This battle produced three future Presidents.
In this battle, when the tide turned freakishly, almost treasonously, the opportunity arose to test massive, repeating firepower against forces ten time...
Posted Thu 07 August 2008 10:27 AM
Hi All,
I stumbled across a book titled "The Battle of Monterey Pass" by John A. Miller recently and I have to say that it is an excellent read. The b...
What effect did the Smerican Civil War have on the battle for the plains?
Could someone please recommend a good battle atlas that I can use as I read Civil War history.
I would love to visually track troop movements during all the battles, large and small.
Best option...
The Waynesboro Heritage Museum will host the 145th Battle of Waynesboro commemoration and reenactment. We are currently looking for commitments from mounted US cav units as this was Custer vs Early. G...
...w what the name of the military hospital was that they sent the wounded Confederate Soldiers to after the battle of 1st Manassas? I was hoping I could find some hospital records somewhere.
Thanks,...
in the union army VI CORP during the battle of gettysburg can anyone inform me as to who commanded the second divisions first brigade and what units made up the brigade ( my list is incomplete
Paraphrasing someone: if we don't read history, we are doomed to repeat it.
Hmmm, I worked for a few brief years as a NYPD cop. The other day a jury in Brooklyn acquitted one of three men wh...
I got to thinking about Gen. Lee and how he might have suffered from diarrhea at Gettysburg as a result of the fresh produce available in Pennsylvania. Then I wondered if laudanum or morphine could ha...
Wow,the battle of Cold Harbor is seen as one of the most bloodiest battle...as i remember there were a lot of victims under the union soldiers?
Are there still remains to see on the battleground??
... do civilian anyway but it still gets annoying. But, I'm pretty tough so any takers on the making a battle of our own? Hehe. I'd love to travel and see the battle of Manassas reenactment....
There's so much information on all of the skirmishes and battles from Gettysburg. Has anyone done a time-lapse of the different troop movemtns according to diary records and battle accounts? Sid ...
Sorry, Grant did not defeat Bragg at the battle of Chattanooga. He was there, but it was Gen. George H. Thomas who actually conducted the battle. His army, the Army of the Cumberland, was the most tec...
... in the east with little opposition, and if necessary, find ground to which to fight either the offensive battle he needed, or fight a defensive battle if it came to it.
Such a victory at Gettysbur...
was middle creek ky battle important to overall civil war strategy,they have some of battlefield saved and call themselves a national battlefield because they were declared a national historic site bu...
...information; Manassas, Virginia will be having a list of events starting July 21 2011 with regards to the Battle of First Manassas, and possibly a re-enactment of the battle.The events will take place...
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by Fifer32nd
Well, we will be having spring drills in april, and from there on, we average 1 battle per 1-2 months until september. Well, I didn't have my fife when I started a couple of months ago (september...
...that is so interesting! I wish I could help you further but perhaps asking around at a museum having this battle as its central exhibition could be of help? Are there any museums there on that subject...
"battle cry of freedom"by j. mcpherson,
can anyone suggest a web site that shows the elevation of the various positions of both armies during the battle ( this enquiry comes from an interested aussie )
do the seven days battle and Gettysburg. If you have time, maybe petersburg and/or Antitem.
1863 the battle for charleston sc goes on-daily bombardments makes this a fearsome time for the city but they endure,1344 rounds are fired just today.
Does anyone have any information on the 61st Georgia Infantry Company E. Battle Flag? I had several family members who fought and two died under this flag.
...alive the whole campaign plays out differently.yes he could have made a difference overall.i only see the battle at gettysburg and the fish hook lines and i just think nothing would change anything-bu...
...ies and they look very well done indeed.Antietam would be on my list,I would rate that a more devastating battle than Napoleons defeat at Waterloo.And Gettysburgh did last two more days than Waterloo,...
...ions forgotten today,elthams landing in va could have damaged joe johnston pretty bad in 62.was galveston battle acsa amphib operation?...
...such is the horrors of war. I agree with you that Forrest would not condone a massacre,but in the heat of battle terrible and insane things happen,always usually by perfectly sane men,but men in a dre...
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