#OnThisDay 1862 Lincoln approved Burnside's plan to take the Conf. capital #Richmond, at the #BattleofFredericksburg.

Civil War 150 Find numerous #CW150 stories about Tennessee, by Tennessean, here: civilwar.tennessean.com

#OnThisDay in 1863 #Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet began the Siege of #Knoxville. #Tennessee

#OnThisDay in 1861 a secession ordinance was filed by #Kentucky's #Confederate government. #AmericanCivilWar

#OnThisDay 1863 the Battle of Missionary Ridge happened in #Tennessee when Union forces under Gen.Grant broke the Siege of #Chattanooga. #TN

#OTD 150 yrs ago Confederates going by the "Confederate Army of #Manhattan" started over 20 fires in an attempt to burn down #NewYorkCity

#OnThisDay 1863 #AbrahamLincoln made it nat'l #Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated every final Thurs. of Nov.(Since 1941, it's the 4th Thurs)

Find out about Larry Denton's new book Unionists in #Virginia in this piece from the #Confederate #BookReview! confederatebookreview.blogspot.com/2014/11/histor… #VA

#OnThisDay in 1861 the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War was established by the U.S. #Congress. #AmericanCivilWar #war

An interview about the evacuation, surrender and peaceful occupation of Savannah, 150 years ago in Dec. Civil War 150 savannahpodcast.com/multimedia-arc…

23,000 candles light antietamnps last night National Park Service Post Civil War Archive Civil War 150 Maryland American Battlefield Trust

#OnThisDay in 1863, my great-great uncle wrote this letter from #Chattanooga. civilwar.cruelcoulter.com/Letter2.php Civil War 150 #AmericanCivilWar

Check out Andrew Wagenhoffer's great review of @SableArm's The Battle of First Deep Bottom cwba.blogspot.com/2015/01/price-…

#OnThisDay 150 years ago Fort Fisher in #NorthCarolina fell to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the #Confederacy. #NC

You never know what you can find | Missing Civil War submarines resurface usatoday.com/story/news/nat… #CivilWar #submarine #historyisnow

#OnThisDay in 1861 in #Montgomery, #Alabama the delegates from 6 break-away U.S. states met and formed the Confederate States of America #CW

The Capitol in Nashville During the Civil War Civil War 150 Soc. Civil War Hist. #rerun buff.ly/1y8sN4b

Pre-Civil War Map of New Orleans Civil War 150 #rerun buff.ly/1DspFGC

Join David Keller ChicagoHistoryMuseum Apr.9 for a signed copy of his book after the Camp Douglas bell rings at 2:15pm #CW