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September 8, 2014

General Stand Watie’s Report on the Battle of Second Cabin Creek September 1864

Like the rest of the country, the Native American population was divided as which to side to support in the Civil War. This division extended to individual tribes, with the Cherokees being perhaps the...

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September 15, 2010

Old Abe the War Eagle: Mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry

Many Civil War units had mascots, but perhaps the most famous of these was Old Abe the War Eagle, the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry. Old Abe was a bald eagle that not...

War

July 8, 2010

Lt. William B. Cushing and the Destruction of the C.S.S. Albemarle

In an earlier post, I discussed Lt. Alonzo Cushing of the 4th U.S. Artillery, who died at Gettysburg during Pickett’s Charge July 3rd, 1863, and after years of lobbying by supporters, has been awarded...

Tagged: native american

General Stand Watie’s Report on the Battle of Second Cabin Creek September 1864

Old Abe the War Eagle: Mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry

Lt. William B. Cushing and the Destruction of the C.S.S. Albemarle

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