tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360721195242669735.post2037950581482136449..comments2023-12-04T14:35:49.198-05:00Comments on Civil War Navy Sesquicentennial: U.S. Naval Cowboys on the Mississippi-October 1862Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520357948612296575noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360721195242669735.post-56801624193882515052012-11-06T13:37:20.962-05:002012-11-06T13:37:20.962-05:00I also enjoyed this article. Stories such as thes...I also enjoyed this article. Stories such as these never get the wider attention that they deserve. I also find articles regarding the economic aspects of the war, as posted by anonymous quite delightful and germane to the discussion of the Civil War. It is more than just Gettysburg or Kearsarge vs. Alabama. Thanks again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360721195242669735.post-74482035641498326262012-10-24T07:22:22.265-04:002012-10-24T07:22:22.265-04:00Amazing details on this blog! This post in particu...Amazing details on this blog! This post in particular. The economic warfare aspects of the Civil War are the most important part of its eventual outcome and learning the specifics of how that warfare occured are very valuable to understanding the whole effort. Salt work attacks, cattle seizures, port closures, escapes of enslaved people, isolation from foreign powers, all wore away at the Confederacy. For the Confederacy, novel strategies like the partisan activity on the river shore described here, slowed the Union efforts. I was surprised to see the partisans had batteries. I wonder how common that was? Also, even though the African American drovers of the remaining 200 cattle had gunboat escort it would seem that they could not always have been within site of the boats and could easily have been vulnerable to these partisans as well. Were they just lucky?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com