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  General John Buford
General Josph Hooker
General Stoneman's great cavalry raid, May 1863; Currier and Ives
General George Stoneman
Big Black River Station, Mississippi. Cropped portion of larger image showing train engine blurred by motion — with troops upon the railroad cars.  Date not known. Also not known is whether men on train are reinforcements or prisoners.  Union troops clearly on the right side of image
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

 

Newest Material

July 17, 2007 -  Added A Federal Railroad Adventure - "Andrews Raiders"
May 10 - Added new page Civil War Era Definitions with definitions to be added as I come across them
May 9 - Added article: Our Captured Correspndent
May 9 - Added page for Prisons and Prisoners and a page for Libby Prison
May 8 - Loss of Sultana, article and biographical sketches
May  - Images of Sultana
May 7, 2007 - Steamboat Sultana pages created