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With the Colors at Georgia Landing

With the Colors at Georgia Landing

On November 10, 1862, from a camp in the vicinity of Thibodaux, Louisiana, Capt. Henry Huse sat cross-legged on the ground and penciled a…
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“The Terror of the Rebels Along the Coast”

“The Terror of the Rebels Along the Coast”

One evening in the spring of 1863, a detachment of Union sailors moved stealthily across the grounds of a South Carolina plantation…
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Loyal Fireman, Loyal Soldier

Loyal Fireman, Loyal Soldier

Loyal and true firemen “were always on hand at the first tap of the alarm bell,” announced one Northern newspaper in 1861. “Nor were they…
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Crazy Drunk

Crazy Drunk

Lieutenant Sylvanus Backus was crazy drunk. Stumbling around the quarterdeck of the Mohongo after midnight with a drawn sword, his raucous…
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Burying the Dead at Antietam’s Cornfield

Burying the Dead at Antietam’s Cornfield

Heavy cannon fire erupted at daylight on September 17, 1862, and soon after Capt. William Swan and Company H fell into line with the rest…
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The Smell of Warship Smoke

The Smell of Warship Smoke

Navy secretary Gideon Welles fretted about the safety of California after the outbreak of war in 1861. The threat of rebel privateers…
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Crisis in Pensacola

Crisis in Pensacola

By early January 1861, mechanic W. Thomas Morrill and other employees of the Pensacola Navy Yard in Florida were caught in a humanitarian…
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Early Defender of His Homeland

Early Defender of His Homeland

The sturdy paddle wheels of the Star of the West beat rhythmically against the waters of the Atlantic as she steamed into Charleston…
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