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This artist may have studied art with the granddaughter of a Confederate General. It’s likely she knew Woodrow Wilson. She probably illustrated well into her 70’s.

Then again, maybe not…

This is our post on the mysterious Margaret Jervis. https://t.co/YWTzB4hmHB

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2021-09-05

December 1862. Union forces assault Marye’s Heights in Fredricksburg. General Meagher leads his 69th Brigade against the Confederate 24th Brigade entrenched on the high ground.

Both units are mostly Irish immigrants, many of whom faced a death sentence in their old country.

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2021-08-31

Other ships began to withdraw. Farragut, lashed high in the rigging of the Hartford, ordered them back forward, famously saying “Damn the torpedoes”, and then ordered full speed. The fleet charged into the bay and defeated the confederate batteries and fleet.

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2021-08-15

in 1866 former Confederates in New Orleans assaulted participants who gathered for a constitutional convention at the city’s Mechanics’ Institute - a majority of them African American freedmen and US Army veterans. By the end of the day, dozens lay dead and wounded.

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2021-07-31

Reminder that many Native Americans fought in the US Civil War on the Confederate side. In particular the five 'civilised' tribes - the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole. The Cherokee Mounted Rifles became esp famous.

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2021-07-28

During the Forrest fought against the United States, commanding confederate cavalry in the western theater. He was responsible for the infamous Fort Pillow massacre, in which his men murdered hundreds of unarmed, surrendering Black soldiers of the .

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2021-07-14

As he personally directed the withdrawal, Garnett was shot and instantly killed by U.S. troops under General Thomas A. Morris, becoming the first confederate “general”killed during the His men broke and ran, leaving Garnett’s body, a cannon and 40 wagons of supplies.

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2021-07-13

His first task was to capture the New Orleans, which he accomplished in April, 1862, by daring to run his fleet past the confederate positions at Forts Jackson and St. Philip on the Mississippi River.

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2021-07-05

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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2021-07-05

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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2021-07-05

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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2021-06-27

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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2021-06-19

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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2021-06-13

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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2021-06-13

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

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2021-06-11

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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2021-06-10

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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2021-06-05

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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2021-05-31

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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2021-05-18