War Crimes of the yankee Navy
Union gunboats didn’t just attack rebel military sites – they went after civilian property, too
Union gunboats didn’t just attack rebel military sites – they went after civilian property, too
(The Conversation) - During the American Civil War, huge metal monsters roamed the Mississippi River. Called ironclads, these boats were about 50 yards long, carried 75 tons of armor on their hulls and decks, sported up to 13 guns, and had crews numbering up to 250 men.
The seven city-class ironclads, sometimes called the turtles, were the most recognizable boats in the fleet, but northern laborers also converted a few existing steamboats into armored vessels.
The Union used this cutting-edge naval technology to attack Confederate forts at places like Tennessee’s Fort Henry and Island No. 10, and Vicksburg, Mississippi.
But these conventional battles are only one part of the larger story of the Union’s Mississippi River Squadron…
I notice that we get rehashed glimpses of Ft. Pillow and Andersonville from time to time. This can only be to try and deflect any noticing of the plethora of atrocities committed by the union. Every so often, I am given the opportunity to converse with a descendant of a yankee soldier. I will steer the conversation to Sherman and his murder, rape, pillage to the sea. If any challenge is offered, I will simply note that they did it to my family, and I will note that I would have volunteered to pull them up into the tree at the end of a noose, if given the chance.