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Forum Post 49th Virginia Infantry
...ind 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 out when he left his s...
Forum Post I was born and raised in Alexandria, Virginia so here are my...
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 Attempting to locate Munson's hill. It is in what is now Arlington Co., Virginia.
...the top of, in an attempt to view the same. Baily's Crossroads is where Columbia Pike intersects with Virginia route seven, (7), also known as Leesburg Turnpike, which rises sharply as it transi...
Forum Post First and Second Manassas Battles
That sounds like it would be a really great experience. I also was thinking of going to the Virginia/West Virginia area and taking my niece to tour the battlefields where our ancestors fought, as w...
Forum Post Vacation ideas?
... leesburg,manasas,fredericksburg-chancellorsville- wilderness-spotysvania. pennsyvania to maryland to west virginia to virginia-go in early april-leaves not on trees yet for views-=find on a map then...
Forum Post Newbie saying hello from Chicago!
...am still going through, they are non- circulating so it will take awhile! I may have to take a trip to the Virginia/West Virginia area to find the info I need. Thanks, debijean...
Forum Post found a old medal/badge
i came across civil war medal/badge that on the front displays a gold outline around a print that says west Virginia under that is the united states flag. also connected to the top part that reads wes...
Forum Post new photos
...the author of the historical novel “Two Brothers: One North, One South.” He was born and raised in West Virginia and has been a lifelong student of the American Civil War. His research took him in...
Forum Post Why did North Carolina secede from the Union?
because the surrounding states( south carolina, georgia, virginia,and tennensee) already did son N.C has no choice but to secede.
Blog Comment The Gunboats
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 I was wondering,do people still finding artifacts etc...on t...
i live ten minutes from the cold harbor battlefields in virginia
Forum Post riddle me this!
the cousins were robert and richard garnet csa generals from virginia can anybody answer the other questions in the quiz?
Forum Post When did it become legal for African Americans to own property?
in petersburg virginia i read free blacks owned property in the 1830s
Forum Post Couple questions - Expert needed
... answer your question about the general, but the best training a confederate could have received was at the virginia military institute....
Forum Post Cannon Ball ???
...ted so i was unable to see any markings or anything. Could ths be a cannonball. I found it in southern west virginia if that helps any. thanks in advance!...
Forum Post Capt K Hedrick Co E 36th Va Cav CS 1863 Yankee Slayers
I found a similar tag at a flea market in Virginia and was wondering if anyone can tell me if it is a real or a fake? The tag is Lt. N. E. Whitecloud, 1st Cherokee Mtd Rifles, Yankee Slayers, 1862. An...
Forum Post Augusta County, VA now has a Civil War Roundtable!!!
...ok “Imboden’s Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign.” Steve French teaches history in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and is a frequent contributor of historical articles and book reviews to the Washi...
Forum Post all about the sout side of the civil war and where i could get pics only related to the south side
The Virginia Military Institute Archives website has some good info as well as confederate letters and some photos. Try looking on the websites of the Confederate state's or counties library a...
Forum Post george doles
...oter shot Doles in the left breast as he was inspecting the Confederate entrenchments near Bethesda Church, Virginia. He died instantly. here is the link ...
Forum Post If the Confederacy had won at Gettysburgh...?
... east,why not send men from us army in arkansas,texas coast,new orleans,south carolina,north carolina, west virginia,army of the cumberland,plus militas training in new york and pennsyvania....
Forum Post Chancellorsville
...t lee in the wilderness which was not a good place to fight,you could say every battle both sides fought in virginia led to chancellorsville-hooker didnt live up to his own hype and lee overmatched hi...
Forum Post has anyone seen ?
...aywith a real judge presiding to determine which pictures were of whom hanging in the courthouse[this is in virginia]anyway i dont remember the verdict or if they settled anything-but now maybe we kno...
Forum Post If Lee had listened to Longstreet...?
Looking out from the Lee/Virginia memorial at Gettysburg, one can see that the attack launched by Lee on the 3rd of July had little chance of success. The union forces were well entrenched along Cemet...
Forum Post The american civil war
... 2. Mississippi 3. Florida 4. Alabama 5. Georgia 6. Louisiana 7. Texas 8. Virginia 9. Arkansas 10. Tennesee 11. North Carolina all these seceeded both in...
Forum Post Quiz: What Battle produced three future Presidents and who were they?
...es and mckinley never served at those battles hayes was in ohio i believeat that time .mckinley was in west virginia with 23 ohio....
Forum Post november 18th
... usa. in missouri partisan jeff thompson captures at price landing a us steamer. 1862-two showdowns one in virginia and the other in tennesse will result in december at fredericksburg va and near mur...
Forum Post overated confederate
... leads us back to why Gettysburg so soon after Chancerlorville. He was overrated. Best General to come from Virginia? The Rock of Chicamauga: George ...
Forum Post november 16th
...ances 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 bragg, jam...
Blog Post the terrorist,the murderer,the hero,and the martyr
...repared to die for his cause,he will be convicted and the hanging will be dec 2nd in charlestown va[wva now]virginia removed a threat but a martyr will be born-on dec 2nd people again will walk in his...
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