Happy Independence Day AND the anniversary of the surrender of Vicksburg.

It's not every day you get to shit on the Br*tish and the Confederates at once

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The local confederate commander, Theophilus Holmes, had over 7500 men available for the assault. The U.S. commander, General Benjamin Prentiss, had only 4100 troops, having seen over 10,000 men depart to reinforce the army at Vicksburg just days before.

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Issue 0 of is coming along… progress has been a bit slow, but I’m hoping to pick up the pace this week. Here’s a look at the best of the 5 pages I’ve drawn so far…
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The Battle of Mountain was fought in 1864. Part of General William Tecumseh Sherman's Atlanta Campaign, it involved a frontal assault Sherman elected to launch on the confederate line at Kennesaw Mountain after a series of flanking movements failed.

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Winslow ordered Kearsarge to clear French waters before running up the US Navy Jack and turning to face the confederate ship. The Alabama fired the first shots, to no effect, and continued firing rapidly and somewhat wildly. Many shots bounded off the Kearsarge s armor cladding.

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Robert Glen Johnson, Jr.
Ronda, NC
The Johnson family settled in the foothills of NC in the early 1600,s!
His great grandfather was the second highest ranking Confederate General in NC and began their whiskey business during those years! Jr,s father spent 20 years for bootlegging

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With the U.S. position on Cemetery Ridge in danger of being breached, General Winfield Hancock saw a confederate brigade advancing toward a gap in his lines. He turned to Colvill, commanding the only infantry in the area, and ordered "Advance, Colonel, and take those colors!"

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The little Confederate captain insisted on pasting his picture on the wall. It's an afternoon activity for young couples

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Edition:

Check out "Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay" by from .

This book explores the "golden age" of Confederate privateers and

https://t.co/xVKwLzhZFj

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Battle of Benburb. in 1646 Owen Roe O'Neill defeated Robert Munro's Anglo-Scottish army. An Irish flank attack, assisted by returning cavalry drove Munro's men into the River Blackwater. It was the greatest Irish victory of the Confederate Wars

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So...
Confederate flag
Falange flag
Schwarze Sonne flag
Saudi Arabian flag
Calvary Cross of Russian Orthodox Church flag

I'm soooo confused.

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in 1863, General and his Army of the Tennessee surrounded , the final major confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River. This began a siege that would last almost seven weeks.

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Ratioed by Robert Smalls, who stole a Confederate ship from South Carolina and then got elected to Congress to fuck with them some more https://t.co/2bRGVOvFH4

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Captain Charles Henry Davis was in command of the U.S. flotilla, having taken command only the day before. The confederate attack caught them by surprise, and two ironclads, the USS Cincinnati and USS Mound City were rammed.

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From the

"Such a tense moment with confederate soldiers on the Planter's tail and the hope that the Union blockade didn't suspect foul play. Luckily, the flags of victory are starting to rise."



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Having escaped from Washington after the assassination, Booth spent nearly two weeks evading capture and seeking treatment for the leg he injured when he jumped to the stage. He was accompanied by David Herold, one of his co-conspirators.

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They were the last line of confederate defense between the and the New Orleans. The mutually-supporting forts had been built in the 1820's at the direction of President Andrew Jackson, who knew all too well how New Orleans could be defended.

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Aboard her was a detachment of infantry from the 8th Massachusetts Militia, which was assigned to the ship to protect her from threats by confederates. Once in Rhode Island, she was again used as a training vessel for the remainder of the war.

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Confederate troops in Charleston, SC in 1861 opened fire on the installation at , situated on an island at the mouth of Charleston Harbor. The bombardment essentially began the

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