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Joe Ryan

 
What happened in the Civil War ©
  November 1860 Abraham Lincoln is Elected by the Northern States
  December 1860 President James Buchanan - State of the Union Address
  January 1861 The Situation in Charleston Harbor
  February 1861 The Confederate Government Is Formed
  March 1861 President Lincoln's Inauguration Day
  April 1861 Lincoln Dupes the Confederates to fire on Sumter
  May 1861 Lincoln builds an army and invades Virginia
  June 1861 Virginia Defends Herself
  July 1861 Lincoln Forces a Battle
  August 1861 Lincoln and Davis Choose Their Generals
  September 1861 Both sides give a little
  October 1861 McClellan Pushes Scott Out the Door
  November 1861 Lincoln Dances With The Great Powers
  December 1861 Lincoln and McClellan Begin Their Struggle
  January 1862 McClellan Confounds the Politicians
  February 1862 Grant Breaks the Kentucky Line
  March 1862 Congress Plans Freedom for the Slaves
     
 

What Caused The American Civil War?

What's War Good For?

     

General Robert E. Lee

   
 

General Lee and John Brown 1859
General Lee With the Comanches in Texas
The Lee Family Slaves
General Robert E. Lee Service Record
General Lee Feints at Great Run
The Internment of General Lee at Arlington

 
     

Battles: Gettysburg

   
 

Concentration at Gettysburg
The Gettysburg Letterbook
The Army of Northern Virginia Moves on Gettysburg
Relative Army Concentrations June 28, 1863 till noon July 1, 1863
Gettysburg First Day
General J.E.B. Stuart's Ride around Hooker
Brown’s Recollection of June 30, July 1 1863

 
     

Battles: Second Manassas

   
 

The Battle of Second Manassas

 
     

Battles:  The Seven Days

   
 

The Seven Days Battles
General George McClellan Retreat from The Seven Days Battles Map

 
     

Sharpsburg Campaign

   
 

Special Order 191: Ruse Of War ©

 
 

Special Order 191:Position Paper

 
 

Who Wrote The Lost Order?

 
 

Sharpsburg Campaign Photo Album

 
 

Sectors of General Lee's Operations Topography

 
 

General Lee Staff Officers 1862

 
     
     

Additional Articles

   
 

Abraham Lincoln Speech

 
     
 

The Buried Fact in the Record: Lincoln Instigated the War

 
     
 

General George McClellan at Yorktown

 
     
 

General David Twiggs In Texas

 
     
 

Location of Hinson's Mill

 
     
 

James Buchanan and Fort Sumter: 1860

 
     
 

Stonewall Jackson and Nathaniel Banks Cedar Mountain 1862

 
     
 

John Brown Attack

 
     
 

General Lee and the Drummer Boy "Why Do The Men Fight"

 
 
James W. Lowen
Five Civil War Myths
 
Arturo Rivera

Why The South Was Not Ready

 
 
Robert M. Grooms

Black Slave Owners

 
 
Earl Eisenhart

Walter Bowie; Rebel, Ranger, Spy

 
 
Bob Redman

Sheridan's Ride at Chickamauga

 

Bring General George Thomas Home

 

Chronology Of The Army Of The Cumberland

 

The battle for Chattanooga Nov. 63

 

Politics in the Union Army at Chattanooga

 
 
Jonathan Gianos-Steinberg

Nathan Bedford Forrest

 
 
David G. Surdam

Confederate Naval Buildup

 
 
National Archives

Historical Background

 

 


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