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Augusta Bulldogs ~ History: The Civil War

U.S. Civil War Links A - Z

This page DOES NOT Promote, encourage, or condone ethnic, racial, religious or sectional animosity or stereotyping, or do I promote and support, any group which does.

This is a "no-hate" website! KKK Go somewhere else!

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Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry 1st Regiment
http://hometown.aol.com/Shortyhack/1stmass.html

4th Alabama "Roddey's" Cavalry, Confederate States Army
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Delta/3843/4thalabama.htm

Was Organized September 26,1861 and Consolidated with the 12th Reg.on June 14,1865 both were Mustered out togther
The 4th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/4thillinoiscavalry/index.html

5th Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry Company K31st Virginia Militia Company A 7th Battalion Army of The Northern Virginia Confederate States of America
http://www.geocities.com/csa5va/

9th Massachusetts Battery
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/8279/

10th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
http://members.aol.com/mass10th/index.html

12th. Pennsylvania Cavalry
http://12thpacavalry.8k.com/index.html

Organization and Service of the 12th. Pennsylvania Cavalry
http://12thpacavalry.8k.com/service.html

The Regiment who Shot and KilledWilliam F. McCulloughof the 4th Illinois Cavalry at The Battle for Coffeeville, Mississippi..
14th Mississippi Infantry
http://www.izzy.net/~michaelg/14ms-1.htm

15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War: 1861-1864
http://www.nextech.de/ma15mvi/

SAINT Louis, Mo., September 26, 1865.
U. S. Army, Commanding detachments of Sixteenth and Seventeenth Army Corps RED RIVER CAMPAIGN
http://www.civilwarhome.com/ajsmith.htm

18th. Virginia Calvary, history of the Regiment in the Civil War
http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/Stump45/

20th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mmd5f/

This site deals with the 24th. and 42nd. Virginia Infantry Regiment.-roster of the 24th.-Confederate documents: Battle info on the 24th. and 42nd.At Gettysburg:Manassas:Th e Wilderness
24th. and 42nd. Virginia Infantry
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/2320/index.html

24th Virginia Infantry in Fredricksburg, Maryland - 1862
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/2320/Fredericksburg.html

The 33rd Illinois Volunteer Regiment Band, Inc. was re-created, in 1996, by musicians from Central Illinois. Like the original band, the musicians were recruited from the same geographical area in Illinois and come from all walks of life. The band is an authentic re-enactment of the actual Civil War Era band that was mustered at State Normal University in 1861
The 33rd Illinois Volunteer Regiment Band by trevorteusc
http://www.arts.ilstu.edu/~tnteusc/33rd/

This is a "no-hate" website! KKK Go somewhere else!
The 39th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Webpage
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/7616/

44th Regiment Massaschusetts Volunteer Militia
http://members.aol.com/dcurtin1/44th_reg.htm

Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry
http://extlab1.entnem.ufl.edu/olustee/54th_MS_inf.html

54th. Mass. Volunteer Infantry, Co. I
http://www.awod.com/gallery/probono/cwchas/54ma.html

This is a "no-hate" website! KKK Go somewhere else!
The 45th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Webpage
http://www.geocities.com/johnmasonbrown/home.html

47th Indiana Volunteer Infantry
http://members.home.net/union47th/47th.index.htm

54th Virginia Infantry
http://54th.va.inf.8m.com/index.html

The History of the 93rd. Pennslyvania Volunteer Infantry
http://www.angelfire.com/pa/Stump44/index.html

NEW ORLEANS, LA., August 1, 1864.
Ninety-ninth U. S. Colored Troops. RED RIVER CAMPAIGN
http://www.civilwarhome.com/pearsall.htm

Continental Morgan Guard Company A, 31st Virginia MilitiaJuly 4, 1855- April 18, 1861
http://www.geocities.com/csa31va/

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Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation
http://www.aspiring-community.com/files4/asp459.html

African Americans in the Civil War
http://www.hist.unt.edu/09w-acwd.htm

African American Cowboys
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/3624/history.html

African American Heroes of the Civil War
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/3624/index.html

Alfred Waud's History Pagte ~ The 9th Ky US Regt Vol Infantry Co B Website "My old unit"
http://www.macol.net/~unionmik/index.html

Alton, Illinois in the Civil War
http://www.altonweb.com/history/civilwar/index.html

in the AOL prison library...
alt.war.civil.usa (unread)
aol://5863:126/alt.war.civil.usa

American Civil War
http://www.hist.unt.edu/09w-amw2.htm

The American Civil War Overview
http://www.civilwarhome.com/redriver.htm

Antietam National Park Home Page
http://www.nps.gov/anti/home.htm

"A Website for the Authentic Civil War Living Historians"
The Authentic Campaigner
http://www.authentic-campaigner.com

see 4th Alabama Roddey's Cavalry...
It portrays a teenage Confederate soldier saluting an elderly "rebel" soldier as he passes.
Authentic Confederate 100 Dollar Bill
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Delta/3843/csabill.gif


---- American Memory ---

American Memory from the Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html

American Memory: Words and Deeds in American History
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/mcchtml/corhome.html

~~American Memory: Civil War Photographs~~

American Memory: Selected Civil War Photographs Home Page
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html

American Memory: Does The Camera Ever Lie?
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwpcam/cwcam1.html

American Memory: Taking photographs at the time of the Civil War
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwtake.html


~~American Memory: Timeline of the Civil War, 1861-1865~~

Time Line of The Civil War, 1861
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1861.html

Time Line of The Civil War, 1862
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1862.html

Time Line of The Civil War, 1863
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1863.html

Time Line of The Civil War, 1864
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1864.html

Time Line of The Civil War, 1865
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1865.html

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"All Southerners are welcome. Yankees are welcome to come and learn a few things about the right way to do things."
Buck's Confederacy - Celebrating the South and all things Southern
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Bayou/2292/



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Camp Chase Gazette: The Voice of Civil War Reenacting
http://www.campchase.com/

Camp Chase Gazette ~ Civil War Links
http://www.campchase.com/links/index.html

856 Mulberry St., Macon, Georgia 31201
The Cannonball House & Museum, Macon, GA
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/dixieten/cannonball/house.html?mtbrand=AOL_US

A documentary archive of materials relating to the secession crisis
Causes of the Civil War Archive
http://members.aol.com/jfepperson/causes.html

Civil War
http://www.everton.com/usa/civilwar.htm

Civil War Album.com
http://www.civilwaralbum.com

Civil War-An Illinois Soldier
http://www.ioweb.com/civilwar/

Civil War in Miniature
http://civilwarmini.com/

Civil War Interactive 2000
http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/index.htm

The Civil War Reenactors
http://cwreenactors.com/

The Civil War - Strange and Unusual Facts
http://www.geocities.com/~thejensens/civilwar.html

Civil War Home
http://www.civilwarhome.com

Civil War in Miniature
http://civilwarmini.com/

Civil War Lady's Homepage
http://www.geocities.com/civilwarlady1861/main.html

A site about the brave women soldiers who fought and died in the civil war and today's civil war women soldier re-enactors
Civil War Lady: Women and Men Soldier Re-enactors
http://www.geocities.com/civilwarlady1861/

Civil War Lady: Women Soldiers of the Civil War
http://www.geocities.com/civilwarlady1861/cwwsoldiers.html

This site is dedicated to the brave soldiers who charged into battle with a instrument and nothing to protect them.
Civil War Musicians Homepage
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/usreg/index.html?mtbrand=AOL_US

Civil War photograph album, ca. 1861-65. (James Wadsworth Family Papers)
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mcc:@field(DOCID+@lit(mcc/051))

Civil War Photographs
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/photo.htm

Civil War Photographs
http://7-12educators.about.com/education/7-12educators/blcwphmenu.htm

Civil War Photography Center
http://www.civilwarphotography.com

Great information about the Civil War that fits into no particular category!
Civil War Potpourri
http://www.civilwarhome.com/potpourr.htm

Civil War Talk.com
http://civilwartalk.com/cwt_main/index.htm

Civil War Talk.com - The Civil War in Pictures, Prints Available for sale.
http://civilwartalk.com/cwt_main/resources/artwork/index.htm

Civil War Talk.com - War Between the States Trivia Game
http://civilwartalk.com/cwt_main/bbs/messages/2/2.html

Civil War Trivia
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/2320/CIVILWARTRIV.html

Civil War Vocabulary and Slang Words used by Union and Confederate Soldiers alike
http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/4thillinoiscavalry/VocabularyandSlang.html

Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation Home Page
http://www.de.psu.edu/cpp/index.htm

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Home Page
http://www.history.org/welcome.html

Confederate Regimental Histories Directory
http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/confeds.html

Constitution Of The Confederate States Of America
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/2320/ConfedCons.html



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Daughters of Confederate Vets Thunderbird Chapter 2102 - Phoenix, Arizona
http://udctbird2102.org/

Discovery.com - Chancellorsville [Civil War Chronicles]
http://www.discovery.com/stories/history/civilwar/chancellorsville/chancellorsville.html


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This is a "no-hate" website! KKK Go somewhere else!
East Kentucky Civil War Papers
http://www.geocities.com/eastkentuckypapers/index.html

eBay Militia Collecticibles
http://ebay.www.vu/ebay/l.html?sid=vietwall.org&listing=aw/listings/list/all/category13956

eHistory.com - the Web site for history enthusiasts, students and educators
http://www.ehistory.com/index.cfm

eHistory.com Civil War Daily
http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/features/daily_dispatch/intro.cfm

1802-1837
Elijah Parish Lovejoy "a Martyr on the Altar of American Liberty"
http://www.altonweb.com/history/lovejoy/index.html

Evaluate your Sources
http://www.library.vcu.edu/help/evaluate.html

Evaluating Internet Research Sources
http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm

Evaluation of information sources
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/evaln/evaln.htm

Eye of the Storm: A Civil War Odyssey by Robert Sneden
http://www.simonsays.com/book/default_book.cfm?isbn=0684863650

Eye of the Storm ~ JournalE
http://journale.com/eyeofthestorm/index.html



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Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Civil War Data
http://www.familytreemaker.com/civilwar.html

Welcome to the website for Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park. Approximately 110,000 casualties occurred during the four major battles fought in the vicinity of Fredericksburg, Virginia making it the bloodiest ground on the North American continent. In 1927 the U.S. Congress established Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Memorial National Military Park to commemorate the heroic deeds of the men engaged at the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House. Today the park also includes the historic structures of Chatham, Ellwood, Salem Church, and the "Stonewall" Jackson Shrine. The park encompasses almost 9,000 acres making it the largest military park in the world.
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
http://www.nps.gov/frsp/vc.htm

Fredericksburg and SpotsylvaniaNational Military Park: Civil War Sites
http://www.nps.gov/frsp/cwlinks.htm



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Gallop's Island During the Civil War
http://www.bu.edu/history/courses/hi457/gallops-civw/

see " U.S. Civil War Genealogy Links"...

"We provide free educational material on the subjects of the American Civil War and Abraham Lincoln."
Great American History!
http://leelah.tripod.com/states.html

Greetings from the Briar Patch
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/dixieten/index.html?mtbrand=AOL_US


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Covers the naval history in Hampton Roads from Colonial times to the present.
HAMPTON ROADS NAVAL MUSEUM
http://naval-station.norfolk.va.us/navy.html
Hargrett Library (UofGA) Rare Map Collection ~ The Civil War
http://scarlett.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/civil.html

Historical Art Prints, Featuring the Art of Don Troiani
http://www.historicalartprints.com/

The History Channel - This Day in Civil War History
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/civilwar.html


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Illinois in the Civil War
http://www.illinoiscivilwar.org/


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Jews in the Civil War
http://www.jewish-history.com/civilwar.htm

JournalE.com: Real Stories from Planet Earth
http://journale.com/index.lasso


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Welcome to the largest Civil War Cookbook on the Internet
http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/cookbook.htm

Laura's Midi Heaven
http://laurasmidiheaven.simplenet.com/

Letters to and from Civil War Participants
http://genealogy.org/~ajmorris/cw/cwletter.htm

Library of Congress: Civil War Photographs
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphome.html


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Memorials, Cemeteries, Misc. Sites
http://www.hist.unt.edu/09w-acw8.htm

Amercian Civil War photos...
MHI Photograph Database
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/PhotoDB.html

1201 East Clay Street - Richmond, Virginia 23219
The Museum and White House of the Confederacy
http://www.moc.org/

The White House of the Confederacy ~ Museum of the Confederacy
http://www.moc.org/WhiteHouse/index.html

Myths and Mysteries of the White House ~ Museum of the Confederacy
http://www.moc.org/Articles/whmyth.html

The Museum and White House of the Confederacy
The Museum and White House of the Confederacy ~ Flag Collection
http://www.moc.org/FlagCollection/Index.html

Museum of Slavery
http://squash.la.psu.edu/~plarson/smuseum/homepage.html


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The only museum in the United States that attempts to portray the story of the Nation's Civil War. Equally balanced presentations will be humanistic in nature without bias to Union or Confederate causes.
The National Civil War Museum
http://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/

Naval Historical Center
http://www.sartori.com/nhc/index.html


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On Censorship and Nazi Liberals from Hell
http://www.hist.unt.edu/kukxchng.htm


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Photographs and Images of Georgia in the Civil War
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/cwphotos.htm

Poetry and Music of the War Between the States
http://users.erols.com/kfraser/

A good source for information on the Confederate
Navy and related material. In Columbus, GA...
Port Columbus Civil War Naval Center
http://www.portcolumbus.org/
Private Remembrances
http://www.hist.unt.edu/09w-acw9.htm


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The Red River Campaign (10 Mar.-22 May '64)
http://www.civilwarhome.com/redriverrecords.htm

The Red River Campaign Discussion
http://www.civilwarhome.com/redriverdiscussion.htm

The Red River Campaign Discussion Part II, The Retreat
http://www.civilwarhome.com/rrdiscussionII.htm


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-- A special look at historic fashions from Revolutionary War - WWII. Uniforms and civilian dress. Large section on Civil War.
Historic Fashions During War Times
http://ww.sallyqueenassociates.com/

THE SANITARY COMMISSION AND OTHER RELIEF AGENCIES
http://www.civilwarhome.com/sanitarycommission.htm

[Mississippi] [Florida] [Alabama] [Georgia] [Louisiana] [Texas] [Virginia] [Arkansas] [North Carolina] [Tennessee] [Missouri] [Kentucky]
"The Secession Acts of the 13 Confederate States."
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/2320/Secession.html

Sherman in Georgia
http://www.civilwarhome.com/shermangeorgia.htm

Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War
http://www.civilwarhome.com/index.htm

The Sneden Civil War Collection
http://www.sneden.com/

Sons of the Confederate South Carolina Division Heritage Celebration 2000 Photos
http://www.jamespurck.com/2000photos/index.html

Sons of Confederate Veterans Home Page
http://www.scv.org/

Sons of Confederate Veterans Genealogy Network
http://www.scv.org/scvgen00.htm

Sons of Confederate Veterans Heritage Issues
http://www.scv.org/scvher00.htm

Preserving the Memory of the Grand Army of the Republic and our Ancestors who Fought to Preserve the Union
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
http://suvcw.org/home.html

The wreck of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley was discovered early in May, 1995, off Sullivan's Island, South Carolina.
USC Institute of ARchaeology and Anthropology - Hunley
http://www.cla.sc.edu/sciaa/hunley1.html


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U.S. Army Military History Institute Photograph Database
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/PhotoDB.html


--- Underground Railroad ---

ALTON, ILLINOIS AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
http://www.altonweb.com/history/civilwar/railroad.htm


--- end Underground Railroad ---


--- USCWC ---

These sites are loaded with Civil War info...

"Promoting the study of the Civil War from the perspectives of all professions, occupations and academic disciplines"
Civil War Center at Louisiana State University
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/

Civil War Center at LSU - Cemetary Links
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/hist.htm#Cemeteries

U.S. Civil War Center Image Page
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/links/links3.htm#Images

Civil War Center at LSU - Historic Places 1
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/hist.htm

Civil War Center at LSU - Index of Civil War Information available on the Internet
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/civlink.htm

USCWC - Funerals/Burial Practices
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/links10.htm#Funerals

--- end USCWC ---


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“Valley of the Shadow” Civil War Site, University of Virginia
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2/tour.html

The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2/

Virginia Historical Society - The Center for the Virginia History
http://www.vahistorical.org/


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Welcome to The Legacy Project's website. We are dedicated to collecting, preserving, and publicizing letters to and from America's wars. Andrew Carroll edited the recently released War Letters, Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars, and continues to collect letters from our troops and their descendents. This site complements the book, and offers advice on preserving your own letters, submitting letters to The Legacy Project, and scheduling of Project event.
War Letters
http://www.warletters.com/

WBTS...The Great Southern Tragedy
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/dixieten/wbts.html?mtbrand=AOL_US

Westville - Georgia's Working 1850 Town
http://westville.org/

Westville - Georgia's Working 1850 Town - Cooking
http://westville.org/cooking.htm

Westville - Georgia's Working 1850 Town - Crops and Gardens
http://westville.org/cropsandgardens.htm

Widow Rumble's Homepage of Life in the 1800's
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Quarter/2926/

Women in the Military and At War
http://womenshistory.about.com/msubmiliwar.htm

LA GRANGE, TENN. November 9, 1862
General Grant Issues Special Order No. 11
"What To Do With The Jews in the Department"Commutations and Dispatches Jews, Israelites
http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/4thillinoiscavalry/SpecialOrderNumber11.html

Words of Wisdom from Yosemite Sam - "Yankee Soil wav"
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/2320/Fredericksburg.html

WRM Graphics, Inc. Presenting the Historical Art of William R. McGrath
http://www.wrmgraphics.com/

WRM Graphics, Inc. - Civil War links
http://www.wrmgraphics.com/page13.html


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U.S. Civil War Webrings
A - Z

This page DOES NOT Promote, encourage, or condone ethnic, racial, religious or sectional animosity or stereotyping, or do I promote and support, any group which does.

This is a "no-hate" website! KKK Go somewhere else!


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The 33rd Illinois Volunteer Regiment Band Webrings
http://www.arts.ilstu.edu/~tnteusc/33rd/links/webrings.html

America's Civil War
http://w.webring.com/hub?ring=americascivilwar&id=17&hub

Army of Tennessee
http://q.webring.com/hub?ring=armyoftennessee&id=9&hub


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~ The Civil War Circuit ~
http://l.webring.com/hub?ring=cwcirc&id=5&hub

Civil War Heritage Ring
http://b.webring.com/hub?ring=stonewall&id=37&hub

Civil War Lady's List of Webrings
http://www.geocities.com/civilwarlady1861/webring.html

The Civil War Online SiteRing
http://pub33.bravenet.com/sitering/nav.php?usernum=2822561013&action=list&siteid=35641

The Civil War Reenacting SiteRing
http://pub47.bravenet.com/sitering/nav.php?usernum=4016802418&action=list&siteid=

Civil War Reenactors Ring
http://nav.webring.yahoo.com/hub?ring=civilwarreenacto&id=11&hub

Civil War Talk - Calvary Ring
http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=CWT_CAV;action=list

Civil War Virtual Archives Ring
http://i.webring.com/hub?ring=cwarchring&list

Confederate Ring
http://x.webring.com/hub?ring=confedring&id=177&hub

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Dixieland Ring
http://l.webring.com/hub?ring=south&list


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God Save The South
http://t.webring.com/hub?ring=savethesouth&id=85&hub

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The History Ring
http://s.webring.com/hub?ring=history&list

The History Ring
http://s.webring.com/hub?ring=history&list

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The MASON DIXON CIVIL WAR SiteRing
http://pub36.bravenet.com/sitering/nav.php?usernum=3068095425&action=list&siteid=36947

Mr. Lincoln's Webring - Union Army Sites, is for any type of Civil War related websites. However this ring is anti-KKK and does not accept Confederate Sites.
Mr. Lincoln's Men - Union Army Sites
http://nav.webring.yahoo.com/hub?ring=lincolnsmen&list


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National Military Cemetery Webring
http://i.webring.com/hub?ring=natcemring&list

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Regiment's of the Confederate Army
http://nav.webring.yahoo.com/hub?ring=csregiment&list


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Southern Heritage 2000
http://b.webring.com/hub?ring=southernheritage&id=43&hub

in search of the url...
The Southern Rebels of the Confederacy SiteRing

Southern Women Webring
http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=southwoman;action=list

The Southron Ring is a Ring of Southern advocacy achieved through historical fact and culture. Member sites portray a positive image of the South based on reality.
Southron Ring
http://f.webring.com/hub?ring=wona&list


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The UK Re-enactment SiteRing
http://pub24.bravenet.com/sitering/nav.php?usernum=2045635422&action=list&siteid=36157

Union Army Ring site
http://k.webring.com/hub?ring=unionarmy&list


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Women Civil War Re-enactors
http://nav.webring.yahoo.com/hub?ring=womencivilwarree&id=1&hub

Women of the Civil War Era
http://k.webring.com/hub?ring=womenofthecivilw&id=3&hub

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Civil War Stories

The Story of Taps

A little history is good for all of us! We have all heard the haunting melody of "Taps." It's the song that gives us
that lump in our throats and usually tears in our eyes.

But do you know the story behind the song? If not, I think you will be pleased to find out about its humble beginnings.

Reportedly, it all began in 1862 during the Civil War, when Union Army Captain Robert Ellicombe was with his men near
Harrison's Landing, Virginia. The Confederate Army was on the other side of the narrow strip of land. During the night, Captain Ellicombe heard the moans of a soldier who was severely
wounded on the field. Not knowing if it was a Union or Confederate soldier, the Captain decided to risk his life and bring the stricken man back for medical attention.

Crawling on his stomach through the gunfire, the Captain reached the stricken soldier and began pulling him toward the encampment. When the Captain finally reached his own lines, he discovered it was actually a Confederate soldier, but the soldier was dead. The Captain lit a lantern and suddenly caught his breath and went numb with shock.

In the dim light he saw the face of the soldier. It was his own son. The boy had been studying music in the South when the war broke out. Without telling his father, the boy enlisted in the
Confederate Army.

The following morning, heart-broken, the fatherasked permission to give his son a full military burial despite
his enemy status. His request was only partially granted. The Captain had asked if he could have a group of Army band members play a funeral dirge for his son at the funeral. The request was
denied since the soldier was a Confederate.

But, out of respect for the father, they did say they could give him one musician. The Captain chose a bugler. He asked the bugler to play a series of musical notes he had found on a piece of paper in the pocket of the dead youth's uniform. This wish was granted. The haunting melody, which we now know as "Taps" used at military funerals,
was born.

Day is done
Gone the sun
From the lakes
From the hills
From the sky
All is well,
safely rest.
God is nigh.

Fading light
Dims the sight
And a star
Gems the sky,
Gleaning bright
From afar,
Drawing nigh,
Falls the night.

Thanks and praise,
For our days,
Neath the sun,
Neath the stars,
Neath the sky,
As we go,
This we know,
God is nigh.

I, too, have felt the chills while listening to "Taps" but I have never seen all the words to the song until now. I didn't even know there was more than one verse. I also never knew the story behind the song and I didn't know if you had either so I thought I'd pass it along. I now have an even deeper respect for the song than I did before.

~~ Author Unknown ~~


Abraham Lincolns 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation

... Abraham Lincoln, a man who learned to face discouragement and move beyond it. Did you know that it was Abraham Lincoln who, in the midst of the Civil War, in 1863, established the annual celebration of Thanksgiving?

Lincoln had learned how important it is to stop and thank God in the midst of great difficulties. "We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God.

We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in
peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own.

Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.

It has seemed to me fit and proper that [the gifts of God] should be
solemnly, reverently, and gratefully acknowledged with one heart and one voice by the whole American people. I do, therefore, invite my fellow citizens . . . to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens."

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William Tecumseh Sherman!

William Tecumseh Sherman was one of the most controversial and successful Union generals during the Civil War. He performed well at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and the siege of Chattanooga. He captured Atlanta in one of the Civil War's most decisive campaigns. He advocated the concept of "total war" ?¢€” waging war not just on the enemy's forces but on the enemy's support network. In this, he was the first modern general. He demonstrated this in his famous "March to the Sea," where his troops cut a swath of destruction through Georgia.

Leadership Attributes:
Sherman was tenacious in battle, and served with Ulysses S Grant in his campaigns ?¢€” including the siege of Vicksburg, where his tenacity payed off. Sherman led by initiative as
much as by planning. During his "March to the Sea," he was cut off from supply lines and his troops lived off the land. Sherman was a soldier, not a diplomat. In fact, after the war,
when his name was bandied about for a nomination, he said, "If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve."

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Ulysses S Grant!

While Ulysses S Grant is best known for his military career, including bringing victory for the Union in the Civil War,
Grant was also the eighteenth resident. After the war, he was elected President and oversaw Reconstruction in the South. He died of throat cancer ?¢€” the result of a lifelong habit of cigar smoking ?¢€” but completed his memoirs before his death in 1885.

Leadership Attributes:

Grant was an idealistic leader. During his tenure, Grant supported civil rights for former slaves ?¢€” at a time when few could conceive of doing so. He worked for ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, which supported the right of African Americans to vote, and he helped pass the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, which allowed the government to fight the Klan more vigorously. Grant, of course, trusted in the use of
force when necessary, as befits a former general.

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