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Every ship is a minesweeper once ;)

Yes.

Did you know Confederate photographer George Cook took the world’s first combat photo on September 8th, 1863? Cook took this photograph...

Most of the Delaware confederates joined maryland and virginian regiments I dont have any real stats of how many men fought for the...

Sir, not unless Maryland secedes first, and even then I don't see Delaware seceding. Just a look at a map shows Delaware completely...

I'm not sure. I'll have to look in Peter Schmidt's and Kent Johns' books to see if they mention say where and when. I do know, though...

Here is another perspective from photographers Hass & Peale. One of my sources identifies the monitors in the distance as the Passaic...

Part 20: Gillispie glib characterization of the barracks at Elmira is questionable. He says that "nobody would book a vacation to such...

In the book House Divided: Slavery and Emancipation in Delaware, 1638 — 1865, historian Patience Essah writes ( p161): Delaware, though...

It was part of the Kuhn State Hospital and was built in 1901 and burned in 1918.

I'm not sure. I'll have to look in Peter Schmidt's and Kent Johns' books to see if they mention say where and when. I do know, though...

Would there possibly be any marks hidden anywhere to look for say like on the inside of the lock or under the barrel to give a clue as...

Shiloh was a pivotal point in the short history of the Confederacy. Beauregard's plan was too ambitious and poorly designed with the...

April is soon to be upon us, bringing a welcomed respite from the harsh cruelties of the winter we have just endured. Some days the...

I apologize that I wasn't clear. The conversion to percussion began at the government arsenals around 1842/43; right after adoption of...