The Civil War
Confederate Boat Burners on the Mississippi
2021-04-10T18:00:14-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/694/20210410180253003_hd.jpgSouthern Utah University Professor Laura June Davis talked about Confederate boat burners and naval guerrilla action on the lower Mississippi River during the last years of the Civil War. She described how after the fall of Vicksburg in 1863, clandestine Confederate forces targeted commercial steamboats in order to disrupt Union supplies and cause panic in the North. Virginia Tech’s Center for Civil War Studies hosted this event and provided the video.
Southern Utah University Professor Laura June Davis talked about Confederate boat burners and naval guerrilla action on the lower Mississippi…
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Southern Utah University Professor Laura June Davis talked about Confederate boat burners and naval guerrilla action on the lower Mississippi River during the last years of the Civil War. She described how after the fall of Vicksburg in 1863, clandestine Confederate forces targeted commercial steamboats in order to disrupt Union supplies and cause panic in the North. Virginia Tech’s Center for Civil War Studies hosted this event and provided the video. close
Southern Utah University Professor Laura June Davis talked about Confederate boat burners and naval guerrilla action on the lower Mississippi… read more
Southern Utah University Professor Laura June Davis talked about Confederate boat burners and naval guerrilla action on the lower Mississippi River during the last years of the Civil War. She described how after the fall of Vicksburg in 1863, clandestine Confederate forces targeted commercial steamboats in order to disrupt Union supplies and cause panic in the North. Virginia Tech’s Center for Civil War Studies hosted this event and provided the video. close
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Paul Quigley Director Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ.->Virginia Center for Civil War Studies
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