My will is absolute law“ General Robert H. Milroy and
... graduates of the United States Military because of his own thwarted military ambitions. This contempt grew in Milroy throughout the years. Undoubtedly it contributed to his rash behavior on the battlefield because he wanted to prove that non-professional volunteer officers could fight. His disdain f ...
... graduates of the United States Military because of his own thwarted military ambitions. This contempt grew in Milroy throughout the years. Undoubtedly it contributed to his rash behavior on the battlefield because he wanted to prove that non-professional volunteer officers could fight. His disdain f ...
Kentucky Resources
... 1763 – The French and Indian War ended. The area that includes Kentucky was transferred from the French to the British and included as part of Virginia. 1767 – Daniel Boone traveled into Kentucky went as far as what is now Floyd County. 1769 – John Finley and Daniel Boone were hired to find the Cher ...
... 1763 – The French and Indian War ended. The area that includes Kentucky was transferred from the French to the British and included as part of Virginia. 1767 – Daniel Boone traveled into Kentucky went as far as what is now Floyd County. 1769 – John Finley and Daniel Boone were hired to find the Cher ...
“NEARLY THERE:” DANIEL HARVEY HILL, PROPONENT AND
... many people. First, my advisor, Dr. Joe Glatthaar, encouraged me to tackle a challenging but fascinating topic and always believed in my ability to get the project done while I conducted my day job in the U.S. Army. My fellow graduate students and professors in the UNC Department of History with who ...
... many people. First, my advisor, Dr. Joe Glatthaar, encouraged me to tackle a challenging but fascinating topic and always believed in my ability to get the project done while I conducted my day job in the U.S. Army. My fellow graduate students and professors in the UNC Department of History with who ...
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 ...
A Preservation Plan for the Tebbs Bend Civil War Battlefield Taylor
... The Battle of Tebbs Bend, also known as the Battle of Green River Bridge, was the first major engagement of Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan’s Great Raid. Morgan, with 2,500 cavalry, artillery and a supply train, moved from Tennessee into Kentucky in July 1863. The battle was fought on July 4, 1863 ...
... The Battle of Tebbs Bend, also known as the Battle of Green River Bridge, was the first major engagement of Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan’s Great Raid. Morgan, with 2,500 cavalry, artillery and a supply train, moved from Tennessee into Kentucky in July 1863. The battle was fought on July 4, 1863 ...
James Garfield - Capitol Square Foundation
... Major General in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and fought in the battles of Middle Creek, Shiloh and Chickamauga. He was first elected to Congress in 1862 as Representative of the 19th District of Ohio. Throughout Garfield's extended Congressional service after the Civil War, he ferv ...
... Major General in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and fought in the battles of Middle Creek, Shiloh and Chickamauga. He was first elected to Congress in 1862 as Representative of the 19th District of Ohio. Throughout Garfield's extended Congressional service after the Civil War, he ferv ...
Conflict and Controversy in the Confederate High Command
... Sherman's communications. Second, the president's tendency to allow his personal feelings to affect his decisions regarding strategy and his handling of officers proved disastrous to Confederate chances in the West. Davis's friendship with Braxton Bragg resulted in Bragg's appointment as the preside ...
... Sherman's communications. Second, the president's tendency to allow his personal feelings to affect his decisions regarding strategy and his handling of officers proved disastrous to Confederate chances in the West. Davis's friendship with Braxton Bragg resulted in Bragg's appointment as the preside ...
“`REBELS AGAINST A REBELLION`: SOUTHERN UNIONISTS IN
... engaging prose, but what is less widely known is how dedicated he is to training so many fine young graduate students at UGA. I’ve been truly blessed to have him as a committee member throughout my graduate career. As I developed the initial proposal for this project, UGA was fortunate enough to hir ...
... engaging prose, but what is less widely known is how dedicated he is to training so many fine young graduate students at UGA. I’ve been truly blessed to have him as a committee member throughout my graduate career. As I developed the initial proposal for this project, UGA was fortunate enough to hir ...
"The Naples of America," Pensacola during the Civil War
... and depicts the freedmen as corruptly ruling the area. While revisionists have produced new interpretations that make Davis seem highly biased, he produced the first significant study that laid out the research for succeeding historians to build upon.1 When dealing with the Civil War in Florida, his ...
... and depicts the freedmen as corruptly ruling the area. While revisionists have produced new interpretations that make Davis seem highly biased, he produced the first significant study that laid out the research for succeeding historians to build upon.1 When dealing with the Civil War in Florida, his ...
GEORGE G. MEADE AND HIS ROLE IN THE GETTYSBURG
... honorable figures, wholly "an honest man." 2 2 The British officer, Cecil Battine, asserts that Meade "was just, modest, and courteous: determined though cautious, and a good judge of men. He was personally brave and had the moral courage which is so often lacking to men who never fear for their own ...
... honorable figures, wholly "an honest man." 2 2 The British officer, Cecil Battine, asserts that Meade "was just, modest, and courteous: determined though cautious, and a good judge of men. He was personally brave and had the moral courage which is so often lacking to men who never fear for their own ...
John Bell Hood: Extracting Truth from History
... character, strong and stupid, impressive in appearance, but empty in mind. If one believes Sword’s description, Hood was huge and burly, yet Chesnut used the term, “thin.” Chesnut was there, Sword was not. Moreover, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Fremantle of Her Majesty’s Cold Stream Guards visited the ...
... character, strong and stupid, impressive in appearance, but empty in mind. If one believes Sword’s description, Hood was huge and burly, yet Chesnut used the term, “thin.” Chesnut was there, Sword was not. Moreover, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Fremantle of Her Majesty’s Cold Stream Guards visited the ...
`THAT MYSTIC CLOUD` Civil War Memory in the Tennessee
... Recollections of the Civil War —through what Warren termed the ‘mystic cloud’ of memory—have often been an imperfect representation of history. As David W. Blight has observed, Americans’ fascination with the war has more often focused on its “music and pathos” than “its enduring challenges, the the ...
... Recollections of the Civil War —through what Warren termed the ‘mystic cloud’ of memory—have often been an imperfect representation of history. As David W. Blight has observed, Americans’ fascination with the war has more often focused on its “music and pathos” than “its enduring challenges, the the ...
The Knight in Shining Armor Joshua Lawrence
... Chamberlain to the rear, where he barked orders to his aides, telling them to inform senior regimental commander Lt. Colonel John Irwin of the 149th Pennsylvania that he was now in charge of the Brigade. Never neglectful of duty, Chamberlain believed then and there that his wound was mortal, but in ...
... Chamberlain to the rear, where he barked orders to his aides, telling them to inform senior regimental commander Lt. Colonel John Irwin of the 149th Pennsylvania that he was now in charge of the Brigade. Never neglectful of duty, Chamberlain believed then and there that his wound was mortal, but in ...
General Daniel Edgar Sickles, Storm at the Peach Orchard
... hopes of Southern independence. Gettysburg marked the turning point of the war in the east … repelling the Confederates offensive and stripping the initiative from General Lee.” 9 The stunning defeat of the Rebel Army at Gettysburg, coupled with the fall of Vicksburg to General Grant, were critical ...
... hopes of Southern independence. Gettysburg marked the turning point of the war in the east … repelling the Confederates offensive and stripping the initiative from General Lee.” 9 The stunning defeat of the Rebel Army at Gettysburg, coupled with the fall of Vicksburg to General Grant, were critical ...
The First Maine Heavy Artillery - Thesis
... the fact that this regiment trained in both infantry and heavy artillery tactics. In the spring of 1864 when Union General Ulysses S. Grant launched his offensive against the Confederate Army of Robert E. Lee in hopes of ending the war once and for all, he was able to convince his superiors, General ...
... the fact that this regiment trained in both infantry and heavy artillery tactics. In the spring of 1864 when Union General Ulysses S. Grant launched his offensive against the Confederate Army of Robert E. Lee in hopes of ending the war once and for all, he was able to convince his superiors, General ...
McClellan at Fairfax Court House
... and, 3) that he move on or before March 18th. Fate then quickly intervened in McClellan’s plans. While General McClellan was meeting with the President and his generals, Thaddeus S.C. Lowe, Chief Aeronaut of the recently formed United States Balloon Corps had been gathering intelligence on the posit ...
... and, 3) that he move on or before March 18th. Fate then quickly intervened in McClellan’s plans. While General McClellan was meeting with the President and his generals, Thaddeus S.C. Lowe, Chief Aeronaut of the recently formed United States Balloon Corps had been gathering intelligence on the posit ...
Civil War Practice Test
... c. gain control of the Confederate capital in Richmond and force the southern troops to surrender. d. employ a naval blockade of southern ports and gain control of the Mississippi River to divide the Confederacy. The Union and the Confederate armies built up their troops by a. relying on help from v ...
... c. gain control of the Confederate capital in Richmond and force the southern troops to surrender. d. employ a naval blockade of southern ports and gain control of the Mississippi River to divide the Confederacy. The Union and the Confederate armies built up their troops by a. relying on help from v ...
Rosecrans Essay - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... successfully from his bank of the Hatchie, was joined by Ord, who drove the advance elements of the rebel army back across the river. Unfortunately Ord then launched an illadvised attack that got his own troops pinned down below high ground on the Confederate bank. Unable to shift his forces, he wat ...
... successfully from his bank of the Hatchie, was joined by Ord, who drove the advance elements of the rebel army back across the river. Unfortunately Ord then launched an illadvised attack that got his own troops pinned down below high ground on the Confederate bank. Unable to shift his forces, he wat ...
gettysburg to appomattox: the south`s critical
... Fifth Amendment to the Constitution; therefore, Congress had no legal rights in this matter according to the Constitution, and the Missouri Compromise was void! (P: 24) Black slaves were not citizens of any state. (W: 172) (P: 24) Slavery would be permitted in the territories! This would tend to exp ...
... Fifth Amendment to the Constitution; therefore, Congress had no legal rights in this matter according to the Constitution, and the Missouri Compromise was void! (P: 24) Black slaves were not citizens of any state. (W: 172) (P: 24) Slavery would be permitted in the territories! This would tend to exp ...
Marines in Gray: The Birth, Life and Death of the Confederate States
... significant portion of the combat manpower of the navy and fought with a tenacity and courage that gained the recognition and respect of senior commanders. The issue of anonymity aside, Confederate Marines served the southern cause from its earliest actions through the last shots of the war: from th ...
... significant portion of the combat manpower of the navy and fought with a tenacity and courage that gained the recognition and respect of senior commanders. The issue of anonymity aside, Confederate Marines served the southern cause from its earliest actions through the last shots of the war: from th ...
The Union Army Had Something to Do With It
... On page 200 of his Military Memoirs of a Confederate he makes the following very interesting statement regarding the stand of a small portion of the Union Army of the Potomac that had a brief but intense struggle with elements of Stonewall Jackson's wing on August 28, 1862, on the eve of the Second ...
... On page 200 of his Military Memoirs of a Confederate he makes the following very interesting statement regarding the stand of a small portion of the Union Army of the Potomac that had a brief but intense struggle with elements of Stonewall Jackson's wing on August 28, 1862, on the eve of the Second ...
America`s Last Civil War Veterans and Participants
... self-sufficient and independent. This concept remains a great part of the American dream. The image of being in a quiet, orderly world where people could tranquilly rock on the porch at the end of a healthy workday or on Sunday, while enjoying a natural view breathing fresh air, still appeals. It wa ...
... self-sufficient and independent. This concept remains a great part of the American dream. The image of being in a quiet, orderly world where people could tranquilly rock on the porch at the end of a healthy workday or on Sunday, while enjoying a natural view breathing fresh air, still appeals. It wa ...
The Importance of Kentucky in the Civil War
... Shinar, to this day, who were literally cradled in war, it is to be found in the state of Kentucky. ~e Indians' path of incursion in the West was moistened with Kentucky blood - our battlefields are white with Kentucky bones. 9 In the light of suCh evidence, is it not incredible that the "Savior of ...
... Shinar, to this day, who were literally cradled in war, it is to be found in the state of Kentucky. ~e Indians' path of incursion in the West was moistened with Kentucky blood - our battlefields are white with Kentucky bones. 9 In the light of suCh evidence, is it not incredible that the "Savior of ...
Battle of Perryville
The Battle of Perryville, also known as the Battle of Chaplin Hills, was fought on October 8, 1862, in the Chaplin Hills west of Perryville, Kentucky, as the culmination of the Confederate Heartland Offensive (Kentucky Campaign) during the American Civil War. Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi won a tactical victory against primarily a single corps of Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Union Army of the Ohio. The battle is considered a strategic Union victory, sometimes called the Battle for Kentucky, since Bragg withdrew to Tennessee soon thereafter. The Union retained control of the critical border state of Kentucky for the remainder of the war.On October 7, Buell's army, in pursuit of Bragg, converged on the small crossroads town of Perryville in three columns. Union forces first skirmished with Confederate cavalry on the Springfield Pike before the fighting became more general, on Peters Hill, when the Confederate infantry arrived. Both sides were desperate to get access to fresh water. The next day, at dawn, fighting began again around Peters Hill as a Union division advanced up the pike, halting just before the Confederate line. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank—the I Corps of Maj. Gen. Alexander M. McCook—and forced it to fall back. When more Confederate divisions joined the fray, the Union line made a stubborn stand, counterattacked, but finally fell back with some units routed.Buell, several miles behind the action, was unaware that a major battle was taking place and did not send any reserves to the front until late in the afternoon. The Union troops on the left flank, reinforced by two brigades, stabilized their line, and the Confederate attack sputtered to a halt. Later, three Confederate regiments assaulted the Union division on the Springfield Pike but were repulsed and fell back into Perryville. Union troops pursued, and skirmishing occurred in the streets until dark. By that time, Union reinforcements were threatening the Confederate left flank. Bragg, short of men and supplies, withdrew during the night, and continued the Confederate retreat by way of Cumberland Gap into East Tennessee.Considering the casualties relative to the engaged strengths of the armies, the Battle of Perryville was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. It was the largest battle fought in the state of Kentucky.