Tag Archives: Gideon Welles

short stop

On September 1, 1866 President Andrew Johnson’s swing around the circle tour stopped at a small town in the Finger Lakes region of New York. It was just a six minute stop as the train slowly progressed across the Empire … Continue reading

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Judah Sunk

150 years ago today early in the AM Union forces from the USS Colorado off Pensacola boarded the suspected privateer Judah at Confederate-held the Navy yard. The Confederates on Judah fought the Federals, but the ship was successfully set afire … Continue reading

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