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May 26, 2017-Golden Thread Why Did Lt. Gen James Longstreet Feel So Strongly The Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Assault Would Fail? | James Longstreet
It is well recorded that James Longstreet was not in favor of R.E Lee's decision to attack the Union Center with approx. Thirteen Thousand men on day three at Gettysburg. His actions during the 3rd day have been used ever since by his critics. Were his actions insubordination? The answer to...
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Jun 2, 2017-
Golden Thread United States National Cemeteries | Civil War Cemeteries: Where Valor Proudly Sleeps
Monument in Stones River National Cemetery. Since @Buckeye Bill Bechmann created a thread on Confederate States of America Cemeteries http://civilwartalk.com/threads/confederate-states-of-america-cemeteries.99188/page-7#post-1332354 I thought for Memorial Day there should be a companion one for...
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Jun 9, 2017-
Golden Thread Missouri: Civil War in a Union Slave State | War, Runaway Slaves, Blacks in Uniform (1861-1865)
Missouri was a Union Slave State. According to the US Census, the state had a population of 1,182,012; 114,931 persons in the state were enslaved. Enslaved people were roughly 10% of the population, and 13% of all Missouri families own slaves. The people of Missouri were no fans of Abraham...
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Jun 16, 2017-
Golden Thread Confederate States of America Cemeteries | Civil War Cemeteries: Where Valor Proudly Sleeps
Photos, descriptions, and notes about cemeteries that contain Confederate graves.
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Jun 23, 2017-
Golden Thread 5 Generals Were Promoted to Lt Gen of the CSA On Oct 10th, 1862 Longstreet was #1 and Jackson #4 | Civil War History Discussion
A list of Generals to be promoted to the newly created rank of Lieutenant General was created. James Longstreet appointment was number one in the eastern theater. Kirby Smith's appointment was also number one in the Western theater. Both men being appointed on Oct 10th 1862 confirmed on Oct 11th...
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Jun 30, 2017-
Golden Thread Little Round Top, How Important? | Gettysburg
Having just returned from a trip to the US including two days at Gettysburg I am left with a military strategy question. I had always understood that the occupation of LRT by Confederate forces could have been disastrous to the Union positions on Cemetery Ridge. Had guns have been mounted on...
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Jul 7, 2017-
Golden Thread Hood's Texas Brigade | Regimental Histories
Hood's Texans by Mark Maritato The Texas Brigade was organized on October 22, 1861, in Richmond, Va. It was initially commanded by Brig. Gen. Louis T. Wigfall and composed of the 1st, 4th, and 5th Texas Infantry regiments, the only Texas troops to fight in the Eastern Theater. On November 20...
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Jul 14, 2017-
Golden Thread The Plantation Mistress: The Misrepresentation and Myth of the "Southern Belle" | Civil War History Discussion
Over the last few weeks I have been focused learning about the history and backgrounds of the families who enslaved my ancestors. Mainly, to learn and understand their stories and how everything affected them. As a woman, I have to say I am more so interested in the women aka "The Mistress"and...
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Jul 21, 2017-
Golden Thread Family Photos | Nathan B. Forrest
These are new to me...they were posted on findagrave and are part of the Paul Matthew Hagans collection. This is listed as William H Forrest, brother of NBF.
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Jul 28, 2017-
Golden Thread Copse of Trees or Ziegler Grove | Gettysburg
Despite the fact that several photographic teams were in Gettysburg in the days and weeks after the battle, the significance of the Angle and Copse of Trees was apparently not understood at the time since no images were recorded of this area until years after the battle. However, thanks to the...
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Aug 25, 2017-
Golden Thread - Twenty-five Years Ago: My Brush With Glory! | Non-Fiction History of the Civil War
Exactly twenty-five years ago today when I returned home from my regular job working in the Housewares department at the Dallas Galleria Macy's I found on my answering machine a phone call I had been waiting for and one that would in many ways change my life: "James, how would you like to come...
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Sep 8, 2017-
Golden Thread A field officer a day for 9 months and 2 weeks | Period Photos & Examinations
Every day for over 9 months, Mike Serpa posted a new photo restoration of a Civil War Era major, lieutenant colonel or colonel.
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Dec 1, 2017
Longstreet - Golden Thread - Helen Dortch Longstreet in Pictures | Famous People of the Late Unpleasantness
Pinterest I think Helen Longstreet deserves a thread so here goes! Please post your favorite pictures of Helen. I'll get us started with this 1901 picture of the General and his bride! Come on @FarawayFriend! Interesting tidbit: Helen's father was a Georgia lawyer who died from a broken...
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Dec 29, 2017-
Golden Thread - "Cheer less, boys and fight more" - Wofford's Brigade at Gettysburg | Gettysburg
Wofford's Brigade at Gettysburg - 16th, 18th, and 24th Georgia Infantry, Cobb's and Philip's Legions, and 3d Battalion GA Sharpshooters Presently, but after what seemed like an eternity, Gen'l Longstreet accompanied by Gen'l McLaws, rode near us and spoke briefly to Gen'l Wofford, who saluted...
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Jan 5, 2018-
Golden Thread Generals At A Younger Age | Period Photos & Examinations
A few rarely seen photographs of ACW generals at a younger age. First Lieutenant Abner Doubleday of future Civil War and mistakenly baseball fame posing with Mexican civilians during the Mexican-American War, near Saltillo, c. 1847. One of the few photographs from the Mexican-American War that...
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Jan 12, 2018
Golden Thread A Confederate officer a day for 10 Months | Period Photos & Examinations
I recently posted A field officer a day for 9 months and 2 weeks. A fellow CWTer asked if I would do a similar thread with Confederate officers. This is it! Mostly generals with some colonels. I don't much information with these photos. Only the name in most cases. Source list: ADA = Alabama...
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Apr 6, 2018
Golden Thread Emma’s Letter | The Ladies Tea - War from a Feminine Perspective
(1864 Letter written by Emma Stewart Jones recalling the war in and around Chulahoma, Mississippi.) Many of my kin recently inherited family items from one branch of the family. Since I’m considered the Civil War buff in the family, I have contributed to the family records by writing a bit...
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May 11, 2018
Golden Thread - Lincoln's Funeral Train Reproduction | Railroads & Steam Locomotives
In August of 2015, a special exhibit visited North Carolina as a part of a regional tour. It consisted of a high quality, high accuracy reproduction of the railroad car that carried Abraham Lincoln's body from Washington to Illinois for burial, and a fully functional reproduction of one of the...
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May 18, 2018
Golden Thread - Aye Candy: C.S.S. Manassas | Naval War - At Sea & Along Inland Waterways
Everybody knows about the famous Confederate ironclad Virginia, even if they insist on calling the vessel by its previous name, Merrimack. But there was an earlier Confederate ironclad, that went into action in the defense of New Orleans in the fall of 1861, almost five months before Virginia...
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Jun 15, 2018
Golden Thread - East Texas Grave of Confederate Heroine Emma Sansom | Nathan B. Forrest
It was such a beautiful Spring day here in East Texas, I decided to revisit the Little Mound Cemetery just across the county line from Rhonesboro ( home of the "world famous" Possum Fest! ) into Upshur County. I found out about this a few years ago in my travels around this part of the state...
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Aug 31, 2018
Golden Thread Post Your Civil War Shelfies: Show Us Your Books! | Non-Fiction History of the Civil War
Today is National Shelfies Day and I hope we will all pitch in with our Civil War Shelfies. Not a selfie, a Shelfie. That is a picture of your Civil War book shelves. Here are a few of my bookshelves devoted to the Civil War, with a few cookbooks thrown in:
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Sep 21, 2018
Golden Thread Afternoon Tea - where did it come from? | Foods & Recipes
After posting about scones earlier this week which opened a discussion about afternoon tea, I realized that having thrown tea parties and having had the privilege of attending afternoon in Fortnum & Mason in London, I knew very little about how the ritual began and if it even originated in...
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Sep 28, 2018
Golden Thread Historic Boonville, Missouri | Contemporary Photos of Sites & Events
Boonville is a city in Cooper County, Missouri, USA. The population was 8,319 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Cooper County. The city was the site of a skirmish early in the American Civil War on July 17, 1861. Union forces defeated a small and poorly equipped force of the Missouri...
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Oct 19, 2018
Golden Thread Nathaniel Lyon: Hero, Devil, or both? | South & Western Theaters
Nathaniel Lyon will forever be one of the most controversial figures of the Civil War. It is all-too-easy to get into an argument about him which will completely derail a different thread. In fact, that has been happening on a thread that is more properly devoted to the Missouri / Kansas...
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Nov 30, 2018
Golden Thread 75 Years are gone, but Old Men will Remember | Civil War History Discussion
I found these happy old vets absolutely irresistible, would love to have been there: I bought the photo on eBay, where it was properly described as a new print from an old negative. And, I didn’t feel that the $8 price for a quality 8x10 glossy was too unreasonable -- particularly since I...
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Dec 14, 2018
Golden Thread What did your relatives do during the Civil War . . . instead of fighting? | Researching Your Civil War Ancestry
I always find the stories about everyone's military ancestors fascinating, and it's one of my favorite aspects of learning about the war. But I also find it interesting to see what people who weren't enlisted were doing. @Schwallanscher suggested starting a thread on the topic, and here it is...
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Jan 18, 2019
Golden Thread Interview: Longstreet says the trouble with Jeff Davis was "his meddling with military affairs" | James Longstreet
On the occasion of Longstreet's visit to Antietam in 1893, a correspondent of the Washington Post recorded the General's opinions on a number of topics. In this, the closing section of the interview, General Longstreet opines on "the trouble with" Jefferson Davis. "Do you think, General...
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May 24, 2019
Golden Thread MOH recipients A-B | Period Photos & Examinations
I recently donated over 700 restored photos of about 550 Civil War Medal of Honor recipients to the American Battlefield Trust. The Spring 2019 issue of the trust's Hallowed Ground magazine shows some of the photos. A colorized photo of MOH recipient Samuel C. Wright (by coincidence my avatar)...
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