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It is, however, my only hope for the preservation of the Union, and I will cling to it to the last...While I wish to do what is right, I am unwilling to do what is wrong, either at the bidding of the South or the North. -Robert E. Lee.
#twitterstorians#history#civilwar#quotespic.twitter.com/5a1sNzBm7G
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Happy Phil Sheridan appreciation day!
#CedarCreek157#civilwar#ItJustSaysSheridanpic.twitter.com/g2MJdo37P8
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The calm before the battle.
#gamedev#civilwar pic.twitter.com/bNCE8yH8xg
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The Battle of Cedar Creek was fought
#OTD in 1864. It was the culmination of that year’s Valley Campaigns, and resulted in a rout of confederate forces under Jubal Early at the hands of General Philip Sheridan and his Army of the Shenandoah.#CivilWar pic.twitter.com/Pr8U4cxB2R
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Pure poetry. My last letter: “lol brb gonna die.”
#civilwar#historypic.twitter.com/pnnmIeotwu
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The northernmost land action of the
#CivilWar took place#OTD in 1864, when a band of confederate soldiers who had escaped to Canada raided the town of St. Albans, VT. The goal was to rob banks to bolster the confederate treasury and force the U.S. to guard the northern border.pic.twitter.com/DpMzjxwQJ5
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#OTD in 1864, Confederate raiders, operating from Canada, rob several banks in St Albans, VT, carrying off $200,000. Local citizens fight back, wounding several. Meanwhile, in the Medeira Islands, the CSS Shenandoah sets sail as the newest Confederate commerce raider.#CivilWar pic.twitter.com/bHRqU9e4OR
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General Rufus Saxton, who was awarded the Medal ofHonor for his defense of
@HarpersFerryNPS in 1862, and later raised the first black regiment in the Union Army, the 1st South Carolina Colored Volunteers, was born#OTD in 1824.#CivilWar pic.twitter.com/1Uvs9yGlRI
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The economic impact of the
#CivilWar in#Ethiopia is felt by all.#AbiyAhmed is here encouraging the planting of onions & peppers in the backyard of gov offices to help subsidize salaries/cost of living for public employees. Why not stop the#war instead?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LM5IJDrYuE …Show this thread -
More concepting work for the game.
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Can’t endorse this strongly enough. At about minute 5 when you get past Schumer and consent activity in the US Senate. About democracy,
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Don't normally share my battlefield photography here, but I really liked this one. Malvern Hill, Richmond National Battlefield, Virginia.
#sunset#civilwar#battlefield#malvernhillpic.twitter.com/SmtvenLTtF
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America made a HUGE mistake NOT punishing the Confederacy after the
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The identification for a
#CivilWar soldier found by a metal detector unlocks a story https://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/civil-war-relic-hunter-finds-winchester-soldiers-id-prompts-memorial/article_3e57b23b-e0e4-53f7-81b6-daedb5ae12f6.html … -
#OTD in 1864, General Sheridan is in DC meeting with Stanton & Halleck. Before he meets with them, he requests a train be ready to take him back to Virgina at noon. He is worried of the possibility of a surprise attack by Early on his Army of the Shenandoah.#CedarCreek#CivilWar pic.twitter.com/gm8OkMoIF5
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1/ THREAD: Turtle trends. Searching for David Bushnell's American Revolution submarine, I found photos of the US
#CivilWar Naval Museum in#Columbus,#Georgia. Let's tour it! pic.twitter.com/ra7SYVn8z2
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