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Info Ozi MachineryScrew

Fri, 18 May 2012 12:31:25 GMT

Service record NAtlBS 1864. Coastal blockade, Florida. Expedition to St. Marks, Fla., 23 Feb-27 Mar 1865. Decomm 28 Jun 1865. Sold 12 Jul 1865. Ship captured George Douthwaite, 8 May 1865. Later history Merchant City of Providence 1865. Sold foreign, 1867. Service record NAtlBS 1864. Coastal blockade, Florida. Expedition to St. Marks, Fla., 23 Feb-27 Mar 1865. Decomm 28 Jun 1865. Sold 12 Jul 1865. Ship captured George Douthwaite, 8 May 1865. Later history Merchant City of Providence 1865. Sold...

Rifled Guns ArtilleryBattalion

Fri, 18 May 2012 01:03:11 GMT

One of the 32-pounders at Fort Fisher after the fort's bombardment and eventual capture. Note how the carriage has been set up so that it can be moved easily from side to side. Library of Congress The U.S. Army's M 1 861 4.5-inch siege rifle and the M1862 4.62-inch siege rifle were 12-pounder weapons that saw Wide use on both sides. The U.S. Army also developed its M1861 4.5-inch siege rifle, a weapon that looked much ike a 3-inch Ordnance Rifle hut was made of cast, not wrought, iron. One...

Nationalist Spain AgrarianReform

Thu, 17 May 2012 20:14:22 GMT

Those who rose against the Republic did not have so much difficulty finding a single military and political leader. As of 1 October 1936, Francisco Franco was 'Head of Government of the Spanish State'. His military colleagues who put him there thought that this post would be temporary, that the war would soon be over with the conquest of Madrid and that then would be the time to think of the political framework of the new State. However, after various frustrated attempts to take the capital,...

The war in the East 186164 FieldFortifications

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:36:30 GMT

Major John Gross Barnard was appointed Chief Engineer of Washington, DC in 1861, and was responsible for planning the fortifications that surrounded the capital. Promoted to brigadier general, he directed the siege works atYorktown in 1862, and by 1864 was Chief Engineer of the armies in the field under Grant. National Archives 530217 Defenses of Washington, May-July 1861 The Federal capital was considered vulnerable at the outset of the Civil War, and a number of forts, blockhouses, and...

Source H Dionisio Ridruejo Falangist old shirt and Francos propaganda chief interviewed by Ronald Fraser in the 1970s InternationalBrigades

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:28:03 GMT

I was coming to realize that the revolution we had hoped to make was impossible. Eighty per cent of those being executed in the rearguard were workers. The repression was aimed at decimating the working class, destroying its power. In eliminating those whom our revolution was to benefit, the purpose of the revolution itself was itself eliminated. The reasoning behind the necessity for the purge was the sophism shared moreover by both sides that the enemy was a minority which was forcing the...

Source E Dionisio Ridruejo in 1938 Francos propaganda chief interviewed by Ronald Fraser in the 1970s InternationalBrigades

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:25:07 GMT

The charter had very concrete origins the Italians demanded it, maintaining that it was necessary to give the new state a more progressive social outlook and to remove suspicion that it was simply a reactionary regime. It was one of the very few times that the Italians intervened in the internal politics of the new regime, unlike the Germans. The latter's main concern was repayment of their aid. I heard Serrano Suner relate privately how German pressure became so great at one time that Franco...

Info Chb BatonRouge

Tue, 15 May 2012 23:53:32 GMT

43. Democrats retained a majority of eight in the Senate, where Salmon P. Chase joined John P. Hale of New Hampshire as the second Free Soil senator. Chase had been elected by a coalition of Democrats and Free Soilers in the Ohio legislature as part of a bargain by which Free Soilers enabled Democrats to control the legislature in return for Democratic support of Chase for senator and for repeal of Ohio's black laws which had restricted black access to schools, courts, and other public...

Guerrillas And The Civilian Populations PartisanRangers

Tue, 15 May 2012 22:30:55 GMT

No guerrilla force can survive for long without the active support of at least a part of the civilian population, on whom they rely for food, information, and BATTLE OF BRICE'S CROSSROADS, JUNE 10, 1864 This was a prime example of the employment of large numbers of partisan rangers in a pitched battle. Concerned about MajGen Nathan Bedford Forrest's regular attacks on the Nashville amp Chattanooga Railroad in Tennessee, Gen Sherman ordered BrigGen Samuel Sturgisinto northern Mississippi to...

Spain November 46 September 45 JuliusCaesar

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:47:09 GMT

Cassius had proved both corrupt and incompetent as governor of Spain, alienating both his own troops and the local population. By the time he was replaced by Caius Trebonius, the situation was almost beyond redemption and the new governor was expelled by mutinous soldiers. Pompey's elder son Cnaeus arrived and was rapidly acclaimed as commander of the rebellious legions. He was soon joined by other Pompeians, including his brother Sextus and Labienus. A huge army of 13 legions and many...

Cavalry CollarPatches

Tue, 15 May 2012 13:59:57 GMT

Fairly elitist before the Great War and dominated aristocratic fops, the Soviet cavalry force was tra formed after the Revolution. The typical p gt I Revolution cavalryman could well have been a fori caretaker or gardener of an aristocrat's house. A se lt shortage of trained cavalrymen led to a massive retI ment drive with the slogan 'Proletarian, mount a Anyone who had ever dealt with horses was enl gt and it became normal to see cavalrymen in pec.l clothing ex-office workers in bowler hats...

The Russian Far East ShoulderBoards

Tue, 15 May 2012 08:55:31 GMT

J nuary 1918 Grigoriv Semvonov, chief of the Special Mi uirian Detachment, became Ataman of the Zabaikal, Amur I L'ssurivsk Cossacks. Although subordinated to Admiral r ak. in Januarv 1919 he set up the independent ol-Buryat Republic, and. after Kolchak's death, proclaimed - it its supreme ruler, ron Ungern, Semvonov's closest aide and commander of the br Cavalry Div ision, separated himself from Semvonov's troops in . ind went to Mongolia to become its Yuna, or ruler. In May 1921 attempted to...

th Virginia Infantry CSA MuseumPhiladelphia

Tue, 15 May 2012 04:18:22 GMT

The 15th Virginia Infantry was formed, in part, by amalgamating companies from other regiments, in particular the 33rd Virginia and the 179th Militia. The soldiers of the new units were given a fairly regulation issue uniform of gray, with blue piping. The wounded field officer at left wears a two-piece Virginia State seal belt-plate, and is partially supporting himself on the private soldier's Virginia Manufactory converted flintlock musket, which has been altered to use the Maynard...

A Recruiting Poster Confederate Army 2

Mon, 14 May 2012 14:48:51 GMT

Before the invention of radio, television, and motion pictures, organizations and government officials spoke to individuals by using posters. These were hung in places where people often gathered, such as town squares, open-air markets, and the front of shops and newspaper offices. This enlistment poster was one of the most popular types seen in the first days of the Civil War. It does not mention pay or benefits. Rather, the picture of the patriotic soldier in battle gives recruits the...

Info Cmz RepublicanSpain

Mon, 14 May 2012 11:23:43 GMT

13 points, published in May 1938 as a basis for brokering a peace, were a model of liberal constitutionality. Included prominently in the 13 points was an affirmation of liberty of conscience. Nor was this merely a statement of good intentions designed for external consumption. For Negrin the normalization of the Catholic Church's position was a litmus test of Republican constitutionality. Negrin was himself a secular rationalist, but he was not anticlerical - indeed, his own brother had taken...

Info Yvv FortSumter

Mon, 14 May 2012 11:19:19 GMT

when Confederate forces in Charleston, South Carolina, attacked Fort Sumter, which was under the control of Union forces. This flag flew at Fort Sumter when Union troops resided there early in 1861. There were 33 stars on this Union flag, representing the 33 states in the Union at that time as compared to the 50 states today . It was the fifteenth official flag of Fort Sumter flag. the United States. On April 11, 1861, Major Robert Anderson, the man in charge of the Union troops was told to...

Yanan and the strongpoint offensive RepublicChina

Mon, 14 May 2012 10:32:59 GMT

In March 1947 GMD forces captured Yanan, the Communist base which Mao had fled to at the end of the Long March, and where he constructed an alternative Chinese social and political system. A few months later, to luxuriate in the capture, Chiang Kai-shek flew into Yanan and walked along the streets and into the cave dwellings where Mao had once lived. The Nationalists hailed this as a great triumph, which would be the prelude to their recovery from the loss of Manchuria. For a short period the...

The journeys of Dr Albert Bonet GuerraCivil

Mon, 14 May 2012 10:22:38 GMT

In Maria Luisa Rodriguez Aisa's book about Cardinal Goma, which has been repeatedly cited in this chapter, there are some references to Dr Albert Bonet i Marrugut which deserve amplification, not only on account of the influence he had upon the reception of the Collective Letter but because his adventures tell us much about the religious situation in the Francoist zone and the adverse fortunes of the Catalan Catholics. He was a typical example of the splendid Catalan clergy of the 1920s and...

Lao Deshan from peasant to conscript RepublicChina

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:52:00 GMT

The terror and misery that the practice of forced recruitment brought to China's peasants is illustrated by the fate of Lao Deshan, a 16-year-old living in Guillin province, whose experience was recorded by members of one of the International Red Cross teams working in China during the civil war. Lao's ordeal began in February 1947 when an NRA recruiting gang came to his village, searching the houses and scouring the countryside to pick up any young men unlucky enough not to have hidden...

Screw Frigates MachineryScrew

Sun, 13 May 2012 23:46:21 GMT

Tonnage 5,170 tons D 3,173 tons B. Dimensions 265' wl x 53'8 x 24'3 Machinery 1 screw, 2-cyl. horizontal back-acting condensing engine 68 x 3'6 , 4 boilers, IHP 2,065, 10 knots Atlantic Complement 228 Armament 4-100pdr MLR, 1-11 SB, 34-9 SB._ Notes Officially considered to be the rebuilt 74-gun ship-of-the-line of 1814, authorized 1853. Ship rig. Engines designed by Isherwood. Ordered 1863. Service record European Sqn 1867-71. N. Atlantic 1873. European Sqn 187476. Receiving Ship, Norfolk NYd...

An Antislavery Slogan Confederate Army 2

Sun, 13 May 2012 23:39:06 GMT

Americans who hated slavery formed organizations to try to end it and to embarrass slave owners. One group's slogan was the question Am I Not a Man and a Brother The members tried to force masters to admit that slaves were not farm property, but people like themselves. what rights does a state enjoy Can it ignore a federal law with which it does not agree Americans had been arguing about the powers of the national government versus the rights of states longer than they had been arguing about...

South Carolina InfantryRegiments

Sat, 12 May 2012 16:55:04 GMT

South Carolina's basic uniform regulations were written in 1839 and, while they were reprinted as late as i860, they were fairly irrelevant to the Civil War period. New orders appeared in 1861 which brought them up to date for officers and senior noncommissioned officers, at least, and imposed uniformity within South Carolina's military force. Officers, according to the 1861 orders, were to wear dark blue frock coats and trousers like those of US Army officers. The trousers were to have a...

Second Lieutenant The Washington Artillery CSA ArmyRevolver

Sat, 12 May 2012 16:02:18 GMT

The prewar militia and private units that came into the Confederate service rarely adopted the national uniform regulations entirely, and the Confederate government never made any really concerted attempt to enforce them to do so. Indeed, in the hard-pressed Rebel service, any uniform, even one with improper insignia, was better than none at all. The Washington Artillery of New Orleans, whose gunners have already been seen on an earlier page, enjoyed a long and distinguished history, and...

Initial attitude of Bishop Pla Y Deniel and Cardinal Goma GuerraCivil

Sat, 12 May 2012 12:12:12 GMT

Of all the Episcopal documents selected for this pamphlet, the most important, as much for its theological soundness as for its influence on the ideology and propaganda of the rebels, was the letter by Pla y Deniel that we have already mentioned, Las dos ciudades 'The Two Cities' . Although, unlike Goma, Pla y Deniel was not a fundamentalist but belonged to the camp of Social Catholicism, he was nevertheless much more generous than Goma in applying the title of 'Crusade' to the conflict. But...

Takes command of the allblack FiftyFourth Massachusetts LibraryCongress

Fri, 11 May 2012 13:40:42 GMT

In January 1863, the United States government authorized Governor John Andrew 1818-1867 of Massachusetts to put together a regiment of black soldiers from his state. Since there were not enough black men living in Massachusetts at that time, Andrew called upon prominent abolitionists and black leaders to recruit men from all over the North to form the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Regiment. The Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts would be the first all-black regiment to represent a state in battle during...

Takes command of the allblack FiftyFourth Massachusetts SouthernStates

Fri, 11 May 2012 13:40:30 GMT

Carriages BreechLoading

Fri, 11 May 2012 11:11:00 GMT

Any large field gun carriage was composed of several components that were virtually standard in all European armies. The three largest elements were the two cheeks and the axletree. The axletree was normally of oak although it could have been made of other materials. Elm was widely used, but any hardwood could be pressed into service if required. It was normally A stylized view of a wrought iron gun on a land service carriage. Iron versions of this kind of carriage still exist and are likely to...

Crossing the Rubicon RomanArmy

Fri, 11 May 2012 03:19:06 GMT

'They wanted it. Were it not for the support of my army they would have passed judgement upon me in spite of my achievements.' Caesar looking at the bodies of dead senators after Pharsalus By 50 the mood in Rome was increasingly tense. The fear was similar to that in anticipation of Pompey's return in 62. but probably even worse, for C aesar was perceived now as a more open revolutionary, and his province, with its large, veteran army, lay on Italy's own border. Many Romans feared that this...

civil war facts triviat FortSumter

Thu, 10 May 2012 19:40:09 GMT

H Coffee was both the scarcest and most valued drink during the Civil War, and many people came up with interesting coffee substitutes, including okra seed, rice, wheat, peanuts, beans, sweet potatoes, peas, and acorns. These would be dried and then soaked in hot water, creating a coffee-like drink. H Since cane sugar and molasses were produced primarily in the South, prior to and during the war Northerners substituted maple sugar as an act of protest against the South. H At the beginning of...

Excerpt from How Does One Feel Under Fire Black Soldiers 2

Thu, 10 May 2012 15:46:39 GMT

The influence of a courageous man is most helpful in battle. Thus at Antietam, when surprised by the Sixth Georgia Regiment, lying immediately behind the fence at the celebrated cornfield, allowing our regiment to approach within thirty feet, and then pouring in a volley that decimated our ranks fully one-half the regiment was demoralized. I was worse I was stampeded. I did not expect to stop this side of the Pennsylvania line. I met a tall, thin young soldier, very boyish in manner, but cool...

Index Eastern Association 2

Thu, 10 May 2012 07:00:56 GMT

Figures in bold refer to illustrations Adwalton Moor, battle of 30 June 1643 7, 13, 19, 76 Animadversions of Wane Ward 50 armour and equipment 66-7, 68 'Army Plot' 1641 17 Ash, Simeon 53, 54, 79 Balfour, Sir William 89 Banbury 85,86 Barratt, John 76 Barriffe, William 28 Barthomley Church 17 Belasyse, John 10 Bewdley 84 Bilton Bream Marston Moor 54, 55. 80 Blakiston, Sir William 25, 65 Bolton, massacre at 40 Boroughbridge 45, 49 'Boy' Rupert's poodle 81, 82. 84, 85 Brackley 85 Bridgewater,...

Home Away From Home Confederate Army 2

Thu, 10 May 2012 01:34:45 GMT

The waterproof leather knapsack was an item common to every foot soldier in the first years of the war. A leather-wrapped blanket roll was strapped to the top, and inside a soldier carried every bit of spare clothing he might have his tin cup, plate, fork, and spoon extra ammunition and any personal items he might want to keep with him. As they lost more items and as regulations relaxed, many soldiers abandoned these sacks later in the war and took to carrying all their possessions in a simple...

Fort Sumter 186 I CoastalFortifications

Wed, 09 May 2012 23:08:02 GMT

During the months leading up to the outbreak of the Civil War, the Union garrisons of Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter found themselves isolated by a hostile population. Both forts were ill prepared for service, particularly Fort Moultrie, which was largely indefensible due to cracks in the walls and sand piled up in front of the embrasures. For this reason the two garrisons concentrated their forces in Fort Sumter in late December 1860. For the next 13 weeks, they worked to improve the defenses...

Image not available Afu TippecanoeClass

Wed, 09 May 2012 20:05:45 GMT

Fig. 2.3. Monitor turret showing 15-inch guns, with Passaic-class mounting on left, Tippecanoe-class mounting on right. Note the smoke box, shortened barrel, and muzzle ring required for firing the Passaic class's gun through the small gun port. U.S. Navy Ordnance Regulations, 1866, facing p. 108. means of clearing the anchor. Ericsson, he wrote, ignores every single thing but impenetrability, and that only in the turret.60 All the reports you may have seen in the papers about the trials having...

Union Manuals MuseumPhiladelphia

Wed, 09 May 2012 19:48:21 GMT

The Civil War was fought by enormous armies, covering a vast area, and with relatively poor communications. In addition, vast numbers of state volunteers and militias were embodied and dispatched to the battle zones. The only means of achieving some degree of uniformity of equipment and practice was through the written word, which gave rise to a huge amount of military literature. Many of these were official manuals published by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C., followed...

Info Ysn Eastern Association 2

Tue, 08 May 2012 23:17:27 GMT

Lamplugh's Regiment of Foot. First Captain's colour. Yellow field, St George's Arms with a black cross patonce in the centre of the field, artwork by Mike Seed courtesy Partizan Press Sir Thomas Tyidesley's personal Cornet of Horse. Red field, golden pelican and laurel wreath, red and gold fringe. The motto reads 'King and country deserve such love', artwork by Mike Seed courtesy Partizan Press Sir Thomas Tyidesley's personal Cornet of Horse. Red field, golden pelican and laurel wreath, red and...

V Lhc FortSumter

Tue, 08 May 2012 21:26:45 GMT

1. Push the two branches with the Y at the ends into the ground. It will be easier if you find a part of your lawn that is fairly soft. Note Make sure you get permission from your parents to build the lean-to in the yard. You do not want to disrupt any part of the lawn that is beautifully landscaped 2. Now take one of the longer branches and place it across the Y sections. Even though it should be a snug fit, you should use some of the heavy cord or kite string to secure the branch into place...

Other Flags EasternAssociation

Tue, 08 May 2012 20:54:20 GMT

In addition to unit colours and standards, senior officers possessed personal standards often different from those borne by their own trc op. The King's royal standard or Banner Royal , so nearly captured at Edgehill, bore the full Royal Arms first and fourth quarters, quartered arms of England and France, second quarter Scotland, third Irelandj. the Scottish version having the Scottish lion in the first and fourth quarters and quartered England and France in the second and at Edgehill, the...

The Battle of Shiloh MississippiRiver

Tue, 08 May 2012 16:55:10 GMT

After a bleak winter that had proved tremendously unsettling to the Southern cause, spring 1862 brought hope that the Confederates in the west might redeem their losses. Johnston concentrated his defeated forces near Corinth, Mississippi, for an offensive into Tennessee. He had pleaded all winter for reinforcements, but none were forthcoming until March, when he was able to muster some 40,000 troops to engage the enemy. Realizing that the Federals possessed superior numerical strength, the...

MAPS 50 51 The Battle of Worcester 3 September 1651 RoyalistArmy

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:42:40 GMT

Cromwell's main body lay to the south-east of the city on and around the Red Hill, on the east bank of the Severn, whilst Fleetwood was moving from Upton along the road to Powick and so to Powick Bridge, scene of a royalist cavalry victory in 1642, Fleetwood's objective was to cross the River Teme and attack the Scots on its northern bank, who formed the western defences of the city. The troops under Fleetwood moved slowly, but came to the Teme at two points, near Powick Bridge itself and...

Contents ArmyRevolver

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:15:19 GMT

Federal Cavalry Uniforms and Equipment Federal Artillery Uniforms and Equipment Federal Siqnal Corps Uniforms and Equipment Confederate Weapons Pistols and Revolvers 288 Federal Medical Staff Uniforms and Equipment Federal Musicians' Uniform and Equipment Federal Commanders' and Staff Uniforms and Equipment 98 Confederate Uniforms and Equipment Overview Confederate Infantry Uniforms and Equipment Confederate Cavalry Uniforms and Equipment Confederate Artillerymen's Uniforms and Equipment...

Indiana WheelSteamer

Mon, 07 May 2012 16:17:47 GMT

I MM Ml MM MM MM MM Ml MM MM MM MM Ml MM MM MM MM Ml MM MM MM MM Ml MM MM MM MM Ml MM MM MM MM Ml MM MM MM MM Ml MM MM MM MM Ml MM MM MM MM Ml MM MM MM MM MM Ml MM MM MM MM MM Indiana is bounded on the south by the Ohio River, which uary 1, 1861, in the Wabash River at Terre Haute. MSV, contains a number of wrecks. Shipwrecks listed in this 30, 248. section are in the Wabash and Tippecanoe rivers. Greenville. Union. Stern-wheel steamer, 105 tons. Built in Caroline. U.S. Stern-wheel steamer, 122...

Where to Learn More Amr SouthernStates

Mon, 07 May 2012 15:30:17 GMT

Chesnut, Mary Boykin Miller. A Diary from Dixie. Boston Houghton Mifflin, 1949. Reprint, New York Random House, 1997. Chesnut, Mary Boykin Miller. The Private Mary Chesnut The Unpublished Civil War Diaries. New York Oxford University Press, 1984. DeCredico, Mary A. Mary Boykin Chesnut A Confederate Woman's Life. Madison, WI Madison House, 1996. Muhlenfeld, Elisabeth. Mary Boykin Chesnut A Biography. Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press, 1981. Woodward, C. Vann, ed. Mary Chesnut's Civil...

Hoods desperate gamble UnionArmy

Mon, 07 May 2012 13:28:52 GMT

In the weeks following Sherman's capture of Atlanta, the Union Army engaged in a series of skirmishes minor fights with Hood's force, which continued to lurk in the region. In November 1864, Sherman's army set fire to Atlanta and marched eastward out of the city. Sherman planned to march through the heart of the Confederacy, seizing supplies and destroying croplands along the way. If we can march a well-appointed prepared army right through Jefferson Davis's territory, it is a demonstration to...

Sarah K Nytroe African American 2

Mon, 07 May 2012 04:07:42 GMT

On March 4, 1865, following his second inauguration as president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln stood before a crowd of thousands who had gathered near the east side of the Capitol building to watch the ceremony, having braved morning rains and muddy streets to attend. Four years into the conflict that had torn the country apart, and just over a month before the surrender of the Confederate Army at Appomattox Court House, Lincoln used his second inaugural address to reflect upon the...

Colt Army Revolver Confederate Army 2

Sun, 06 May 2012 20:33:01 GMT

Northern and Southern troops called any .44 caliber revolver an Army revolver. The six-shot Colt .44 and the Remington .44 were the two most popular Civil War pistols.

Improvised Navies ConfederateNavy

Sat, 05 May 2012 21:01:00 GMT

When war began in April 1861, the U.S. Navy boasted fewer than seventy usable vessels thirty-four steamers and thirty-five sailing ships and rapid expansion of the fleet became a top priority. This expansion took two forms, purchase and construction, and the navy began building gunboats and buying merchant vessels that could be converted into blockaders see figure 1 . The navy entered the commercial shipping marketplace with stumbling steps. Line officers, naval constructors, and engineers...

The Third System of coastal fortification CoastalFortifications

Sat, 05 May 2012 13:44:00 GMT

The era of construction following the War of 1812 was instigated as a direct result of British depredations during that conflict. It had been demonstrated that without adequate coastal fortifications, an enemy who enjoyed control of the sea could land more or less where he liked, and raid far inland. The maritime frontier needed better protection, and the Third System, which developed on the heels of the war, was the first coastal fortification initiative created as a result of an analysis of...

Info Hbs MachineryScrew

Sat, 05 May 2012 13:28:31 GMT

1865 May 1866 8 Oct 1865 28 Jul 1865 Oct 1865 Later history Merchant John H. Starin RR 1911. Johnson Tonnage 499 tons, Dimensions 175' x 26' 4 x 8' Machinery side wheels, vertical beam engine, Gray , Complement 37 3 guns. Service record Great Lakes.f ex-USS Juniper 27 Jul 1865 , ex-Uno Fessenden Tonnage 476 tons, Dimensions 180' x 29' x d11' Machinery side wheels, vertical beam engine 48 x 9' Fletcher Complement 37. Service record Great Lakes. Sold 29 Mar 1883.f Sherman Tonnage 476 tons,...

Accoutrements PennsylvaniaInfantry

Fri, 04 May 2012 20:07:58 GMT

The infantryman's oval brass lead-backed waist belt plate was 3.5 ins long by 2.225 ins wide, bearing the letters 'US' within a raised oval border on the front. There were two studs and a hook of brass embedded in the lead on the back. Between 1 January 1861 and 30 June 1866 the Army bought 143,348 of these plates. The infantryman's shoulder belt plate was also of stamped brass, lead-backed it was circular, ins in diameter, with two iron wire loops on the back which slid through slits in the...

The controversy over Fort Sumter AbrahamLincoln

Fri, 04 May 2012 14:32:22 GMT

Located at the entrance to Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, Fort Sumter was manned by approximately sixty-eight U.S. soldiers under the command of Major Robert Anderson 1805-1871 . A five-sided brick building that stood guard over the port of the largest city in South Carolina, it remained in Union hands throughout the first few months of 1861, even as the Confederacy took control of most other Federal military outposts and offices in the Deep South. The continued occupation of Fort Sumter...

Info Pss MachineryScrew

Thu, 03 May 2012 21:48:40 GMT

A.W. Baker Cargo ship. Run ashore by USS Queen of the West and burned 15 miles below mouth of Red River, 2 Feb 1863. Acacia Transport. Captured near Memphis, June 1862. Sunk Aug 1862. May be side-wheel steamer Acacia Cottage, 109 tons, built at California, Pa., 1857, snagged 25 miles above Helena, Ark., 21 Aug 1862. Admiral Picket boat. Captured at New Madrid, Mo., 7 Apr 1862. Alamo Transport, Arkansas River and Matagorda Bay, Tex. Alfred Robb Transport, Upper Tennessee River. Captured by USS...

The Sortie of the CSS Virginia Saturday 8 March 1862 FortMonroe

Thu, 03 May 2012 19:50:43 GMT

lag Officer Buchanan's plan to attack the Union blockading fleet in Hampton Roads on Thursday 6 March was cancelled. The CSS Virginia was still not ready for action, and Lieutenant Jones begged for a few more days to finish preparing the ironclad. Buchanan had planned a night attack, but local pilots refused to take responsibility for guiding the ship up the Elizabeth River in the dark. The attack was postponed until Saturday morning. Even then, the gunport shields would still not be fitted,...

Info Cnx MachineryScrew

Thu, 03 May 2012 11:14:36 GMT

Tonnage 296 tons Dimensions 121'6 x 30'8 x d11'8 Complement 39 Armament 2-32pdr 33, 1-30pdr MLR Jan 1863 1-32pdr 33. Jan Service record Mortar Flotilla, Mississippi Sqn. Bombardment of Fts. Jackson and St. Philip below New Orleans, 18-28 Apr 1862. Bombardment of Vicksburg, 26 Jun-22 Jul 1862. Engagement with CSS Arkansas above Vicksburg, 15 Jul 1862. Decomm 13 May and sold 30 May 1865. Later history Merchant Horace Beals 1865. Later Swedish Britannia, SE 1885.

The Battle Of Champion Hill GrandGulf

Wed, 02 May 2012 15:37:36 GMT

Now, at last, Grant turned to head straight for Vicksburg, 35 miles to the west. His first objective had been achieved - he had got his army between Johnston and Pemberton. Grant's men were full of confidence, beginning to realize that this was a remarkable campaign. One gunner wrote 'If there ever was a jubilant army, Grant's army in Jackson was that night.' But Grant allowed little time for celebration. He had the Confederates split and reeling, but he knew that they had reinforcements...

Mcdowell irvin 18188S RegularArmy

Wed, 02 May 2012 13:27:22 GMT

Irvin McDowell see Plate A3 was born in Columbus, Ohio, on 15 October 1818. At first educated in France, he was graduated in the US Military Academy class of 1838, and taught tactics at the Academy from 1841 to 1845. lie served as a staff officer in the Mexican War, earning a captain's brevet for gallantry at Buena Vista 22 February 1847 . From then until the outbreak of the Civil War he was assigned to duty in the office of the Adjutant General of the Army. On 14 May 1861 he was appointed a...

The Spanish Civil War in perspective 1 SocialRevolution

Tue, 01 May 2012 23:06:57 GMT

In retrospect, it sometimes became difficult to remember why the Spanish Civil War had been fought at all. Francoists had assumed for decades after the war that Spain would remain what they had made it - Catholic, authoritarian, nationalist and centralist. They suddenly found themselves living in a society full of the features they had sought to eradicate. It was now pluralist, tolerant, federal and multilingual. Militarism disappeared. Instead of the Second Republic being an anomalous period...

Explorers and Pathfinders AmericanHistory

Tue, 01 May 2012 19:49:59 GMT

There were other explorers at work during these years who did not call themselves naturalists, but who nonetheless advanced the cause of knowledge in numerous fields. The middle decades of the 19th century represent the tail end of the last great age of discovery, which began with the expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in 1804-06. From 1851 to 1875 U.S. explorers headed for distant unknown corners of the continent to explore and survey the trackless wilderness. The military took...

An army without a leader the Spanish campaign AprilAugust 49 RomanArmy

Tue, 01 May 2012 18:44:03 GMT

The main Pompeian army in Spain was at llerda modern L rida commanded by Lucius Afranius and Marcus Petrius. Between them they had five legions, HO cohorts of Spanish auxiliaries - a mixture of both close- and open-order infantry - and 5, XX cavalry. The other two legions, again supported by auxiliaries, remained far to the west in Further Spain under the command of Marcus Terentius Varro. To face the force at llerda, Caesar was able to muster six legions, along with 3, lt XX cavalry of various...

Florida InfantryRegiments

Tue, 01 May 2012 02:19:11 GMT

Standard Confederate-type uniforms, with a larger than usual number of plain shirts and straw hats being worn in tropical areas, appear to have been the norm lor Floridians. The state was relatively thinly populated, and the militia had fallen into This youth wears the insignia adopted for the commissary sergeant of the 20th Connecticut Regiment an insignia used, apparently, by other Connecticut regiments as well. The plain frock coat without regulation trim also seems to have been common among...

Richard Cordley Black Soldiers 2

Tue, 01 May 2012 00:20:31 GMT

Account of William C. Quantrill's 1863 Raid on Lawrence, Kansas First published separately in 1863, 1895, and 1903 A survivor details a bloody massacre of civilians During the American Civil War, organized bands of Confederate fighters known as guerrillas were an important factor in the struggle for control of Missouri, Kansas, western Virginia, and other regions in question. These guerrillas also known in the North as bushwhackers and in the South as rangers launched repeated raids against...

Uniforms Cavalry Corps 2

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:55:02 GMT

No special uniform appears to have been authorized for Indian units on either side. The 53rd New York wore a Zouave style uniform with tasselled red fezzes and the usual baggy Zouave trousers. The other Union regiments appear to have worn the regulation uniform, whilst retaining their traditional hair styles. A contemporary account describes the small kepis perched on their full heads of hair as comical and ludicrous. The Confederate units wore the same style of uniforms as the other cavalry....

Info Wsi VirginiaInfantry

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:52:22 GMT

340 troops present for duty equipped 525 troops present for duty equipped Brigadier-General Evander Mclvor Law, a 26-year-old from South Carolina, graduated from the forerunner to The Citadel and founded a military academy in Alabama, At the outbreak of the war, he raised a company from among his students.

New York 1 PennsylvaniaRegiment

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:50:41 GMT

Private du IOlli New York City Volunteers. Sergent lOth New York City Volunteers. Private du I2th New York State Militia. Private du Util New York State Militia. du 14tli lirooklyn. 861. L'unit deviendra 84 Mi New York Infantry Regiment. Private du II th New York Volunteers. 1861. Le I Ith New-York Volunteers, on Fire Zouaves, est un r giment de volontaires constitue de membres du corps des pompiers volontaires de la ville de New York. Le r giment disparait la bataille de First Bull Kun.

Ericssons Folly FortMonroe

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:41:42 GMT

On 3 August 1861, the Union Navy Department secured Federal funding to build ironclads in response to the threat posed by the Merrimac. The Ironclad Board reviewed the 16 tenders that had been submitted, and encouraged by the financier Cornelius Bushnell, and prompted by Welles, the Board reluctantly approved the design proposed by John Ericsson. None of the board members were engineers, or even advocates of ironclad warships, but all three members understood the danger facing the blockading...

The siege of Savannah MarineCorps

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:40:41 GMT

Sherman's march through Georgia during December 1864 brought Federal troops to the outskirts of Savannah, and all available Confederate forces, including Marines, were required to take their place in the defenses. The Marines available to Capt John R.F.Tattnall consisted of about 50 men of Co E, who were assigned to the trenches near King's Bridge on the Little Ogeechee River west of the city. Resisting stubbornly for 12 days, they withdrew with other Confederate troops when the city was...

Iuka Oak Hill PennsylvaniaRegiment

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:58:25 GMT

Hallte Flag du 3rd Louisiana Regiment avers Battle Klag du 57th Georgia Regiment avers Regimental Flag du 4th Missouri Infantry avers Batllc Plag du 28tli north Carolina Infantry avers

John Beatty a Union soldier ConfederateForces

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:54:20 GMT

In many ways, John Beatty typified the common soldier of the Union army, and his journal details army life in the Western Theater throughout the early years of the war. Beatty was born on 16 December 1828 near Sandusky in the western region of Ohio, a region known for its strong anti-slavery sentiments. At the outbreak of war, he raised a company of local volunteers, which joined the 3rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. When the unit was mustered into service, Beatty, recently promoted to...

Info Egf PennsylvaniaRegiment

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:31:41 GMT

Les UNIFORMES des OFFICIERS et des MUSICIENS Officier subalterne en tenue de marche. 1864. L'uniforme de cet officier n'a plus rien de r glement le pantalon Buttcmut. le Slouch larges bords et la tunique l'allure de veste de chasse. Seuls le baudrier et l' quipement de cuir fauve rattache cet homme Sous officier confeder en grande tenue. 1861. Private en veste, tenue de cantonnement.

New York Vbb PennsylvaniaRegiment

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:22:56 GMT

Private du 79th new York Volunteers new York Highlanders. 1861, tenue de service. Sergent du 79th New York Volunteers New York Highlanders. 1861. en grande tenue. Officier du 79th new York Volunteers new York Highlanders. 1861, en grande tenue. Private des llawkin's Zouaves. 1862. Sergent du I46th New York Volunteers. Officier du I65tli New York Infantry Regiment. Private du 2nd Battalion. I GStli New York Infantry Regiment Sergent du I46th New York Volunteers. Officier du I65tli New York...

Island No 10 And New Madrid Federal Army 2

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:58:15 GMT

Apriftiiiight Shrouded by heavy storm, Fe gt ieral gunboat Carondekt passes the visSandim.d psyches New Madrid. Joined by gunixia lt rH 0urgon night of April 7 j y g amp f Pope's'tr ops prepare to cross ' riy aftd assault Confederates. Carondekt duels with Confederate shore batteries April- Wb'ij' .gunboats pound Tennessee 3, ' shore ahdesjfence batteries, Pope's.forces 'O M tk only'esiape.route. Island No. 10 s iz d by .Foote's flotilla Confederates surrender on April 8 i March 3-14 Popelaiis...

Island No 10 And New Madrid Union Troops 2

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:57:33 GMT

Apriftiiiight Shrouded by heavy storm, Fe gt ieral gunboat Carondekt passes the visSandim.d psyches New Madrid. Joined by . gunixia lt rH 0urgon night of April 7 j y g amp f Pope's'tr ops prepare to cross ' rly aftd assault Confederates. Carondekt duels with Confederate shore batteries April- Wb'ij' .gunboats pound Tennessee 3, ' shore andesjience batteries, Pope's.forces 'O bfeonly festape.route Island No. 10 s iz d by .Foote's flotilla Confederates surrender on April 8 ' i March 3-14...

The Battle Of Edgehill DutchArmy

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:00:25 GMT

23 October 1642, c. 3.00pm, viewed from the south showing the initial dispositions of the armies, the charge of the Royalist cavalry and the advance of the Royalist Foot brigades. left made up the Parliamentary front line with Ballard's Brigade forming a second line. Sir William Fairfax's Regiment from Meldrum's Brigade had been placed in the second line and the Lord General's Regiment may have been deployed in two divisions. This allowed each gap between the first line regiments to be covered...

Ww 1j Ark Vol PennsylvaniaRegiment

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:25:18 GMT

Sergent de la British Guard de Mobile. Alabama. 1861. Officier subalterne des Arkansas Volunteers. Sergent de la British Guard de Mobile. Alabama. 1861. Officier subalterne des Arkansas Volunteers.

Mobilisation ScotsArmy

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:44:09 GMT

All of the regular Scots forces differed from contemporary English ones in that with the exception of the Ulster army they were primarily raised bv a form of conscription. In each Sheriffdom a Committee of War was appointed and granted wide-ranging powers to raise, equip and maintain soldiers. The actual process involved may best be understood by studying the mobilisation of the Army of the Solemn League and Covenant in 1643. In the summer of 1642 the First Civil War between King and Parliament...

Election Southern secession creation of the Confederacy ShenandoahValley

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:44:07 GMT

The opening scene of the crisis of 1860-61 took place in the autumn of 1859. On 16 October, John Brown and a small band of followers seized the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, as part of a plan to gather slaves in a mountain stronghold, arm them and wage war on the South's slaveholders. Robert E. Lee and a detachment of United States Marines quickly suppressed the raiders, and Brown himself was tried, sentenced to die, and hanged. Comporting himself with dignity and courage at his...

Plate 1 EasternAssociation

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:32:16 GMT

train all the inhabitants in your County which arc of body able, and estate competent to beare armes and to finde armes for other men in a proportion sutable-to their estates but, in effect, a regiment was raised by the issue of a commission to its colonel or proprietor, a process more modern than medieval. Such regiments iother than trained bands, to whom the Commissions of Array principally referred were then raised 'by beat of drum', securing either volunteers or the tenants and servants of...

Blitzkrieg the Italian campaign JanuaryMarch 49 RomanArmy

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:21:10 GMT

The suddenness of Caesar's advance surprised and unnerved his opponents, just as he had intended. I'ompey left Rome in the second half of January, declaring that it could not be defended. He was followed by most of the magistrates, including the consuls, who left in such haste that it suggested panic. Many Romans were still uncertain about just how firmly committed each side was to fighting, and this open admission of military weakness made many wonder whether Pompey could really be relied on...

Missouri IrishAmerican

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:20:14 GMT

Organized at St Louis in June 1861, the 7th Missouri Infantry Regiment was largely Irish-American at the start of the war. Known as the Irish 7th, the regiment saw service in Grant's Army of the Tennessee in 3rd Bde, 3rd Div of XVII Corps during the 1863 Mississippi campaigns its actions included Port Gibson, Champion's Hill and the siege of ' Vicksburg. There, on May 22, it played a leading part in the failed and very costly Federal assaults, planting its green Irish flag on the Confederate...

Info Daz CavalryCorps

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:50:59 GMT

The Seven Days, 26 June-1 July Jackson's Command, Magruder's Command Second Manassas, Va., 30 August Longstreet's Command, Jackson's Command Sharpsburg, Md., 17 Sept. Longstreet's Command, Jackson's Command Confederate battle designations sometimes differ from Union ones, and the Confederate designation is given here. John S. Mosby, leader of a Virginia cavalry battalion, wears a semi-military waistcoat and a single-breasted frock-coat with the single star of a major on each collar J. E. B....

The capture of the Underwriter Marine Corps 2

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:53:52 GMT

Like their Federal counterparts, Confederate Marines were occasionally detailed for special service to cut-out and capture enemy vessels. In February 1864 men from Co C, under apt Thomas S.Wilson, took part in the capture of the side-wheel gunboat USS Underwriter in the Neuse River near New Berne, North Carolina. About 2.30am on February 2, a force consisting of 250 seamen and 25 Marines aboard ten small boats glided up to the Underwriter as she lay at anchor. Discovered too late, the first...

Gen John Bell Hood CSA MuseumPhiladelphia

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:52:56 GMT

portrait, Hood wears the regulation general officer's frock coat, with the buttons in parallel groups of threes, denoting rank above that of brigadier-general. His sleeve braid and the trim on his kepi show the four rows of gold required for a general, and although his collar is not visible it would almost certainly reveal three stars surrounded by a wreath. This portrait shows Gen. Hood prior to losing his leg at Chickamauga. Short of actually losing his life. Gen. John Bell Hood gave up about...

Union Revolvers ArmyRevolver

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:16:24 GMT

Revolvers, like swords and rifles, appeared on the battlefield and in the camps in a bewildering variety of makes and models. The Colt .44in Model 1860 Army revolver right was the most commonly seen sidearm during the Civil War, both among Union officers and among those Confederate officers who could get hold of one. A percussion weapon, it used rammer loading from the front of the cylinder, with the wiser shooters having a ready-prepared stock of paper cartridges to hand. The weapon was made...

Grants Winter Problems GrandGulf

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:34:43 GMT

For the North, the w inter of 1862-3 was one of profound discontent. Lincoln had three great armies in the field - in Virginia, Tennessee and on the Mississippi - but there had been no victories to celebrate, and one resounding defeat, at Fredericksburg, Virginia, on 13 December. The mid-term elections of 1862 had gone badly for the President's Republican Party. And those in the North who wanted peace at any price were gaining in numbers and in confidence. Meanwhile, in the Mississippi valley...

Union Cavalry Artifacts MuseumPhiladelphia

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:29:36 GMT

Buy mid-1863 the Union cavalry had achieved the upper hand, having adequate leadership and far superior equipment to those of the Confederacy. Some units, such as the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry had started the war with nine foot-long lances made of Norwegian fir 3 but this was quickly shown to be an anachronism and, with few exceptions the usefulness of the saber 18 was also over, leaving repeating, rapid fire weapons to dominate the battlefield. The most important of these was the Spencer...

The Siege of Richmond FederalArmy

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:22:31 GMT

Although he remained focused upon Petersburg, General Grant perceived that Federal activity north of the James River might draw Confederate forces from the Petersburg trenches to permit a Federal breach. On July 27 he sent II Corps to attack through the X Corps bridgehead at Deep Bottom in a major demonstration. His goals were to weaken the Confederate garrison opposite the IX Corps mine at Petersburg and free a cavalry force to raid railroads near Richmond. The violent Confederate response did...

The Cheka and other special formations CollarPatches

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:39:30 GMT

On 7 December 1917, the All-Russia Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-revolution and Sabotage was formed. Its chairman and guiding star was Felix Dzerzhinsky 1877-1926 , a Pole by birth. Known as the Chrezvichaynaya Komissya or Cheka for short, the commission soon earned itself a reputation for brutality beyond the call of duty. The modern image of the Cheka as a 'secret pol lt force, in the style of the later NKVD and KGB, d lt not do justice to its wide-ranging role in the Civil W...

Image not available Bbe TippecanoeClass

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:15:01 GMT

enlist for fear of a draft. Welles replied that while workmen in private establishments could not be exempted, if skillful workmen employed upon work for this Department, and whose absence would seriously hinder its completion are drafted, the Navy Department would try to get them discharged. Exemption was thus to be individual and after the fact rather than on a blanket basis. Welles answered other inquiries in the same language.34 Among the first to request release of individuals from service...

Image not available Wyn TippecanoeClass

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:09:44 GMT

cordingly, they subcontracted all six vessels. Ericsson assigned three of them the Passaic, Catskill, and Montauk to his first team, the firms that had built the original Monitor Thomas F. Rowland's Continental Iron Works for the hulls and Cornelius Delamater's Delamater Iron Works for the machinery.33 For his other three Passaics, Ericsson had to go farther afield. Ericsson subcontracted two of the hulls the Sangamon and Lehigh to Reaney, Son amp Archbold of Chester, Pennsylvania, and hired...

Info Xur BosniaHerzegovina

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:48:53 GMT

Source HQ, OZCB, no. 01-8-209 93, Vitez, 3 45 p.m., August 1 1,1993, subj Delivery of Report Following Order, 2, KC Z1163. subsequently carried out. Among other changes, Mehmed Alagic replaced Enver Hadzihasanovic as the III Corps commander and Refik Lendo became the VI Corps commander.40 At the same time, Arif Pasalic, the IV Corps commander, was replaced by Selmo Cikotic. These personnel changes marked the ascendancy of the hard-core Bosnian Muslim faction, represented by Hadzihasanovic and...

Uniforms Arms Equipment Marine Corps 2

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:47:11 GMT

It wTas hoped by the South that a peaceful separation of the slave states from the Union would be achieved in 1861 hence, the original uniforms chosen by the Confederate States Marine Corps were probably intended to be similar to those adopted by the US Marine Corps in 1859. Some evidence in support of this is to be found in General Order No.2, General Headquarters, Navy Department of the State of Virginia , Richmond, Virginia, April 25, 1861, which stated The uniform of the Officers, Seamen...

Lake Huron WheelSteamer

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:48:32 GMT

i mm ml mm mm mm mm ml mm mm mm mm ml mm mm mm mm ml mm mm mm mm ml mm mm mm mm ml mm The Civil War wrecks on Lake Huron were the result of accidents. Lake Huron was a route of commerce between the United States and Canada. Kelloha. Union. Side-wheel steamer, 396 tons. Built in 1858 at Newport, Mich. Was stranded on August 22, 1862. MSV 120, 274. Kenosha. Union. Screw steamer, 645 tons. Built in 1856 at Cleveland. Burned on October 26, 1864, at Sarnia, Ontario. MSV, 120, 274. Keystone State....

The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 FederalCorps

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:18:03 GMT

In the spring of 1862, General Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson catapulted to lasting fame by waging a campaign in Virginia's fertile and lovely Shenandoah valley that captured the imagination of the South and transformed the nature of the war. By turns careful and then dazzling in his maneuvers, Jackson utilized the valley's features to his own advantage. The two forks of the Shenandoah river served as moats, being crossed at only three places in 100 miles 160km by bridges. The Massanutten...

Paddlewheelers And Hospital Ships FortSumter

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:20:58 GMT

When Robert Fulton designed the first working steamboat in 1807, he probably didn't realize that his invention would lead to one of the most interesting innovations of the Civil War. Steamboats revolutionized river travel during the 1800s for the first time, people were able to travel up and down America's mighty waterways under motorized power, rather than relying on muscle or the wind. Steamboats became the fastest and most efficient way to transport people and goods up and down the United...

b Private Infantry with Battle Flag AmericanUniforms

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:29:05 GMT

The corporal illustrated wears an all-grey Federal-style fatigue uniform of Confederate grey, with only the chevrons in the infantry distinctive colour, and knapsack replaced by a green civilian blanket. His colour is the First National Flag of the Confederacy adopted 4 March 1861 , known as the 'Stars and Bars' from the three large stripes and from the seven white stars arranged in a circle on the blue canton. There were numerous variations on this design, the number and arrangement of stars...

Info Ynl MachineryScrew

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:05:43 GMT

Service record Mortar Flotilla, Mississippi Sqn. Bombardment of Fts. Jackson and St. Philip below New Orleans, 18-19 Apr and sunk by Confederate gunfire, 19 Apr 1862 none killed .

The Union struggle to keep Missouri and Kentucky AbrahamLincoln

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:16:50 GMT

In Missouri, Federal military units managed to establish some measure of control over most of the state through the use of martial law. But despite the sometimes ruthless measures employed by Union authorities to maintain control over the state, violent raids by Confederate supporters tormented Missouri throughout the war, and large numbers of Missouri natives served in the Confederate Army during the conflict. In Kentucky the birth state of both Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis the struggle...

Nationalist China and the Communist bases in 1946 RepublicChina

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:21:47 GMT

rank-and-file recruits was often a consequence of their being at the mercy of this type of officer. Given the venality and the self-serving character of these officers, it followed that they were very poor fighters. They avoided contact with the enemy whenever possible and if engaged in battle were the first to surrender or defect when the going got tough. Chiang's greatest problem in maintaining his armies as efficient fighting units was the high level of desertions. This had been a difficulty...

Contents HistoricalSociety

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:00:59 GMT

Origins of the Native American population of the Indian Territory SUMMARY OF MAIN CAMPAIGNS amp ENGAGEMENTS 4 Jayhawkers, guerrillas and bushwhackers UNION UNIFORMS amp EQUIPMENT 14 Quartermaster issue - the Indian Home Guard - Kansas troops - Wisconsin troops Rifles amp muskets - carbines amp revolvers - specific regimental issues - edged weapons CONFEDERATE UNIFORMS amp EQUIPMENT 24 Battle-shirts and captures - quartermaster issue -Chilian clothing Firearms in the Indian Territory - Texas...

Pennsylvania IrishAmerican

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:31:02 GMT

Recruited in Philadelphia, the 24th Pennsylvania Infantry was a 90-day organization that included the Emmet Guards, Hibernian Greens, Hibernian Target Company, Irish Volunteers, Meagher Guards, Montgomery Guards, Montgomery Artillery, Patterson Guards and Burke's forage cap bears a gold wreath similar to the device prescribed for Ohio general officers in 1859. US Army Mil Hist Inst Burke's forage cap bears a gold wreath similar to the device prescribed for Ohio general officers in 1859. US Army...

Federated Suns Cvg FederatedCommonwealth

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:03:42 GMT

As Wave Four began, the progress of the war within the Federated Suns moved to a different stage. Marshal of the Armies Jackson Davion was still experiencing a shortage of Loyalist troops with which to prosecute the war. At the same time, Reld Marshal Ardan Sortek was doing his best to fight the war within the Federated Suns without overly weakening the Suns to outside attack. Of course, both Davion and Sortek fought bitter political battles against Dukes Sandoval and Hasek. who still laid...

Confederation PennsylvaniaRegiment

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:02:13 GMT

de la guerre l'Intendance, le service du mat riel, les approvisionnements, les subsistances, un tat-major, et tous les services inh rents une arm e digne de ce nom. Ces probl mes, dire vrai, ne furent jamais totalement r solus, les tats, fiers de leurs ind pendance au sein de la Conf d ration et de leurs pr rogatives, ont trop souvent mis des b tons dans les roues de l'administration de la guerre en conservant des armes et des troupes pour leur seule d fense, rappelant leurs hommes en fonction...