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  1. CSS Shenandoah Boards Dutch Vessel in the Pacific
    date March 30, 1864map Pacific, Outside UStags War, Civil War

    On March 30, 1865 a vessel, thought to be the CSS Shenandoah, overtook and boarded the Hawaiian ship Pfiel, the Dutch captain reported the incident to Union authorities upon its arrival in San Francisco.  The captain wrote “On the 30th of March, latitude 3° 53’ N. longitude 167° E. at 6 P.M., [my ship] was brought to under a gun from a vessel of war; hove to, and was soon boarded by a boat,...

  2. CSS Tennessee, Confederate Ironclad Proves itself at Mobile Bay
    date August 5, 1864map MOBILE, Alabamatags United States Navy, Confederate Navy, War, Civil War

    On the morning of August 5, 1864, Admiral David Farragut led a fleet of eighteen warships into Alabama’s Mobile Bay. Since the fall of New Orleans in April 1862, Mobile had become the major Confederate port in the Gulf of Mexico, responsible for bringing in blockade runners carrying supplies from Havana.  The result of Mobile’s rise in importance to Confederacy was a rise in the priority of its...

  3. Sumner Takes Command of The Department of The Pacific
    date March 22, 1861 to April 28, 1861map SAN FRANCISCO, Californiatags War, Civil War, Military, Politics

    With hostilities breaking out between Confederate and Union forces in the east, a secessionist uprising in California was feared.  In command of the U.S. Army’s Department of The Pacific, was Col. Albert S. Johnston; an adopted Texan with questionable loyalties. Believing that Johnston posed a risk to Union control in California, General Winfield Scott dispatched Brigadier General E. V. Sumner to...

  4. Wheeler's Cavalry Checks Foster's Position in Tennessee
    date December 3, 1863map CLAIBORNE, Tennesseetags War, Civil War

    In December of 1863 in Tennessee, as William T. Sherman marched a column of troops to relieve men who were believed to be in peril in Knoxville, J.G. Foster was cut off from Sherman by a division of Confederate cavalry under General Joseph Wheeler. Unable to move, Foster telegraphed Major General Gordon Granger, Commander of the Army of Kentucky and the man responsible for running cavalry operations...

  5. American Food Rations in the World War II Era
    date January 14, 1942 to November 29, 1948map New York, New Yorktags supplies, american, rations, munitions, WWII, food, War

    World War II brought industrialized nations into combat with one another on an unprecedented scale, and to keep the people of a nation willing to fight, it was important to keep a steady supply of food and munitions coming to its soldiers. More importantly, the morale and efficiency of troops was dependant on the fact that these food and munitions were particularly good. For this reason, the food...

  6. Copperheads in Illinois Threaten Violence against the Act of Conscription
    date August 31, 1863map EDGAR, Illinoistags Crime/Violence, Law, Government, Politics, War

    In an article from the New York Times on August 31, 1863, it is made evident that the Peace Democrats or Copperheads were not so peaceful. The article stated that, “The Copperhead troubles still continue in the central and southern counties of this Illinois.” A group of around 150 armed Copperheads went to the county seat of Paris in Edgar County. The Copperheads threatened aggression against both...

  7. A Soldier Complains of the Army Life
    date February 16, 1863map STAFFORD, Virginiatags Health/Death, Government, Politics, War, Crime/Violence

    On February 16, 1863, a Union soldier from Huntingdon County Pennsylvania wrote home to describe the war as he saw it.  “Here we are yet stuck in the mud, crushing the rebellion, over the left, and enjoying our hard tack as usual.”  The soldier described the boring life that the Army of the Potomac went through as they were in camp.  The man known as “TIMBER DOODLE” in his writings was going...

  8. J.E.B. Stuart Rides Around McClellan
    date June 12, 1862 to June 15, 1862map RICHMOND, Virginiatags Government, Migration/Transportation, War

    J.E.B. Stuart’s most celebrated act was his encirclement of the Union General George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac in June of 1862. Newly appointed commander of the Army of Northern Virginia Robert E. Lee and Jeb Stuart devised the plan to circle around McClellan and gather intelligence. The aggressive strategy stemmed from the knowledge that McClellan was hesitant to attack the Confederate troops,...

  9. Governor Hicks Sends a Message of Union Loyalty
    date April 18, 1861map BALTIMORE, Marylandtags Government, Politics, War

    As the secession movement began, the Union focused on keeping the key Border states loyal to the nation if war occurred. Most crucial were Kentucky and Maryland, but worrisome was the fact that during the election of 1860, Maryland voted for John Breckinridge just as the Deep South had. Thus, many Unionists believed that Maryland contained large numbers of underground secessionists. One man within...

  10. George H.W. Bush Announces Post-Cold War Strategies during Persian Gulf War
    date September 11, 1990map District of Columbia, District of Columbiatags War, Diplomacy/International

    In George H.W. Bush’s speech about Kuwait, he said “Recent events have surely proven that there is no substitute for American leadership.” By 1990, the Cold War had finally ended after forty years of conflict. George H.W. Bush came into office just before at the end of the Cold War. This had become a vital time in American foreign policy because the country no longer had to feel threatened with...

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