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Thomas Riley: Confederate Hero, Deserter, Or Both?

July 15th, 2012 · 4 Comments

Several weeks ago I received a long awaited package in the mail from the State Archives of North Carolina: two 35mm diazo microfilm reels containing every issue of the Raleigh (NC) Daily Confederate from 1864 and 1865.  My goal is to view and print off articles pertaining to the Siege of Petersburg, and from time […]

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Categories: Civil War Individuals · Civil War on the Web · Civil War Research

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Permanent Page for sfcdan’s Excellent Campaign Studies at History Forum

February 17th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Long time History Channel forum poster sfcdan has done quite a few multi-post campaign sketches on the History Channel forum.  These posts are a nice change of pace from the constant quarrels over slavery that appear there endlessly, day after day. I thought it might be a nice idea to collect sfcdan’s posts at one […]

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Review In Brief: Back Door to Richmond: The Bermuda Hundred Campaign, April-June 1864

January 2nd, 2006 · 2 Comments

Books on the Bermuda Hundred Campaign Back Door to Richmond: The Bermuda Hundred Campaign, April-June 1864 by William Glenn Robertson 284 pp., 15 maps The 1864 Bermuda Hundred Campaign, while fascinating, has been largely ignored in favor of the Grant-Lee match up occurring simultaneously to the north. Benjamin Butler was given the XVIII Corps, located […]

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