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The blockade runners of the American Civil War were seagoing steam ships that were used to make their way through the Union blockade that extended some 3,500 miles (5,600 km) along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastlines and the lower Mississippi River. Blockade runners imported from England most of the guns and other ordinance the Confederacy needed. To get through the blockade these ships,...
The 60th Virginia Volunteer 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 60th Virginia (also called 3rd Regiment, Wise Legion) was organized in August 1861. The unit served in Field's, McCausland's, and T. Smith's Brigade. It fought ...
: One of the First Shots of the American civil War happened near FT.Barrancas. A group of drunken towns people came and harassed a sentry who was forced to shoot over their heads. The towns people ran from Ft. Barrancas, and the fort was abandoned.
The 50th Virginia Volunteer 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. The regiment partificated in the Battle of Car...
