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  1. An Unauthorized Expedition Against Texas
    date June 21, 1819 to July 27, 1819map RAPIDES, Louisianatags Government, Politics, War

    On June 21, 1819, newspapers on the East coast began to report on the men of Rapides Parish, in the town of Alexandria, who had begun to mobilize for war against the Spanish controlling the province of Texas on Louisiana's western border. The only trouble was that the United States government had not declared war against Spain. In fact, the governments of the United States and Spain were currently...

  2. The Price on a Life
    date February 26, 1849map ROCKBRIDGE, Virginiatags African-Americans, Government, Law, Politics, Race-Relations, Slavery, War

    Daily habits, such as flipping through a newspaper, must have been hard on an anti-slavery southerner. The newspapers prior to the Civil War are full of reminders that not all people were in fact equal. Two adds in The Valley Star (the primary newspaper in Lexington, Virginia) were surprisingly similar: one describing a lost horse and the other a lost slave. In Virginia at the time, the two were very...

  3. Blocking the Altamaha River
    date December 2, 1862map TATTNALL, Georgiatags Migration/Transportation, War

    In the autumn of 1862, in a strategic defensive move, Confederate forces in southern Georgia obstructed the Altamaha River to keep boats from passing up or down the waterway. Confederate Captain John Howard, under the instruction of Captain John McGrady completed the obstruction of the Altamaha near Lake Bluff, Georgia in late November ? successfully preventing future nautical passage in either direction....

  4. Operations on the James River near Chesterfield
    date June 21, 1862map CHESTERFIELD, Virginiatags Government, Law, Politics, War

    One Friday in a neighborhood along the James River called Drury?s Bluff two Federal gunboats came barreling up the river. As the gunboats got closer they began to shoot into the woods on the Chesterfield side of the river in hopes to kill Confederate forces. The boats were then opened upon by a battery from Stafford Virginia headed by Capt. French. The two boats turned around unable to face the Confederate...

  5. An Escape and a Death
    date 1817 to 1840map ALACHUA, Floridatags Crime/Violence, Health/Death, Native-Americans, War

    Escaping from a United States' fort was not always easy to do, but still very possible. The United States government built Fort King in 1827 to be a buffer between the Seminoles and the whites settling in the region. The fort held many captured Indians. At Fort King, the soldiers' responsibilities consisted in keeping the Indians in their territory while protecting the white settlers from Indian raids....

  6. Methodist Episcopal Church, South Conference
    date March 14, 1886 to March 16, 1886map AUGUSTA, Virginiatags Church/Religious-Activity, War

    During mid-March 1886, The Methodist Episcopal Church, South hosted their conference in Staunton, Virginia. During the conference, the church had different ministers primarily speak on the state of the church and other business matters. Theological matters had a strong presence, also. The church was active in giving money to the Foreign Missionary Society and had increased the amount given each year,...

  7. Battle at Suffolk
    date April 11, 1863 to May 4, 1863map PRINCESS ANNE, Virginiatags Government, Politics, War

    As Confederate troops marched towards Suffolk led by General James Longstreet they could hear the shells and see the signal lights over the site of the battle. They were marching to Suffolk because a Union garrison had taken over Hill?s Point and Fort Huger, which opened the Union to shipping. When they arrived at Suffolk the Confederates attacked a Union garrison led by Brig. Gen. John Peck. The...

  8. The Battle at Yorktown
    date April 5, 1862 to May 4, 1862map YORK, Virginiatags Government, Politics, War

    The Civil War was raging on a day in early April in 1862 when Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and his Union troops marched south from Fort Monroe. On his way south he and his army ran into a small group of Confederate troops led by Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder in Yorktown Virginia. Magruder put on a show and made McClellan think that he had a very large army behind him therefore encouraging McClellan to...

  9. Call to Raise Money for Confederate Soldiers
    date December 12, 1862 to 1862map HALIFAX, Virginiatags Economy, Government, War

    James C. Bruce paid to place an advertisement in the Richmond Whig newspaper on December 12, 1862. The advertisement was a call for people of the county of Halifax to meet for the benefit of their Confederate soldiers. The ad called for the raising of money and clothing for our soldiers in the field. James C. Bruce paid 3 for the ad. James C. Bruce's call for war donations gives insight into the Confederate...

  10. Disaster on the James River
    date February 11, 1864map ISLE OF WIGHT, Virginiatags Government, Law, Politics, War

    On a cold day in February a Union expedition composed of gunboats Smith Briggs, Flora Temple, Gen. Jessup, and a transport Long Branch headed up the James River from Norfolk commanded by General Graham. The Long Branch had one hundred and fifty soldiers aboard on this particular expedition. Capt. Lee marched down the banks of the Nansemond River to meet up with the fleet of boats. The troops penetrated...

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