#american-civil-war β Public Fediverse posts
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"Mary Don't You Weep" (alternately titled "O Mary Don't You Weep", "Oh Mary, Don't You Weep, Don't You Mourn", or variations thereof) is a #Spiritual that originates from before the #AmericanCivilWar. As such, scholars sometimes refer to it as a "slave song", "a label that describes their origins among the enslaved", and it contains "coded messages of hope and resistance". It is considered "one of the most important Negro spirituals".
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GMT Games Purgatorio: Men of Iron IV: 14th century Italian knights vs the Confederate submarine corps; A commercially fearless decision and potential crossover of the decade. Trench Crusade didn't see this coming!
#GMTGames #wargames #medieval #Italy #AmericanCivilWar #Submarines
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Crossing is a two-act #opera composed by #MatthewAucoin. Based on #WaltWhitman's Memoranda During the War (1875), it offers a fictionalized account of Whitman's time as a nurse during the #AmericanCivilWar.
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National Gallery of Art Acquires Important Collection of American Civil War Photographs https://petapixel.com/2026/03/29/national-gallery-of-art-acquires-important-collection-of-american-civil-war-photographs/ #nationalgalleryofart #alexandergardner #americancivilwar #abrahamlincoln #mathewbrady #civilwar #Analog #News
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β§ Duckport Canal β§
The Duckport Canal was constructed by Union forces during the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. Ordered built in late March 1863 by Major General Ulysses S. Grant, the canal stretched from the Mississippi River near Duckport, Louisiana, to New Carthage, Louisiana, and utilized a series of bayous...
#AmericanCivilWar #MajorGeneralUlysses #Duckport #Louisiana #MississippiRiver #Wikipedia
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β§ Fort Southerland β§
Fort Southerland is a redoubt built during the American Civil War to protect Camden, Arkansas. Confederate forces built it along with four other redoubts in early 1864 after a Union victory in the Little Rock campaign the previous year. Fort Southerland is about the size of a city block and is roughly oval. It could hold...
#AmericanCivilWar #FortSoutherland #Camden #Arkansas #Union #Wikipedia
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β§ USS Romeo β§
USS Romeo was a sternwheel steamer that saw service as a tinclad warship during the American Civil War. Completed in August 1862 as a civilian merchant vessel, she was instead purchased by the Union Navy in October. Commissioned in December, she cleared naval mines from the Yazoo River later that month before participating in operation...
#AmericanCivilWar #YazooRiver #UnionNavy #Romeo #YazooCity #Wikipedia
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β§ CSS General Earl Van Dorn β§
CSS General Earl Van Dorn was a cottonclad warship used by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Purchased for Confederate service in New Orleans in early 1862 to serve with the River Defense Fleet, she was converted into a cottonclad warship by installing an iron-co...
#AmericanCivilWar #RiverDefenseFleet #PlumPointBend #CSS #Confederate #Wikipedia
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"Mary Don't You Weep" (alternately titled "O Mary Don't You Weep", "Oh Mary, Don't You Weep, Don't You Mourn", or variations thereof) is a #Spiritual that originates from before the #AmericanCivilWar. As such, scholars sometimes refer to it as a "slave song", "a label that describes their origins among the enslaved", and it contains "coded messages of hope and resistance". It is considered "one of the most important Negro spirituals".
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"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" is a song written by #RobbieRobertson. It was originally recorded by his Canadian-American #rootsRock group #theBand and released on their eponymous second album in 1969. #LevonHelm provided the lead vocals. The song is a first-person narrative relating the economic and social distress experienced by the protagonist, a poor white Southerner, during the last year of the #AmericanCivilWar.
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The Hidden History of a 19th-Century Photograph and the Mystery of Its Unnamed Girl https://petapixel.com/2025/12/27/the-hidden-history-of-a-19th-century-photograph-and-the-mystery-of-its-unnamed-girl/ #alexandergardner #americancivilwar #historicalphotos #photodiscovery #Analog #News
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Christmas 1862, by Thomas Nast.
Santa Claus brings US troops a toy depicting the death throes of traitor Jeff Davis hung by the neck.
You go, Wide Awake Union Santa!
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βHaunted and cursedβ: Lake Lanier has a deadly reputation. A darker tale hides beneath the surface https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/dec/23/lake-lanier-haunted-atlanta-georgia #Americancivilwar #Georgia #Atlanta #Culture #USnews #Usher #Music #Race
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β§ Hugh McCulloch β§
Hugh McCulloch (December 7, 1808 β May 24, 1895) was an American financier who played a central role in financing the American Civil War. He served two non-consecutive terms as United States Secretary of the Treasury under three presidents. He was originally opposed to the creation of a system of national banks, but his r...
#AmericanCivilWar #CivilWar #UnitedStates #Treasury #McCulloch #Wikipedia
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β§ John Bullock Clark Sr. β§
John Bullock Clark Sr. (April 17, 1802 β October 29, 1885) was an American militia officer and politician. A lawyer with a colorful reputation, he was also an officer in the Missouri militia. During the 1838 Mormon War, Clark was given the Extermination Order. A candidate in the ...
#MissouriStateGuard #AmericanCivilWar #UnitedStates #Missouri #ProvisionalConfederateCongress #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bullock_Clark