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next week i go to two cw sites ive never visited-morris island sc and fort jefferson fla 70 miles west of key west besides nature sites and swimming which i will do,the dasterdly men who didnt hang with booth and the others for what they did to mr.lincoln were sent to this fort as punishment.dr. mudd of course is the most famous,i will see his cell.morris island is famous for fort wagner protecting charlston along with fort sumter.the 54th mass inf was cut to pieces here in july 1863 along with other yankees bold enough to try and take this great city,ihighly reccomend a trip to charlston sc not just for the cw.i think its a grand place to go.ill let you know how the trip went and will report when i get home.winchester va has more saved land to explore the battle of sept 64at one time had little saved[the battlefield is very large and with urban sprawl ,I-81 it was hard to find]but now east of the interstate a lot of ground with heavy fighting will be open to walk.thank you preservation society.interesting to note both morris isl and fort jefferson in the dry tortugas i will visit going by boat usually i can drive to cw sites so that will be different for me.i sometimes think it would be cool to rent a boat[money permitting] and sail on the cumberland and tennessee rivers visiting places eventually going down the mississippi to new orleans now that would be something.has anyone ever done that?drop aline and tell us. kevin a kearns
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I like the boat Idea. I think that would be a unique way to see things, giving you a completely different perspective.
I might just look into doing that…:-)
Great idea. I recently travelled Europe along the Danube, Main, and Rhine, over two thousand miles. My next river trip will be along the lines you talked about, but perhaps not the Tennessee and Cumberland…yet that sounds awesome, but from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. In my study of the CW I have found gunboats the most fascinating. It’s why I love studying the war. We know about D-Day and we know about Okinawa and other WWII amphibious landings, but do students realize that US Grant landed fifty thousand troops under Vicksburg as gunboats looked on? Every time I think I see something that had happened in the twentieth century, I am surprised when I see it had already occured in the nineteenth.
the north carolina campaigns early in the war had amphib actions forgotten today,elthams landing in va could have damaged joe johnston pretty bad in 62.was galveston battle acsa amphib operation?
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 carried troop ships, but I prefer to narrow my definition to where a major landing occured overlooked by naval power. I guess in the case of the CW a combination naval and army power in that the Army controlled the gumboats.
I have to jump back into my books; I let myself lapse in my studies the past two years, so I really need updating.