The USS Cairo pulls up to the banks of the Mississippi River in 1862. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command During the American Civil War, huge metal monsters roamed the Mississippi River. Called ...
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“Cottonclads” at dawn: How the Confederacy snatched Galveston from the Union
On New Year’s Day 1863, the Confederacy managed to break the Union blockade choking its ports by capturing Galveston, Texas.
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