Posts by Grace Tumas
July 16, 1863 - Battle of the Straits of Shimonoseki, Japan
The
July 16, 1863 - Battle of the Straits of Shimonoseki, Japan The first USS Wyoming of the United States Navy was a wooden-hulled screw sloop that foug...
July 16, 1863 - Battle of the Straits of Shimonoseki, Japan The first USS Wyoming of the United States Navy was a wooden-hulled screw sloop that foug...
July 15, 1862 - C.S.S. ARKANSAS Attacks Union Shipping
At
July 15, 1862 - C.S.S. ARKANSAS Attacks Union Shipping At sunrise on July 15, 1862, three Federal vessels--the ironclad Carondelet, the wooden gunboa...
July 15, 1862 - C.S.S. ARKANSAS Attacks Union Shipping At sunrise on July 15, 1862, three Federal vessels--the ironclad Carondelet, the wooden gunboa...
Protecting the Flank at Gettysburg-The Battles for Brinkerhoffs
Protecting the Flank at Gettysburg-The Battles for Brinkerhoffs Ridge and East Cavalry Field, July 2-3, 1863 by noted Civil War author and historian E...
Protecting the Flank at Gettysburg-The Battles for Brinkerhoffs Ridge and East Cavalry Field, July 2-3, 1863 by noted Civil War author and historian E...
July 1862 - Gen. Butler Controls Yellow Fever in New
July 1862 - Gen. Butler Controls Yellow Fever in New Orleans Butler is often cited as the most infamous example of the Union’s “political” gen...
July 1862 - Gen. Butler Controls Yellow Fever in New Orleans Butler is often cited as the most infamous example of the Union’s “political” gen...
July 11 - 12, 1864 - Postmaster Blair’s Falkland Mansion Burned
July 11 - 12, 1864 - Postmaster Blair’s Falkland Mansion Burned by Confederate Forces Throughout the Civil War, civilians were caught in the crossf...
July 11 - 12, 1864 - Postmaster Blair’s Falkland Mansion Burned by Confederate Forces Throughout the Civil War, civilians were caught in the crossf...
July 9, 1863 - Port Hudson Formally Surrenders
Port Hudson, the
July 9, 1863 - Port Hudson Formally Surrenders Port Hudson, the Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River in Louisiana, falls to Nathaniel Bank...
July 9, 1863 - Port Hudson Formally Surrenders Port Hudson, the Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River in Louisiana, falls to Nathaniel Bank...
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne was born in Ovens, County Cork, Ireland
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne was born in Ovens, County Cork, Ireland in 1828. After a short stint in the British Army and an unsuccessful attempt at a Med...
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne was born in Ovens, County Cork, Ireland in 1828. After a short stint in the British Army and an unsuccessful attempt at a Med...
July 5, 1861 - Battle of Carthage, Missouri
Brig. Gen.
July 5, 1861 - Battle of Carthage, Missouri Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Lyon had chased Governor Claiborne Jackson and approximately 4,000 State Militia fro...
July 5, 1861 - Battle of Carthage, Missouri Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Lyon had chased Governor Claiborne Jackson and approximately 4,000 State Militia fro...
July 4, 1863 - Battle of Helena, Arkansas
Lt. Gen. Theophilus
July 4, 1863 - Battle of Helena, Arkansas Lt. Gen. Theophilus Holmes’s troops attacked Helena in an attempt to relieve pressure on Vicksburg. Altho...
July 4, 1863 - Battle of Helena, Arkansas Lt. Gen. Theophilus Holmes’s troops attacked Helena in an attempt to relieve pressure on Vicksburg. Altho...
July 3, 1863 - Battle of Fairfield, Pennsylvania
The Battle of
July 3, 1863 - Battle of Fairfield, Pennsylvania The Battle of Fairfield was a cavalry engagement during the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civi...
July 3, 1863 - Battle of Fairfield, Pennsylvania The Battle of Fairfield was a cavalry engagement during the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civi...