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Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1861-1865: Seminar and Discussion Forum
The American Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: May 2025.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed.

Posting history, in reverse order

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Link to previous New York Times thread

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4062290/posts

1 posted on 05/12/2022 4:43:20 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
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2 posted on 05/12/2022 4:44:47 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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I guess this was before they announced that Lincoln was involved in the capture of Norfolk.

He couldn’t believe that no officer had already taken the town.


4 posted on 05/12/2022 1:22:04 PM PDT by Conan the Librarian (Conan the Sailing Librarian)
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GLORIOUS NEWS: Norfolk and Portsmouth Captured Without a Battle; THE MERRIMAC BLOWN UP (5/12/1862)

#1, the correct spelling is Merrimack,

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#2, it wasn't the Merrimac (sic), it was the CSS Virginia,

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#3, she was scuttled, not "BLOWN UP" by enemy action.

5 posted on 05/13/2022 11:53:59 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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