HOrses Odd and Amazing Facts!! This is a painting of the only lancer cavalry charge of the Civil war during the confederated new mexico campaign. it was a dismal failure. 1.Determining a horse’s age was discovered by a man names Galvayne. By measuring the groove of the horse’s two corner incisor teeth, one can […]
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Amazing Civil War Facts
Amazing Civil War Facts, bats first! Learn these Amazing Civil War Facts and share Though the Confederacy was far behind the North in technology and manufacturing capability, they were not ever short of ingenuity. Take a look at these amazing Civil War facts. The Confederates utilized bats and their poop. Consider the wealth of bat […]
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Some of the firsts of the Civil War include: the first periscope (used in trench warfare), the first successful submarine (the Hunley named after the inventor and made from an old steam boiler), the first repeating rifles, the first rifle scopes, first ironclad navies, first army ambulance corps, first workable machine gun, first cigarette tax, […]
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On this day in 1862, Union forces by a stroke of luck halted the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico, at that time including Arizona. The Confederates hoped to capture New Mexico and other parts of the West. There were other reasons, but the cash-strapped Confederacy wanted the western mines for the gold and silver. From San Antonio, the […]
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A not too well-known Union general did something unusual following the Civil War. General Montgomery C. Meigs fought in the war, but he is most known for his architect work later. What he did was create a massive time capsule with one of his structures. In the 18801’s, for the US Pension Building in Washington […]
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[maxbutton id=”3″ url=”http://localhost:8888/curt ” text=”Watch Exciting Trailers for Novels” ] Did you know that criminal agents kidnapped Canadian men for service in the union army in the civil War? During the war, certain civilians, called “Crimps”, enticed unknowing Canadian men with too much drink or drugged them, then enrolled them in a regiment in the […]
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