Rapscallions!

"Resist at Your Peril!"

The only thing standing between John Yates Beall and Johnson's Island was the USS Michigan... that and a terrible con man and the cowardice of his own men.

Categories: History, Series 14

Tags: American Civil War Amherstburg ON Bennet H. Young Buffalo, NY Canada Clement Claiborne Clay Clement Laird Vallandigham Colonel Robert Martin Confederate Navy Confederate States of America Detroit, MI Jacob Thompson James P. Holcombe Maryland Michigan Ohio Presented by #13 United States Navy USS Michigan

Published: September 23, 2024

Rapscallions!

"Patience is Sour"

Thomas Henry Hines had a cunning plan to free Confederate prisoners-of-war and establish a "Northwest Confederacy." Too bad it was doomed to fail.

Categories: History, Series 14

Tags: American Civil War Bennet H. Young Canada Chicago, IL Clement Claiborne Clay Clement Laird Vallandigham Colonel Robert Martin Confederate States of America Florida General John Hunt Morgan Illinois Indiana Jacob Thompson James P. Holcombe Kentucky New York, NY Ohio Presented by #13 Toronto, ON United States of America Windsor, ON

Published: September 9, 2024