Civil War - Department of Anthropology
... During the war, the fort never saw much action. It was abandoned after the defeat at Shiloh and reoccupied by Union troops. Once there, they constructed more earthworks to defend against a land-based attack. This would occur in April 1864 when Nathan Bedford Forest assaulted and captured the fort. T ...
... During the war, the fort never saw much action. It was abandoned after the defeat at Shiloh and reoccupied by Union troops. Once there, they constructed more earthworks to defend against a land-based attack. This would occur in April 1864 when Nathan Bedford Forest assaulted and captured the fort. T ...
naylonMaurice - Georgetown University
... that outsiders can never fully understand an individual's motives for action; even when people leave behind personal memoirs, their stated rationale must be questioned as self-serving. People seek to rationalize decisions with reasoning that represents personal biases. Furthermore, when first-hand ...
... that outsiders can never fully understand an individual's motives for action; even when people leave behind personal memoirs, their stated rationale must be questioned as self-serving. People seek to rationalize decisions with reasoning that represents personal biases. Furthermore, when first-hand ...
Touring Civil War Sites East Paulding, South Bartow West Cobb
... of Atlanta, Sherman was quoted as saying, “I can make Georgia howl!” Sherman’s adversary, Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston, in command of The Army of Tennessee, was in defense of Georgia with 60,000 troops in and around Dalton and Resaca. Johnston was as good at observing politics as he was at ...
... of Atlanta, Sherman was quoted as saying, “I can make Georgia howl!” Sherman’s adversary, Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston, in command of The Army of Tennessee, was in defense of Georgia with 60,000 troops in and around Dalton and Resaca. Johnston was as good at observing politics as he was at ...
Shapiro - Huntsville History Collection
... enemy shot. Brooke tested various iron plates by firing the heaviest guns in the Union service and found that four-inch armor installed at a 45-degree angle would withstand any shells and at any range. Unfortunately, there wasn’t a mill in the South that could make 4-inch iron plate. There was only ...
... enemy shot. Brooke tested various iron plates by firing the heaviest guns in the Union service and found that four-inch armor installed at a 45-degree angle would withstand any shells and at any range. Unfortunately, there wasn’t a mill in the South that could make 4-inch iron plate. There was only ...
America`s Land
... • What were the four border states at the start of the Civil War? • Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware • What was the Union’s plan for achieving victory? • The Union planned to block seaports, control the Mississippi River, & attack from east to west at once ...
... • What were the four border states at the start of the Civil War? • Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware • What was the Union’s plan for achieving victory? • The Union planned to block seaports, control the Mississippi River, & attack from east to west at once ...
"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 ...
... Moultrie and Castle Pinckney. Public attention was swiftly drawn to the situation at Sumter, and it rapidly became a symbol of sovereignty and honour. Edmund Ruffin fired the first shot of the conflict at 4.30am on the morning of April 12th, thus the siege of Fort Sumter began. While public attentio ...
Rosecrans Essay - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... The fighting at Corinth was savage, but Rosecrans and his hard-pressed men prevailed. That evening McPherson and his men joined the defenders, and the next morning Rosecrans began the pursuit. The retreating Confederates ran squarely into Hurlbut and his men; prospects seemed bright for a resounding ...
... The fighting at Corinth was savage, but Rosecrans and his hard-pressed men prevailed. That evening McPherson and his men joined the defenders, and the next morning Rosecrans began the pursuit. The retreating Confederates ran squarely into Hurlbut and his men; prospects seemed bright for a resounding ...
His Leadership During the 1864 Tennessee Campaign
... of success. The key was to conduct a lightning campaign, quickly and decisively defeating the Union in Tennessee. Afterwards, he could move on to Kentucky and maybe Ohio, with the intent to eventually relieve the pressure on Lee. However, Hood did not conduct a lightning campaign. By the time Hood r ...
... of success. The key was to conduct a lightning campaign, quickly and decisively defeating the Union in Tennessee. Afterwards, he could move on to Kentucky and maybe Ohio, with the intent to eventually relieve the pressure on Lee. However, Hood did not conduct a lightning campaign. By the time Hood r ...
Fort Pulaski
... was a vital position which controlled shipping in and out of Charleston. On April 12, 1861, after repeated calls for surrender, Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard ordered Southern cannons to open fire on the Union held fort, officially beginning the hostilities between the North and the South. Af ...
... was a vital position which controlled shipping in and out of Charleston. On April 12, 1861, after repeated calls for surrender, Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard ordered Southern cannons to open fire on the Union held fort, officially beginning the hostilities between the North and the South. Af ...
Fort Fisher: Amphibious Victory in the American Civil War
... relationship between army and naval commanders. In the era before the existence of joint doctrine, nothing required greater attention than cooperation be9 tween service leaders. No one in the Civil War could do that better than Grant. Unfortunately, Grant’s subordinate commanders did not always prov ...
... relationship between army and naval commanders. In the era before the existence of joint doctrine, nothing required greater attention than cooperation be9 tween service leaders. No one in the Civil War could do that better than Grant. Unfortunately, Grant’s subordinate commanders did not always prov ...
X Marks the Spot - Ames Plantation
... government. In Columbus, Confederate troops occupied the city after moving up from northern Tennessee. The Kentucky state legislature asked the federal government for help, and Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant soon arrived and occupied Paducah, Kentucky with a force of about 4000 men. 4 He would l ...
... government. In Columbus, Confederate troops occupied the city after moving up from northern Tennessee. The Kentucky state legislature asked the federal government for help, and Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant soon arrived and occupied Paducah, Kentucky with a force of about 4000 men. 4 He would l ...
Untitled - TCU Digital Repository
... enemy. If Commodore Farragut or Brigadier-General [Benjamin F.] Butler can teach them, let them come and try.”7 The city withstood a sporadic naval siege until late July, but by the summer of 1862 only a tenuous 100 mile section of the Mississippi River between Vicksburg and Port Hudson, Louisiana, ...
... enemy. If Commodore Farragut or Brigadier-General [Benjamin F.] Butler can teach them, let them come and try.”7 The city withstood a sporadic naval siege until late July, but by the summer of 1862 only a tenuous 100 mile section of the Mississippi River between Vicksburg and Port Hudson, Louisiana, ...
On Civil War Turning Points
... On the surface, therefore, both Gettysburg and Vicksburg seem like good candidates for TPs, and the disagreement among historians between them affirms this. Some think that Vicksburg is the TP because it split the Confederacy in half and others think that Gettysburg is the TP because it stopped the ...
... On the surface, therefore, both Gettysburg and Vicksburg seem like good candidates for TPs, and the disagreement among historians between them affirms this. Some think that Vicksburg is the TP because it split the Confederacy in half and others think that Gettysburg is the TP because it stopped the ...
THESIS CONFEDERATE MILITARY STRATEGY
... will also highlight the mentality and objective of Confederate generals. Confederate strategy was not universal. In fact, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and General Lee shared the same military mentality in swift, aggressive movements to defeat the Union army in Virginia as quickly as possib ...
... will also highlight the mentality and objective of Confederate generals. Confederate strategy was not universal. In fact, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and General Lee shared the same military mentality in swift, aggressive movements to defeat the Union army in Virginia as quickly as possib ...
Part II - Scott J. Winslow Associates, Inc.
... A significant unpublished image group consisting of a sixth-plate daguerreotype portrait of a uniformed 2nd Lt. George Pendleton Turner, United States Marine Corps, taken in September 1861 while on recruiting service in Wilmington, and a sixth-plate ambrotype of Turner’s wife, Anna S. Keller (Turner ...
... A significant unpublished image group consisting of a sixth-plate daguerreotype portrait of a uniformed 2nd Lt. George Pendleton Turner, United States Marine Corps, taken in September 1861 while on recruiting service in Wilmington, and a sixth-plate ambrotype of Turner’s wife, Anna S. Keller (Turner ...
Ulysses S. Grant and the Meaning of Appomattox
... Early Union strategy in the western theater targeted two vital forts protecting Confederate territory. On February 6, 1862, Grant and naval officer Andrew Hull Foote bore down on the smaller of the two, Fort Henry, situated on the east bank of the Tennessee River just south of the Kentucky border. F ...
... Early Union strategy in the western theater targeted two vital forts protecting Confederate territory. On February 6, 1862, Grant and naval officer Andrew Hull Foote bore down on the smaller of the two, Fort Henry, situated on the east bank of the Tennessee River just south of the Kentucky border. F ...
Ulysses S. Grant
... during the Mexican-American War in 1846. Although he was only a quartermaster, he managed to see most of the battles, and even fought in a few. The war ended in 1848. Ulysses resigned from the military a short time after. He tried unsuccessfully to get other jobs, so he rejoined the army during the ...
... during the Mexican-American War in 1846. Although he was only a quartermaster, he managed to see most of the battles, and even fought in a few. The war ended in 1848. Ulysses resigned from the military a short time after. He tried unsuccessfully to get other jobs, so he rejoined the army during the ...
- Cornerstone - Minnesota State University, Mankato
... 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 railroads and manufacturing, which the South could not afford to lose more of. If Bragg and his men had stopped Rosecrans and his army, the Confederacy would have bee ...
... 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 railroads and manufacturing, which the South could not afford to lose more of. If Bragg and his men had stopped Rosecrans and his army, the Confederacy would have bee ...
Battlefield Of Franklin Land Preservation Purchase
... [Andrew] Jackson by Washington” when he visited The Hermitage, near Nashville. Throughout his enlistment King exhibited a strong desire to fight until the war was won, and he showed little reluctance to criticize the generals. Don Carlos Buell, in his estimation, was a “traitor.” And when George B. ...
... [Andrew] Jackson by Washington” when he visited The Hermitage, near Nashville. Throughout his enlistment King exhibited a strong desire to fight until the war was won, and he showed little reluctance to criticize the generals. Don Carlos Buell, in his estimation, was a “traitor.” And when George B. ...
John Bennett Walters, Total War, and the Raid on
... John Bennett Walters, “General William T. Sherman and Total War,” Journal of Southern History, 14 (November 1948): 1-25. Apparently Walters wrote only this one essay during his career as a historian and an educator. In 1973, he took the text of his dissertation at Vanderbilt, on which the article ea ...
... John Bennett Walters, “General William T. Sherman and Total War,” Journal of Southern History, 14 (November 1948): 1-25. Apparently Walters wrote only this one essay during his career as a historian and an educator. In 1973, he took the text of his dissertation at Vanderbilt, on which the article ea ...
Major Battles of the Civil War - sls
... a frontal assault. One of the commanders of the 15,000 Confederate soldiers was General George Pickett. He led this assault on the heights that came to be known as Pickett’s Charge. To get to the North’s line the South had to cross a dangerous mile of open space with a tall fence in the middle.” 10. ...
... a frontal assault. One of the commanders of the 15,000 Confederate soldiers was General George Pickett. He led this assault on the heights that came to be known as Pickett’s Charge. To get to the North’s line the South had to cross a dangerous mile of open space with a tall fence in the middle.” 10. ...
Question 1
... the Western theater. Lincoln appointed him to head all Union armies in 1864. Master tactician. Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, ...
... the Western theater. Lincoln appointed him to head all Union armies in 1864. Master tactician. Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, ...
A Border City at War - Cincinnati History Library and Archives
... rial benefits to merchants, businessmen, and smugglers alike.4 As a result Louisville gained considerable strategic significance even though it was far from the major battlefields of the Civil War. For example, when Union General Don Carlos Buell occupied Nashville, Tennessee, in February 1862, he u ...
... rial benefits to merchants, businessmen, and smugglers alike.4 As a result Louisville gained considerable strategic significance even though it was far from the major battlefields of the Civil War. For example, when Union General Don Carlos Buell occupied Nashville, Tennessee, in February 1862, he u ...
Western Theater of the American Civil War
The Western Theater of the American Civil War encompassed major military and naval operations in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee, as well as Louisiana east of the Mississippi River. (Operations on the coasts of the states, except for Mobile Bay, are considered part of the Lower Seaboard Theater.)The Western Theater was the avenue of military operations by Union armies, chief among them the Army of the Tennessee, directly into the agricultural heartland of the South via the major rivers of the region (the Mississippi, the Tennessee, and the Cumberland). The Confederacy was forced to defend an enormous area with limited resources. Union operations began with securing Kentucky in Union hands in June 1861. Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee had early successes in Kentucky and western Tennessee in 1861–1862, marched towards and captured Vicksburg in 1862–64, and combined with the armies of the Cumberland and of the Ohio, who had been working their way through central Tennessee in 1862–63, to capture Chattanooga in 1864. Chattanooga served as the launching point for Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, who was put in charge of the combined armies by Grant following his elevation by Abraham Lincoln to General-in-Chief in command over all operations in the Eastern Theater, to capture the Confederate rail hub of Atlanta and march to the Atlantic. Operations in theater concluded with the surrender of Southern forces to the Union army in North Carolina and Florida in May 1865 following General Robert E. Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House.