Portal:American Civil War/Did you know

... that the Confederate States Navy ordered six Squib-class torpedo boats from England, but they were never delivered?
... that Dubuque, Arkansas, was destroyed in the American Civil War and is now covered by the waters of Bull Shoals Lake?
... that Justus H. Rathbone, founder of the Knights of Pythias, served as a hospital steward during the American Civil War?
... that Emma Dean Powell received a pass from General Ulysses S. Grant to accompany her husband to battlefield camps during the American Civil War after he lost his arm?
... that three high-ranking officers of USRC Robert McClelland remained with the ship after it surrendered and entered Confederate service?
... that S. Isaac, Campbell & Company, a British firm, was a major supplier of arms to the Confederacy during the American Civil War?

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