Ask your fishmonger or oyster shucker about the harvest date. It can be found on the bag tag, which is a slip of paper that comes in every bag of oysters. Growers are required to provide them and sellers are required to keep them on hand. Myth #2: Oysters are delicious, but not that nutritious.
General view of the burned district of Richmond (Library of Congress). On May 20 [1861], the Confederate Congress voted to move the government to Richmond...With that, Virginia's capital had become the very symbol of the Confederacy, and the ultimate prize in a bloody war.
The Year 1862 is when the Civil War became a very bloody conflict, as two particular battles, Shiloh in the spring and Antietam in the fall, shocked Americans by their enormous cost in lives. 1  The Battle of Shiloh, on April 6-7, 1862, was fought in Tennessee and produced massive casualties.