"The Naples of America," Pensacola during the Civil War
... 2000 if Alabama had annexed West Florida which today boasts heavy Republican majorities. While these possibilities could produce endless debates, they signify that events involving Pensacola had the potential to direct the course of United States history. The Civil War and Reconstruction eras in Flo ...
... 2000 if Alabama had annexed West Florida which today boasts heavy Republican majorities. While these possibilities could produce endless debates, they signify that events involving Pensacola had the potential to direct the course of United States history. The Civil War and Reconstruction eras in Flo ...
African American and Other Historical Anniversaries 2014 January 5
... January 5, 1864: George Washington Carver is born. (150th Anniversary) January 9, 1914: The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African American students at Howard University. (100th Anniversary) January 12, 1964: Zanibar Revolution (50th Anniversary) January 23, 1964: 24th Amendment passed (50t ...
... January 5, 1864: George Washington Carver is born. (150th Anniversary) January 9, 1914: The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African American students at Howard University. (100th Anniversary) January 12, 1964: Zanibar Revolution (50th Anniversary) January 23, 1964: 24th Amendment passed (50t ...
`THAT MYSTIC CLOUD` Civil War Memory in the Tennessee
... to places that were different from before, thereby shaking the present from the deep grooves of the past and, as J.B. Henneman observes, producing a “historic instinct” to remember, rethink, and restructure the past lest it be lost for ever. Recollections of the Civil War —through what Warren termed ...
... to places that were different from before, thereby shaking the present from the deep grooves of the past and, as J.B. Henneman observes, producing a “historic instinct” to remember, rethink, and restructure the past lest it be lost for ever. Recollections of the Civil War —through what Warren termed ...
this Thesis or Dissertation
... President Abraham Lincoln had waited a long time for such victories to come. Perhaps the Union would be preserved after all. Despite the major victories of 1863, Lincoln worried about those things that might allow the Confederacy to continue the struggle. Although the Confederacy had been cut in two ...
... President Abraham Lincoln had waited a long time for such victories to come. Perhaps the Union would be preserved after all. Despite the major victories of 1863, Lincoln worried about those things that might allow the Confederacy to continue the struggle. Although the Confederacy had been cut in two ...
On the Civil War`s homefront: Bennington in the Civil War
... since disbanded. With President Lincoln’s call for troops, men were suddenly training everywhere. When the Vermont General Assembly met on April 23, it voted to raise seven regiments although Lincoln had only asked for one. With the initial call to arms, all existing militia were ordered to rende ...
... since disbanded. With President Lincoln’s call for troops, men were suddenly training everywhere. When the Vermont General Assembly met on April 23, it voted to raise seven regiments although Lincoln had only asked for one. With the initial call to arms, all existing militia were ordered to rende ...
Lincoln Movie Study Guide-TEACHER COPY
... to assure enough yes votes from Democrats, which may require some compromise in other areas. But other factors may also come into play on the vote, such as the Confederate forces in the war issuing their own compromise to end the war but keep slavery. Lincoln balances the potential to end the war pe ...
... to assure enough yes votes from Democrats, which may require some compromise in other areas. But other factors may also come into play on the vote, such as the Confederate forces in the war issuing their own compromise to end the war but keep slavery. Lincoln balances the potential to end the war pe ...
A Unique Hell in Southwestern Virginia: Confederate Guerrillas and
... throughout the South, leaving southwestern Virginia as one of the largest producers of lead, salt, and niter in the entire Confederacy. The V&T became an indispensable support element of the Confederate war effort, even as the railroad’s materials and operators became increasingly worn-out. It is te ...
... throughout the South, leaving southwestern Virginia as one of the largest producers of lead, salt, and niter in the entire Confederacy. The V&T became an indispensable support element of the Confederate war effort, even as the railroad’s materials and operators became increasingly worn-out. It is te ...
The Gate City Under Siege:
... stop the destruction. After the Confederate surrender and end of the Civil War, Georgia was required to adhere to Reconstruction (1865-1871) policies in order to rejoin the Union and a U.S. military presence remained in Atlanta. Despite the wreckage and poor conditions, the citizens of Atlanta ralli ...
... stop the destruction. After the Confederate surrender and end of the Civil War, Georgia was required to adhere to Reconstruction (1865-1871) policies in order to rejoin the Union and a U.S. military presence remained in Atlanta. Despite the wreckage and poor conditions, the citizens of Atlanta ralli ...
Dark Fields of the Republic: Alexander Gardner Photographs, 1859
... This portrait of Abraham Lincoln was taken on February 24, 1861, just before his inauguration on March 4. It has been conjectured that Lincoln is hiding his right hand in his lap because it was swollen from shaking so many hands during his travel from Illinois to Washington. This is also the first s ...
... This portrait of Abraham Lincoln was taken on February 24, 1861, just before his inauguration on March 4. It has been conjectured that Lincoln is hiding his right hand in his lap because it was swollen from shaking so many hands during his travel from Illinois to Washington. This is also the first s ...
Untitled - TCU Digital Repository
... surrender of Fort Sumter on April 14, 1861, the nation was galvanized for war in a way it had never been before. The next day President Abraham Lincoln issued a call for 75,000 volunteers to put down the insurrection, and the states responded rapidly. Massachusetts governor John Andrew even wrote to ...
... surrender of Fort Sumter on April 14, 1861, the nation was galvanized for war in a way it had never been before. The next day President Abraham Lincoln issued a call for 75,000 volunteers to put down the insurrection, and the states responded rapidly. Massachusetts governor John Andrew even wrote to ...
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 ...
Abraham Lincoln: Leadership and Democratic Statesmanship in
... a rebellion “too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings.”4 By the time of his inauguration on March 4, 1861, seven states had declared their separation from the Union and had set up a separate provisional government called the Confederate States of America. A little ...
... a rebellion “too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings.”4 By the time of his inauguration on March 4, 1861, seven states had declared their separation from the Union and had set up a separate provisional government called the Confederate States of America. A little ...
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 Timeline of DOOM!!!! Use at own peril. May induce odd
... 1740 An old friend of Edmond Hoyle’s wrote from Russia that he needed Hoyle's help to overthrow Ernst Biren who was now Russia's Grand Chamberlain. HH pg. 9 1740 A Reverend of Philadelphia and Benjamin Franklin found the Philadelphia Academy. BeN pg. 52 1741 Biren is exiled to Siberia where Hoyle fo ...
... 1740 An old friend of Edmond Hoyle’s wrote from Russia that he needed Hoyle's help to overthrow Ernst Biren who was now Russia's Grand Chamberlain. HH pg. 9 1740 A Reverend of Philadelphia and Benjamin Franklin found the Philadelphia Academy. BeN pg. 52 1741 Biren is exiled to Siberia where Hoyle fo ...
Military-History-Anniversaries-0601-thru
... Jun 12 1775 – American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged. Jun 12 1864 – C ...
... Jun 12 1775 – American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged. Jun 12 1864 – C ...
Military History Anniversaries 0601 thru 061516
... Jun 12 1775 – American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged. Jun 12 1864 – C ...
... Jun 12 1775 – American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged. Jun 12 1864 – C ...
Shippensburg`s African American Civil War Veterans A Walking Tour
... "Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letter, U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pocket, there is no power on earth that can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship." —Frederick Douglass Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Pr ...
... "Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letter, U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pocket, there is no power on earth that can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship." —Frederick Douglass Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Pr ...
the civil war - Scott J. Winslow Associates, Inc.
... Stuart under a flag of truce; it contained a new plumed hat and a copy of a New York newspaper that reported on Cedar Mountain as a win for the North. A week after the battle, Confederate army commander Gen. Robert E. Lee devised a plan to attack Gen. John Pope’s Union army while it was positioned i ...
... Stuart under a flag of truce; it contained a new plumed hat and a copy of a New York newspaper that reported on Cedar Mountain as a win for the North. A week after the battle, Confederate army commander Gen. Robert E. Lee devised a plan to attack Gen. John Pope’s Union army while it was positioned i ...
- Cornerstone - Minnesota State University, Mankato
... showing how the war turned in favor of the North. Up until this point the South had dominated the war. After 1863 it was only a matter of time before the war would end. The South had lost too much and could no longer support a war of this magnitude. The loss of Chattanooga meant the loss of railroad ...
... showing how the war turned in favor of the North. Up until this point the South had dominated the war. After 1863 it was only a matter of time before the war would end. The South had lost too much and could no longer support a war of this magnitude. The loss of Chattanooga meant the loss of railroad ...
naylonMaurice - Georgetown University
... 2 Carl von Clausewitz, On War, trans. J.J. Graham (London: Trubner, 1873), 104-06. 3 “Pakistan Opens Border for NATO, U.S. Supplies After Air Strike Apologies,” Bloomberg, accessed October 6, 2010, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-09/pakistan-opens-border-for-nato-u-s-supplies-after-air-strikea ...
... 2 Carl von Clausewitz, On War, trans. J.J. Graham (London: Trubner, 1873), 104-06. 3 “Pakistan Opens Border for NATO, U.S. Supplies After Air Strike Apologies,” Bloomberg, accessed October 6, 2010, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-09/pakistan-opens-border-for-nato-u-s-supplies-after-air-strikea ...
Impact of the Civil War
... http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-warhistory/videos/lincoln-an-americanicon?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false 1861- Lower South secedes and founds confederacy Lincoln and Davis inaugurated Ft. Sumter surrenders to the confederacy http://www.history.com/topics/a ...
... http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-warhistory/videos/lincoln-an-americanicon?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false 1861- Lower South secedes and founds confederacy Lincoln and Davis inaugurated Ft. Sumter surrenders to the confederacy http://www.history.com/topics/a ...
General US Grant`s Effective Use of the Leadership
... …wrought in a seventeen day campaign during which his army marched 180 miles, fought and won five engagements against separate enemy forces which if combined would have been almost as large as his own, inflicted 7,200 causalities at the cost of 4,300, and cooped up an apparently demoralized enemy i ...
... …wrought in a seventeen day campaign during which his army marched 180 miles, fought and won five engagements against separate enemy forces which if combined would have been almost as large as his own, inflicted 7,200 causalities at the cost of 4,300, and cooped up an apparently demoralized enemy i ...
Coffman_ecu_0600O_11430 - ScholarShip Home
... refute the anti-abolitionists arguments, and justify the emancipation of four million slaves. William Wells Brown, in 1867, wrote The Negro in the American Rebellion, to prove the efficacy of blacks in the Union Army. A runaway slave who became an abolitionist rival to ...
... refute the anti-abolitionists arguments, and justify the emancipation of four million slaves. William Wells Brown, in 1867, wrote The Negro in the American Rebellion, to prove the efficacy of blacks in the Union Army. A runaway slave who became an abolitionist rival to ...
Letters Home: Change in Mental State of Soldiers During the
... base or setting up camp, then to defending their base or camp. The nature of guerilla warfare, with constant ambushes and booby-traps, is considered the most difficult war mentally.24 Attacks come at any time and in almost any format. During the Civil War, gruesome battles were not as constant as in ...
... base or setting up camp, then to defending their base or camp. The nature of guerilla warfare, with constant ambushes and booby-traps, is considered the most difficult war mentally.24 Attacks come at any time and in almost any format. During the Civil War, gruesome battles were not as constant as in ...
The Civil War and Reconstruction in Mississippi County: The Story of
... At first glance, the story of Sans Souci seems to be a genealogical project. Therein lies its difficulty. Tracing family trees shows the large number of extended family members who settled across Mississippi County throughout the 1800’s, and it is easy to become lost in the slew of names, birth and ...
... At first glance, the story of Sans Souci seems to be a genealogical project. Therein lies its difficulty. Tracing family trees shows the large number of extended family members who settled across Mississippi County throughout the 1800’s, and it is easy to become lost in the slew of names, birth and ...
Battle of Fort Pillow
The Battle of Fort Pillow, also known as the Fort Pillow massacre, was fought on April 12, 1864, at Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River in Henning, Tennessee, during the American Civil War. The battle ended with a massacre of Federal troops (most of them African American) attempting to surrender, by soldiers under the command of Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Military historian David J. Eicher concluded, ""Fort Pillow marked one of the bleakest, saddest events of American military history.""