American Civil War

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I have no hesitation in calling what I am about to write a "war record," for my life was "twice in jeopardy," as will be seen later on, and I served faithfully as a volunteer, though without compensation, during the entire war of the Rebellion. It is true I was not in the ranks, but I was at the front, and perhaps had a more continuous experience of army life during those four terribly eventful years than any other woman of the North. Born in Charleston, S. C., my sympathies were naturally...Read Full Story

ADVERTISEMENTS The Stonewall was a foreign-built ironclad which joined the Confederate service toward the end of the Civil War. Named for Lee's inspiring general, Stonewall Jackson, the ship was built at Bordeaux, France by L'Aman, ostensibly for the Danish navy. Like the Scorpion and Wivern, she was the object of intense Union pressure, and it was only with much legerdemain that Stonewall was delivered to the Confederates and commissioned in October 1864.The above photo shows the...Read Full Story

In 1845, Florida was granted statehood in the United States of America.  On January 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the Union and within a month helped form the Confederate States of America.  A small state with very few residents, it did send companies to the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of Tennessee.  However, Florida was most useful to the Confederate cause as a huge supplier of food.  Beef, pork, fish, fruit, and salt were sent up to the Southern armies by train near the top of...Read Full Story

Always on the hunt for opportunities to inform my understanding of history, I’ve hit a gold mine. In addition to my fascination with the Civil War, I am equally passionate about maritime history and am a degreed engineer. Those three fields of study converge in a fascinating symposium hosted by the DeepArch Research Group in Technology, Archaeology and the Deep Sea at MIT in April 2003 which they have made available for viewing on MIT Earth (TM). The symposium, Civil War High Tech: Excavating...Read Full Story

In recent years there has been a movemet afoot to remove Confederate monuments and other remembrances of our proud Southern heritage from the landscape.  In such a "politically correct" age it is heartening to see that in some communities monuments to the C.S.A. are still being erected instead of being torn down.  Here is one such example of a Confederate monument unveiled in March, 2001, in Charlotte, Tennessee, 42 miles west of Nashville.Dickson County Courthouse and Confederate Monumernt...Read Full Story

On the anniversary of President Lincoln’s 1863 Gettysburg Address, a volunteer in period dress lights luminarias. The candles illuminate markers commemorating soldiers killed at the Battle of Gettysburg. Fort Sumter National Monument Charleston, South Carolina The U.S. Civil War began at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery unleashed a barrage on the Federal fort. Sumter’s Union defenders surrendered after 34 hours; two soldiers (both from the Northern ranks) were...Read Full Story

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America’s greatest president, who rose to power in the country’s greatest hour of need and whose vision saw the United States through the Civil WarAbraham Lincoln towers above the others who have held the office of president—the icon of greatness, the pillar of strength whose words bound up the nation’s wounds. His presidency is the hinge on which American history pivots, the time when the young republic collapsed of its own contradictions and a new birth of freedom, sanctified by blood...Read Full Story

Americans Wage War On Other Americans On April 12, 1861, the Civil War began with three thousand artillery rounds raining havoc upon Fort Sumter. The American fort, located in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, was under attack. The attack was not conducted by an invading foreign power, but instead by fellow Americans. How can Americans wage war on other Americans? This paper examines the opening hostilities of the Civil War and the leading events of the war into the fall of 1862. The...Read Full Story