought to us by W. Craig Gaines in the Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks This is the first comprehensive guide to shi...
Blog Post A Relaxing Way to Spend the Weekend.
I was thinking of going to visit Winchester, Virginia, because of it being drenched in civil war history. I happened to read Scott Mingus's post on Winchester, and now I am certaily going to ma...
Blog Post Imagine Yourself Experiencing This
For me, the most interesting aspect of the civil war (and any other war, for that matter) are the people behind the battles, and the people behind the soldiers. Even during the times when fem...
 

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