内战 图书馆和档案馆

Rare map of Virginia added to our Collection

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弗吉尼亚州的新地图，J.W. Randolph，1861年MSM1-1914

这Mariners’ Library is pleased to announce the addition of a significant map of Virginia to the cartographic collection. TitledNew Map of Virginia compiled from the latest maps 1861，这个口袋地图是由弗吉尼亚州弗吉尼亚州Randmon的里士满的1861年中期发表的。其他里士满地区公司涉及该地图的印刷包括喧嚣和Nenning，借鉴绘画和着色，以及霍尔和路德维希，作为LITPORGORERS被称为。学者认为这张地图是一个罕见的同盟印记，在整个美国的图书馆和博物馆中有少于十个知名的例子。

这map depicts Virginia on the eve of the Civil War, with the counties that would eventually form West Virginia still shown as part of the Commonwealth. A more precise dating of the map indicates that it
必须在1861年4月30日之后被打印，因为它包括Bland County，该县是由大会于1861年3月30日的大会的行为组成的Bland County，该地图包括鞋面中的插孔哈拉斯渡轮周围地区的右上角和诺福克港和附近。阅读更多

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除了监视器之外的沿海Ironclads

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发明家John Ericsson，CA。1862年.Photographer未知。
礼貌的海军历史和遗产命令＃NH 305。

美国内战is often considered the first modern industrial war. Both North and South endeavored to mobilize their resources to wage total war. This experience revolutionized naval warfare, and in doing so, forever changed America’s political, social, and economic fabric.

Proponents of seapower had witnessed significant changes in ordnance, motive power, and ship design during the first half of the 19th century. Confederate Secretary of the Navy Stephen Russell Mallory was the first to recognize that a new class of vessels, hitherto unknown in naval service, was needed. Mallory knew the possession of an armored ship was a matter of first necessity. The question then begged an answer: How could the agrarian South create such a warship? [1]阅读更多

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捕获静坦斯入口

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Map of Cape Hatteras. Courtesy of weather.com

内战的第一次综合操作是捕获静态进口。该入口被同盟炮艇和私人商人在北卡罗来纳州海角帆船使用。这些南方商务袭击者的贬值是Carolinians的利润;然而，北方损失变得如此重要的是，几个主要的海上保险经纪人要求对这种情况做出的事情。这促使联盟的静态进口操作的发展。[1]

北卡罗来纳’s Outer Banks

这北卡罗来纳Sounds reached from the Virginia border to Cape Lookout, the eastern border of North Carolina. Four major inlets could be used to reach the Atlantic Ocean from the Sounds: Hatteras, Oregon, Ocracoke, and Beaufort (Old Inlet). Hatteras Inlet was best situated for commerce raiding. Cape Hatteras was the easternmost point within the Confederacy, overlooking the Gulf Stream. This current was very popular with merchant ships trading between Northern ports like New York, the Caribbean, and South America. Using the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, the Confederates could signal waiting raiders about tempting merchantmen targets. “The enemy’s commerce,” wrote North Carolina governor John Ellis on April 27, 1861, “could be cut off by privateers on the coast of No. Carolina.” [2]阅读更多

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Battle of Wassaw Sound and CSS Atlanta

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Sketch of CSS Atlanta. Robert G. Skerrett, artist.
日期未知。海滨博物馆＃pnc0001。

这CSSAtlanta是一种使用SS的铁船体和苏格兰建造的发动机的Ironclad转化努力佛教l为了时尚联邦最强大的战舰之一。铁包;但是，有一个深厚的草案，限制了萨凡纳的运营区域。这与一个非常皮疹和顽固的船长，指挥官威廉韦伯，导致了Atlanta’s capture in a brief engagement with the monitors USSWeehawken.and USS纳纳人。Ironclad很快就成为了美国Atlanta并在詹姆斯河送达1865年。它后来卖给了海地和徒进的沟渠，没有痕迹。

SS.指数

这Atlanta有来自商船SS的创世记指数。这艘商船在苏格兰格拉斯哥的Govan j＆g汤姆森的克莱德银行铁造船厂构建。这指数尺寸是：阅读更多

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JuneTeh，这是关于什么的？

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General Order #3, Headquarters, District of Texas, Galveston, Texas, June 19, 1865, Issued by Order of Major General Granger Juneteenth Order. National Archives 182778372

明天标志着Juneteenth的156周年，这是最古老的纪念，标志着美利坚合众国奴隶制结束。Frederick Douglass，一位前奴役的人自己，甚至将其称为第二独立日。又称自由日，禧年，解放日和解放日，“JuneTeenth”这个词是对“六月”和“19”的融合。让我们扭转一下时间的手，看看发生了156年前发生的事情。

1865年6月19日，联邦军部队在戈登格兰杰举行的主要一般总将于德克萨斯州加尔维斯顿，为位于障碍岛上的奴役人口和周围的奴役人口提供意外但欢迎的命令。一般订单3态如下：阅读更多