Battles
She was the first combat submarine to sink a warship (USS Housatonic) on Feb 17,1864
Those Lincoln cutthroats must have loved their wives and sweethearts because they sure broke and ran for home.
The battle of Johnsonville is where that vile general sherman was keeping his stores to raid through the south. General Forrest’s Artillery Battallion under the command of Capt. John Morton set up their guns across the river in such a position the lincoln cannons couldn’t elevate to hit them. Those Southern boys bombarded the lincoln supply depot and set fire to the 28 steamboats and barges positioned at the wharf, they didn’t stop until they they had burned them all. There were 4 gunboats, 14 transports, 20 barges, 26 pieces of artillery, $6,700,000 worth of property, and 150 prisoners.
8,100 lincoln cutthroats with 22 cannon under the command of general Sturgis invaded Mississippi and was soundly defeated by an American Confederate force of 3,500 men under the command of General Nathan Forrest. Forrest inflicted such heavy casualties on the Lincoln army and captured over 1,600 prisoners of war, 18 artillery pieces, and wagons loaded with supplies. Old Sturgis was so demoralized that once he reached the safety of Memphis, he asked to be relieved of his command. The lincoln cutthroats referred to this battle as “Gun-town”
Those lincoln cutthroats had their butts handed to them on a platter that day.
Custer's first last stand
Custer attacks a poorly protected supply train. Custer fails to picket the road and becomes overwhelmed and surrounded by American Confederate Soldiers. “For a time there was a melee that had no parallel in the annals of cavalry fighting in the Abraham Lincoln War. Custer’s line was in the form of a circle and he was fighting an enterprising foe on either flank and both flank and rear.”
Only a timely attack by three brigades of the lincoln cutthroats cavalry saved Custer’s Wolverines from total destruction. The relief column finally fought its way through to the lincoln men, freeing them from their trap. Desperate fighting by the lincoln army and Custer’s so-called legendary good luck had barely saved his brigade from utter destruction at the hands of the American Confederate Horse Soldiers. As it was, the Custer’s lincoln brigade suffered 11 killed, 51 wounded, and 299 captured, for total losses of 361, including half of the 5th Michigan. However, unlike another June day twelve years later, Custer received reinforcements that rescued his beleaguered command from its trap. And, unlike that hot dusty day in June 1876, George Custer had survived his “first last stand.”
President Lincoln endorses what he calls total war. Which means let us attack unarmed civilians. That included destruction of private property, violating women, robbing and kidnapping, yes even taking women and children clear to Chicago and then turning them loose to make their way back home. Some of the Southern soldiers who survived and made it back home to find their property burned to the ground and their families gone. Not knowing what happened to them, some brides finally made it home years later, while others were never heard from again.
"Instilling Courage"
Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick, (uncle john) taunting the American Confederate troops during the battle of Spotsylvania to instill courage amongst his little army.
The lincoln cutthroats that were stationed at Fort Pillow were conducting raids and attacking the noncombatant folks living in the surrounding area near the fort. Those poor defenseless civilians sent word to General Nathan Forrest to come and put a stop to their shenanigans. General Forrest surrounded the fort and demanded that the troops in fort Pillow surrender! Because he went on to say that if his troops have to come over the wall he will not be responsible for the fate of this command. They refused, and the American Confederate Troops breeched the wall.
When our heroes found themselves completely surrounded their commander General Nathan Forrest gave his famous orders!
We see our sniper hero having a quick snack before he commences to causing havoc amongst the Lincoln cutthroats with his fancy shooting skills on the first day of the battle of Gettysburg.
Lincoln Cutthroats
In mid-May, 1863, after six months of unsuccessful attempts and wacky manoeuvres, Maj. Gen. Hiram U. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee finally converged on Vicksburg Mississippi. They attack the city many times are repulsed with heavy casualties. So the Lincoln cutthroats surround the city and do nothing for nearly seven weeks. The American Confederate Soldiers due to a lack of food and medicine finally surrender. General Grant is called a hero for winning this battle.
