On the 159th anniversary of popping a cap in Booth's ass - The Unions Greatest Civil War Victory
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Overland Campaign (i.e., Grant committed to running the damn ball) - 1864
One thing I’ve noticed when I look at American military history books is that there’s a ton of Civil War, WWII, and Vietnam material but not nearly as much Revolution or WWI material.
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Vicksburg - 1863
World War 1 was not all that popular in America. Its the cause of sedition laws and other laws to stop dissent
It was also in the 4th quarter when the US squad showed up
A really stupid brutal and pointless war
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We’re good at those kind of wars.
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Vicksburg - 1863
Arguably, the most pointless and stupid war in history. I've come around to the school of thought which considers WW1 and WW2 basically the same war, just with a 20 year half time.
You're right though @CFetters_Nacho_Lover there's not enough WW1 literature out there. Max Hasting's 1914 is recommended, of course. WW1 created all the isms of the 20th and so many of the conflicts we see today. The Jew - Arab fight really started to get its reads down as a result of WW1 and @Lawrence_of_a_Labia taking it to the Ottomans. It's too bad today's yoots on college campuses (TITTT) are so profoundly ignorant of the history of the Middle East.
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Overland Campaign (i.e., Grant committed to running the damn ball) - 1864
At one of our Hardcore Husky get togethers last year we did a reenactment of the Grenada invasion
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Vicksburg - 1863
I get why my history pods think WW2 is more interesting than the US Civil War- i.e., the scale, the crazy dictators, the weaponry, etc.
What personally find move interesting about the Civil War is that it was the ultimate "tweener" war of the between the pre-industrial Napoleonic War and the Industrial Death of WW1.
The Civil War had so many firsts…
- First War where choos choos played a key role
- Crimean War had use of telegraph to communicate between capitals and Generals, but the Civil War took this to the next level
- First naval battle between armored boats
- WW1 style trench warfare was invented at Cold Harbor and Petersburg (how stupid where the Euros to not see how this would play out when you add machine guns and bolt action rifles?)
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Overland Campaign (i.e., Grant committed to running the damn ball) - 1864
Fun fact I recently learned. The first American submarine attack was ordered by George Washington against a British warship anchored near New York.
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Vicksburg - 1863
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Vicksburg - 1863
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...
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