#tweetfromalternatehistory #civilwar #USCW #whatif #WilliamTecumsehSherman had accepted the nomination? muses Eric Lipps. New York City, 1891 #DiedOnThisDay in #alternativehistory #alternatehistory 19th US President William Tecumseh Sherman age seventy-one tinyurl.com/h74jg5j

“Sherman’s Neckties” was a nickname given to pieces of mangled railroad found throughout Georgia after William Tecumseh Sherman’s “March to the Sea”. In an effort to destroy the southern infrastructure, his men would not only separate rails from existing railroads, but (1/2) #USCW #civilwar

Portrait of Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham, officer of the Confederate Army, The Library of Congress/American Memory

#OTD #CivilWar news - Gen. Cheatham’s Brigade

CSA Gen. Benjamin Cheatham, under Polk in TN, relocates for better water supply. He was ill, but is doing better now

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September 24, 1861 – Military Camp in Marysville - Reporting History The wishes of our people have been gratified, and a military camp has been established at this point under Lieut. Col. Dobbins of the Fifth Regiment. The field officers of the regiment are: Colonel, J...

#OTD #CivilWar news - Military Camp in Marysville

We don't often think of CA when talking the USCW, but it was indeed involved!

"we hope every Union man here will feel it to be his duty to lend a helping hand"

#c19th #History #California #USCW

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