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Blog Comment The Ultimate Nickname List
...me due to some event in the war. What comes to mind is the what they called Gen. Grant after the Wilderness Campaign began: "Butcher" Grant. His more flattering moniker: Unconditional Surrender Grant....
Forum Post use of hot air balloons in the civil war
seven days campaign,fredericksburg,chancellorsville come to mind
Forum Post Would Stonewall Jackson have made a difference at Gettysburgh?
jackson might have made a big difference durring the bristoe campaign but at gettysburg i dont see how.
Blog Comment the civil war happened here
I'm not sure about Galveston; I have to read up on it. I guess it's how we look at it. The Red River campaign(the rescue still makes fascinating reading) was probably 'amphibian' in scope in that it c...
Forum Post Chancellorsville
chancellorsville was another'on to richmond campaign'the us goverment wanted action so hooker moved against lee in the wilderness which was not a good place to fight,you could say every batt...
Forum Post If There Were Another Attempt To Secede - what could be learned from History?
...cognized the Confederacy (except for that darn slavery thing). By changing from a defensive to an offensive campaign I think they hurt their chances at a future. That said, I really don't thin...
Forum Post EA Angers Gamers, Again
The least-loved name in gaming has struck again, this time with a ridiculous marketing campaign that's offended nerds across the country. In order to create buzz around their upcoming title '...
Forum Post Best Civil War movie??
...and they exchanged tobacco for coffee.Very touching,and reminded me of in WW1 aussie soldiers at the bloody campaign of Gallipoli,met their Turkish foes on the field,during a ceasefire to bury the dea...
Forum Post overated confederate
...not know the Japs held hostage.He took a great interest in the civil war too,he had to study the shenandoah campaign as part of his artillery training.He said the civil war saw the artillery come into...
Forum Post Augusta County, VA now has a Civil War Roundtable!!!
...y Civil War Roundtable June 15th at 7pm to discuss his latest book “Imboden’s Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign.” Steve French teaches history in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and is a frequent ...
Forum Post If the Confederacy had won at Gettysburgh...?
... surround his army.maybe if the csa had a navy to help.how many marylanders flocked to lee in 1862 antietam campaign?how many joined him in 1863?not many, the ones that wanted to fight for the south w...
Blog Post th civil war happened here
...ove northward into arkansas stop at camden,poisen springs and ,jenkins ferry,and marks mills[red river campaign-the camden expeditition-the yanks were to hook up with nat banks coming up the red ...
Forum Post november 16th
...62-aop under new commander ambrose burnside advances towards fredericksburg va in the latest on to richmond campaign.robert e. lee's army of northern virginia watches.1863-in east tennessee comin...
Blog Post Mr. Bill Shelton
About six years ago, I was giving a private tour of the Cold Harbor Campaign which took place in Hanover County, Virginia in June 1864.  One of my first stops was on the Studley Road just east...
Blog Post John Aquilla Wilson
...he last surviving Black ACW veteran, he was of the youngest men to fight the confederates in the Gettysburg Campaign, Scott Mingus From Cannonball says: when he served as an unpaid volunteer...
Blog Post The Gunboats
...s enabling Grant to land fifty thousand men below Vicksburg, ensuring the bastion's defeat The Red River campaign stands out for sheer drama and excitement. Gen. Banks performed terribly, as we kno...
Photo Comment Unnamed Picture
...ce, and the reputation of the French? Zouves, was there a good reason for the baggy trousers? Eg.: like the campaign hat that Federal and Confederate troops wore; I th... ...
 

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