106844660 - BORA
... provided Abraham Lincoln the political opportunity he needed to issue his Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves of the rebelling states. Although he had written his first draft of the proclamation earlier that summer and presented it to his cabinet, Secretary of State William H. Seward urged ...
... provided Abraham Lincoln the political opportunity he needed to issue his Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves of the rebelling states. Although he had written his first draft of the proclamation earlier that summer and presented it to his cabinet, Secretary of State William H. Seward urged ...
Confederate States Navy
... The Unites States Navy retained control of Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads until March 8, 1862, the day the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia, previously the US frigate Merrimack, attacked the Federal fleet. In three hours the Virginia destroyed two of the Union’s most powerful vessels. She planned ...
... The Unites States Navy retained control of Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads until March 8, 1862, the day the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia, previously the US frigate Merrimack, attacked the Federal fleet. In three hours the Virginia destroyed two of the Union’s most powerful vessels. She planned ...
Harpers Weekly Reports Events of 1865
... By April of 1865, Sherman’s army had taken possession of Savannah, Charleston and Atlanta. Richmond, the Confederate capitol, was the remaining large city still under Confederate control. When the Union Army broke through the defenses around Petersburg, Va., Gen. Lee sent a message to Confederate Pr ...
... By April of 1865, Sherman’s army had taken possession of Savannah, Charleston and Atlanta. Richmond, the Confederate capitol, was the remaining large city still under Confederate control. When the Union Army broke through the defenses around Petersburg, Va., Gen. Lee sent a message to Confederate Pr ...
Sectionalism, Unionism, and Secessionism in Maryland
... Other historians expand on Stampp’s thesis of political impatience and further develop ideas about the complex politics of the upper south. In his 1961 survey, The Civil War and Reconstruction, David Herbert Donald devotes a chapter to the “Plight of the Upper South,” in which he analyzes the upper ...
... Other historians expand on Stampp’s thesis of political impatience and further develop ideas about the complex politics of the upper south. In his 1961 survey, The Civil War and Reconstruction, David Herbert Donald devotes a chapter to the “Plight of the Upper South,” in which he analyzes the upper ...
The Real War Never Got in the Books: How Veterans
... The public is a problematic yet essential term. It is problematic in that it homogenizes and diminishes agency, which this thesis attempts to fix with respect to the creation of fraternal narratives of war. Yet veterans, especially the Grand Army of the Republic and the United Confederate Veterans, ...
... The public is a problematic yet essential term. It is problematic in that it homogenizes and diminishes agency, which this thesis attempts to fix with respect to the creation of fraternal narratives of war. Yet veterans, especially the Grand Army of the Republic and the United Confederate Veterans, ...
Important Dates and Events in History January
... Mar. 4, 1865 - Andrew Johnson is sworn in as the 16th Vice President of the United States. Mar. 4, 1869 - Schuyler Colfax is sworn in as the 17th Vice President of the United States. Mar. 4, 1869 - Ulysses Grant is sworn in as the 18th President of the United States. Mar. 4, 1873 - Henry Wilson is ...
... Mar. 4, 1865 - Andrew Johnson is sworn in as the 16th Vice President of the United States. Mar. 4, 1869 - Schuyler Colfax is sworn in as the 17th Vice President of the United States. Mar. 4, 1869 - Ulysses Grant is sworn in as the 18th President of the United States. Mar. 4, 1873 - Henry Wilson is ...
Dark Fields of the Republic: Alexander Gardner Photographs, 1859
... Born in Maryland, Roger Taney was a lawyer, politician, and the fifth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. During the Court’s hearing of Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) he described African Americans “as so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” The Court, ...
... Born in Maryland, Roger Taney was a lawyer, politician, and the fifth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. During the Court’s hearing of Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) he described African Americans “as so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” The Court, ...
survey of civil war battlefields for the i-66
... Generals Kilpatrick and George A Custer. Stuart strategically withdrew southwest toward Warrenton, luring the Federal army after him. The ploy worked and Kilpatrick followed Stuart down the Warrenton Turnpike (U.S. Route 29). Custer was supposed to follow Kilpatrick but delayed his troops for more t ...
... Generals Kilpatrick and George A Custer. Stuart strategically withdrew southwest toward Warrenton, luring the Federal army after him. The ploy worked and Kilpatrick followed Stuart down the Warrenton Turnpike (U.S. Route 29). Custer was supposed to follow Kilpatrick but delayed his troops for more t ...
Rules of Play
... The future of slavery in the territories caused a series of political crises. These crises drove a series of legislative compromises designed to assuage Southern fear that slavery would be abolished. These compromises were designed to maintain a tentative Southern equality in the Senate. The South b ...
... The future of slavery in the territories caused a series of political crises. These crises drove a series of legislative compromises designed to assuage Southern fear that slavery would be abolished. These compromises were designed to maintain a tentative Southern equality in the Senate. The South b ...
United States History and Government
... Examples: California would be admitted; trade was abolished; there would be restrictions • No response 5b Based on this document, what is one way these proposals favored the South? Score of 1: • States a way these proposals favored the South based on this document Examples: the proposal recommended ...
... Examples: California would be admitted; trade was abolished; there would be restrictions • No response 5b Based on this document, what is one way these proposals favored the South? Score of 1: • States a way these proposals favored the South based on this document Examples: the proposal recommended ...
Edward G Eggeling - NC in the Civil War Home Page
... this regard, of the foreign contributions to American history. But after all, American is made up of foreigners. Caught up in the midst of the torrent of excitement at the beginning of the war, thirty-eight year old EGGELING suddenly found himself swept into the Confederate Army. “They allowed me to ...
... this regard, of the foreign contributions to American history. But after all, American is made up of foreigners. Caught up in the midst of the torrent of excitement at the beginning of the war, thirty-eight year old EGGELING suddenly found himself swept into the Confederate Army. “They allowed me to ...
The Timeline of DOOM!!!! Use at own peril. May induce odd
... 1735 According to legend, Ms. Leeds of Burlington, New Jersey, gives birth to a baby boy but he transforms into a monster with the head of a horse, feet of a pig and the body of a snake. BeN pg. 43 1740’s Indigo industry develops in South Carolina. BeS pg. 45 1740 An old friend of Edmond Hoyle’s wro ...
... 1735 According to legend, Ms. Leeds of Burlington, New Jersey, gives birth to a baby boy but he transforms into a monster with the head of a horse, feet of a pig and the body of a snake. BeN pg. 43 1740’s Indigo industry develops in South Carolina. BeS pg. 45 1740 An old friend of Edmond Hoyle’s wro ...
Judah Benjamin - Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation
... 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 transferring its funds to personal bank accounts in Europe. After Benjamin resigned as Confederate 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 transferring its funds to personal bank accounts in Europe. After Benjamin resigned as Confederate Secretary ...
The Civil War - California History
... Historical Context: What were the most important events going on at that time? How was this person affected by those events? Gather as many details from his or her biography as you can, and then read his or her words carefully to identify the underlying perspective. ...
... Historical Context: What were the most important events going on at that time? How was this person affected by those events? Gather as many details from his or her biography as you can, and then read his or her words carefully to identify the underlying perspective. ...
On the Civil War`s homefront: Bennington in the Civil War
... all flags in Bennington were lowered to half mast in his honor. On April 18, 1861, the Bennington Banner pointed out that there were a number of secessionists in town, including people whose “ancestral lineage took an active part in the Revolution.” The editor was more than a bit shocked to hear t ...
... all flags in Bennington were lowered to half mast in his honor. On April 18, 1861, the Bennington Banner pointed out that there were a number of secessionists in town, including people whose “ancestral lineage took an active part in the Revolution.” The editor was more than a bit shocked to hear t ...
dialogue on lincoln - American Bar Association
... and implement tariffs—as a threat to their states, their agrarian economies, and their plantation lifestyles. As the nation’s founders nearly a century earlier had fought for independence from Britain, claiming rights to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” the secessionists claimed they w ...
... and implement tariffs—as a threat to their states, their agrarian economies, and their plantation lifestyles. As the nation’s founders nearly a century earlier had fought for independence from Britain, claiming rights to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” the secessionists claimed they w ...
The Impact of Media Coverage on the Election of 1864
... presidential candidates are promoted and packaged as if they were any other product available for retail sale. McGinnis (1968) stated that “it is not surprising that advertisers and politicians found one another – not surprising because ‘the citizen’ does not so much vote for a candidate as make a p ...
... presidential candidates are promoted and packaged as if they were any other product available for retail sale. McGinnis (1968) stated that “it is not surprising that advertisers and politicians found one another – not surprising because ‘the citizen’ does not so much vote for a candidate as make a p ...
Lincoln and New York - New
... among Republican leaders that Lincoln would win the election of 1860. Uncle Sam is shown in front of the White House, removing a sign that reads “Wanted: An honest, upright and capable man to take charge of this house for four years,” and handing Lincoln a notice that he has been hired as president. ...
... among Republican leaders that Lincoln would win the election of 1860. Uncle Sam is shown in front of the White House, removing a sign that reads “Wanted: An honest, upright and capable man to take charge of this house for four years,” and handing Lincoln a notice that he has been hired as president. ...
You Can Have No Conflict Without Being Yourselves the Aggressors
... Seward evidently wished the motto of the administration to be, “The King reigns, but does not govern.”3 He told a European diplomat that there “exists no great difference between an elected president of the United States and a hereditary monarch. The latter is called to the throne through the accide ...
... Seward evidently wished the motto of the administration to be, “The King reigns, but does not govern.”3 He told a European diplomat that there “exists no great difference between an elected president of the United States and a hereditary monarch. The latter is called to the throne through the accide ...
The Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln`s Many Second Thoughts
... condition of civil war. Slavery had existed in North America for more than 200 years, but war came only with secession. Secession was the war’s sufficient condition. Even to say that Lincoln considered emancipation secondary to Union is to overstate its importance, for he never thought about emancip ...
... condition of civil war. Slavery had existed in North America for more than 200 years, but war came only with secession. Secession was the war’s sufficient condition. Even to say that Lincoln considered emancipation secondary to Union is to overstate its importance, for he never thought about emancip ...
Unionist Sentiment in Frederick, Maryland 1860-1865
... sincerity that cannot be misunderstood, opened their houses, and spread their boards with the fat of the land.”19 It should not be assumed that Personne’s account was entirely honest due to the writer’s intended audience in Charleston, an area with strong secessionist sympathies. It is highly probab ...
... sincerity that cannot be misunderstood, opened their houses, and spread their boards with the fat of the land.”19 It should not be assumed that Personne’s account was entirely honest due to the writer’s intended audience in Charleston, an area with strong secessionist sympathies. It is highly probab ...
Soldiers of Long Odds: Confederate Operatives Combat the United
... champion of lost causes, he delighted in defeating the local state’s attorney in criminal cases that were considered unwinnable due to overpowering state’s evidence. Vallandigham’s terms as a Common Pleas Judge and Lieutenant Governor led to his election as an Ohio congressman. In Congress, he was a ...
... champion of lost causes, he delighted in defeating the local state’s attorney in criminal cases that were considered unwinnable due to overpowering state’s evidence. Vallandigham’s terms as a Common Pleas Judge and Lieutenant Governor led to his election as an Ohio congressman. In Congress, he was a ...
Listing of books in CSO Library
... What Caused the Civil War: Reflections on the South and Southern History Ayers E In the Presence of Mine Enemies: War in the Heart of America, ...
... What Caused the Civil War: Reflections on the South and Southern History Ayers E In the Presence of Mine Enemies: War in the Heart of America, ...
Abraham Lincoln and the Union, A Chronicle of
... The rich man no longer played the role of grandee, for by this time there had arisen those two groups which, between them, are the ruin of aristocracy−−the class of prosperous laborers and the group of well−to−do intellectuals. Of these, the latter gave utterance, first, to their faith in democracy, ...
... The rich man no longer played the role of grandee, for by this time there had arisen those two groups which, between them, are the ruin of aristocracy−−the class of prosperous laborers and the group of well−to−do intellectuals. Of these, the latter gave utterance, first, to their faith in democracy, ...
Federalism and Power in the Confederate States of America
... Emancipation (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1972). Durden writes, “Yet Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Judah Benjamin, and a host of less famous Southerners displayed greater flexibility about an willingness to begin modifying slavery than most accounts have ever admitted…The tr ...
... Emancipation (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1972). Durden writes, “Yet Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Judah Benjamin, and a host of less famous Southerners displayed greater flexibility about an willingness to begin modifying slavery than most accounts have ever admitted…The tr ...
Virginia in the American Civil War
The Commonwealth of Virginia was a prominent part of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. A slave state, a convention was called to act for the state during the secession crisis opened on February 13, 1861, after seven seceding states had formed the Confederacy on February 4. Unionist delegates dominated the convention and defeated a motion to secede on April 4. The convention deliberated for several months, but on April 15 U.S. President Abraham Lincoln called for troops from all states still in the Union in response to the Confederate capture of Fort Sumter. On April 17, the Virginia convention voted to declare secession from the Union, pending ratification of the decision by the voters.With the entry of Virginia into the Confederacy, a decision was made in May to move the Confederate capital from Montgomery, Alabama, to Richmond, in part because the defense of Virginia's capital was deemed strategically vital to the Confederacy's survival regardless of its political status. Virginians ratified the articles of secession on May 23. The following day, the Union army moved into northern Virginia and captured Alexandria without a fight.Most of the battles in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War took place in Virginia because the Confederacy had to defend its national capital at Richmond, and public opinion in the North demanded that the Union move ""On to Richmond!"" The remarkable success of Robert E. Lee in defending Richmond is a central theme of the military history of the war. The White House of the Confederacy, located a few blocks north of the State Capitol, was home to the family of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.