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...ng really made a difference; they had over a mile to charge, flanked by cannon and facing concealed Union troops behind a stone wall. Nothing was in their favor. Another fact: these Union troops were ...
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Fort Pillow was exaggerated for federal propaganda purposes during the war. I think even most union troops knew this at the time. In September of 1864 (only 5 months after and 200 miles away fro...
...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 had it not ...
why didnt southern soldiers began small groups and harass the Union Troops instead of surrender
...e in my studies, and I just loved it: Gen. Sheridan ordered to the Mexican border with 20,000 experienced troops...and told to put on a display for the benefit of the French troops garrisoned in Mexic...
union troops with cannon were allready on the hill he would have a tough time.the town would have messed with the attack.i disagree on that one
I am referring too inspiration,and he no doubt inspired his troops before being shot,with excellent leadership and planning qualities.
Ive read that even when Lee surrendered,a lot of small confederal troops keep on fighting,anyone know how long they fought and for what reason they continued?
...rally support Israel, I've listened to too much of their garbage that they were superior to American troops, ad nauseum.
We in America didn't slaughter jews, the Europeans did. And we backe...
i have just watched " DANCES WITH WOLVES " in which union troops were struggling to laonch a balloon - i have also seen a drawing which showed a balloon tethered to the ground during the vic...
That is not easy to answer, as at the beginning of the War there were many colors used by state troops who were called up to fight for both sides. For instance the New York Grays, who fought for the n...
I found information about the Colored Troops Infantry on this link: http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uncolinf3.htm
It's a short summary. If you are interested in more information you ca...
...given valuable assistance to Gen. Thomas.(Lack of nerver on Dana's part?
We know this forced Union troops into Chattanooga, surrounded by the Confederates, who nearly starved the Union troops, ...
... format.
Chech out Historyanimated.com
It's a simple matter of pressing a play button and watching troops, represented by squares, fight in sequence over map drawings of the various battle fiel...
...d if the federals have not invaded maryland to defeat their purpose of being neutral . maryland wanted no troops to come through baltimore , only through annapolis, if this had happened , how much mor...
... they figure why not bombard beforehand, it might soften them up; besides we can't bombard while our troops engage them, we'll kill our men. Thanks for the Fort reminders, I hadn't thou...
...ood reading material on this subject. I have heard that the Confederates needed to commit large number of troops to guard salt locations; that to lose those areas might have cost them to lose the war ...
davis has blood on his hands
I assume you meant "had" here since Jefferson Davis died 120 years ago. Otherwise I won't argue the point.
in 1865 the union army and navy were secon...
...gs. we understand that her grand father was a Dr. in Georgia near Madison. He was to have tended Shermans troops, and he saved the city. How does one check out names of persons who where in the war, ...
...nfantry lined in the trees behind the artillery LEE and PICKETT rode across their front which bought the troops out of the trees and cheering very loudy -
i had read somewhere that the men were unde...
...t 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 happ...
...o, wasnt Britain within an ace of recognizing the Confederacy,had they won at Gettys, and sending british troops to help,or the british navy to end the Union blockade of the South.? I think one of the...
...ings became so popular. They are next to worthless in the sun and absolutely so in the rain. Many western troops in the WBTS on both sides threw them away and acquired a civilian slouch hat.
BTW hi...
...te soldiers in the center knew they were almost surrounded, and naturally panicked. Thomas held his AotC troops in the center back (again, against Grant's "better judgement") until he knew ...
...roaches the georgia capitol at milledgeville, meanwhile hood advances onward in tennessee,he forces union troops under schofield to fall back so as not to be out flanked....
...oh i forgot he was a westpoint grad to boot,so its not a suprise he wanted to serve in the field with the troops now instead hes charged with helping to form a new nation,for now he must concentrate o...
...ore on the civil war. Yet it brought to mind many instances I had read about, where stalemate existed, or troops refused to move, and something heroic happened and they just charged. So, it wasn't so ...
1861-some in the north see what wilkes did with the "trent affair"wasnt so cool,senator charles sumner of mass. and montgomery blair,the postmaster general,condem his action. 1862-aop under ...
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