March 21, 2021
Naval Volume X
[Engagement of Federal fleet with Confederate ironclads and shore batteries at Howlett’s, June 21, 1864.] [Enclosure 2.] U. S. Ironclad Steamer Saugus, Trent’s Reach, James River, June 23, 1864. Sir: In the engagement with the enemy’s battery near Howlett’s house, on the 21st instant, the Saugus was struck only once by a round shot, near the center of the deck, a few feet from the […]
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March 19, 2021
Connecticut Regimental Histories
Unit: 7th Connecticut Unit Affiliation: (2), 1, X and (2), 1, XXIV Title: Seventh Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry: Joe Hawley’s Boys-In Their Own Words: A Detailed, Illustrated History of the Regiment and Its Service in the Civil War, Volume 2 (January 1864 to August 1865) Author: David M. Moore SOPO’s Take: WOW. 8.4 pounds. That’s […]
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