why didnt southern soldiers began small groups and harass the Union Troops instead of surrender
How many Civil War soldiers cam home? north/south
Hi, I'm from the UK and recently had info off an uncle that one of our American ancestors either refused to sign up or deserted during the civil war. As a punishment he was allegedly sent to Rike...
... and some information. I own an original photograph from the 1860's that I bought in Athens Greece of soldiers wearing Kepis. I thought all this time that it was a shot of American soldiers on ...
dear eagle- it appears to be a corps badge or insignia from the 17th corps usa.waf is probally the soldiers initials.it might have been specially made,alot of thease badges were made of cloth and i re...
...n but I can't seem to find info anywhere.
Also, what was the best training facility for Confederate soldiers? Would fighting soldiers have trained at a different place than generals or other ...
What was confederate soldiers fighting for
...here along the Confederate lines. I am hoping to find some Civil War re enactment groups who are recreating soldiers in the Confederate Army who might have knowledge of this soldier.Or anyone who migh...
... down a road-paved yes-but no wider than it was then and surrounded by forest. i have to think its what the soldiers saw when they marched down that road at one point we turn onto a dirt road with ste...
robert duvall as lee calls the union soldiers "yankees"didnt they have historians on set to help "those people"?
What were some of the negative effects surviving soldiers came home with after the Civil War? Did shell shock exist then?
what are the physical effects on people and soldiers during the civil war????
plz...needs an aswer...
...erstand mostly founds are like,bullets,shells etc...Sounds a bit weird but what about personal stuff of the soldiers...diary's,pics,to name a few.......
Does anyone know 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 somewh...
All 4 families had many soldiers in the war, on both sides. If you're looking for a more specific information, or you have their private names too, you can look them up in this site: http://www....
Try here.
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm
Is there any way to find out what soldiers fought at what battles? I have a relative who was mustered in July 1861 at Dumfries, Virginia. Would he have served for the entire war? How could I find o...
...ion: Were both men buried in VA. Famous cemetaries. Hollywood Cemetary in Richmond, Arlington has Civil War soldiers (mostly Union) but Hollywood is the only major Confederate cemetary I can think of....
Does anyone know where I could find information on Confederate soldiers taking their personal servants (aka slaves) with them in the army? I see references occasionally to this. I have even seen a r...
...ave died of natural causes. But this is interesting, in my research I've found that about 90% of Rebel soldiers fought for state's rights and a small number fought for slavery....
...rtridge--and they were always wrapped in BLUE paper, not buff or white or brown, like standard minie balls. Soldiers were instructed to fire a Williams each 10th round---since they did not have a holl...
...ish we knew for sure,it might just be the biggest controversy of the war.it never goes away.the confederate soldiers that took part dishonered thier flag that day....
I just read that in the civil war there were Belgian soldiers fighting,a few hundred as i read.Mostly on the side of the north,i live in Belgium,and i would never had thought there were (fellow-)count...
...l Histories at the Newberry Library in Chicago with the regiments I am looking for, but not much info on my soldiers individually or their companies so far. I am still going through, they are non- ci...
... to win.
Without the intentional suffering inflicted on Southern women and children many if not most CS soldiers would have been willing to fight to the death. Many were NOT willing to do that if ...
...t time probably felt like giving up dominion over the entire pacific.
What about here? I wonder how many soldiers and seditionists the Union hung during the civil war. I will look into that; gosh, ...
many feel that he would have taken cemetary hill on july 1st,never mind that union soldiers already were on the hill in force.ewell in the previous month did as well as jackson in winning at wincheste...
...out on both sides of the column,towards elysville on the patapsco river a lt named edelin is shot dead from soldiers from 3rd eastern shore inf.apparently edelin is a lieutanant in co.b 1st md cav.una...
...detached to Brigade HQ, his duties day to day was foraging, getting it from HQ or otherwise with four other soldiers.
But during combat his story sounds like he is on the line with or very near hi...
...rate weapon, and seeing what it did to my wonderful cardboard target, I have a better understanding how the soldiers killed so many enemy....
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