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Battle Report, Bull Run

Task Force Zebra

This is the Spirit of America

The Sinking of USS Indianapolis, 30 July 1945

From Thomas Warner to his wife, Mary Ann Warner - November 27, 1812

Green LTs (Story One)

First Zippo Joins the MRF

Mopping up at Sandakan

War Diary: Private H. E. Broun

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-- Bronsart von Schellendorf

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Primary Sources Archive: Civil War

The articles published in this Primary Sources Archive are as follows:

1864 - Sherman enters Meridian, Mississippi (3206 Reads)
Anaconda Plan (2783 Reads)
Andersonville Prison (2824 Reads)
Battle of Britton's Lane (3667 Reads)
Birth of the Ironclads (1832 Reads)
Black Regiments (2188 Reads)
Brevet promotions (3078 Reads)
Brevet Union Generals of the Civil War (3893 Reads)
Civil War Cannons (2616 Reads)
Civil War Slavery (1986 Reads)
Common Words of the 1860's (26121 Reads)
Confederate Army (2157 Reads)
Confederate Civil War Generals (2382 Reads)
Conscription Act (1654 Reads)
Conspiracy Trial (2869 Reads)
Copperheads (1707 Reads)
Draft Riots (1706 Reads)
Emancipation Proclamation (2013 Reads)
Emancipation Proclamation (1865 Reads)
Enrollment Act (1649 Reads)
European Recruits (1838 Reads)
Ewing's Order No 11 (1712 Reads)
General Sherman sacks Columbia, South Carolina, February 17, 1865 (5687 Reads)
Genesis Of The Confederate Navy (2092 Reads)
Irvin McDowell (1818-1885) (3848 Reads)
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry (1288 Reads)
Massacre at Fort Pillow (2148 Reads)
Medical Treatment (1905 Reads)
Organization of the Federal Navy (1481 Reads)
Prisoner Exchange (2719 Reads)
Quantrill Raiders (2057 Reads)
Reconstruction Act (2970 Reads)
Reconstruction Plan (1662 Reads)
Samuel Peter Heintzelman (1805-1880) (1563 Reads)
Shenandoah Valley (1622 Reads)
Thanks of Congress (1675 Reads)
The Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February, 1862 (2991 Reads)
The Civil War Sailor's Life (2008 Reads)
The Confederate Cruisers (2219 Reads)
The Union and Confederate Navies (2356 Reads)
U.S. House of Representatives passes the 13th Amendment (3008 Reads)
Underground Railroad (1802 Reads)
Union Army (1682 Reads)
Union Civil War Generals (2211 Reads)
War Casualties (1826 Reads)

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1862: Union Admiral David Farragut leads a flotilla past two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River south of New Orleans. Moving at 2:00 a.m., Farragut lost one ship but successfully ran past the strongholds.

1863: The Union army issues General Orders No. 100, which provided a code of conduct for Federal soldiers and officers when dealing with Confederate prisoners and civilians.

1940: British forces, along with Australian, New Zealand, and Polish troops, begin to withdraw from Greece in light of the Greek armys surrender to the Axis invaders. A total of 50,732 men are evacuated quickly over a six-day period, leaving behind weapons, trucks, and aircraft.

1967: The 12-day Battle of the Hills began. During the 12-day battle, two battalions of the 3rd Marine Regt, lost 160 KIA and 746 WIA.

1971: North Vietnamese troops hit Allied installations throughout South Vietnam. In the most devastating attack, the ammunition depot at Qui Nhon was blown up.

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Primary Sources Archive: Civil War

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