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  1. Mr. Mercanto
    You've made me a very happy Mercanto.
  2. Mr. Mercanto
    He's English then!
  3. Mr. Mercanto
    He's now a Welshman
  4. Mr. Mercanto
    You do, but he's going to constantly lecture you on the emerging abolitionist ideology and pro-Democratic impulse of United States Volunteers during the Civil War, juxtaposed with that of the pro-slavery impulse motivating Confederate volunteers. Also, he's Scots-Irish
  5. Mr. Mercanto
    Aaaaannndd I'm forlorning your brigade again...
  6. Mr. Mercanto
    Mine is the first piece of Union art...tsk tsk
  7. Mr. Mercanto
    Troiani's portrait of the 1st Minnesota's charge to save the ridge and the Union On July 2nd, 1863. "I have seen no more gallant a deed on any battlefield"- Winfield Scott Hancock
  8. Mr. Mercanto
    You would be surprised how many of us are into US history ;P
  9. Mr. Mercanto
    Well it is tough...When I play Fixed mode, I could sometimes swear that Lt. Colonel Absolut and Adjutant-Captain Morgan don't have the best advice....
  10. Mr. Mercanto
    Were you specifically thinking of me when you wrote this?
  11. Mr. Mercanto
    Born in the Southern section, near the capital ;P. Though I live in Southwest Ontario lol
  12. Mr. Mercanto
    Let's do it! Anyone have like, $1, 000, 000 I could borrow...?
  13. Mr. Mercanto
    Agreed! It could be a great low-budget Civil War drama
  14. Mr. Mercanto
    They were immediately paroled so far as I know. Regardless, the Confederate army in Texas surrendered shortly thereafter. The Rebs in Texas were already pretty good about this sort of thing, since Kirby Smith could tell the war was going poorly by 1865 and wanted to position himself as lawful and charitable in the worst case scenario lol.
  15. Mr. Mercanto
    Don't forget when the Rebs decided that Lee and Grant had met under the apple tree, and basically shredded it to sell the srap souvenirs to the Yanks ;P
  16. Mr. Mercanto
    My little thread has finally devolved into a series of Civil War puns... I'm...I'm so proud *tear in the eye*
  17. Mr. Mercanto
    On May 11, 1865 in Palmito Ranch, Texas, Colonel Theodore Barrett elected to send a detachment of United States Colored Infantry and Texas Cavalry under Lieutenant-Colonel David Branson on a raid. Their mission was to attack a Confederate outpost at White Ranch, destroy their supplies and capture their horses. This was in direct violation of a previously established gentleman's agreement between Federal forces and Rebel forces in Texas. In February, the Union and Confederate forces, recognizing the war was nearly at an end, had agreed to an informal ceasefire. Hitherto May 11, this was recognized by both parties. Why Barrett violated this order is a bit of a mystery. His detractors claimed it was because he wished to seize military glory before the war was over, his supporters claimed it was to resupply by the supplies of the enemy. Regardless of the reason, Barrett was about to join the last battle of America's Civil War. The movement of Branson's raiding party was delayed until May 12, whereupon the troops at last made their way to the Rebel outpost at White Ranch, only to find it abandoned. the movement, having taken all day and night, exhausted Branson's men. Branson allowed them to rest. At 8:30, Branson was alerted to Rebel troops, who had made camp at Palmito Ranch. The Rebels had been alerted to the Federal raid (possibly by Rebels or Imperial Mexicans over the border) and were preparing to counter-attack. Branson decided to meet the rebels directly, and so essayed an attack on Palmito Ranch. Branson's men skirmished to Palmito Ranch and then broke the Rebel lines there. Branson's success was short-lived. A larger Confederate force soon made its way to Palmito Ranch and Branson was compelled to retreat to White's Ranch, where he entreated Barrett for reinforcements. Barrett received word from his beleaguered subordinate and immediately took action. Branson gathered the 200 men of the 34th Indiana and moved quickly for Palmito Ranch. Barett and the 34th arrived on the morning of May 13, 1865. Like Branson before them, they initially saw success, pushing back the Confederate raiders and finishing the immolation of Rebel supplies begun by Branson the previous day. Having accomplished these goals, Barrett and the 34th began to bivouac. It was then that Confederate Colonel John "Rip" Ford attacked with 200 Confederate Texans. The Federals formed battle lines but, without artillery support, could not hold against Ford's horse artillery. Barrett, recognizing the futility of the Union position, conducted an orderly retreat, keeping up a strong skirmishing line in the process. As the Federals fell back, Union Private John J. Williams was struck and killed. This was his first and only battle. John J. Williams was the last of 750 000 to die in the American Civil War. 100 Union infantrymen were taken prisoner. The Union suffered 12 wounded and 4 captured in addition to their 100 captured men. The Rebels suffered 3 captured and an unsubstantiated number of wounded. No Confederates were recorded as killed. Officially, the war had been over for 4 days. The final battle of the American Civil War was an unqualified Confederate victory. It was, by any measure, a pointless and meaningless battle.
  18. Mr. Mercanto
    It may be that they didn't want to blow their hands off
  19. Mr. Mercanto
    Is....is this a serious post by Keepbro...? This is a really cool point I think. One reason for this is due to China's isolationism. Its Civil War simply did not have a huge impact on the rest of the world, as the Chinese empire had little contact beyond the South East Asian world. The Civil War occurs in a global context, helping to shape the economic and political future of the entire Western world. The other reason is basically racism I think. Its the same reason why there are more books about twelve Great War poets then the the 1 million+ soldiers of colour that fought in the war.
  20. Mr. Mercanto
    Well that and basically the Northern population. He was the most popular man in America after Lincoln. And don't know Jack Daniels
  21. Mr. Mercanto
    Hard to say, Lee is the larger man, however Grant is his junior by 15 years. I'm going to go with Grant, because Lee would probably start with an over-complicated move. Grant would just go for the kill.
  22. Mr. Mercanto
    Cool question! For most resigning officers, these men had not actually committed a crime (yet). Technically, as officers in the United States Army, they had the right to submit their resignation. Not all of them intended to join Confederate forces either. Major Robert Anderson, of Fort Sumter fame, planned to resign his commission and go to Europe if Kentucky seceeded; so that he might avoid invading his native state of Kentucky. Since Kentucky did not secede, Anderson stayed. Resigning officers did commit a crime by resigning, only by participating in the Rebellion. thus, by the time they had violated the law, they were out of the reach of the government. One notable exception to this is Brigadier-General Gideon Pillow, who joined the Confederacy before resigning his US Commission and, in 1862, shamefully abandoned his men at Fort Donelson rather then surrendering with them, for fear of execution for treason. Major-General Floyd did likewise. Floyd had been Secretary of War under Buchanan and, when his state seceded, tried to move the Harper's Ferry armoury supply of ordinance to Texas...This is why Brigadier-General Simon Bolivar Buckner surrendered an army he had never commanded to Grant. The other aspect of this was Lincoln's policy. At the beginning of the secession crisis, Lincoln attempted a policy of "Masterful Inaction." This was, in effect, a directed wait-and-see strategy. Lincoln pledged to hold remaining forts and post offices, but would do nothing else. Arresting Southern officers in the army would have been highly volatile, and pushed the erring states further into secession. For Buchanan's part, the man had already pathetically stated that secession was illegal but so to was stopping it, and thus in profound impotency, had done next to nothing, save for refusing to give South Carolina Fort Sumter.
  23. Mr. Mercanto
    This is awesome stuff
  24. Mr. Mercanto
    I only get to pick one!? No fair!! It's like picking a favourite kid...
  25. Mr. Mercanto
    Don't forget the 1st Minnesota
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