Trading Gray for blue

Article Abstract:

The confederate prisoners were offered a deal to serve the Union army on the Western front instead of staying in prison in the American Civil War and they formed the First US Volunteer Infantry Regiment. They held the upper Missouri for the Union and their adventures in the Upper plains demonstrated that Northerners and Southerners could live peacefully and work toward common goals, and provide a vivid picture of the rebirth of US after the Civil War.

Prisoners, Military aspects, United States Civil War, 1861-1865

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Defunct strategy & divergent goals: the role of the United States Navy along the eastern seaboard during the Civil War

Article Abstract:

Abraham Lincoln attempted to implement a blockade of the Confederate coastline early in the Civil War. It was decided a more practical strategy would be to capture key ports, yet these plans were not coordinated with those of the army and caused the ironclad monitors to be underused.

Management, Usage, Armored vessels, Ironclads, Blockades

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Black men in Navy blue during the Civil War

Article Abstract:

Many African Americans served in the Union navy during the Civil War. Aside from their regular duties, they often supplied music and entertainment for their shipmates that bridged ethnic and racial divisions.

African Americans, African American sailors

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