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7 months ago
The Blue & The Gray : Part Three (part 44/46)
The Blue & The Gray
Part Three
(part 16)
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1 year ago
Sultana: Titanic of the Mississippi
On April 27th 1865, the overload steamboat Sultana, carrying upwards of 2,400 passengers and crew, mostly Union Prisoners of War returning home fro...
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Sultana Tragedy by Jerry O. Potter is an excellent book on the subject.
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1 year ago
"Wicked Spring" Wilderness battle in Civil War film
http://www.lionheart-filmwo... - http://www.wickedspringmovi.... Battle of the Wilderness scenes near the beginning of the film, which intro...
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The concept of "nation" as we define it today did not exist until AFTER the Civil War.
The Southerners did not consider themselves traitors. Their "country" was their
state and it was being invaded. It is sensless to argue about something that happened 140 years ago. But if you must, then get ...
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Lee was not the master of his fate now. Radicals in Washington wanted to
make him stand trial. This was only the first phase of the surrender. The North
needed Lee to make sure all Confederate troops everywhere surrender. He did not
desert his men. He met with Grant a second time after this.