Mormon Motivation for Enlisting in the Civil War
... firing on Sumpter [sic] and secession of the South States I joined my old class mates, the Bangor City Cadets and enlisted in the 2d M[ain]e Vol[unteers] under the first call of Pres. Abraham Lincoln, April 26th, 1861, for six mo[nth]s.” The Bangor Regiment was the first to march out of Maine. After ...
... firing on Sumpter [sic] and secession of the South States I joined my old class mates, the Bangor City Cadets and enlisted in the 2d M[ain]e Vol[unteers] under the first call of Pres. Abraham Lincoln, April 26th, 1861, for six mo[nth]s.” The Bangor Regiment was the first to march out of Maine. After ...
Chapter 6 - apel slice
... until March, 1880, that the first major railroad steamed into the southern part of the state where most of the people lived. Meanwhile, people had to travel by horseback or stagecoach. John Butterfield operated a transcontinental stage line from St. Louis, Missouri, to San Francisco, California. Tra ...
... until March, 1880, that the first major railroad steamed into the southern part of the state where most of the people lived. Meanwhile, people had to travel by horseback or stagecoach. John Butterfield operated a transcontinental stage line from St. Louis, Missouri, to San Francisco, California. Tra ...
Fort Fisher 1865 - SlapDash Publishing
... time America’s coastal fortifications had been built mostly of brick and stone to protect its seaports against foreign invasions. Fort Caswell on Oak Island that guarded Wilmington from the mouth of the Cape Fear River, and Fort Macon near Beaufort, North Carolina were typical of the antebellum maso ...
... time America’s coastal fortifications had been built mostly of brick and stone to protect its seaports against foreign invasions. Fort Caswell on Oak Island that guarded Wilmington from the mouth of the Cape Fear River, and Fort Macon near Beaufort, North Carolina were typical of the antebellum maso ...
The Civil War ~ Webquest
... **Click on Proceed to the Next Section **Click on Leaders 76. What were three of Lincoln’s most important political actions during the Civil War? 77. How did the Emancipation Proclamation help the Union? 78. Who was the Democratic candidate that ran against Lincoln in the Election of 1864? 79. What ...
... **Click on Proceed to the Next Section **Click on Leaders 76. What were three of Lincoln’s most important political actions during the Civil War? 77. How did the Emancipation Proclamation help the Union? 78. Who was the Democratic candidate that ran against Lincoln in the Election of 1864? 79. What ...
Men and Machines: The Psychological Impact of Gunboats on the
... Cincinnati claimed that two shots from the ironclad sent Confederate troops fleeing eight miles from the river. 44 The Mississippi Gunboat Flotilla entered the Fort Henry and Donelson campaign as a weapon of terror. Although they had not yet fought a significant battle, both sides believed the ironc ...
... Cincinnati claimed that two shots from the ironclad sent Confederate troops fleeing eight miles from the river. 44 The Mississippi Gunboat Flotilla entered the Fort Henry and Donelson campaign as a weapon of terror. Although they had not yet fought a significant battle, both sides believed the ironc ...
Ironclads and Gunboats - Villages Civil War Study Group
... surrounded by bayous. On May 17, 1863, U.S. Grant laid siege on the city after months of circumventing the bayous and defeating many Confederate forces. Having done this, he ordered the flotilla of ironclads to begin shelling the city on May 21. On July 3, the Confederate forces surrendered to Grant ...
... surrounded by bayous. On May 17, 1863, U.S. Grant laid siege on the city after months of circumventing the bayous and defeating many Confederate forces. Having done this, he ordered the flotilla of ironclads to begin shelling the city on May 21. On July 3, the Confederate forces surrendered to Grant ...
Stand Watie Confederate General
... Samuel Maxey began to rebuild Confederate Indian forces in the Territory and Watie was ordered to increase his raids to force a Union withdrawal from Fort Gibson. From his bases south of the Canadian River in 1864, he captured hundreds of horses from Fort Gibson and deprived the Union cavalry of fre ...
... Samuel Maxey began to rebuild Confederate Indian forces in the Territory and Watie was ordered to increase his raids to force a Union withdrawal from Fort Gibson. From his bases south of the Canadian River in 1864, he captured hundreds of horses from Fort Gibson and deprived the Union cavalry of fre ...
Waul`s Texas Legion: Towards Vicksburg
... Reaching Monroe, Louisiana, on 28 September, the infantry boarded trains to Tallulah, a distance of 55 miles, while the cavalry protected the wagon train traveling overland on its journey to Vicksburg.9 Two days later, they crossed the Mississippi River at Vicksburg on the steamers Desoto and Paul ...
... Reaching Monroe, Louisiana, on 28 September, the infantry boarded trains to Tallulah, a distance of 55 miles, while the cavalry protected the wagon train traveling overland on its journey to Vicksburg.9 Two days later, they crossed the Mississippi River at Vicksburg on the steamers Desoto and Paul ...
Library Company of Philadelphia McA MSS 024 CIVIL WAR
... A series of five related letters in Rousseau’s file partially document CSA Gen. Gideon Johnson Pillow’s loss of personal property. A Tennessee lawyer, Pillow had served with distinction in the Mexican War, and ran unsuccessfully for vice president in the 1852 and 1856 elections. His part in the C ...
... A series of five related letters in Rousseau’s file partially document CSA Gen. Gideon Johnson Pillow’s loss of personal property. A Tennessee lawyer, Pillow had served with distinction in the Mexican War, and ran unsuccessfully for vice president in the 1852 and 1856 elections. His part in the C ...
The Role of Confederate Nationalism and Popular Will
... contribute their energies to the establishment of a southern nation" (94). This disaffection was minimal at first, but grew in part because of failures of the central government. "Yeomen farmers reached [their limit] when they felt that the war only served the interest of the slaveholder while it in ...
... contribute their energies to the establishment of a southern nation" (94). This disaffection was minimal at first, but grew in part because of failures of the central government. "Yeomen farmers reached [their limit] when they felt that the war only served the interest of the slaveholder while it in ...
"Indianizing the Confederacy": Understandings of War Cruelty
... Americans regarded the Dakota War as a peripheral event in 1862. Nevertheless, the Dakota War haunted northerners as a powerful symbol of the disastrous setbacks that had plagued the Union war effort throughout the year. Decisive successes in the Western Theater, including at Pea Ridge and Shiloh, d ...
... Americans regarded the Dakota War as a peripheral event in 1862. Nevertheless, the Dakota War haunted northerners as a powerful symbol of the disastrous setbacks that had plagued the Union war effort throughout the year. Decisive successes in the Western Theater, including at Pea Ridge and Shiloh, d ...
kentucky`s civil war heritage guide
... Taylor County Tourist Commission, Courthouse, Broadway and Court, Campbellsville, 270/465-3786. The Battle of Tebbs Bend/Green River Bridge took place on a bend in the Green River eight miles south of Campbellsville. This was the first battle of General John Hunt Morgan’s Great Indiana and Ohio Raid ...
... Taylor County Tourist Commission, Courthouse, Broadway and Court, Campbellsville, 270/465-3786. The Battle of Tebbs Bend/Green River Bridge took place on a bend in the Green River eight miles south of Campbellsville. This was the first battle of General John Hunt Morgan’s Great Indiana and Ohio Raid ...
missouri kansas border war and civil war bibliography
... The key purpose of this bibliography is to demonstrate the complexity and extent of the Civil War in the American West through a listing of published· books on the subject, including recent scholarship accomplished since publication of Alvin Josephy's general work. To most Americans, the Civil War m ...
... The key purpose of this bibliography is to demonstrate the complexity and extent of the Civil War in the American West through a listing of published· books on the subject, including recent scholarship accomplished since publication of Alvin Josephy's general work. To most Americans, the Civil War m ...
CONTESTED VISIONS: THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION
... the Union. They were all from the Deep South, namely Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. They set up their first capital in Montgomery, Alabama and selected a man named Jefferson Davis, a former Senator and Secretary of War, as their president. In other words ...
... the Union. They were all from the Deep South, namely Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. They set up their first capital in Montgomery, Alabama and selected a man named Jefferson Davis, a former Senator and Secretary of War, as their president. In other words ...
2011.10 Choctaw Nation and the American Civil War
... the Choctaws. These units would engage in skirmishes and battles around eastern Indian Territory as well as Missouri and Arkansas. They were included within Albert Pike’s Indian Brigade in 1861, which was later commanded by Cooper in 1862. 1862 saw the Choctaws just miss the Pea Ridge Campaign in no ...
... the Choctaws. These units would engage in skirmishes and battles around eastern Indian Territory as well as Missouri and Arkansas. They were included within Albert Pike’s Indian Brigade in 1861, which was later commanded by Cooper in 1862. 1862 saw the Choctaws just miss the Pea Ridge Campaign in no ...
CW Bugle PDF page - The Kentucky Civil War Bugle
... Heiman only a month after starting it, following the arrival of federal forces under Gen. U.S. Grant. Union troops installed and operated a garrison at the fort for nearly a year and made improvements of their own before departing, concluding the fort no longer was necessary. Among the initial asset ...
... Heiman only a month after starting it, following the arrival of federal forces under Gen. U.S. Grant. Union troops installed and operated a garrison at the fort for nearly a year and made improvements of their own before departing, concluding the fort no longer was necessary. Among the initial asset ...
Episode 2, 2006: Confederate Eyeglass, Terre Haute, Indiana
... Civil War. February 1862 the Confederate South has seized the upper hand in the War Between the States. In the North, opposition to President Lincoln grows as fears spread his armies will be defeated. Secret societies form in the Union states bordering the South, united in opposition to both Lincoln ...
... Civil War. February 1862 the Confederate South has seized the upper hand in the War Between the States. In the North, opposition to President Lincoln grows as fears spread his armies will be defeated. Secret societies form in the Union states bordering the South, united in opposition to both Lincoln ...
January - b/g micah jenkins
... John Pemberton in the minds of many, if not most, Civil War historians the name John Clifford Pemberton is synonymous with failure, defeat, and ruin. Lieutenant General John Pemberton’s career and life are defined by the events that culminated at Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 4, 1863. With the capi ...
... John Pemberton in the minds of many, if not most, Civil War historians the name John Clifford Pemberton is synonymous with failure, defeat, and ruin. Lieutenant General John Pemberton’s career and life are defined by the events that culminated at Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 4, 1863. With the capi ...
Themes of the American Civil War
... to the fore of public consciousness again; not just because 2009 is the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth, but because the United States in that year elected a new President who consciously invoked the spirit of Lincoln, whose favorite reading matter is, we are advised, Doris Kearns Goodwin’s study of ...
... to the fore of public consciousness again; not just because 2009 is the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth, but because the United States in that year elected a new President who consciously invoked the spirit of Lincoln, whose favorite reading matter is, we are advised, Doris Kearns Goodwin’s study of ...
John Rollin Ridge - Cherokee Registry
... the tale describes a young Mexican who comes to California to seek his fortune during the Gold Rush and turns to crime after his wife is raped and his brother murdered by white men. This novel, which condemned American racism especially towards Mexicans, later inspired the Zorro stories.[5] Although ...
... the tale describes a young Mexican who comes to California to seek his fortune during the Gold Rush and turns to crime after his wife is raped and his brother murdered by white men. This novel, which condemned American racism especially towards Mexicans, later inspired the Zorro stories.[5] Although ...
- 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 ...
Troubled Days in
... The Mescalero Apaches were the first Indians in New Mexico sent to a reservation. Colonel Carson and his men campaigned against the Mescaleros in southern New Mexico. By the summer of 1863 they completed their campaign. Carson then moved 400 Mescalero braves and their families to the Bosque Redondo ...
... The Mescalero Apaches were the first Indians in New Mexico sent to a reservation. Colonel Carson and his men campaigned against the Mescaleros in southern New Mexico. By the summer of 1863 they completed their campaign. Carson then moved 400 Mescalero braves and their families to the Bosque Redondo ...
Topic booklet: America from new nation to - Edexcel
... forcibly to move Native Americans to pre-planned areas in the west. U.S. officials began the process with the Cherokee tribe, and Georgia moved into their former territory. In 1832 Jackson ignored a Supreme Court ruling against Cherokee removal. Between 1835 and 1838, the U.S. army forced bands of C ...
... forcibly to move Native Americans to pre-planned areas in the west. U.S. officials began the process with the Cherokee tribe, and Georgia moved into their former territory. In 1832 Jackson ignored a Supreme Court ruling against Cherokee removal. Between 1835 and 1838, the U.S. army forced bands of C ...
Northern and Southern Intentionality in the Civil War
... proper management of resources helped the Union win a war that it could have lost. Clark places a special emphasis on logistics because of the Civil War's characterization as the first modern war in American history. He argues that Union management of railway lines was a critical element of northern ...
... proper management of resources helped the Union win a war that it could have lost. Clark places a special emphasis on logistics because of the Civil War's characterization as the first modern war in American history. He argues that Union management of railway lines was a critical element of northern ...
A Brief History of Cedar Hill Cemetery
... County enlisted in the Confederate army and left their homes for war. During the first year of the war a training camp was established in Suffolk for new recruits from states farther south, and their presence was a comfort to the citizens who remained at home. On May 10, 1862, after the fall of Norf ...
... County enlisted in the Confederate army and left their homes for war. During the first year of the war a training camp was established in Suffolk for new recruits from states farther south, and their presence was a comfort to the citizens who remained at home. On May 10, 1862, after the fall of Norf ...