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Forum Post I was born and raised in Alexandria, Virginia so here are my... by olddominion83
I was born and raised in Alexandria, Virginia so here are my questions. 1. If I was a young man in Northern VA (Alexandria)and wanted to join the southern cause what would be the probable unit I'...
Forum Post I just read that in the civil war there were Belgian soldier... by macreverie
...was to conscript American voters and sons of voters for an unpopular war. It is interesting to note that Northern colleges were full to capacity during the war while most Southern colleges had to c...
Forum Post what if ? by macreverie
...CTION AGAINST Probably would have taken more than a "successful raid" Winning a major battle on northern soil though might have done the trick (exactly what Lee was gambling on)...
Forum Post research by Coffeebean
Follow up question: Let’s imagine, while the Northern Army marched south through Georgia to the sea…they no doubt were meant with resistance. And like any army, the CSA would have had snipers plac...
Forum Post Was Nathan Bedford Forrest to blame for massacre? by kakman
...eans nessasary to win.if the tide had turned and forrest could win if he pulled a march like sherman in the northern states dont bet that he wouldnt.plus csa has more evidence against them at saltvill...
Forum Post Slavery by marxman
...t the South was mainly a farming economy with rural farmers who answered the call to arms in order to repel Northern agression. Slavery had been abolished in Britain 30 years before the outbreak of ci...
Blog Comment Centralia Massacre and Centralia Battle by PeteHeron
...vernor. Due to rampant southern sympathies, he never went to prison, with the state protecting him from the northern state of Minnesotta where he was wanted. Years later he went on the speaking circui...
Blog Comment Our Three Equally Important Union Armies by Bob Redman
... wasn't as good a general as Thomas (nobody was), but he also didn't have at his disposal the resources the Northern armies had, including a preponderance of trained engineers in the officer corps. As...
Forum Post If There Were Another Attempt To Secede - what could be learned from History? by macreverie
...US census in terms of personal wealth the Southern States were more than twice as wealthy per capita as the northern States.(And BTW "per capita" here includes all races and classes, yes eve...
Forum Post If the Confederacy had won at Gettysburgh...? by New England Yankee
...by Lee at Gettysburg would have been a disaster for the Union. Lee wanted to bring the war to the North so Northerners would feel the costs of war as Southerners did. No doubt he would have used the...
Blog Post jefferson davis is elected president of csa by kakman
...nstead hes charged with helping to form a new nation,for now he must concentrate on defence of the csa from northern invaders in time he will fight on two fronts for the congress in the csa capitol wi...
Forum Post Attempting to locate Munson's hill. It is in what is now Arlington Co., Virginia. by rriker
On a modern day map of Northern Virginia, look first for the intersection of US Route 50 and VA Route 7, in the area of Seven Corners Shopping Center. A small city park near what is now Glenmore Drive...
Forum Post Civil war bullets by PeteHeron
... 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 Williams Paten...
Forum Post november 16th by kakman
...nside advances towards fredericksburg va in the latest on to richmond campaign.robert e. lee's army of northern virginia watches.1863-in east tennessee coming north from chattanooga and braxton b...
Forum Post 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...
Forum Post civil war by roysclockgun
...es settled into issuing more recognizable uniforms that were, for the most part, very plain and simple. The northern Federalists troops wore blue. The southern Confederates wore gray. Then their are t...
Forum Post Augusta County, VA now has a Civil War Roundtable!!! by ACCWRT
Author Steve French will join the Augusta County Civil War Roundtable June 15th at 7pm to discuss his latest book “Imboden’s Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign.” Steve French teaches history in...
Forum Post Civil War Computer Games by PeteHeron
It is nice to have a niche to fall back to when seeking relaxation. I started thinking about what games they had in the civil war, and, well, the world in general. Take it back further and the list...
Blog Post One Example of Religious Fanaticism During the Civil War by Sue
I always wonder what motivates people in a state of war, and am always surprised when the driving force turns out to be a women. In most of our perceptions, women are more earthy and caring, d...
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...
Blog Post Why I study the American Civil War by PeteHeron
... War ground, including Kansas. And once I got into it, I made sure to visit Gettysburg and Antietam, so the northern invasions were covered. But it was my first battle...
 

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