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In the Western theater of war the Confederacy had the misfortune to face, with inferior...
When the War Between the States broke out in 1861, the US Army had only four line generals - and...
The generals who led the brigades, divisions, corps and armies of the Confederacy were very...
When the American Civil War broke out in 1861 both Confederate and Union experts decided that...
The southerner of the mid-19th century had been bred to ride horses. In addition the period...
In the heady days of the rush to arms in 1861, comparatively few Southern men volunteered for...
Because of the length of the coastline of the United States, from the beginning American...
Perhaps the most influential arm of either army in the prosecution of the American Civil War,...
The bombardment by Confederate artillery of Fort Sumter on 12 April 1861 was the spark that...
Most Civil War soldiers, although they served in a national Union or Confederate Army, fought...
The regimental or battery set of colours was more than simply a unit designation, issued for the...
The very heart of the Confederate fighting unit was its flag, which came in a variety of designs...
Typically the United States is said to have declared war on Great Britain in 1812 because of the...
Between 1890 and 1920 the US Army underwent profound changes in organization, function,...
Uniformed volunteer units were raised by individuals, usually from an area's social elite who...
'There never was so fine an American army,' wrote second-lieutenant, John Sedgwick, in...
The War between the States' is the term used for the American Civil War throughout much of the...
At the time of the American Civil War, with two million men under arms, a US Army that in...
The US Army during the Civil War was the largest the country had raised in its brief history;...
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