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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#Battle, The #CivilWar in New Mexico
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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When i was a youngster living in Brady, texas, i took a great interest in the civil war. my friends joined me in re-fighting the various civil war battles. if we charged little round top, we simply climbed a tree to reach the roof of the garage. made sense to us. it was fun using […]
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I had a great time on my #novel tour through the #south. My book has #strong #female characters on both sides of the #civilwar
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