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The Ames company began manufacturing swords for the federal government and state militias. [4] As the town of Chicopee was formed in 1848, the Ames brothers were leaders in the new community. [3] Upon the death of Nathan P. Ames in 1847, ownership of the company turned to younger brother James Tyler Ames. [5]
The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by thirteen Southern states that had declared their secession from the United States. The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War.
From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Library of Congress Private R. Cecil Johnson of 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment Sketch of a soldier of the 55th Georgia Infantry Regiment by war artist Alfred Waud Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Georgia state seal belt buckle with musket. 1st (Regular) Infantry
Georgia was one of the original seven slave states that formed the Confederate States of America in February 1861, triggering the U.S. Civil War.The state governor, Democrat Joseph E. Brown, wanted locally raised troops to be used only for the defense of Georgia, in defiance of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, who wanted to deploy them on other battlefronts.
In 1966, the U.S. National Archives began publication of a five-volume set that comprised an arguably superior index to the Army ORs, Military Operations of the Civil War: A Guide Index to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1861-1865, microfilm publication M1026. Introductory material to the guide-index offers guidance to ...
General William Tecumseh Sherman’s wartime sword, likely used between 1861 and 1863, are among the items that will be open to bidders Tuesday at Fleischer’s Auctions in Columbus.
Engrossed copy: University of Georgia Libraries, Hargrett Library: Author(s) George W. Crawford et al. Engrosser: H. J. G. Williams: Signatories: 293 delegates to The Georgia Secession Convention of 1861: Purpose: To announce Georgia's formal intent to secede from the Union.
America's Buried History: Landmines in the Civil War. Savas Beatie. ISBN 1611214548. King, Curtis S., William G. Robertson, and Steven E. Clay. Staff Ride Handbook for the Overland Campaign, Virginia, 4 May to 15 June 1864: A Study on Operational-Level Command Archived 3 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine. (Archived 2012-11-15 at the Wayback Machine