US Civil War Pictures

[Locutus]

US Civil War Pictures

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Pictures of the Civil War

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Civil War Photos

 

[EagleSmack]

July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg...

 

[eh1eh]

Real one, colourized

 

[gopher]

Been seeing new revelations about the Civil War on tv and in online comments. Evidently, the casualty total is now said to be closer to 750,00 rather than the 600,000 it was thought to be. There was also a PBS report on the show 'History Detectives' about the role played by Abraham Lincoln in the destruction of the Sultana. Evidently he arranged to have the half witted quarter master pardoned and it was he who overbooked the vessel which led to its disastrous fire. All those innocent troops (many of whom had been under hellish imprisonment at Andersonville) were killed because of the stupidity and incompetence of those in charge. Nothing was done about it thereafter.

War is hell. Those photos certainly help illustrate that.

 

[Colpy]

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Interesting.

The gentleman petting the dog is the famous idiot, George Armstrong Custer.

 

[EagleSmack]

Interesting.

The gentleman petting the dog is the famous idiot, George Armstrong Custer.

Damn Colpy... No doubt Custer screwed up at the Little Big Horn on that day, but up until that day he was far from an idiot. He thumped CSA Gen. Stuart at Gettysburg when the Rebel Cavalry tried to break the Union lines from behind.





Custer gets a bum rap because of Little Big Horn and the series of mistakes he made but he was no idiot.

 

[Colpy]

Damn Colpy... No doubt Custer screwed up at the Little Big Horn on that day, but up until that day he was far from an idiot. He thumped CSA Gen. Stuart at Gettysburg when the Rebel Cavalry tried to break the Union lines from behind.





Custer gets a bum rap because of Little Big Horn and the series of mistakes he made but he was no idiot.

I know what he did at Cedar Creek and, to much greater effect, at Gettysburg. Strange that he may well be the single man most responsible for the defeat of the Confederacy.

 

[gopher]

If memory serves me correctly from my past studies of US military history, Armstrong was the youngest man to reach general in army history at age 26. An extraordinary achievement.

 

[Colpy]

If memory serves me correctly from my past studies of US military history, Armstrong was the youngest man to reach general in army history at age 26. An extraordinary achievement.

Actually he was 23.

 

[lone wolf]

What's with the ladies under arms?

 

[gopher]

Actually he was 23.

Even more amazing. Too bad he got reckless in his older years or he could have become president.

 

[darkbeaver]

Nice pictures.

 

[Locutus]

I like the hard man in the hat reading the paper giving an almost tommy lee jones 'implied facepalm' over it at the cameradood. :lol:

 

[EagleSmack]

I know what he did at Cedar Creek and, to much greater effect, at Gettysburg. Strange that he may well be the single man most responsible for the defeat of the Confederacy.

I do know what you are trying to say. At the Little Big Horn he made one mistake after another. Little or no reconnaissance, separation of forces not one but two times I believe, and attacking numerically superior foe.

 

[gopher]

Custer in the Civil War:


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