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  2. USS Pensacola (1859) - Wikipedia

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    Pensacola departed Alexandria, Virginia on January 11, 1862, for the Gulf of Mexico to join Admiral David Farragut's newly created West Gulf Blockading Squadron.She steamed with that fleet in the historic dash past Confederate Fort St. Philip and Fort Jackson which protected New Orleans, Louisiana on April 24.

  3. Battle of Pensacola (1861) - Wikipedia

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    Some historians suggest that these were the first shots fired by United States forces in the Civil War. On January 10, 1861, the day Florida seceded from the Union, the garrison evacuated Fort Barrancas to the dilapidated but more defensible Fort Pickens.

  4. Fort Duffield - Wikipedia

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    Sketch of Fort Duffield in 1861. The fort is mostly a serpentine wall, unlike the typical star-shaped Civil War forts in Kentucky. The earthworks of the fort are well-preserved. Originally there was a one-mile clearing between the fort and any trees, but since the fort's abandonment the forest has grown back around the fort.

  5. William Henry Chase - Wikipedia

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    William Henry Chase (June 4, 1798 – February 8, 1870) was a Florida militia colonel during the events in early 1861 that led to the American Civil War (Civil War). On January 15, 1861, on behalf of the State and Governor of Florida, Colonel Chase demanded the surrender of Fort Pickens at Pensacola, Florida and of its U.S. Army garrison.

  6. 7th Alabama Infantry Regiment - Wikipedia

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    The 7th Alabama Infantry Regiment was a Confederate volunteer infantry regiment from Alabama during the American Civil War. The regiment was formed at Pensacola in May 1861 shortly after the American Civil War began, enlisting for a year of service. The regiment served at Pensacola for the next several months, with several companies engaged in ...

  7. 36th Virginia Infantry Regiment - Wikipedia

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    The 36th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment mostly raised in the Kanawha Valley (then of Virginia, but which became West Virginia) for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly in western Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. [1]

  8. 50th Virginia Infantry Regiment - Wikipedia

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    The 50th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia and in Tennessee. The 50th Virginia was organized in July 1861, with ten companies and three companies of cavalry temporarily attached.

  9. Department of Virginia and North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The Department of Virginia and North Carolina was a United States Military department encompassing Union-occupied territory in the Confederate States during the Civil War. In 1863 it was formed by the merging of two previously existing departments: the Department of Virginia and the Department of North Carolina. In 1865 the two departments were ...

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