Civil War Notes

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Gordon Thorsby

The "Land Merrimac" and the beginning of Railway Artillery

by Gordon Thorsby The "Land Merrimac" a.k.a. The "dry Land Merrimac" (Library of Congress) It is generally accepted that the first use of...

Gordon Thorsby

The First Illinois Artillery at Shiloh, 39 Were Michigan Men

By Gordon Thorsby Governors raised recruits from about their respective states but in 1862, that was not entirely true. As casualties...

Gordon Thorsby

At Petersburg, Weapons of Choice; the Mortar and Sharpshooter

by Gordon Thorsby The 13" Mortar "Dictator at Petersburg (LOC) In the middle of June,1864, Union soldiers were were living in the deadly,...

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