Misconceptions.....

[JPK Huson 1863]

Love to see a thread on each map, 1861 through 1864? What happened through each year, what battles responsible changing the shapes? It gets hazy for some of us- obviously not for most.

Another thread it'd be interesting to see is what other misconceptions members had in the past. CWT straightened out around 20 of mine in a big hurry.

 

[jackt62]

Has the Union occupation of Norfolk and Alexandria for most of the war also been mentioned?

 

[jackt62]

Until I started delving more deeply into the war and all its aspects, my biggest misconception was the commonly held view that the conflict was mostly waged in Virginia.

 

[Mark F. Jenkins]

That's true but Union control of part of Pensacola was consequential. Union sympathizers, Confederate deserters and freed and runaway slaves were taken in. Union forces got valuable intelligence from them and they were trained and armed and put into Union service.

Not to mention the Warrington Navy Yard nearby, which was one of two antebellum Navy Yards that fell into state (and then Confederate) hands early on. But that and Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk were back under Federal control fairly early in the war. Neither assisted the Union war effort as much as they might otherwise have (though Pensacola did become the principal Union naval base on the Gulf coast), but both were denied to the Confederacy.

 

[bdtex]

Love to see a thread on each map, 1861 through 1864? What happened through each year, what battles responsible changing the shapes? It gets hazy for some of us- obviously not for most.

Another thread it'd be interesting to see is what other misconceptions members had in the past. CWT straightened out around 20 of mine in a big hurry.

Post some of your straightened out misconceptions here. I guess my post title is sufficiently vague to allow for that.

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

Post some of your straightened out misconceptions here. I guess my post title is sufficiently vague to allow for that.

Thank you! There are a lot, straightened out in a big hurry by CWT members. Have to say, most are so silly it'll at least be hysterical.

 

[bdtex]

Another misconception I had was thinking that most troops and supplies had been moved by rail. Not true. Mostly moved on foot and horse/mule drawn wagons. I still don't have a good grasp of how many were transported by steamboats and sailing vessels.