The C.S.S. Sumter completes her first raid on U.S. shipping, Federals strengthen their blockade, and a Federal crew takes on Confederate privateers.
Category: Military
Getting Into Fighting Order
Secessionists defeat a Federal detachment in a minor clash as both sides scramble to link with their main forces in southwestern Missouri.
The C.S.S. Sumter Escapes
The Confederate cruiser Sumter runs the Federal blockade and begins her career as a commerce raider.
You Are All Green Alike
President Lincoln holds a special cabinet meeting to decide on a plan for immediate offensive operations in northern Virginia.
A Foreign and Hostile Country
Various detachments of Federal and Confederate forces maneuver toward a confrontation in Unionist western Virginia.
Ballooning Operations and the Coffee Mill Gun
Professor Thaddeus Lowe ascends in a balloon to demonstrate the usefulness of aerial military reconnaissance, and J.D. Mills demonstrates a forerunner to the modern machine gun.