 | Seals Family History 1565 to 2004 I have written this over a period of several years and it will continue to be a work in progress as I add to it I also felt the Civil War portion of the history deserved special attention 83.55 Kb.  1 | read |
 | Border states. Those who supported the Confederacy simply left and moved further south. The Confederacy chose Richmond, Virginia Virginia to be its capital. President Lincoln wanted to keep order and control in the border states because he wanted them to stay in the Union 14.27 Kb. 1 | read |
| Civil War Strategies: Union North and Confederate South Headquarters of the army, Washington, May 3, 1861. Maj. Gen. George b. Mcclellan, Commanding Ohio Volunteers, Cincinnati, Ohio 225.77 Kb. 1 | read |
| The Great Locomotive Chase Anthony Murphy the mustachioed Irish foreman of Locomotive Power for the Western and Atlantic Railroad. He was on his way to the yard at Allatoona Pass to pick up a part. As the train left the station a cool Spring rain pelted the windows 130.8 Kb. 2 | read |
| Violent Visions: Slaves, Sugar, and the 1811 German Coast Uprising By the end of September, the slave army numbered between 20,000 and 80,000. 1 “There is a motor that powers them and keeps powering them and that we cannot come to know,” wrote one planter who had only narrowly escaped deat 2.82 Mb. 8 | read |
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