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Confederate Navy is not forgotten
Yes, the Confederate States of America had a navy. Not only did the ships travel the high seas, they also operated on the rivers flowing through Dixie. There are today in several locations throughout the South the remnants of ships, gunboats and submarines which were a part of the navy of the Confederacy. There is a Confederate Naval Museum located in Columbus, Georgia. The city constructed the museum after two Confederate ships, The CSS Jackson (ironclad) and the CSS Chattahoochee (gunboat), were found in the Chattahoochee River during a drought when the river was very low.
by neshobademocrat.com :: 2008-07-14 :: Naval war and blockade - American Civil War

Virginia: Fields of the Civil War - Petersburg National Battlefield
Railroads of Petersburg helped decide the end of the American Civil War. Between June 1864 and April 1865, Union forces led by Ulysses S. Grant encircled Confederate forces led by Robert E. Lee in Petersburg for over 9 months. During the siege, 5 rail lines gave Lee's army and residents a lifeline. Grant's troops cut off each of the links as the siege continued, until just one remained: the east-west South Side Railroad. In the summer of 1864, Union forces tried to break the Confederate line by digging under it and packing the tunnel with explosives, creating a huge crater. Union troops stormed into the hole - just to became easy targets for Confederate riflemen.
by ocregister.com :: 2008-07-10 :: Battlefields Today - American Civil War

"The Last Champion" film shares Civil War story
On a plantation in the Deep South, the battle cries of Union and Confederate soldiers have echoed for over a century and a half. Thanks to a documentary by local filmmakers and history buffs, those voices of the Civil War will echo further. "The Last Champion" made its debut before an audience at the Grand Theatre. Directed by Jon Hazell of Burlington, and produced, written and narrated by Chris Schevers, the Civil War documentary tells the story of Schevers' great-great-great-grandfather Henri Schevers, a Union soldier who traveled down the Mississippi River as part of Grant's army.
by thehawkeye.com :: 2008-07-10 :: Civil War Films & Movies

The West's Civil War Indian Campaigns
"The West's Civil War Indian Campaigns," a 3-part series on how the Civil War helped set off fighting between pioneer settlers and the West's Indian tribes, is featured in OldWestNewWest.Com, which focuses on America's Wild West heritage. "The Indian Wars of 1861-1865 are a little-recognized facet of America's Civil War, but it was a struggle that both Union and Confederate troops faced west of the Mississippi River," said Mike Harris. As federal troops were withdrawn from the West to fight Confederate forces in the East, the Indians saw forts being abandoned. "The tribes... thought they had won, so some warriors became even more aggressive."
by prweb.com :: 2008-07-06 :: Indians: Tribes & War - American Civil War

Columbus' National Civil War Naval Museum building replica of the USS Water Witch
Columbus' National Civil War Naval Museum is rebuilding the USS Water Witch, the Union warship Confederate commandos seized on June 3, 1864. Rebuilding costs $1.2m, of which the museum has raised over $800,000. It's now trying to get folks to donate $350,000 more. On a rainy night in 1864, 130 rebel raiders stormed aboard the Water Witch, overtaking the crew of 65 in a bloody battle of swords and revolvers. The Confederates lost both their leader Navy Lt. Thomas Pelot, and Moses Dallas, the slave they employed as a pilot. The rebels had planned to run the ship to Savannah and break the Union blockade - Instead they ran it aground.
by ledger-enquirer.com :: 2008-07-06 :: Naval war and blockade - American Civil War

Militaria collector uses Civil War weapons to teach American history
Going to antique sales with his father, Roger Baker was mesmerised by the Civil War pieces that would come up. He had seen countless 1860s firearms sold at auctions when he was little. So, when he set his sights on a Colt 1860 Army pistol, he had to borrow $85 to buy it. Now he is a metal detector dealer, who has written "Finding Civil War Campsites in Rural Areas" and "Interpreting History from Relics found in Rural Civil War Campsites". Fascinated by the technology Baker (his great-great-grandfather served with the last Confederate unit to surrender in New Orleans on June 25, 1865) uses his militaria pieces to help teach history.
by news-leader.com :: 2008-07-06 :: Weapons: Rifles, Muskets - Civil War

American history 1861-1865: U.S. Civil War was a conflict between the Abraham Lincoln led Union and 11 southern states that formed CSA - the Confederate States of America, led by Jefferson Davis. In the first year the Union got control of the border states and established a naval blockade as both sides raised large armies. In 1862 the bloody battles began. Robert E. Lee get a series of Confederate victories, but his best general, Stonewall Jackson, was killed at the Chancellorsville in May 1863. Lee's invasion of the North was repulsed at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. In July 1863 Ulysses Grant seized control of Mississippi by capturing Vicksburg, thus splitting the Confederacy. The war ended after the Confederacy collapsed following General Robert E. Lee's surrender at the Battle of Appomattox.

Also called: 'War of the Rebellion', 'War of Southern Independence', 'War of Northern Aggression' and 'War Between the States'.

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