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2 days ago · Can you identify these notable American Civil War battles with the help of a map?
1 day ago · To occupy the Union's attention away form Brashear City, a detachment of Texas Cavalry from Major's brigade attacked a Union position at Lafourche Crossing on June 21-22. The battle ended in a Union victory, but it served the Confederate purpose by keeping Union forces from reinforcing Brashear City. The Confederates successfully captured ...
4 days ago · August 5, 1862 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Returning south after a failed naval assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi in late July, Rear Adm. David G. Farragut's Mississippi River flotilla landed 3,200 Union troops in Baton Rouge to serve as the city's garrison. Their commander, Brig. Gen. Thomas Williams, tried shoring up defenses north of the city ...
5 days ago · Over 3,000 maps from the Civil War. Includes official battlefield/troop movement maps, as well as private maps from diaries and personal correspondences.
- Molly Tighe
- 2014
5 days ago · First Battle of Bull Run by Kurz & Allison. Known in the north as the Battle of Bull Run and in the South as the Battle of Manassas, this battle, fought on July 21 1861 in Virginia was the first major battle of the Civil War. It was a Confederate victory.
- Mark Zubarev
- 2015
5 days ago · Because communications were slow word did not arrive in New Orleans until much later and thus the Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815 after the peace treaty had been signed. 5. What American woman aided wounded soldiers on the battlefield during the Civil War?
4 days ago · A hundred years ago, the area around the 2400 block of Lamanche Street was occupied by the Temple of the Innocent Blood, a spiritism church that was created and run by Mother Catherine Seals. From 1922 until her death in 1930, Mother Catherine maintained what has been described as a “Bethlehem” in the Lower Ninth Ward. The location for the church was intentional. At the time, this area of ...
