Free Republic University, Department of History presents
U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harper’s Ferry, the election of 1860, secession – all the events leading up to the Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts
First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: Sometime in the future.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed.
Posting history, in reverse order
https://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:homerjsimpson/index?tab=articles
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by reply or freepmail.
Link to previous New York Times thread
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3930676/posts
James Jouett's name would later be included in one of the most famous quotations related to naval warfare. On August 5, 1864, as US warships sailed into Mobile Bay, Ala., one of them, the monitor Tecumseh was sunk by a "torpedo," or mine. Jouett was commanding the steam gunboat Metacomet, which was sailing alongside Admiral David Farragut's flagship, the sloop-of-war USS Hartford. After Tecumseh was sunk, Farragut gave the famous command, "Damn the torpedoes! Four bells! Captain Drayton go ahead! Jouett, full speed!" The US ships went on to win the battle.
