History Forum / War History / US Civil War / February 2005

So, it has gotten me into a little Civil War research. Got some questions as
to reality at that time. Concerning the marriage of Billy Hazard to Brett
Main. How many Southern belles at that time married Union soldiers. Were
there a number of Northerners in that situation that would ...

Is it really the case that there were no legal citizens of the
United States before the 13th Amendment was ratified?
Al

In this newsgroup, we do not usually consider counterfactual or
hypothetical situations, but because another counterfactual thread is
currently active, I thought I would suggest one more, one that has
bothered me for a very long time:

I have just been watching a TV show on the lethality and accuracy of the
English longbow. It was lethal against steel armor at a distance of 20
meters. It was lethal against an UNARMORED opponent at a distance of 80
meters or more. But even more important was its rate of fire. It ...

I'm writing something, and would appreciate having the opinion of the
participants in this newsgroup. Northerners--and very early
Southerners--used the name "Civil War."
But Southerners since about 1900 or so have hated the name ³Civil War.² And

Fort Anderson was part of the Cape Fear Defense system which guarded
the port of Wilmington NC during the civil war. Feb 19 & 20th we will
be having our first ever battle reenactment. We are trying to gather
information about the 140th Indiana troops that were here since a

Robert Kolker <nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote:

I'll venture to guess that many of you aren't big Thomas DiLorenzo
fans, but there is something interesting in one of his recent articles
that I thought would make a good discussion.
In the article here

My question is what were the practical differences between the 10-pound
Parrot and 3" rifled piece? Both are rifled, with similar bore
diameters and weights according to the sources I have read. Their
ranges, as listed, seem comparable. The Parrot had cast iron for its

Does anyone know a good link for any railroad maps?  I'm partic. interested
in the area of Bladensburg Maryland & neighboring DC.
Thanx - Bill  fortlincoln@comcast.net

This is the "Curry speech" from "Southern Pamphlets
on Secession" which was recommended to me as a speech
on tariff complaints.  I have scanned the text in, and
uploaded it to my site.  The URL is

It is easy to find out how many regiments, batteries, brigades, and
divisions a corps had. But what I wanted to do was create a sample
Corps Order of Battle that included not just infantry and artilleryl,
but also headquarters and combat-support functions.

We have many knowledgeable people who contribute to this newsgroup.
I would like to see a general discussion of the hypoyheitcal question;
Would slavery have died a natural death?  
This assumes that the issue of its expansion was solved and the War

I bought the book recently and have been reading it.  It seems very
interesting.  On thing is that this seems to be a serious academic
work.  One basic thesis of the book is that contrary to wars in the
20th century, this was a much more ideological war on both sides.  As

To throw a bit  more into the ring, I give you a link to the *Confederate
Tariff* enacted in May 1861 to collect revenue for the CSA.  One wonders if
there was such stringent opposition to tariffs to the point that it was worth
secession and war over, why would the CSA resort to a ...