Dear Group- I need some help. For sometime now I have been toying with a crack pot theory that one of the real deciding battlefield factors of the War in the...
From Civil War Artillery and FYI A "limber" is a two-wheeled carriage which was used to transport the cannon and its carriage. The iron ring (lunette) on the...
you can read the text if you use the larger option in the table of fire posted in Photos, but here it is: "Use SHOT at masses of troops, and to batter, from...
This may be old news to some, but I just read the news on CWi about Doug's passing in his sleep on Sunday, one day after his 41st birthday. I've visited Pea...
I have Chickasaw Bayou pictures in a photo album under the photos section. Inexplicably, I deleted the good picture of the actual bayou and ended up saving...
In the new book "Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage" by Chris Wallace, the author summarized the Grants' life in Missouri with what appears to be a...
All: I have just uploaded a new version of an index of MOLLUS articles. An added column contains the subject of most of the articles, usually the name of a...
Well, we have torn Grant, Sherman, Thomas, Rosecrans, and McPherson apart. It seems we keep on bashing Union commanders and finding all their faults in one...
Cash wrote: <<<Of course, casualty figures are only one part of the story. We obviously can't make a final decision based on the casualty count alone;...
"EES (Ellen Ewing Sherman) wrote JS John Sherman) that she "was startled and alarmed by the receipt of a dispatch from Capt. Prime in these words-the dispatch...
I would like to know if anyone has any documented knowledge of the use of either Henry, Spencer, or Colt repeaters captured by Confederates. Thanks much. ...
After the war and during Grants first term as President Sherman and Thomas were in Washington on a court of inquiry investigating allegations against General...
Right! that's why he whinned his way into a "Thanks of Congress" rather than earn it. Including lies about Thomas's whereabouts during the battle. Actually ...
April 26, 1865 Uncle Joe signed the 2nd "surrender" agreement at Durham Station. Interestingly, nowhere in that document does the word 'surrender' appear....
A while back we discussed McPherson at Snake Creek Gap. I alleged the failure was Shermans. Albert Castell makes a similar claim. Don "Sherman criticizes...
I'm curious what everyone who has read "Champion Hill" thought about Smith's portrayal of the Battle of Raymond, especially as concerns the maps I posted to...
George Thomas's promotion record during the Civil War should be made a part of this discussion. Promotion in the regular army was by regimental seniority...
Just as a point of information concerning whether a "line of battle" was established at Shiloh before the battle--and which would pinpoint the position...
A few days ago someone made a couple posts discussing the relative merits of `political' non-west point generals verses the West Point generals. Those posts...
In deliberately trying to change the subject that has been hashed and rehashed and then bashed again between Grant, Sherman, and Thomas (getting a headache...
Good Morning All, Well, I just returned from a little vacation and needless to say my mailbox is full. For the last day or so I have been trying to help an...
While I really like this map, I was a little put off at the the depiction of the rail lines. I'm used to seeing the crossties. So I (I hope y'all don't think...
Since the war ended a 140 years ago numerous historians have examined every document, and just about every letter ever written about or during this war. I'm...
http://www.nps.gov/vick/cairo/cairo.htm To see the raised USS Cairo one of Pooks Turtles. The first Ironclad to be sunk by an electronically detonated torpedo...
IMHO the Navy is not given enough credit towards the Union victory. Reasons: 1 They were able to bring big guns to the battle against fortified positions that...
We are leaving in the morning and will be out of internet contact for three weeks. Is there a way to temporarily suspend CWDG, or should I just unsubscribe? I...
I have been woefully unfamiliar with Resaca until now. After reading up on it for the past two days, here's my take on it... please let me know if there are...
