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Civil war naval questions by Alamo
...te on another forum concerning the early ironclads. I have a few questions that I cannot seem to find the answer for. Any help would be appreciated. What is the muzzle velocity of a 9" Dahlgr...
civil war by roysclockgun
That is not easy to answer, as at the beginning of the War there were many colors used by state troops who were called up to fight for both sides. For instance the New York Grays, who fought for the n...
Who do you think takes the most by Mike D.
...s & Bars" Lol! Thanks for the reminder. This brings a question to mind I've never known the answer to. How did confederates deside on the "Southern Cross" design? I know its th...
Mules - strange questions... For hilly, mountainous terrain,... by Mike D.
FYI: The Mule was 1st seen as the West Point mascot @ the Army vs Navy game in 1899; as answer to the navy's goat mascot. The goat was 1st seen as the navy mascot in 1893. Old ships of sail routi...
Virtual Forager Mission 006 by pgwhalen
Join in the fun and using the clues provided, answer this week's Virtual Forager Mission for your chance to win this month's prize! http://patrickgwhalen.com/2010/01/virtual-forager- ...
Had the situation been reversed, what would the North have done? by PeteHeron
... jabs and hooks? Whereas the South had to learn many unorthodox means of fighting. I kind of know the answer, getting it as I write. Any smaller force must learn unorthodox things:eg. : the Israel...
Reconstruction & Lincoln by blueshawk1
I don't know a great deal about reconstruction myself, probably only as much as you'd find on Wikipedia about it at best. I'm currently reading a biography of Richard Taylor, and after ...
Which march do you consider to be the most significant of th... by Mike D.
Which march do you consider to be the most significant of the war? This answer may include: #1~ The difficulty of the march, #2~ the time it took vs the distance covered(#2 is optional but interesting...
I saw this qoute from Sherman while reading "Those Damn Hors... by Mike D.
Yes, the CW was a brutal conflict in the western boarder states. And a great excuse for partisans (on both sides) to seek revenge for blood feuds started in the 1850's. Vile acts on both sides ...
what lead the north and south to war? by Ajhall
...thousands of gallons of ink have been used to write about it over the years. I don't think it can be answered to everyone's satisfaction, certainly not in a few paragraphs. I personally feel...
I was wondering,do people still finding artifacts etc...on t... by De Rikken
Thank you for the info,appreciate this a lot. It's fascinate to read that still till this day,things are found on the battlefield.Let's say that when you find some kind of weapon,are you al...
Which of these battles was considered to be the high point o... by roysclockgun
Gen. Lee missed his opportunity to really stir up the northern populace and maybe get the Unionists to allow the south to leave the Union, early on in the War. Had he conducted punishing raids in 1861...
How different were Northern soldiers from their Southern cou... by Ajhall
I'd like to answer in a bit more detail. Initially, there was a lot of romantic "rally 'round the flag" emotion around enlistees on both sides. The surprising thing to people who h...
Was Total War necessary to win the Civil War? by Ajhall
Your point about the relative levels of depredation visited on the civilian population is well taken. Metaphorically, Lee's soldier knocked on the door, said, "Excuse me ma'am, but I do...
Civil War Fiction by blueshawk1
...I need a longer list of the books I want to read? If you saw the list I already have, you'd know the answer to that.) 8^) Besides the Turtledove and Gingrich books (the later of which I may n...
Good Books to Read on the Civil War by Ana
...archin for a book that has all the story from begging to end if that possible. Can anyone help me please? answer to my email please....
john browns hanging by Sue
...m choice and others not. The question is if freedom would have been achieved other wise? I do not have an answer for that. I think history should be told as it happened, no glorification needed. John ...
Done Translating by car20ret
...ch confidence in but I thought surely he would deposit it. But I have waited so long and have received no answer, so I am led to believe he must have either lost the letter or kept the money. On the ...
Slavery: The Root Cause of the Civil War by Macreverie
...he "proximate cause" of the war why did an all our shooting war not start before 12 April? The answer of course is that secession WAS NOT the cause.The States that had seceded did so in ent...
the civil war happened here part 2 by kakman
just back from vacation.i was able to visit three sites never been too before,1-morris island sc,by small boat -capt cresh took me and the wife to lower end of island only had 1 hour there took pictu...
Blog? What an interesting name. by PeteHeron
Blog. Blaaaauuuhhhhhggg. I like it; it sort of connotes blah. Blaaauuuhhhh. A condition of running off of the mouth. One I have suffered from for, well, maybe my entire life. And Peter said, "blah...
Post Trauma Stress During the Civil War by Sue
...ider awarding Purple Hearts to troops with combat-related Post-Traumatic Stress Disordser (PTSD). Gates's answer to that question: "It's an interesting idea ... I think it's clearly something that nee...
Alternate Reason for Napoleonic Tactics by 1stTexReb
Thinking about this topic more, I remembered a point that I failed to make in my first post. It requires a look at how battles were fought in both World War I and World War II and I believe I can&nbs...
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