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May 14, 2015 · The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS) is a database containing information about the men who served in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. Other information on the site includes histories of Union and Confederate regiments, links to descriptions of significant battles, and selected lists of prisoner-of-war records ...
Apr 12, 2023 · By the end of the war, he had run the blockade 16 times, had two ships sunk under him, and was aboard two captured by the enemy. Dr. Edward Smith of American University has estimated that by February 1865, 1150 free-black seamen served aboard Southern warships, which amounted to about 20 percent of total naval personnel.
Apr 12, 2024 · Civil War: Directed by Alex Garland. With Nick Offerman, Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Jefferson White. A journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House.
Jan 15, 2002 · On Civil War. Reprinted in The Pennsylvania Chronicle, November 28–December 5, 1768, from The Public Advertiser, August 25, 1768. To the Printer: Sir, Threescore years did the oppressed United Provinces maintain a war in defence of their liberties against the then powerful kingdom of Spain, with all the wealth of the Indies at it’s command ...
Jul 23, 2020 · Kelley’s brother-in-law, John Goshorn Jr., was arrested in Wheeling on August 30, 1861 in party with four recently paroled Confederate prisoners who had been captured the month before at the Battle of Corrick’s Ford. Goshorn was quickly released while the prisoners were returned to confinement.
Judah Philip Benjamin, QC (August 6, 1811 – May 6, 1884) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a United States senator from Louisiana, a Cabinet officer of the Confederate States and, after his escape to the United Kingdom at the end of the American Civil War, an English barrister. Benjamin was the first Jew to hold a Cabinet position ...
Oct 2, 2023 · Radical Republicans — the Architects of Reconstruction and Civil Rights. 1850s—1870s. The Radical Republicans were a faction within the Republican Party that existed from the mid-1850s through the Reconstruction Era. They briefly held control of Congress after the Civil War, and aimed to make significant changes in the South.
