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In the peace of Antietam National Cemetery, National  Park Services
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Gordon Thorsby
Jun 8, 20224 min read
Gutsy Moves by "the Prince" of Gutsy Moves, General John Magruder at Galveston
by Gordon Thorsby Attack of the Union Flotilla at Galveston. Courtesy of Harper's Weekly New Orleans was taken at the end of April,1862...
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Gordon Thorsby
Jun 1, 20223 min read
The First Boat of the America's Cup was a Blockade Runner
by Gordon Thorsby The gaff schooner America was the first American yacht to win the race for the United States trouncing 15 other boats...
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Gordon Thorsby
May 17, 20224 min read
First Northern Civil War Hero: Billy Tillman, Ship’s Cook and Free Black Man
by Gordon Thorsby Harper's Weekly (generally the only thing to show of the incident.) The Civil War had many heroes. Billy Tillman (also...
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Gordon Thorsby
Mar 21, 20223 min read
When CSS Alabama was Sinking
by Gordon Thorsby A sailor-poet on Alabama wrote as his ship steamed out from Cherbourg harbor: “We’re homeward, we’re homeward bound...
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