- The Peninsula - Fort Crafford, Mulberry Island, Warwick Line, April . . .
Here is an article on the Confederate Fort Crafford, built to protect the Confederate Mulberry Point Battery that was designed to control the James River during 1862 This was part of the Warrick Line, out on the southern side of Mulberry Island It is part of Fort Eustis today The anchor on
- Stonewall - Stonewall Jacksons Plan of Northern Invasion | Famous . . .
Maryland is the backdoor to Washington Again would McDowell leave Washington unprotected to chase Jackson? Lincoln could have done what he did in reality: keep McClellan near Richmond and gather together the scattered Valley forces and place it under the command of Pope
- NF - Books on the siege of Petersburg | Civil War Books, Stories, Media
Does anyone know of any good books on the siege of Petersburg for someone who's new to that particular area of civil war history?
- Jeb Stuart during the invasion | What if. . . Discussions
No, the real problem is most historians forget that Stuart was engaged with Union cavalry, protecting Lee's backdoor, just days before his departure Stuart didn't start his trip north to Pennsylvania, the last large Confederate unit to do so, until June 25
- Civil War One-Liners | Quotations
Forrest, as usual, showed up unannounced with his horsemen in Yankee occupied Memphis well before dawn August 21, 1864 3 Federal generals managed to evade capture, one- the district commander, General CC Washburn, in his nightshirt and out the backdoor as Forrest's men came in the front, and another- the former district commander, General
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