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- On this date in Civil War history – Lee Surrenders at Appomattox Court House – April 9, 1865
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- On this date in Civil War history: March 28, 1862 -Battle of Glorieta Pass
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- A Moment in Time: A Few Appropriate Remarks
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Tag Archives: Confederate
Civil War photos: Help sought to solve old mystery
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The names of the two little girls are an enduring mystery, their images found among crumpled bodies on Civil War battlefields. Each is posed primly on chairs, ringlets cascading past the rouged cheeks of one, the other … Continue reading
Posted in Museums, Original Photos
Tagged 1865, 2nd Virginia Infantry, 3rd virginia Cavalry, Ann Drury Wellford, Battle of Shiloh, Bob Zeller, Center for Civil War Photography, Confederate, Corinth, Fredericksburg, Heartwell Kincaid Adams, High Bridge, James Shields, Jeffrey Ruggles, Kilmartin, L.M.C. Lee, Mississippi, Museum of the Confederacy, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, photography, Port Royal, Richmond, Sam Craghead, The Blue and Gray in Black and White, Thomas J. Jackson, Thomas W. Timberlake, unidentified, Union, Virginia, Walter Blunt
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On this date in Civil War history: April 6-7, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh
Fought in the early spring of 1862 on the west bank of the Tennessee River just north of the Mississippi state line, the battle of Shiloh was, up to that time, the biggest battle of American history. For two days … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Battles, This Date in Civil War History, Uncategorized
Tagged 1st Minnesota Light Artillery, Alabama, Albert Sidney Johnston, Andrew H. Foote, Army of Mississippi, Army of the Ohio, Army of the Tennessee, Battles, Benjamin Prentiss, Bowling Green, Braxton Bragg, Casualties, Civil War, Confederate, Corinth, cyclorama, D.W. Reed, Don Carlos Buell, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, gunboats, Henry W. Halleck, Hornets Nest, Jefferson Davis, Kentucky, Lew Wallace, Louisiana Washington Light Artillery, Memphis, Memphis & Charleston Railroad, Memphis Clarksville & Louisville Railroad, Mississippi, Mississippi Valley, Mobile, Mobile & Ohio Railroad, Muscle Shoals, Nashville, Nathan Bedford Forrest, New Orleans, P.G.T. Beauregard, Pensacola, Pittsburg Landing, Shiloh, Shiloh Methodist Church, Tennessee, Tennessee River, Theophile Poilpot, Ulysses S. Grant, Union, William T. Sherman
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Replica of Civil War sub stuck beside interstate
ATLANTA (AP) — A trailer carrying a 40-foot replica of a Confederate submarine to Tennessee for a re-enactment of the Battle of Shiloh blew two tires on an interstate in Atlanta and later headed back to South Carolina after repairs. The … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous
Tagged Atlanta, Confederate, CSS Hunley, Friends of the Hunley, Phil Lemieux, stuck, submarine, trailer
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On this date in Civil War history: Battle of Fort Donelson (Feb. 13-16, 1862)
Located on the west bank of the Cumberland river two miles north of Dover, Tennessee, Fort Donelson was on a steep bluff overlooking a straight stretch of several miles of river. The fort itself was only about 15 acres, but … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Artillery, Battles, This Date in Civil War History
Tagged 10-inch Columbiad, 32-pounder, Albert Sidney Johnston, Andrew H. Foote, artillery, Charles F. Smith, Confederate, Cumberland River, Dover, Dover Hotel, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Gideon J. Pillow, gunboats, John A. McClernand, John B. Floyd, Lew Wallace, Nashville, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Navy, Shiloh, Simon Bolivar Buckner, Tennessee, timberclad, Ulysses S. Grant, Union
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This Week in the American Civil War – March 19-25, 1862 (150 years ago)
Courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday March 19, 1862 It was a light day today. The only action was a skirmish at Elk Mountain, in western Virginia, and Strasburg, Va. The … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged 1862, 1st United States Sharpshooters Company I, 2nd Independent Battery of Minnesota Light Artillery, 2nd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 5th Minnesota Infantry, Agnew's Ferry, Albert Sidney Johnston, Alexandria, Battle of Kernstown, Beaufort, Benjamin Butler, Bolivar Heights, Brackett's Battalion, Brigadier General James Shields, cavalry, Colonel Ashby Turner, compensated emancipation, Confederate, Corinth, Dakota Territory, Day-Book, Department of the Gulf, Federal, Fort Abercrombie, Fort Henry, Fort Macon, Fort Ridgely, Fort Ripley, John G. Parke, Little Santa Fe, Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Major General John Dix, Manchester, McMinnville, Middle Military Department, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Moniteau County, Mount Jackson, Murfreesboro, Norfolk, North Carolina, Pittsburg Landing, Post Oak Creek, Savannah, Senator James Shields, Shelbyville, Ship Island, St. Paul, Tennessee, Thomas J. Jackson, Tullahoma, Virginia, Washington DC, Winchester
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On this date in Civil War History: March 8-9, 1862 - Battle of Hampton Roads
Confederate captain Franklin Buchanan steamed his ironclad Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack) from the Gosport Navy Yard into the Chesapeake Bay to confront the Union fleet there on blockade duty. Anchored in the bay were three coal ships and a … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Navy, This Date in Civil War History
Tagged Battle of Hampton Roads, Cateby ap Roger Jones, Chesapeake Bay, Confederate, Franklin Buchanan, George B. McClellan, Gosport Navy Yard, Hampton Roads, ironclad, James River, John Lorimer Worden, Navy, New York, Newport News, Norfolk, Norfolk Naval Station, Peninsula Campaign, Richmond, Sewell's Point, Union, USS Brandywine, USS Congress, USS Cumberland, USS Merrimarck, USS Minnesota, USS Roanoke, USS St. Lawrence, Virginia
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This Week in the American Civil War - February 26- March 4, 1862 (150 years ago)
From the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday February 26, 1862 Kentucky senator William E. Simms declared in the Confederate Congress that the Confederacy would defend her rights to the last extremity. In Washington, … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, This Week in the Civil War
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Confederate Sunset at Pea Ridge
This video was shot by Jeffrey S. Williams, the moderator of This Week in the Civil War, on Aug. 22, 2011 at 8 p.m.
Posted in 1862, Battlefield Preservation, Uncategorized
Tagged 1862, Arkansas, artillery, Confederate, Curtis, March, McCullough, McIntosh, Pea Ridge, Price, Sigel, Slack, Trail of Tears, Union, Van Dorn
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The Battle of Honey Springs - July 17, 1863
Honey Springs was the most important Civil War battle fought in Indian Territory. It preserved Union ownership of Fort Gibson and dealt Confederate forces a blow from which they never fully recovered. It also opened the way for the Federal … Continue reading
Posted in 1863
Tagged 1863, 1st Kansas Colored, 20th Texas Infantry, 29th Texas, Arkansas, artillery, Checotah, Civil War, Confederate, Douglas H. Cooper, Elk Creek, Fort Gibson, Fort Smith, Honey Springs, Indian Territory, Indians, Infantry, James G. Blunt, July, mountain howitzer, Napoleon howitzer, Oklahoma, Texans, Texas Road, Union, William A. Phillips, William L. Cabell
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