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Forum Post Was Total War necessary to win the Civil War? by macreverie
...hips that ran were wooden.did the us have any ships like the stonewall? As I said in my previous post the federals had NOTHING to match the Stonewall. None of the federal Ironclads were capable of op...
Forum Post The american civil war by O\'Bruadair
...Missouri and Kentucky went through the legal process but waited until much of their States were overrun by federal troops to make secession a practical fact. Maryland very likely would have seceded ha...
Forum Post If There Were Another Attempt To Secede - what could be learned from History? by YankeeReb
What would be needed to successfully leave the Federal Control? In my opinion - to do it right the mistakes need to be learned. What were the mistakes?
Forum Post Why did North Carolina secede from the Union? by O\'Bruadair
...he Southern people felt their financial well being and even their physical existence was threatened by the federal government. The actions of that government over the following 20 years proved their f...
Forum Post Was Nathan Bedford Forrest to blame for massacre? by macreverie
...ilitary operation though is not the same as moral or legal culpability. Fort Pillow was exaggerated for federal propaganda purposes during the war. I think even most union troops knew this at the t...
Forum Post I just read that in the civil war there were Belgian soldier... by macreverie
...there were around 200,000 Irish 300,000 Germans, 50,000 English/Scots and probably 50,000 Canadians in the Federal Army (and I am talking about foreign born men not just their ethnicity. ) Many of the...
Blog Comment The Gunboats by PeteHeron
I did a quick read on Capt.Foot. Served on the Virginia(see how confusing the war is if someone's new? Bull Run/Manassas...Virginia/Merrimac? Son of President Zachary Taylor; Commanded shore batteries...
Forum Post history 111 by macreverie
...emember there were at least 500,000 foreign born troops and probably 200,00 "southerners" in the federal army. Many joined specifically for the "bounty" [quote]From 1861 to 1865...
Forum Post why didnt southern soldiers began small groups and harass th... by macreverie
...ter Appomattox is that Southern leaders (especially Lee and Forrest) discouraged it. They felt that the federal leaders would make and keep an honorable peace. As far as the union military they wer...
Blog Comment hallowed ground ? by piesnchess
...as a damn McDonalds and KFC,totally out of place and insensitive.These sites should have been protected by Federal Law,or by the National Trust,or Heritage listed....
Blog Post Atlanta in the wake of General William Sherman by Sue
...l War I was particularly Moved by the pictures of Atlanta - you could almost imagine being there Federal camp outside of City Hall, Atlanta, Georgia. General Willima Sherman Took Atlanta on ...
Forum Post Civil war bullets by PeteHeron
...is 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 projectiles used known as Will...
Forum Post Would Stonewall Jackson have made a difference at Gettysburgh? by rebelyeller_1861
I believe Jackson would have made all the difference. Keep in mind that he lead one of the greatest divisions north or south (remember the Valley Campaign the year prior). Under Lee (during Chancell...
Forum Post overated confederate by PeteHeron
...y when he did the same thing to the Union at Fredericksburg? Why Sharpsburg for that matter? Pure luck and Federal ineptness allowed him to escape(and let 12000 Union troops and incredible amounts of ...
Blog Post Something About the Pre-war Debates by Sue
...s, could never be citizens of the United States, and that Congress had no authority to prohibit slavery in federal territories. It was also ruled that slaves could not sue in court, and that slaves we...
Photo Comment Unnamed Picture by PeteHeron
...ion 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... ...
Blog Post Our Three Equally Important Union Armies by PeteHeron
I have driven throughout the southeast United States. Not just interstate, but many local routes. In doing so, it has helped me grasp some of the difficulties faced by both sides. Today's US95 pre...
 

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