January 1866 The Union Steamship, USS Volunteer, was set to sail north along the Mississippi and return to the Union port in Cairo, Illinois. The ship departed New Orleans, but never reached its destination in Illinois. The Confederate states claim that the ship never left New Orleans and that the Union never had any intent of …
Bullets and Belles Military Information
Branches of the Military This is the easiest thing to remember; there is only one branch of the military- The Military. To maximize connections between players, the game has done away with the separation of the various military branches. All Military men and women are enlisted in one unified military. Each Nation has its own …
Bullets and Belles Timeline of Events
Historical Events 1585: The Spanish establish a mission to convert Natives to Christianity. 1625: The French arrest control of the Spanish settlement and rename it Rock Creek. Haitian laborers are shipped in to tend fields of sugar, coffee, and tobacco. 1630-1730: Rock Creek changes hands between the French and the Spanish numerous times. 1738: Rock …
A Nation of Nations
The State of the Union, and the ConfederacyThe war of Southern Independence came to an end in April of 1865 when northerners accepted the surrender of General Robert E. Lee in Virginia*. Northern aggression continued in the South for an additional seven months until the North was able to capture the CSS Shenandoah. The end …