"Young Bloods of the South:" The Confederate Use and Efficacy of
... to pursue this kind of war, even if they disagree with him that it could have achieved victory. Thus Gary Gallagher argues that nineteenth-century southern society would not agree to this strategy. Guerrilla warfare was repugnant to many citizens and soldiers on both sides, because it was seen as un ...
... to pursue this kind of war, even if they disagree with him that it could have achieved victory. Thus Gary Gallagher argues that nineteenth-century southern society would not agree to this strategy. Guerrilla warfare was repugnant to many citizens and soldiers on both sides, because it was seen as un ...
Northern and Southern Intentionality in the Civil War
... South. No, you dare not make war on cotton. No power on earth dares to make war upon it. Cotton is King!" 17 One Southern planter told London Times reporter William Howard Russell, "Why sir we have only to shut off your supply of cotton for a few weeks an we can create a revolution in Great Britain. ...
... South. No, you dare not make war on cotton. No power on earth dares to make war upon it. Cotton is King!" 17 One Southern planter told London Times reporter William Howard Russell, "Why sir we have only to shut off your supply of cotton for a few weeks an we can create a revolution in Great Britain. ...
Mormon Motivation for Enlisting in the Civil War
... obtained horses, and joined the Fourth Alabama Cavalry, commanded by Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest. Under Forrest’s command, Stuart fought for the Confederacy in battles at Fort Donelson, Nashville, and Shiloh. On December 31, 1862, Union forces attacked Stuart and the Confederates at the Battle o ...
... obtained horses, and joined the Fourth Alabama Cavalry, commanded by Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest. Under Forrest’s command, Stuart fought for the Confederacy in battles at Fort Donelson, Nashville, and Shiloh. On December 31, 1862, Union forces attacked Stuart and the Confederates at the Battle o ...
Union College Connections to the Civil War Era A Glossary of
... volunteers by 1862. In June of that year, Butterfield’s brigade was attacked by Confederates at Gaines Mill, Virginia, and, although he was wounded in battle, he seized the flag of the 83rd Pennsylvania to rally his troops, thus earning the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1892. While recovering from ...
... volunteers by 1862. In June of that year, Butterfield’s brigade was attacked by Confederates at Gaines Mill, Virginia, and, although he was wounded in battle, he seized the flag of the 83rd Pennsylvania to rally his troops, thus earning the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1892. While recovering from ...
A Study of Civil War Leadership: Gettysburg
... political manipulation, inaction, and overall poor leadership. The Senate, along with Lincoln, was pressuring McClellan to move, and McClellan answered accusations of inaction by asking for more time to train troops. He blamed Scott for the political pressure, claiming that it was controlling his yo ...
... political manipulation, inaction, and overall poor leadership. The Senate, along with Lincoln, was pressuring McClellan to move, and McClellan answered accusations of inaction by asking for more time to train troops. He blamed Scott for the political pressure, claiming that it was controlling his yo ...
Civil War Comes to Pulaski County
... Rebellion. The first major battle was at Bull Run (Manassas) on July 21, less than three weeks before Wilson’s Creek. The Ozark battle produced casualty rates of 12 percent for the Confederates and 24.5 percent for the smaller Federal force, higher rates than Bull Run. Nathaniel Lyon was the first U ...
... Rebellion. The first major battle was at Bull Run (Manassas) on July 21, less than three weeks before Wilson’s Creek. The Ozark battle produced casualty rates of 12 percent for the Confederates and 24.5 percent for the smaller Federal force, higher rates than Bull Run. Nathaniel Lyon was the first U ...
The Wilderness of War - The Forest History Society
... between humans and nature is a complex arrangement, characterized at times by collaboration, at others by adversarial competition. In the Civil War, both Union and Confederate forces continually negotiated the terms of this relationship, attempting to overcome nature's obstacles as they fought to de ...
... between humans and nature is a complex arrangement, characterized at times by collaboration, at others by adversarial competition. In the Civil War, both Union and Confederate forces continually negotiated the terms of this relationship, attempting to overcome nature's obstacles as they fought to de ...
Louisiana`s Civil War Era: Crisis and Conflict
... Sarah supported the Confederacy and, like others, described the beginning of the war as exciting. The first hardship was minor, just having to buy a pair of boy’s shoes because the blockade meant no women’s shoes were available. But soon she had to run from the city, wearing those ill-fitting shoes ...
... Sarah supported the Confederacy and, like others, described the beginning of the war as exciting. The first hardship was minor, just having to buy a pair of boy’s shoes because the blockade meant no women’s shoes were available. But soon she had to run from the city, wearing those ill-fitting shoes ...
Nathan Bedford Forrest Primary Sources
... Forrest attacked Fort Pillow outside of Memphis. The fort was garrisoned by African American soldiers and Tennessee unionists. Approximately half of the 600 men in the fort were killed. Many of these men were killed as they attempted to surrender. 67% of the dead were members of the U.S. Colored Tro ...
... Forrest attacked Fort Pillow outside of Memphis. The fort was garrisoned by African American soldiers and Tennessee unionists. Approximately half of the 600 men in the fort were killed. Many of these men were killed as they attempted to surrender. 67% of the dead were members of the U.S. Colored Tro ...
2006 Summer Update - the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program
... from Little Rock towards Washington, Union troops met their first organized resistance at the battles of Okolona and Elkins’ Ferry. It was at Elkins’ Ferry that Union troops defeated a Confederate contingent and crossed the Little Missouri River. Too late to prevent the Union troops from crossing, C ...
... from Little Rock towards Washington, Union troops met their first organized resistance at the battles of Okolona and Elkins’ Ferry. It was at Elkins’ Ferry that Union troops defeated a Confederate contingent and crossed the Little Missouri River. Too late to prevent the Union troops from crossing, C ...
Civil War in the Lone Star State - Texas State Historical Association
... the fierce engagement the Texans drove the federals from the field. Late that afternoon, however, Scurry’s supply train was captured by Union forces. The loss of the supply train was a major blow to Sibley’s plans. With Union forces receiving reinforcements from Colorado and California, Sibley deter ...
... the fierce engagement the Texans drove the federals from the field. Late that afternoon, however, Scurry’s supply train was captured by Union forces. The loss of the supply train was a major blow to Sibley’s plans. With Union forces receiving reinforcements from Colorado and California, Sibley deter ...
Renewed Vigor: How the Confederate retaliatory burning
... cruel policy inaugurated by the one is invariably followed by a similar policy by the other. It need not seem strange then, that the first opportunity the Confederates had of retaliating upon their enemies, they improved1 Jacob Hoke, resident of Chambersburg The burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania ...
... cruel policy inaugurated by the one is invariably followed by a similar policy by the other. It need not seem strange then, that the first opportunity the Confederates had of retaliating upon their enemies, they improved1 Jacob Hoke, resident of Chambersburg The burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania ...
ECWC TOPIC Environment Essay
... the swollen, icy stream in late December, those on horses could not help but feel for their infantry comrades who “had to hold their guns at arm’s length above their heads . . . the water being up to their armpits.” Just as much as difficult terrain shaped large armies, battles, and campaigns, it of ...
... the swollen, icy stream in late December, those on horses could not help but feel for their infantry comrades who “had to hold their guns at arm’s length above their heads . . . the water being up to their armpits.” Just as much as difficult terrain shaped large armies, battles, and campaigns, it of ...
Chapter 18 - Catholic Textbook Project
... them crush the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. General Robert E. Lee, however, was not fooled. He had an uncanny ability to read the character of his opponent and guess what he might do. After Hooker began his march up the river on April 27, Lee did a daring act — he divided his small force o ...
... them crush the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. General Robert E. Lee, however, was not fooled. He had an uncanny ability to read the character of his opponent and guess what he might do. After Hooker began his march up the river on April 27, Lee did a daring act — he divided his small force o ...
Chapter 14 - Socorro Independent School District
... you go to war with the United States, you will never conquer her, as she has the money and men. If she does not whip you by guns, powder, and steel, she will starve you to death. It will take the flower of the country—the young men. ...
... you go to war with the United States, you will never conquer her, as she has the money and men. If she does not whip you by guns, powder, and steel, she will starve you to death. It will take the flower of the country—the young men. ...
THE ORIGINS OF THE MISSISSIPPI MARINE BRIGADE: THE FIRST
... He wrote a letter to the Russian government detailing his ideas on engineering a makeshift ram for use against enemy ships at the siege of Sebastopol. Russian officials at first seemed receptive to his idea, but their interest waned after the death of Czar Nicholas I in February 1854. In the end, no ...
... He wrote a letter to the Russian government detailing his ideas on engineering a makeshift ram for use against enemy ships at the siege of Sebastopol. Russian officials at first seemed receptive to his idea, but their interest waned after the death of Czar Nicholas I in February 1854. In the end, no ...
The Civil War ~ Webquest
... 15. What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allow these two territories to decide? 16. What nickname did Kansas receive during the fighting? 17. How did antislavery forces hide their guns when they shipped them from the Northeast to Kansas? 18. How many people did John Brown and his followers kill ...
... 15. What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allow these two territories to decide? 16. What nickname did Kansas receive during the fighting? 17. How did antislavery forces hide their guns when they shipped them from the Northeast to Kansas? 18. How many people did John Brown and his followers kill ...
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 614 A
... expertise in the study of the American Civil War; and WHEREAS, "Vicksburg is the nailhead that holds the South's ...
... expertise in the study of the American Civil War; and WHEREAS, "Vicksburg is the nailhead that holds the South's ...
- Explore Georgia
... Organization of U.S. Colored surrender of Fort Pulaski, the Troops in the Department of the state’s coast fell under Northern U.S. Colored Infantry (USCI) Cumberland. Most recruiting took control, and enslaved Georgians place in summer 1864, when the began making their way to 44th USCI was stationed ...
... Organization of U.S. Colored surrender of Fort Pulaski, the Troops in the Department of the state’s coast fell under Northern U.S. Colored Infantry (USCI) Cumberland. Most recruiting took control, and enslaved Georgians place in summer 1864, when the began making their way to 44th USCI was stationed ...
A Change in Tactics: Hard War in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
... railroad tracks leading east towards Charlottesville. When Hunter saw that the Confederates had strengthened their position on the mountain pass between Waynesboro and Charlottesville, Hunter decided to move his forces southward to Lynchburg. Lynchburg, while not as large as Charlottesville, was als ...
... railroad tracks leading east towards Charlottesville. When Hunter saw that the Confederates had strengthened their position on the mountain pass between Waynesboro and Charlottesville, Hunter decided to move his forces southward to Lynchburg. Lynchburg, while not as large as Charlottesville, was als ...
February 21, 1919 Surgeon, Spy, Suffragette, Prisoner of War
... On the right is Custer as a lieutenant. On the left is his West Point classmate, James Washington of the Confederate Army, who had just been captured. ...
... On the right is Custer as a lieutenant. On the left is his West Point classmate, James Washington of the Confederate Army, who had just been captured. ...
Conflict and Courage in Fairfax County
... • In June the war’s first tactical railroad action occurred when Confederates attacked a Union troop train near Vienna, on the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad (today’s W&OD bike trail). • Confederate Generals P.G.T. Beauregard, Joseph E. Johnston and Quartermaster General William L. Cabel ...
... • In June the war’s first tactical railroad action occurred when Confederates attacked a Union troop train near Vienna, on the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad (today’s W&OD bike trail). • Confederate Generals P.G.T. Beauregard, Joseph E. Johnston and Quartermaster General William L. Cabel ...
THE THIRD REGIMENT MAINE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
... * Leadership was by the example that the officer gave to the men. A good officer was concern for the welfare of his men and was willing to do anything that he asked his men to do. The officer’s personal example of courage in combat and his willingness to share the burdens of the soldiers while on t ...
... * Leadership was by the example that the officer gave to the men. A good officer was concern for the welfare of his men and was willing to do anything that he asked his men to do. The officer’s personal example of courage in combat and his willingness to share the burdens of the soldiers while on t ...
FINDING YOUR CIVIL WAR ANCESTOR
... This index to pension files includes some Civil War veterans, but only if they were serving in the Regular Army, Navy or Marine Corps before the Civil War. It is available on microfilm at NARA and online at: https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1979425 You may not find a pension (Union or ...
... This index to pension files includes some Civil War veterans, but only if they were serving in the Regular Army, Navy or Marine Corps before the Civil War. It is available on microfilm at NARA and online at: https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1979425 You may not find a pension (Union or ...
The Reenactment of Mosby`s Raid on Herndon on St. Patrick`s Day
... Kitty Kitchen Hanna will be seen coming out of the entrance talking with the Union soldiers for a few minutes. Then they go inside. Announcer: At noon on that day, Mosby approached the station with his men from out of the woods and came upon the cavalry pickets who were stationed around the saw mil ...
... Kitty Kitchen Hanna will be seen coming out of the entrance talking with the Union soldiers for a few minutes. Then they go inside. Announcer: At noon on that day, Mosby approached the station with his men from out of the woods and came upon the cavalry pickets who were stationed around the saw mil ...
Red River Campaign
The Red River Campaign or Red River Expedition comprised a series of battles fought along the Red River in Louisiana during the American Civil War from March 10 to May 22, 1864. The campaign was a Union initiative, fought between approximately 30,000 Union troops under the command of Major General Nathaniel P. Banks, and Confederate troops under the command of Lieutenant General Richard Taylor, whose strength varied from 6,000 to 15,000.The campaign was primarily the plan of Union General-in-Chief Henry W. Halleck, and a diversion from Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's plan to surround the main Confederate armies by using Banks's Army of the Gulf to capture Mobile, Alabama. It was a Union failure, characterized by poor planning and mismanagement, in which not a single objective was fully accomplished. Taylor successfully defended the Red River Valley with a smaller force. However, the decision of Taylor's immediate superior, General Edmund Kirby Smith to send half of Taylor's force north to Arkansas rather than south in pursuit of the retreating Banks after the Battle of Mansfield and the Battle of Pleasant Hill, led to bitter enmity between Taylor and Kirby Smith.