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Los Angeles Confederacy

Remembering Civil War Vets in SoCal

“My great great uncle was killed July 3, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg.”“My great great uncle was captured near Atlanta and...
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Lieutenant Harry T. Buford was also known as Loreta Janeta Velazquez

Throughout the course of the Civil War, Hispanic soldiers played an active part on both sides of the conflict. Among those serving in the...
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Civil War began in Charleston Harbor

Named for Revolutionary War hero General Thomas Sumter, Fort Sumter was the site of the first shot fired in the Civil War. It is located on a shoal...
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Cleopatra spies for the South

As with any other war, the Civil War contained a large number of spies whose job it was to seek out specific information for either the North or...
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Espionage antics of Crazy Bet

Part of a prominent Richmond, Virginia family, Elizabeth Van Lew was born on October 17, 1818. Her father, John Van Lew, moved to Richmond when he...
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Chronicling the Confederacy

When a writer sits down to pen the events of history today, s/he has a vast array of resources from which to draw information regarding the chosen...
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On fire for the Confederacy

Louis Trezevant Wigfall’s life of color and intense personality began on April 21, 1816 on his parents’ plantation near Edgefield, SC....
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Jefferson Davis

On paper, Jefferson Davis held the advantage over Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War. He had years of political experience, graduated from West Point...
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