Earthquakes and Hurricanes! Natural Disasters and the Civil War

Expedition Hurricane Track of 1861

I’m sure someone has considered the impact of natural disasters on the Civil War, but apparently nobody has put forward a book length study of the subject. Perhaps that’s because there just isn’t anything to write about!

And that is not to say there is insufficient data. The US Geological Survey (USGS), Department of the Interior, National Weather Service (NWS), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) all retain mountains of historical data about these topics. The information is there, but perhaps there just isn’t much of a story to tell.

To The Sound of the Guns blog tells the story of the Civil War Hurricane seasons from 1861-1865 here.

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Member - Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Civil War reenactor and historian since 1993, holds Bachelor's Degree in History from Concordia University-St. Paul, currently pursuing Master's Degree in History at St. Cloud State University and is author of the forthcoming book, "Muskets and Memories: A Modern Man's Journey through the Civil War."
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