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How the final shots of the Civil War came to be fired off the shores of Alaska
Two months after the war ended, Confederate soldiers destroyed a fleet of Yankee ships, which were harvesting bowhead whales ...
Kodiak Daily Mirror23h
When the Civil War came to Alaska
About 150 years ago, a few days after summer solstice, the gray skies above the Diomede Islands were heavy with smoke from whaling ships set ablaze by Confederate sailors who ...
Military.com22d
'Kidnapped at Sea' Dispels the Old 'Sea Story' of a Black Sailor in the Confederate Navy
The Confederate warship had wreaked havoc on American ... civilian vessels assisted in the rescue of the defeated rebel sailors in the immediate aftermath of the Alabama’s fight with the Kearsarge.
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Union gunboats didn’t just attack rebel military sites – they went after civilian property, too
(THE CONVERSATION) During the American Civil War, huge metal monsters roamed the Mississippi River. Called ironclads, these boats were about 50 yards long, carried 75 tons of armor on their hulls ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner3d
When the Civil War came to Alaska
About 150 years ago, a few days after summer solstice, the skies above the Diomede Islands were heavy with smoke from whaling ships set ablaze by Confederate sailors who didn’t know the Civil ...