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Union Veteran Organizations of the American Civil War

Union Veteran Organizations of the American Civil War

by Robert Plumb | Jan 13, 2021 | Uncategorized

Despite the devastating impact the Civil War had on those who participated in it, when the war was over veterans were eager to find a vehicle for retaining the camaraderie created during the conflict.  In April 1866 all Union veterans who served in the Union Army,...
A Daily Ration of “Sheet Iron” and “Worm Castles”

A Daily Ration of “Sheet Iron” and “Worm Castles”

by Robert Plumb | Jan 2, 2021 | Uncategorized

In addition to the exhausting forced marches that Civil War soldiers undertook as they pursued or were pursued by their enemies, the soldiers’ diets during these marches were equally onerous.  More often than not, soldiers in both armies subsisted on hardtack while in...

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    Best Books About the American Civil War

    Gravelly Run Church, Five Forks, Virginia: Sanctuary of Sorrow

    The Union “Apple Jack Raid” — December 1864

    “Give Them the Cold Steel!” General Andrew Humphreys at Fredericksburg, Virginia — December 1862

    Mine Run: Tragedy Averted – November 1863

    “Fighting Joe” Hooker … Or Was He ?

    Sarah Josepha Hale: The Woman Who Helped Save Mount Vernon

    General Gouverneur K. Warren: From Military Hero to “Reluctant Warrior”

    Watching the Civil War Through His Cellar Window – July 9, 1864

    Union Soldier Choristers Perform in Confederate Homes

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