usace.army.mil5d
Forged by fire, the reinvention and modernization of the U.S. Army in the Civil War.
In 1853, Lt. Montgomery C. Meigs, future Quartermaster General for the Union Army during the Civil War, received the mission of constructing a permanent water supply for the city. The project ...
The Gazette26d
Curious Iowa: What happened to the cannon in Greene Square?
Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — More than a century ago, a massive Civil War cannon proudly sat in Greene Square in Cedar Rapids. Today, the park is cannon-less and Scott Huffman ...
Republican Herald4d
Cache of books attracts Civil War enthusiasts to historical society
POTTSVILLE — Housekeeping time at the Schuylkill County Historical Society turned up a cache of books that’s delighting Civil War enthusiasts. Felicia Wolf, assistant director, found several ...
PBS2y
Behind the Lens: A History in Pictures
One of the major accomplishments during the Civil War was the establishment of an ... the new Minié ball bullet and the rifled cannon would inflict. The time-honored military tactic of lining ...