History Forum / War History / US Civil War / September 2005

In a letter dated August 18 1865 James Scully, !st Lieut. 43rd U.S.C.T.
writes :
Sir,
In accordance with provision of circular, I have the honor to apply for a

I'm working on an alternative history novel based on Lincoln not being
murdered and the entire plot of Booth dying still born. Without the
wave of anger that rolled over the North as a result of this, Lincoln
would have continued to follow his plans for Reconstruction as stated

Does anyone have any civil war clipart they would like to share with me? I
am also looking for a good picture of an American pleated fan flag I used to
have. My computer crashed and I can't find it on the web anymore.
Thanks

In the re-telling of the Martin Guerre story "Sommersby", set just after
the American civil war, there is a negro judge.  Were there really negro
judges in Southern USA just after the civil war?

Just started re-reading J. Thomas Scharf's book "History of the Confederate
States Navy".
The book was written shortly after the CW and Thomas was a CS Naval officer.
Thomas asserts that the performance of the United States Navy was the

I am researching the U.S.S. Mahopac, an ironclad in the Canonicus class
which participated in the assault on Ft. Fisher (Wilmington).
I've been all over the web and have read a couple dozen books on
the Civil War navy, ironclads, etc.

It's getting a bit tiresome seeing one misguided American after another with
their cutsie little yellow or red-white-blue ribbons on their outsized SUVs.
Yeah, I guess it's the thing to do; maybe part of that whole soccer-mom
culture. Unfortunately, the only thing they ...