#CivilWarHumor

“And now we go LIVE to our correspondent, CivilWarHumor, who says the Rebels have fired on Fort Sumter.”“That’s right, Karen. It’s a dramatic day, and there’s no question: The South
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A collection of diaries from a soldier in the 150th Ohio, Samuel Folsom, got auctioned off last week -- too rich for my blood, but the auctioneers posted excerpts online
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After getting captured on day one at Shiloh, Union Gen. Ben Prentiss told a Rebel: “You gentlemen have had your way today, but it will be very different tomorrow. You’ll
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“Uncle CivilWarHumor, tell us about the postal system!"“... really? Usually you ask about battles.”“This IS a battle.”“Ok, but strap yourselves in -- delivering mail in the 1860s was a bumpy
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#OnThisDay in 1862, one of the most sordid episodes in the Civil War occurred in a hotel in Louisville, KY, when Union Gen. Jefferson C. Davis murdered fellow Union Gen.
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