Railroads were the transportation craze of the nation during the 1840s. In the early 1860s, tracks exceeded 30,000 miles in length. The North was certainly far more connected than the South, simply because they were more industrialized and had the money to do so. Often in the South, the majority of money spent was for land purchases or slaves. The railroads of the South were not evenly dispersed....
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...
One January day, Lieutenant. Rogers of Princess Anne County Sheriff's Department ordered a detachment of twenty men headed by Lieutenant Farragut to serve a warrant to two black men living on the Baxter farm and the one adjacent to it. This detachment was sent because the last deputy that tried to serve was met with resistance. The whole detachment arrived at the farm and proceeded to the house...