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Suggestion for "ACW Forums" section
... since the mods probably read anything in this section, can I ask what's up with the "American Civil War Day By Day" forum? Was that an idea that just fizzled out?)...
I have an 19th century family portrait in which the Patron o...
...the words Shreveport, LA on the ribbon and that's about it. Is there anyone who is knowledgeable in Civil War era military decorations, ribbons, medals, etc (most likely Confederate) that would b...
War bonds lighters World war two lighters
If you e-search: Pantufla, Civil War Posters, you see 39 recruitment posters. Pretty cool. There seems to be plenty of sites. Further search brought up a wealth of resources: I looked under ninetee...
i have a civil war picture box with a lady in it and an id number 25-01 behind her picture
its a brown wooden box with 2 flags each flag has 13 stars both on front and back of box.it has a shield in the lower middle a hat hanging on a pole or rod in the middle of it can u tell me anything a...
Northern Cotton Industry
While this photo is ca.1880, it had not changed at all since the Civil War. The mill building pictured is still standing in Lewiston, ME and still produced textiles using the same basic technology as ...
Brice's Creek New Bern North Carolina
...h is in kinston they force march to that town.refferences-official records,-ironclads and columbiads,the civil war in north caolina by william r trotter 1989-the civil war on the outer banks by fred m...
Virginia's Governors Proclamation of Confederate Day
Virginia's right to celebrate Confederate Day. The Civil War was not about slavery. It was about the North treating the South unfairly in trade, commerece & politics. It was more of an aftert...
Selling off my books
... 4 Years on the Firing Line Nisbit 1963 Narrative of Military Operations Johnston 1969 The Civil War Street 1953 HC The Army of Tennessee Horn 1952 ed HC Co. Aytch 1st Tennesse...
West Point Class of May 1861 ring
I no longer reenact civil war, and did not do an officers impression in any case. But I imagine some who do, might have some interest if the price was not too high. You might want to pitch it at reena...
Battery H 1st New York Light Artillery
there are several good resouces for example Civil War Archive or here There is quite a bit of info in these links, though I haven't seen any pictures... Let us know if you find anything and...
Anybody read the book of James L. Swanson,the 12 day chase o...
...book i've read about the assasination,here in Belgium,we must be very lucky to find books about the civil war,so i ordered me some books on amazon.com. I hope when they are planning to make a mo...
I have a 1884 Springfield the serial number is 36239.I just ...
The 1884 Springfield was made after the civil war to replace the muzzle loading weapons that were used in the war. there's some more about it in the forum in:http://www.americancivilwarforum.com/...
found a old medal/badge
i came across civil war medal/badge that on the front displays a gold outline around a print that says west Virginia under that is the united states flag. also connected to the top part that reads wes...
whats important
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...
why didnt southern soldiers began small groups and harass th...
...id the us govt give us jim crow or after 1877 did the us govt keep the south down.we are re-fighting the civil war on the internet.the fact is the south lost.no might have beens,oh my god total war wo...
question about a 1856 Tower Rifle
... Enfield. The Tower is pretty neat since it looks like it has unit marks. I dont know much about the civil war but I read that the south bought Tower rifle before and during the war?? THis one ...
Does anyone know where I could find information on Confedera...
Civil War historians have not given these blacks their due recognition, and have left the truth of their involvement for the Confederacy covered in obscurity and confusion. They were between the ages...
Thanks for this forum
...recently returned from a trip fro VA (Bedford) to see my in-laws and this has renewed my interest of the civil war. Lately I've been studying Chancellorsville. The obvious blunderous actions of ...
forgotten fights
thinking of middle creek made me think of forgotten actions but important in the time line of the civil war-seven pines/fairoaks in va in 1862,joe johnstons wounding-re lee put in command made a diffe...
If you could be a fly on the wall...
Growing up and still living in an area abounding in 'Civil War' Battlefields I'd have to say the Battle of Big Bethel(June 10 1861) in the northern part of Hampton Virginia. It was one ...
Newbie
Hi Steve, no matter what you read about the Civil War, it is going to seem like that, somewhat confusing and haphazard, gets even worse before you realize some battles were called one thing by the nor...
Old Photo of CW Artifacts
...Maine Historical Society website. There is very little detail associated with it: "Card Photograph; Civil War equipment and supplies." The photo itself is obviously quite old, yet the items ...
Covered With Glory
... to read, last week I bought and have on the way the four volume set: "Battles & Leaders of The Civil War", and a couple days ago I also bought and have on the way, "The Campaigns O...
Sept. 2nd
...ty. Atlanta's capture will almost certainly mean Lincoln's reelection. info from "The Civil War Years: A day-by-day chronicle of the life of a nation" by Robert Denney...
CW on Aug. 23rd
Here's what is in "The Civil War Day By Day, An Almanac, 1861-1865" by E.B. Long August 23, Sunday (1863) The first period of the bombardment of Fort Sumter came to an end bu...
I was wondering,do people still finding artifacts etc...on t...
... forum please feel free to ask more questions or just give us perspective on how europe thinks about our civil war...
does anyone think robert e lee was a bunch of crap? let me l...
...a union. Therefore, many felt that their greater loyalty was to their sovereign state not the Union. The Civil War happened when there were less states and it was much closer to the founding of the Un...
Did booze or drugs play a significant part in a major battle?
...ck, someone said that Gen. Braxton Bragg's behavior was consistent with opiate usage; OPIUM IN THE CIVIL WAR Under the Influence: Marching Through the Opium Fog by James Street, Jr. ...
Mules - strange questions... For hilly, mountainous terrain,...
...here extremely important to the war effort. Its estimated that over a million mules were used during the civil war. The north could always buy more, but as time passed the south needed to aquire these...
Reconstruction & Lincoln
...d truely been punished by the strife, & in the southern states to an extreme! As Ken Burns "The Civil War" points out, pictures of Richmond in 1865, look like Berlin in 1945! Radicals ca...
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