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Bookmark or Share- Forum list - American Civil War ForumsIn this forum there are discussions about American Civil War Table Top Board Games, Card Games, Computer Games, Cell Phone Games, as well as Photos and Discussions about Civil War Wargaming with Miniatures, as well as Painting and Landscaping of Miniatures used on Realistic Scale Mockups of Historic Battlefields.
- Civil War Figures and Their Colleges/UniversitiesWhile we often picture Civil War figures as tough, battle-hardened soldiers, many were well-educated and attended college before the war. Below is a list of some of the most prominent generals and officers from the Civil War, highlighting their academics and the institutions they attended. Feel free to add any that I missed, or share your thoughts!
- American Civil War ForumsThe American Civil War. The American Civil War, arguably the most traumatic event in the history of the United States, was fought from 1861 to 1865, and was the culmination of sectional issues which deeply divided the country between a pro-Federal government North and a pro-states rights, in the pro-slavery South, whose eleven states formed a ...
- Brother against Brother | Civil War Potpourri - American Civil War ForumsBurke Davis relates a number of these unfortunate battlefield encounters in The Civil War-Strange and Fascinating Facts: 'Confederates captured Galveston, Texas, shelling and seizing the USS Harriet Lane [1 Jan, '63]. Major AM Lea went aboard the vessel with a boarding party. He found on deck, in dying condition, a lieutenant of the Lane, his son.
- Uniforms - Weird Hats of The Civil War | Ranks, Uniforms, Clothing, & GearGreat insight on the use of the chapeau de bras and fore-aft bicorne, RedRover! Though these Civil War era ones look quite snazzy, I must say that my favorite US military bicorne is the one that was used by the army during the War of 1812. Illustration showing two officers with some US riflemen:
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