I believe that Johnston would have abandoned Vicksburg earlier, rather than hang on to the bitter end. Johnston always favored sacrificing territory over...
Steve McGraw wrote: "The Turning Point is generally considered as that point in a war, battle, or skirmish when one side gains a strategic or tactical...
Dear Folks, This whole question of what Johnston would have done at Vicksburg has really raised a number of other questions which I find far more interesting. ...
Bob I am interested in anything you may have on the 13th Tenn. Infantry if it is CSA you are speaking of. My ancestor fought with the 29th Tenn Inf. and was in...
Mr. Plezia, << I find your statement that 'Johnston would have surrendered sooner' inexplicable >> Reading back on what I wrote, I too find it "inexplicable"....
Is it not fair to say Pemberton did a very good job in defending a beseiged city? The problem with Pemberton, I think, is allowing himself to get into that...
Steve, I'm not convinced that Johnston would have surrendered, rather that he would abandoned Vicksburg to keep the army intact, and joined with other forces...
While reading another history of the Siege of Vicksburg I came across a reference to President Davis dealing with a lot of criticism regarding his appointment...
This post may be a duplicate. The one I sent yesterday did not appear to have been dilivered. A few days ago I was reading the memoirs of Michael Heilman at...
I recommend the 89th IL "The Railroad Regiment." They served in the Army of The Cumberland and were engaged in all of their campaigns from the 1862 Kentucky...
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I have regimential history's on the 11th Tn Cav,7th Tn Cav, 19th Tn.Inf and the 13th Tn Inf if anyone need's them for research. Most written by veterans and a...
Greetings! I am trying to find information on how North Carolina Troops in the Army of Tennessee (29th, 39th, 58th, 60th) receive supplies. Did they come...
Hello - I made the post yesterday regarding how Union regiments were raised and mustered into U.S. service, but unfortunatly did not save the post. You can go...
I'm currently doing research on the 88th and 89th Illinois Infantry Regiments. Both units served with the Army of the Cumberland from August 1862 till war's...
To each and every one of you who answered me I'd like to say: Thank you! And we very much appreciate your information. As always, I again say I appreciate the...
I have the orders of battle for for Franklin, but it does not include numbers. Does anyone know where I can find the numbers of troops in each regiment? Is...
Dear Folks, I'm sorry about that last address, the correct address is http://hometown.aol.com/fieldworks/ACWorks/Index.html . For some reason the aol hometown...
I am tracing the movements of the 23d Mississippi Infantry Regiment, whose records were destroyed by fire. I am hoping someone within our membership can shed...
Dear Folks, I found the reference to the first shot Dr. McMurry was talking about. It's at O.R. Series I, Volume #1 [S#1], Chapter IV ,page 337, Operations in...
Does anone know of any books that have dairy enteries of soldiers that passed through or camped at Cowan TN in 1863 or 1864? The OR speakes of Cowan but gives...
I have the OR material on this unit. Avery published a History of Georgia in the 1880's and published a newspaper in Atlanta. Anyone got info on these guys...
Chris I have spent all morning reading about Pensacola...geez how civilized. Thanks for a great lead and thanks for the earthworks news. I grew up in lithonia...
Dear Folks, The last part of my last post was about the first shot of the Civil War not being fired at Fort Sumter as we all have all learned in school, but in...
