LoyaltyOfDogs-   I don't have a definitive answer for you, but I have a couple of possible theories.   The inventor, Robert Fulton, Jr. (1765-1815) was the ...   Thu May 23rd, 2013 01:14 am

  On this date in 1862, Mr. Lincoln signed a significant piece of legislation into law. It was the Homestead Act of 1862. It provided ...   Mon May 20th, 2013 07:38 pm

Hellcat-   Okay, I'll accept that as a possible answer. The CSS SHENANDOAH took its last prizes on 28 June, six weeks after the Battle of Palmito ...   Mon May 13th, 2013 05:24 pm

Hellcat-   I met a number of officers who fit into the WW II to Vietnam category. I feel compelled to present one who I had personal ...   Mon May 13th, 2013 11:56 am

  What event brought about the actual end of the Civil War? Different people have different opinions regarding that question. Most people (Especially those who ...   Mon May 13th, 2013 10:22 am

  Here is one Barlow, though it probably isn't from the timeframe you had in mind. It is a photo of Jessie Peters with her ...   Mon May 13th, 2013 09:58 am

Hellcat-   Perhaps I should rephrase the question to better reflect its intended meaning: "Would the presence of General Jackson have changed the outcomes of subsequent ...   Fri May 10th, 2013 06:20 pm

  On this date 150 years ago, General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson died from the effects of wounds received during a friendly fire incident at ...   Fri May 10th, 2013 12:24 pm

Hellcat-   I have a hard time understanding your apparent contention that of all the Allied nations, it is only the Americans who are being condemned ...   Fri May 3rd, 2013 03:36 am

Hellcat-   We're in agreement that both sides committed criminal acts (up to and including mass murder). But the point that I was trying to illustrate ...   Fri May 3rd, 2013 12:25 am

  On this date in 1945, Berlin finally fell to the Russians. There was little that the defenders of the city could do to keep ...   Thu May 2nd, 2013 12:45 pm

  The Washington Navy Yard played a prominent role in the war. It was also a place that Mr. Lincoln very much enjoyed visiting. Mr. Lincoln's ...   Sat Apr 27th, 2013 12:20 am

Hellcat-   To say that Sam Houston, Jr. was lucky to survive is an understatement. He was very lucky to have survived the Battle of Shiloh ...   Fri Apr 19th, 2013 06:54 pm

  By 1854, Sam Houston was a man who had been a U.S. Army officer, and later a U.S. Congressman, the commanding general of a successful ...   Fri Apr 19th, 2013 04:09 am

Hellcat-   Without having documentation at hand, I would have to believe that by 1864 and 1865, most of the soldiers in General Lee's army were ...   Wed Apr 17th, 2013 02:55 pm

Hellcat-   You are quite right that General Grant was willing to fight a war of attrition against the CSA. This can be seen from Grant's ...   Wed Apr 17th, 2013 02:08 pm

  On this date in 1864, General Grant took action to effectively end prisoner exchanges. Exchange Of Prisoners In The Civil War   While this decision led ...   Wed Apr 17th, 2013 12:53 pm

       .....on a given day. Civil War Soldier's Ring Returned to Family 148 Years Later - ABC   I'm not sure that I would regard a ...   Thu Apr 11th, 2013 12:53 pm

  We have just passed the anniversary date of the beginning of the siege of Yorktown in 1862. At the risk of making a slight ...   Fri Apr 5th, 2013 08:48 am

  There certainly was: "Hard war" in Virginia, but in Missouri it was the hardest of all. What took place there had no equal for ...   Wed Apr 3rd, 2013 12:36 pm

Hellcat-   As H.L. Mencken used to respond when he got critical correspondence: "Dear Sir (Or Madam), You might be right."        ;) H. L. Mencken - Wikipedia, the ...   Sun Mar 31st, 2013 03:38 pm

  Maybe you have to be a Maori to really understand the concept..   Mana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ...   Sat Mar 30th, 2013 03:51 pm

BHR62-   As you noted, Robert E. Lee and George H. Thomas were Virginians who made opposite choices about which entity their highest loyalty was to. ...   Sat Mar 30th, 2013 02:12 am

  Either you and burnelie are the same person, or you had the same English teacher. ...   Fri Mar 29th, 2013 10:50 am

Rockie9-   I'm afraid that I can only give you a partial answer to your question about who the three attendees were at the last reunion ...   Tue Mar 26th, 2013 02:16 pm

  Since: "Mana" was mentioned very recently on another thread, I have decided to throw in my .02 on the topic.   My preference would be ...   Sun Mar 24th, 2013 01:43 pm

  Since the subject of Joseph Wheeler was very recently brought up (by me) on another thread, I thought I would relate something that he ...   Fri Mar 22nd, 2013 07:29 pm

Hellcat-   Thats very true, but I was referring to the triad of those named Thomas.   As an aside, if you're going to bring up the ...   Fri Mar 22nd, 2013 05:58 pm

Hellcat-   To me it is an interesting coincidence that all three of the former CSA generals named Thomas worked for the U.S. Government after the ...   Fri Mar 22nd, 2013 03:36 pm

AP: Costs of US Wars Linger for Over 100 Years - ABC News   The costs of war, both human and financial, continue long after the guns ...   Wed Mar 20th, 2013 01:46 pm

Hellcat-   I thought that the music of G & G was pretty good.     ;) ...   Tue Mar 19th, 2013 11:48 am

Hellcat-   You can't say that you weren't warned.  ;)   You must admit that if it was written by an 8th grader, then it is a ...   Thu Mar 14th, 2013 09:29 am

The American Civil War - Television Tropes & Idioms   I stumbled onto this lengthy offering online, and since I have often complained about Hollywood's portrayal ...   Thu Mar 14th, 2013 01:45 am

apvkt-   Feel free to post any links that you are sure would be:"Helpful for this topic." ...   Fri Mar 8th, 2013 12:10 pm

  Here is something of an irony connecting the family of Charles Francis Adams, Sr., James Dunwoody Bulloch, the CSS SHENANDOAH, and James Iredell Waddell.   ...   Thu Mar 7th, 2013 08:27 pm

Hellcat-   From what I've read, James Waddell of the CSS SHENANDOAH was told by those on the US whalers in June of 1865 that General ...   Thu Mar 7th, 2013 08:12 pm

Hellcat-   Yes, you could say that. It was James Bulloch who used his usual ingenuity to secure the ship that became the CSS SHENANDOAH. It fired ...   Thu Mar 7th, 2013 07:17 pm

Johan Steele-   It seems that we agree that if an officer resigns honorably and goes home, that he has not performed a treasonous act, even ...   Mon Mar 4th, 2013 09:43 pm

  Topics relating the naval subjects are seldom seen in this forum, but the recent introduction of the subject of crewmen of the USS MONITOR ...   Sun Mar 3rd, 2013 03:54 pm

Johan Steele-   To the charge that Mr. Davis was too trusting of his friends, we are in total agreement. I have said as much earlier ...   Fri Mar 1st, 2013 03:33 am