The Civil War Diary of Micajah A. Thomas
... move in behind Lee in order to break his supply lines. Grant commanded General William T. Sherman "to move against (Joseph E.] Johnston's army, to break it up and to get into the interior of the enemy's country as far as you can, inflicting all the damage you can against their war resources."4 In or ...
... move in behind Lee in order to break his supply lines. Grant commanded General William T. Sherman "to move against (Joseph E.] Johnston's army, to break it up and to get into the interior of the enemy's country as far as you can, inflicting all the damage you can against their war resources."4 In or ...
Civil War - Department of Anthropology
... Forest assaulted and captured the fort. There was never a formal surrender of the fort and an alleged massacre was committed by Forest and his troops (Mainfort 1980:4). After this incident, the fort was completely abandoned by both sides and never reused. Archaeological investigations at Fort Pillow ...
... Forest assaulted and captured the fort. There was never a formal surrender of the fort and an alleged massacre was committed by Forest and his troops (Mainfort 1980:4). After this incident, the fort was completely abandoned by both sides and never reused. Archaeological investigations at Fort Pillow ...
T>raft "Resistance in Civil War Pennsylvania
... fortunate as those in Philadelphia. In 1863, twenty of the twentyeight enrollers for Clearfield County resigned; seventeen of the twenty-five in Jefferson County and eight of thirteen in McKean County quit their jobs. Enrollers reported obstruction in Centre and Northumberland Counties, where secret ...
... fortunate as those in Philadelphia. In 1863, twenty of the twentyeight enrollers for Clearfield County resigned; seventeen of the twenty-five in Jefferson County and eight of thirteen in McKean County quit their jobs. Enrollers reported obstruction in Centre and Northumberland Counties, where secret ...
Civil War Practice Test
... deny the South access to the North by building a wall along the border between North and South. c. gain control of the Confederate capital in Richmond and force the southern troops to surrender. d. employ a naval blockade of southern ports and gain control of the Mississippi River to divide the Conf ...
... deny the South access to the North by building a wall along the border between North and South. c. gain control of the Confederate capital in Richmond and force the southern troops to surrender. d. employ a naval blockade of southern ports and gain control of the Mississippi River to divide the Conf ...
The Real War Never Got in the Books: How Veterans
... authenticity and purpose. Many of these voices were those of black men and women still facing unequal treatment both legally and socially. And while many of these freedmen were also veterans, their writings (for example their war reminiscences) never reached the same level of popularity, circulation ...
... authenticity and purpose. Many of these voices were those of black men and women still facing unequal treatment both legally and socially. And while many of these freedmen were also veterans, their writings (for example their war reminiscences) never reached the same level of popularity, circulation ...
Judah Benjamin - Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation
... rather than revealing the true weakness of Southern forces, Benjamin, as Davis’s loyal Secretary of War, took the blame and resigned. Anti-Semitism was an unpleasant fact – North and South – during the Civil War years and Benjamin was falsely defamed as having weakened the Confederacy by transferrin ...
... rather than revealing the true weakness of Southern forces, Benjamin, as Davis’s loyal Secretary of War, took the blame and resigned. Anti-Semitism was an unpleasant fact – North and South – during the Civil War years and Benjamin was falsely defamed as having weakened the Confederacy by transferrin ...
John Bennett Walters, Total War, and the Raid on
... a trail of burned houses, needless destruction of the necessities of life, and the wholesale theft of private property.” According to Walters, upon arriving in South Carolina, Sherman “resumed his campaign of terror on a more extensive scale.” Wherever Sherman went, Walters wrote, “wanton waste, ars ...
... a trail of burned houses, needless destruction of the necessities of life, and the wholesale theft of private property.” According to Walters, upon arriving in South Carolina, Sherman “resumed his campaign of terror on a more extensive scale.” Wherever Sherman went, Walters wrote, “wanton waste, ars ...
The Long Road to Antietam
... he takes a different perspective than James McPherson’s Cross roads of Freedom: Antietam(2002) by arguing that the battle did much more than arrest Confederate military success, forestall foreign diplomatic recognition of the Confederacy, and provide Lincoln with an opportunity to issue the Prelimin ...
... he takes a different perspective than James McPherson’s Cross roads of Freedom: Antietam(2002) by arguing that the battle did much more than arrest Confederate military success, forestall foreign diplomatic recognition of the Confederacy, and provide Lincoln with an opportunity to issue the Prelimin ...
Balloons in the American Civil War Both the Union and Confederate
... At the same time, fellow aeronaut John LaMountain was also attempting to provide balloon services for the Union. He wrote to Secretary Cameron in 1861, but, because he had no influential backers, LaMountain did not receive a reply. However, the commander of the Union Forces at Fort Monroe, Major Gen ...
... At the same time, fellow aeronaut John LaMountain was also attempting to provide balloon services for the Union. He wrote to Secretary Cameron in 1861, but, because he had no influential backers, LaMountain did not receive a reply. However, the commander of the Union Forces at Fort Monroe, Major Gen ...
the politics of command in the fort
... E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. To others, the war ended officially when Confederate Major General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered to Union Major General William T. Sherman in April 1865, at Bennett Place, North Carolina. It is the contention ...
... E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. To others, the war ended officially when Confederate Major General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered to Union Major General William T. Sherman in April 1865, at Bennett Place, North Carolina. It is the contention ...
recto - UNT Digital Library
... and interests during the secession crisis. By the time of the February 1861 election of delegates to the Virginia secession convention, Rockingham, Augusta, and Rockbridge had entirely abandoned their old political ways, uniting around a new politics grounded in the defense of Virginia slavery. Befo ...
... and interests during the secession crisis. By the time of the February 1861 election of delegates to the Virginia secession convention, Rockingham, Augusta, and Rockbridge had entirely abandoned their old political ways, uniting around a new politics grounded in the defense of Virginia slavery. Befo ...
the-civil-war-unit-slide-show
... of the southern states seceded from the Union after his election. • In 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves in areas still fighting against the North were free. Jefferson Davis • When the confederate states seceded from the Union, they elected Jefferson Davis ...
... of the southern states seceded from the Union after his election. • In 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves in areas still fighting against the North were free. Jefferson Davis • When the confederate states seceded from the Union, they elected Jefferson Davis ...
View PDF - Cincinnati History Library and Archives
... upon the roads—and make them feel that it is a war of extermination which has no particular location." On the subject of African Americans both free and enslaved, Marshall promised renewed hostilities if Union commanders decided to "arm our blacks."19 ...
... upon the roads—and make them feel that it is a war of extermination which has no particular location." On the subject of African Americans both free and enslaved, Marshall promised renewed hostilities if Union commanders decided to "arm our blacks."19 ...
A MOST UNPLEASANT PART OF YOUR DUTIES: MILITARY
... enjoined Northern troops from abusing Southern civilians in their persons or property. Events soon demonstrated that these assumptions about the strength of pro-Union sentiment were incorrect. Lincoln’s conviction that real Unionist support was widespread clashed with the realities the Union army fa ...
... enjoined Northern troops from abusing Southern civilians in their persons or property. Events soon demonstrated that these assumptions about the strength of pro-Union sentiment were incorrect. Lincoln’s conviction that real Unionist support was widespread clashed with the realities the Union army fa ...
Chapter 21—The Furnace of Civil War, 1861
... b. Southern armies found no way of utilizing slave labor. c. thousands of slaves rose in armed rebellion behind Southern lines. d. about one out of every four Union troops was black. e. captured black soldiers were treated well by Confederates. ANS: A ...
... b. Southern armies found no way of utilizing slave labor. c. thousands of slaves rose in armed rebellion behind Southern lines. d. about one out of every four Union troops was black. e. captured black soldiers were treated well by Confederates. ANS: A ...
America`s Last Civil War Veterans and Participants
... self-sufficient and independent. This concept remains a great part of the American dream. The image of being in a quiet, orderly world where people could tranquilly rock on the porch at the end of a healthy workday or on Sunday, while enjoying a natural view breathing fresh air, still appeals. It wa ...
... self-sufficient and independent. This concept remains a great part of the American dream. The image of being in a quiet, orderly world where people could tranquilly rock on the porch at the end of a healthy workday or on Sunday, while enjoying a natural view breathing fresh air, still appeals. It wa ...
Military History Anniversaries 15 Nov thru 14 Oct
... Dec 08 1941 – WW2: Roosevelt declares war on Japan noting the previous day’s events mark it as a date that will live in infamy. Dec 08 1943 – WW2: U.S. carrier–based planes sink two cruisers and down 72 planes in the Marshall ...
... Dec 08 1941 – WW2: Roosevelt declares war on Japan noting the previous day’s events mark it as a date that will live in infamy. Dec 08 1943 – WW2: U.S. carrier–based planes sink two cruisers and down 72 planes in the Marshall ...
Blockade-Running in the Bahamas During the Civil War
... intense heat with little smoke. On one trip back to Nassau the captain had to burn all the coal, the mainmasts, bulwarks, deck cabin, all other available wood, and all the cotton and turpentine on board in order to get back to the islands.4 Sometimes there would only be enough fuel to reach the near ...
... intense heat with little smoke. On one trip back to Nassau the captain had to burn all the coal, the mainmasts, bulwarks, deck cabin, all other available wood, and all the cotton and turpentine on board in order to get back to the islands.4 Sometimes there would only be enough fuel to reach the near ...
Pilgrim Places: Civil War Battlefields, Historic Preservation, and
... a few days after the defeat of the British army at Yorktown in October 1781, the Continental Congress passed a motion calling for a monument to be built on the Yorktown battle site to commemorate the French alliance with the colonies and the American victory over the British. The Congress, however, ...
... a few days after the defeat of the British army at Yorktown in October 1781, the Continental Congress passed a motion calling for a monument to be built on the Yorktown battle site to commemorate the French alliance with the colonies and the American victory over the British. The Congress, however, ...
Published version
... free-trading Britain. Speculation regarding the tariff ’s possible economic and diplomatic consequences peppered the editorial pages of England, Ireland, and Scotland. Along with the northern blockade of the South, British recognition of southern belligerency in May 1861, the Trent Affair in Novemb ...
... free-trading Britain. Speculation regarding the tariff ’s possible economic and diplomatic consequences peppered the editorial pages of England, Ireland, and Scotland. Along with the northern blockade of the South, British recognition of southern belligerency in May 1861, the Trent Affair in Novemb ...
THE HISTORICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CITY OF BAY
... His military career advanced during subsequent years. In 1864, as a General in the Union Army, he led the famous “Siege of Atlanta”. After the Civil War ended he retired from active military service on February 8, 1884. Several months later Sherman rebuffed an attempt to nominate him as the Republic ...
... His military career advanced during subsequent years. In 1864, as a General in the Union Army, he led the famous “Siege of Atlanta”. After the Civil War ended he retired from active military service on February 8, 1884. Several months later Sherman rebuffed an attempt to nominate him as the Republic ...
Chapter 12: Road to Civil War
... called Liberia, Latin for “place of freedom.” In 1847 Liberia became an independent country. American emigration to Liberia continued until the Civil War. Some 12,000 to 20,000 African Americans settled in the new country between 1822 and 1865. The American Colonization Society did not halt the grow ...
... called Liberia, Latin for “place of freedom.” In 1847 Liberia became an independent country. American emigration to Liberia continued until the Civil War. Some 12,000 to 20,000 African Americans settled in the new country between 1822 and 1865. The American Colonization Society did not halt the grow ...
by Nick Bolash - College of William and Mary
... After the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln and the secession of eleven southern states, life seemed to move on as normally as possible in Broadway Landing. To the citizens of the now-small village, the shots fired at Bull Run, Antietam, and Gettysburg may well have been a thousand miles away. Sure, ...
... After the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln and the secession of eleven southern states, life seemed to move on as normally as possible in Broadway Landing. To the citizens of the now-small village, the shots fired at Bull Run, Antietam, and Gettysburg may well have been a thousand miles away. Sure, ...
Episode 3, 2006: Vicksburg Map Tucson, Arizona
... of the battle. He’s taking me to the area pictured on the map. On the way, he tells me what happened here that spring and early summer almost 150 years ago. May 1863: All eyes are on Vicksburg. The Union is desperate to capture the Mississippi stronghold, and on May 25th, Union commander Ulysses S. ...
... of the battle. He’s taking me to the area pictured on the map. On the way, he tells me what happened here that spring and early summer almost 150 years ago. May 1863: All eyes are on Vicksburg. The Union is desperate to capture the Mississippi stronghold, and on May 25th, Union commander Ulysses S. ...
Michigan Soldiers Respond to the Emancipation Proclamation (1863).
... repercussions during the American Civil War (1861-1865), however, it fails to consider white northern soldiers’ attitudes regarding President Abraham Lincoln’s expansion of the Union’s war goals.2 In short, a more detailed study of soldiers’ reactions to the Proclamation as a part of the Union war e ...
... repercussions during the American Civil War (1861-1865), however, it fails to consider white northern soldiers’ attitudes regarding President Abraham Lincoln’s expansion of the Union’s war goals.2 In short, a more detailed study of soldiers’ reactions to the Proclamation as a part of the Union war e ...
Alabama in the American Civil War
The U.S. state of Alabama declared that it had seceded from the United States of America on January 11, 1861. It then quickly joined the Confederate States during the American Civil War. A slave state, Alabama provided a significant source of troops and leaders, military material, supplies, food, horses and mules. However, very little of the state's cotton crop could be sold, as the main port of Mobile was closed off by the U.S. Navy.