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Tag Archives: C.S.S. Virginia
This Week in the American Civil War – May 7-13, 1862
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal Major Highlights for the week Courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Wednesday May 7, 1862 On the Pamunkey River, near the mouth of the York River on the Virginia Peninsula, William … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Baltimore Crossroads, Battle of McDowell, Battle of West Point, Beaufort, C.S.S. Virginia, Charles H. Davis, Confederate River Defense Fleet, David Glasgow Farragut, Eltham's Landing, Farmington, Fort Monroe, Fort Pillow, G.W. Smith, gold, Hampton Roads, James E. Montgomery, Lewisburg, Louisiana, Memphis and Charleston Railroad, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Monterey, Nashville, Natchez, Nathaniel Banks, Netherlands, New Kent Court House, New Orleans, Norfolk, North Carolina, Pamunkey River, Peninsula Campaign, Port Royal, Rappahannock River, Richmond, South Carolina, Stasburg, Tennessee, Thomas J. Jackson, U.S.S. Cincinnati, U.S.S. Monitor, U.S.S. Mound City, Virginia, William B. Franklin, Williamsburg, Yorktown
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The Monitor, the Merrimack and… U.S.S. Minnesota?
By Darryl Sannes and Jeffrey Williams Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Friday marks the 150th anniversary of the famed duel between the ironclad ships, Monitor and Merrimack, and the Battle of Hampton Roads off of Sewell’s Point, Virginia. Today, … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Navy
Tagged 1862, African-American sailors, black sailors, C.S.S. Jamestown, C.S.S. Patrick Henry, C.S.S. Virginia, Charles Johnson, Flag Officer Silas H. Stringham, George H. Roberts, George Moore, George Sales, Gershom Jacques Van Brunt, Henry Williams, March, Norfolk Naval Station, Sewell's Point, U.S.S. Congress, U.S.S. Cumberland, U.S.S. Merrimack, U.S.S. Minnesota, U.S.S. Monitor, Virginia, William Brown, William H. White
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This Week in the American Civil War – March 5-11, 1862 (150 years ago)
Courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday March 5, 1862 Federal troops under Major General Nathaniel Prentice Banks advanced up the Shenandoah Valley from Harper’s Ferry, western Va., to Winchester, Va., and … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged Battle of Hampton Roads, Battle of Pea Ridge, Benjamin McCullough, C.S.S. Virginia, Cherokee, Cherokee Mounted Rifles, Earl Van Dorn, George B. McClellan, Indian Territory, James McIntosh, Joseph E. Johnston, Merrimack, Minnesota, Monitor, Nathaniel P. Banks, President Abraham Lincoln, President Jefferson Davis, Samuel Curtis, Sewell's Point, U.S.S. Minnesota, Virginia
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