#American Civil War

[kornwulf]

If you know me, you know one of my favorite things is low stakes historical mysteries. The one I'm currently enamoured with is this thing

It's referred to as the Bayou St. John Submarine. We know it was found by a dredge deepening Bayou St. John outside of New Orleans in 1878, and then dragged out of the water... And that's pretty much it. For about a century it was thought to be a different submarine named the Pioneer, which was a prototype for the infamous, ill fated Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley.

However, it's features do not square in the slightest with the surviving documentation we have on the Pioneer, which, when combined with period newspaper reports that the Pioneer was scrapped in 1868, means it's now widely held that it's an *entirely different* Confederate submarine *also* built in New Orleans during the civil war, which as far as anyone can find doesn't appear in the historical record anywhere prior to its (re?)discovery in 1878.

So what we're left with is an intriguing shipwreck, with absolutely no knowledge as to how, when, and why it was built, or by whom.

[daguerreotyping]

Carte de visite of a dashing young Union soldier with pomade in his hair and worry in his eyes, c. 1861-65

[mapsontheweb]

American Civil War: July 1861

[clove-pinks]

I've had this sitting in my drafts for a few weeks, as I thought it might be poor taste to make a jokey poll about a second (third? fourth??) USAmerican civil war; but my curiosity will not be denied!

[dustzvacuumcleaner]

Why the New York Tribune for a morning tea that’s unhealthy lol

Keep doing illustrations for two days omg I made it

[charlesoberonn]

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

[omgthatdress]

[vexwerewolf]

Wilmer McLean is one of the funniest and unluckiest historical figures to me because his house got fucked up by a cannonball during the first major battle of the American Civil War, and so he moved to a completely different city to be safe from the war, but 4 years later, the very last battle of the war occurred in and his house was commandeered by the Union army as a place that Lee could formally surrender, after which the army just stole all his shit.

"The war began in my front yard and ended in my front parlor."

[allysah]

i don’t know anymore

[eleanorcrane]

my love for you is deathless

[todaysdocument]

Notice concerning treasury notes taken during a Confederate raid in St. Alban's, Vermont

Record Group 233: Records of the U.S. House of RepresentativesSeries: Accompanying PapersFile Unit: Accompanying Papers of the 43rd Congress

LOSS OF

U. S. 7-30 TREASURY NOTES

WITH COUPONS AND U. S. COUPON BONDS.

Taken from the First National Bank of St. Albans, Vt., by raiders,

on the 19th of October, 1864, the following 7-30 Treasury Notes and

U. S. 5-20 Bonds, together with all coupons attached, the coupons of

former payable the 15th of August and 15th of February, and those

of the latter payable May 1 and November 1, of each year, viz:

4 $1,000 7-30 Treasury Notes, Nos. 18,681 to 18,684 inclusive.

19 $500 " " " Nos. 28,083 to 28,101 "

102 $100 " " " Nos. 184,073 to 184,172 "

also Nos. 142,563 and 142,574

109 $50 " " " Nos. 16,285 to 16,296 "

20,587 to 20,640 "

30,088 to 30,096 "

134,960 to 134,980 "

20,645 to 20,646 "

20,665 to 20,673 "

134,947 and 30,081

all payable to blank order and dated Aug. 15, 1864.

Also one $1,000 U. S. 5-20 Coupon Bond, No. 7,901, no series,

and two $100 U.S. 5-20 Coupon Bonds, Nos. 45,087 and 45,089, 2d

series, dated May 1, 1862.

The above mentioned Treasury Notes and Bonds have been cave-

ated upon the Books of the Treasury Department, and this notice is

to warn all persons against purchasing either the Treasury Notes,

Bonds, or Coupons.

[chaotic-archaeologist]

I'm a 10 but I just found this while packing up my apartment 🤣

[mapsontheweb]

Field of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2nd & 3rd, 1863.

[dustzvacuumcleaner]

face study finally