A Mainer From Rockland: Adelbert Ames in the Civil War.
... navy continued to bombard Fort Fisher, half the landing force, a division from the TwentyFourth Corps, captured the Fourth and Eighth North Carolina reserve battalions and a battery of Confederate artillery, then quickly established a defensive line, while moving a brigade forward to attack. However ...
... navy continued to bombard Fort Fisher, half the landing force, a division from the TwentyFourth Corps, captured the Fourth and Eighth North Carolina reserve battalions and a battery of Confederate artillery, then quickly established a defensive line, while moving a brigade forward to attack. However ...
Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks
... I wanted to write this book on Civil War shipwrecks from the time I was in the sixth grade. When I began, I thought there would just be a few hundred shipwrecks, but I was wrong. This book covers more than two thousand American or American Civil War period–related shipwrecks between the years 1861 a ...
... I wanted to write this book on Civil War shipwrecks from the time I was in the sixth grade. When I began, I thought there would just be a few hundred shipwrecks, but I was wrong. This book covers more than two thousand American or American Civil War period–related shipwrecks between the years 1861 a ...
Confederate Nationalism in Georgia, Louisiana, and Virginia During
... “The ordinance of secession was passed yesterday afternoon and was made public to day at 12. The excitement is intense. The mildest joy seems to prevail. All is war and bloodshed is the way of talk.” 1 Robert A. Granniss, a clerk at Kent, Paine, and Company in Richmond, wrote in his journal about th ...
... “The ordinance of secession was passed yesterday afternoon and was made public to day at 12. The excitement is intense. The mildest joy seems to prevail. All is war and bloodshed is the way of talk.” 1 Robert A. Granniss, a clerk at Kent, Paine, and Company in Richmond, wrote in his journal about th ...
gettysburg to appomattox: the south`s critical
... the law. Since Chief Justice Taney's Supreme Court proslavery decision opened the doors to slavery throughout the Northern States and territories, the Northerners felt they needed to redefine the course for the nation on this critical constitutional issue. Within this turmoil, the famous Lincoln-Dou ...
... the law. Since Chief Justice Taney's Supreme Court proslavery decision opened the doors to slavery throughout the Northern States and territories, the Northerners felt they needed to redefine the course for the nation on this critical constitutional issue. Within this turmoil, the famous Lincoln-Dou ...
“`REBELS AGAINST A REBELLION`: SOUTHERN UNIONISTS IN
... Salisbury military prison cemetery, he did not mention others who were imprisoned there during the war: the uncompromising, stalwart southern unionists. Upon reading this chapter of Horwitz’s fascinating tour of the former Confederacy, I puzzled over how despite his wellmeaning and dedicated attemp ...
... Salisbury military prison cemetery, he did not mention others who were imprisoned there during the war: the uncompromising, stalwart southern unionists. Upon reading this chapter of Horwitz’s fascinating tour of the former Confederacy, I puzzled over how despite his wellmeaning and dedicated attemp ...
MAINTAINING ORDER IN THE MIDST OF CHAOS: ROBERT E
... affairs, proper command and control, correct staff work, and even generalship mattered little; the only factors required for victory were a large population base, willingness to continue the struggle, an economy that would support war, and a general who realized that war was now only a matter of att ...
... affairs, proper command and control, correct staff work, and even generalship mattered little; the only factors required for victory were a large population base, willingness to continue the struggle, an economy that would support war, and a general who realized that war was now only a matter of att ...
John Bell Hood: Extracting Truth from History
... Historian Stanley F. Horn accuses Hood of lashing “out viciously at his subordinates, placing blame everywhere but where it belonged─himself.”5 As this study will show, Hood had good reason for being angry with some of his officers following failure at Spring Hill, but he also accepted responsibilit ...
... Historian Stanley F. Horn accuses Hood of lashing “out viciously at his subordinates, placing blame everywhere but where it belonged─himself.”5 As this study will show, Hood had good reason for being angry with some of his officers following failure at Spring Hill, but he also accepted responsibilit ...
civil war civil war
... took place in the Manatee River area, and the southern region was also home to thousands of cattle that ranged the scrublands and swamps, awaiting shipment to Cuba or elsewhere. By the early-to-mid 1800s, sectional disputes over slavery along with economic and political differences threatened nation ...
... took place in the Manatee River area, and the southern region was also home to thousands of cattle that ranged the scrublands and swamps, awaiting shipment to Cuba or elsewhere. By the early-to-mid 1800s, sectional disputes over slavery along with economic and political differences threatened nation ...
General Daniel Edgar Sickles, Storm at the Peach Orchard
... saved the Union Army, or placed it in dire peril. Sickles’ lack of formal military training and deeply inherent personal bravado would cause him to make what can only described as a reckless tactical decision. The Commander of Third Corps would reposition his men to a strategically unsound and indef ...
... saved the Union Army, or placed it in dire peril. Sickles’ lack of formal military training and deeply inherent personal bravado would cause him to make what can only described as a reckless tactical decision. The Commander of Third Corps would reposition his men to a strategically unsound and indef ...
1 - Petersburg Area Regional Tourism
... Five Forks Battlefield By the spring of 1865, the last remaining supply line into Petersburg was the South Side Railroad. On March 29, 1865, Grant sent his forces on a westward movement to cut this major artery, knowing that it would cause Lee to abandon Petersburg and Richmond. Countering this move ...
... Five Forks Battlefield By the spring of 1865, the last remaining supply line into Petersburg was the South Side Railroad. On March 29, 1865, Grant sent his forces on a westward movement to cut this major artery, knowing that it would cause Lee to abandon Petersburg and Richmond. Countering this move ...
GEORGE G. MEADE AND HIS ROLE IN THE GETTYSBURG
... commander of the triumphant Union Army of the Potomac, Major General George Gordon Meade? Several reasons have been offered in response to this disturbing query. After Gettysburg, Northerners almost immediately referred to it as the soldiers' battle, won by the men in the ranks alone, with their hig ...
... commander of the triumphant Union Army of the Potomac, Major General George Gordon Meade? Several reasons have been offered in response to this disturbing query. After Gettysburg, Northerners almost immediately referred to it as the soldiers' battle, won by the men in the ranks alone, with their hig ...
View - OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
... Though Jackson gave his life for the Southern cause, it was Lee who was still fighting during the “desperate” final years of the war. 11 It was because of Lee’s subordinates, notably Jackson, as well as poor decisions made by Union commanders, that he was able to achieve victory on the battlefield. ...
... Though Jackson gave his life for the Southern cause, it was Lee who was still fighting during the “desperate” final years of the war. 11 It was because of Lee’s subordinates, notably Jackson, as well as poor decisions made by Union commanders, that he was able to achieve victory on the battlefield. ...
Combat, Supply, and the Influence of Logistics During the Civil War
... remained of the year raids became the prominent form of warfare with both commands unable to muster the strength or supplies to drive the other from the territory. In early 1865, federal and Confederate troops prepared for renewed offensives; however, the war ended before soldiers began active campa ...
... remained of the year raids became the prominent form of warfare with both commands unable to muster the strength or supplies to drive the other from the territory. In early 1865, federal and Confederate troops prepared for renewed offensives; however, the war ended before soldiers began active campa ...
Document
... part of the Broad Run Tract owned by Robert Brent in 173 7 and later Robert (King) Carter. The Carter family operated a mill on the property in the early I 770's and conveyed the land to Samuel Love in 1774. During the late eighteenth century, Love and his four sons Samuel, John, Charles and Augusti ...
... part of the Broad Run Tract owned by Robert Brent in 173 7 and later Robert (King) Carter. The Carter family operated a mill on the property in the early I 770's and conveyed the land to Samuel Love in 1774. During the late eighteenth century, Love and his four sons Samuel, John, Charles and Augusti ...
A Unique Hell in Southwestern Virginia: Confederate Guerrillas and
... southwestern Virginia, by 1863, Union officers were launching raids into the region with the goal of tearing-up the V&T’s tracks, burning its depots and bridges, and severing this productive region from the rest of the Confederacy. Unfortunately for Union soldiers, their invasions caused Confederate ...
... southwestern Virginia, by 1863, Union officers were launching raids into the region with the goal of tearing-up the V&T’s tracks, burning its depots and bridges, and severing this productive region from the rest of the Confederacy. Unfortunately for Union soldiers, their invasions caused Confederate ...
America`s Last Civil War Veterans and Participants
... be a devastated land and people. The efforts to preserve battlefields, texts, documents and the other accoutrements of a past age can also be healthy, part of a process of stopping people from becoming “live for now” consumer automations because they do not know the past. This ignorance means they a ...
... be a devastated land and people. The efforts to preserve battlefields, texts, documents and the other accoutrements of a past age can also be healthy, part of a process of stopping people from becoming “live for now” consumer automations because they do not know the past. This ignorance means they a ...
George E. Pickett - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1842 last in his class, but in time to fight in the Mexican War and earn brevets for bravery. He also made lifelong friendships with fellow comrades, including most importantly James Longstreet. Despite the poor prospects of life in the pre-war ...
... He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1842 last in his class, but in time to fight in the Mexican War and earn brevets for bravery. He also made lifelong friendships with fellow comrades, including most importantly James Longstreet. Despite the poor prospects of life in the pre-war ...
Soldiers of Long Odds: Confederate Operatives Combat the United
... garb. Hines spent much of his time in Union territory cultivating relationships with Southern sympathizers who could assist Morgan’s command during deep penetration raids. Hines’s most notable effort in this capacity was Morgan’s Indiana-Ohio raid of June and July 1863 in which 2,500 Confederate cav ...
... garb. Hines spent much of his time in Union territory cultivating relationships with Southern sympathizers who could assist Morgan’s command during deep penetration raids. Hines’s most notable effort in this capacity was Morgan’s Indiana-Ohio raid of June and July 1863 in which 2,500 Confederate cav ...
Yazoo County Civil War History - Visit Yazoo County, Mississippi
... perfect shape. The Union fleet reversed engines and tried to back away into the broader Mississippi. The Condeferate ironclad continued to forge straight for the enemy. There were two reasons for this: (1) because despite her weaknesses she was a first class fighting ship and (2) because she couldn ...
... perfect shape. The Union fleet reversed engines and tried to back away into the broader Mississippi. The Condeferate ironclad continued to forge straight for the enemy. There were two reasons for this: (1) because despite her weaknesses she was a first class fighting ship and (2) because she couldn ...
A Public History Project Atblakeley Historic Park, Alabama
... Six hours after General Robert E. Lee formally surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union commander General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, the last major battle of the Civil War was fought at Fort Blakely 1 , Alabama, ten miles northeast of Mobile on the bluffs overlooking the Ten ...
... Six hours after General Robert E. Lee formally surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union commander General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, the last major battle of the Civil War was fought at Fort Blakely 1 , Alabama, ten miles northeast of Mobile on the bluffs overlooking the Ten ...
heading one
... Six hours after General Robert E. Lee formally surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union commander General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, the last major battle of the Civil War was fought at Fort Blakely 1 , Alabama, ten miles northeast of Mobile on the bluffs overlooking the Ten ...
... Six hours after General Robert E. Lee formally surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union commander General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, the last major battle of the Civil War was fought at Fort Blakely 1 , Alabama, ten miles northeast of Mobile on the bluffs overlooking the Ten ...
The Union Army Had Something to Do With It
... The tenor of Confederate history was much as is described by General Francis W. Palfrey in his The Antietam and Fredericksburg.10 Attributing the quote to an unnamed New England veteran, he comments, "A few more years, a few more books, and it will appear that Lee and Longstreet, and a one-armed ord ...
... The tenor of Confederate history was much as is described by General Francis W. Palfrey in his The Antietam and Fredericksburg.10 Attributing the quote to an unnamed New England veteran, he comments, "A few more years, a few more books, and it will appear that Lee and Longstreet, and a one-armed ord ...
naylonMaurice - Georgetown University
... approach provides valuable insight into the decision-making process. Furthermore, as with any historical judgement, room for debate on my selection exists. With that said, in my judgement, the decisions outlined below most accurately fit the aforementioned parameters for operationallevel action. Dur ...
... approach provides valuable insight into the decision-making process. Furthermore, as with any historical judgement, room for debate on my selection exists. With that said, in my judgement, the decisions outlined below most accurately fit the aforementioned parameters for operationallevel action. Dur ...
Southern honor, Confederate warfare : southern
... so far never had the fortune to be engaged with the Enemy — I hope however, if it shall ever be my fortune to be engaged with them, that my conduct will be such, that if I do not merit your praise, will not cause you to feel ashamed.”2 Such motives shaped the behavior of southern commanders on campa ...
... so far never had the fortune to be engaged with the Enemy — I hope however, if it shall ever be my fortune to be engaged with them, that my conduct will be such, that if I do not merit your praise, will not cause you to feel ashamed.”2 Such motives shaped the behavior of southern commanders on campa ...
The Ingenuity, Proficiency, and Versatility of Union Citizen Soldiers
... battlefields, and they always encouraged my interest. I was surrounded by history growing up. My grandfather, George Army, played minor league baseball in the 1920s, and I was filled with stories of old ballplayers and teams, and I learned to appreciate my own connections to the past. I also want t ...
... battlefields, and they always encouraged my interest. I was surrounded by history growing up. My grandfather, George Army, played minor league baseball in the 1920s, and I was filled with stories of old ballplayers and teams, and I learned to appreciate my own connections to the past. I also want t ...