Civil War Times Magazine Apr.70 Ironclad Moniter Hampton Roads Confederate

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Civil War Times Illustrated
Volume 9 Number 1 April 1970
Contents:
4
Fort Sumter
In the eyes of millions of Americans, one rash act in the tense atmosphere of 1861 symbolizes the beginning of the Civil War; the bombardment of Fort Sumter. After the signal shell from Fort Johnson burst over Sumter at 4:30 am that April 12, there was simply no turning back.
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The Enigma: James Harrison
Several prominent Confederate officers left brief recollections of a mysterious spy named "Harrison," whose services they used throughout the war. Here, after exhaustive research, this misty figure emerges as a pivotal element in one of the crucial campaigns of the war, and a man whose services to the Confederacy were legion.
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Civil War Income Tax - "This is Perfectly Gorgeous"
Mark Twain's reaction to the first nationwide income tax hardly reflected the view of the nation as a whole. People resisted being taxed upon their earnings, but there was a civil war on and it had to be paid for somehow.
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An Engineer Aboard the "Monitor"
Attached temporarily to the experimental ironclad, this engineer chanced to witness the epid duel at Hampton Roads that changed naval history.
36
The Impact of the War on Slavery
The sudden change from servitude to freedom was a severe test of the Negro, and it was only one of many such crises that the black man faced thanks to the impact of the war on slavery.
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