Civil War Notes

In the peace of Antietam National Cemetery, National Park Services

Gordon Thorsby

Jul 7, 20224 min read

Michigan Sailors on the Tinclad U.S.S. Forest Rose

by Gordon Thorsby Forest Rose at the construction of the Alexandia Dam 1864 Forest Rose was a sternwheeler tinclad #9, with a...

Gordon Thorsby

Apr 21, 20224 min read

Damn the Torpedoes? ...Close but Not Quite.

by Gordon Thorsby An August Morning at the Battle of Mobile Bay by William Heysham Overend Grant was stuck at Petersburg, Sherman seemed...

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