Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief and
... Book Review of James M. McPherson’s, Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln did not get much respect as a military leader. Lincoln himself deprecated his expertise even as he pushed West Point generals into more aggressive action. "If poss ...
... Book Review of James M. McPherson’s, Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln did not get much respect as a military leader. Lincoln himself deprecated his expertise even as he pushed West Point generals into more aggressive action. "If poss ...
Sound and Fury: Civil War Dissent in the Cincinnati Area
... The economic situation caused some to transpose their economic grievances into political ones, and they became dissenters, disenchanted with Lincoln. "Matters look blue enough here," a Cincinnati resident wrote in late 1861; "business men have long faces and short money receipts. One Jim Brown & Co. ...
... The economic situation caused some to transpose their economic grievances into political ones, and they became dissenters, disenchanted with Lincoln. "Matters look blue enough here," a Cincinnati resident wrote in late 1861; "business men have long faces and short money receipts. One Jim Brown & Co. ...
Iowa at Vicksburg: Breaking Boundaries
... brigade was to enter the city. This played a key role in containing more Confederate forces and putting more pressure in different places during the assault. The Iowans reached their positions during the afternoon of the 21st, and on the 22nd began to advance towards South Fort, the southern fortifi ...
... brigade was to enter the city. This played a key role in containing more Confederate forces and putting more pressure in different places during the assault. The Iowans reached their positions during the afternoon of the 21st, and on the 22nd began to advance towards South Fort, the southern fortifi ...
Civil War Lesson #7: Effects of the Civil War
... Now that students have an understanding of the varied effects of the Civil War, they will move to making interpretations about the war’s impact. Distribute the Effects of the Civil War Chart (CW7.3) and tell them that they will be making larger interpretations (or drawing larger conclusions) about t ...
... Now that students have an understanding of the varied effects of the Civil War, they will move to making interpretations about the war’s impact. Distribute the Effects of the Civil War Chart (CW7.3) and tell them that they will be making larger interpretations (or drawing larger conclusions) about t ...
Economics - Deptford Township Schools
... by the Union army were contraband, property of one side seized by the other. If, as the Southerners claimed, slaves were property, then the Union could consider them contraband, take ownership, and give them their freedom. • Congress authorized Lincoln to accept African Americans into the military a ...
... by the Union army were contraband, property of one side seized by the other. If, as the Southerners claimed, slaves were property, then the Union could consider them contraband, take ownership, and give them their freedom. • Congress authorized Lincoln to accept African Americans into the military a ...
South Carolina`s Rhetorical Civil War - Elon University
... tariffs,22 which raised existing taxes to as much as 37 percent of the goods’ value.23 South Carolinians found the products prohibitively expensive; they had been hit particularly hard by a depression that began in 1819.24 Sister issues of internal improvements, banking, and slavery compounded the a ...
... tariffs,22 which raised existing taxes to as much as 37 percent of the goods’ value.23 South Carolinians found the products prohibitively expensive; they had been hit particularly hard by a depression that began in 1819.24 Sister issues of internal improvements, banking, and slavery compounded the a ...
The Border War 1854 -1865
... determined to punish Missouri secessionists, men from Kansas plundered the farms of suspected rebels (and more than a few unoffending Unionists). On September 22, the Kansans sacked the town of Osceola, killing as many as a dozen Confederates and helping themselves to anything that might be of use t ...
... determined to punish Missouri secessionists, men from Kansas plundered the farms of suspected rebels (and more than a few unoffending Unionists). On September 22, the Kansans sacked the town of Osceola, killing as many as a dozen Confederates and helping themselves to anything that might be of use t ...
Union College Connections to the Civil War Era A Glossary of
... and the Lincoln assassination. A total of 577 alumni from the classes 1813 to 1870 served in the Union Army (507), Union Navy (23) or the Confederate Army (47). War deaths totaled 61 for the Union and six for the Confederacy. (To put this in some perspective, West Point graduates serving in the war ...
... and the Lincoln assassination. A total of 577 alumni from the classes 1813 to 1870 served in the Union Army (507), Union Navy (23) or the Confederate Army (47). War deaths totaled 61 for the Union and six for the Confederacy. (To put this in some perspective, West Point graduates serving in the war ...
Inclusiveness, Foresight, and Decisiveness: The Practical Wisdom of
... nor, as I think, Maryland. These all against us, and the job on our hands is too large for us. We would as well consent to separation at once, including the surrender of this capitol.”10 President Lincoln considered the neutrality of the border states, especially Kentucky, essential to the preservat ...
... nor, as I think, Maryland. These all against us, and the job on our hands is too large for us. We would as well consent to separation at once, including the surrender of this capitol.”10 President Lincoln considered the neutrality of the border states, especially Kentucky, essential to the preservat ...
Battle of the Ironclads - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... death toll was 121. The ironclad also received significant damage from her encounter with the union ship. The ironclad’s smokestack was riddled; the damaged funnel caused the gun deck to fill with smoke and the iron vessel’s speed was lessened. Three broadsides from the sloop shot away the starboard ...
... death toll was 121. The ironclad also received significant damage from her encounter with the union ship. The ironclad’s smokestack was riddled; the damaged funnel caused the gun deck to fill with smoke and the iron vessel’s speed was lessened. Three broadsides from the sloop shot away the starboard ...
The Long-Run Effects of Losing the Civil War: Evidence
... 2014), these findings suggest that the economic gains from socially-motivated migration after the Civil War may have been minimal.6 However, there may have been non-pecuniary benefits associated with moving to an area with more ideologically similar residents such increases in emotional wellbeing th ...
... 2014), these findings suggest that the economic gains from socially-motivated migration after the Civil War may have been minimal.6 However, there may have been non-pecuniary benefits associated with moving to an area with more ideologically similar residents such increases in emotional wellbeing th ...
Good Union People: Enduring Bonds Between Black and White
... faced repercussions for their actions, but a few hours later the resurgent Union army won the day. When the New York men who fought before Shipley’s house returned to their old position, they found the dwelling full of their wounded being tenderly cared for. They did not forget. Henry Shipley was a ...
... faced repercussions for their actions, but a few hours later the resurgent Union army won the day. When the New York men who fought before Shipley’s house returned to their old position, they found the dwelling full of their wounded being tenderly cared for. They did not forget. Henry Shipley was a ...
1 1942-1961 March 1942 “Notes and Documents
... of these railroads to the nation’s key market and distribution centers made them key to Civil War strategy. The Confederacy had no choice but to attempt the defense of these rail lines – which could move troops and materiel from the Ohio Valley and Virginia into the heart of cotton country – from Un ...
... of these railroads to the nation’s key market and distribution centers made them key to Civil War strategy. The Confederacy had no choice but to attempt the defense of these rail lines – which could move troops and materiel from the Ohio Valley and Virginia into the heart of cotton country – from Un ...
AHON Chapter 15 Section 4 Lecture Notes
... In the South, support for the war varied from state to state. Georgia and North Carolina opposed the war. South Carolina objected to officers from other states leading its troops. Regions with large slaveholding plantations supported the war more than poor back-country regions. ...
... In the South, support for the war varied from state to state. Georgia and North Carolina opposed the war. South Carolina objected to officers from other states leading its troops. Regions with large slaveholding plantations supported the war more than poor back-country regions. ...
Copperheads Essay - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... morphing from tolerable dissent into nation-threatening treason.” While Lincoln may have “believed a free press [was] ‘necessary to a free government’” before the war began, “outright rebellion . . . altered his thinking on the subject.” Mobs, incidentally, can claim much of the credit for suppressi ...
... morphing from tolerable dissent into nation-threatening treason.” While Lincoln may have “believed a free press [was] ‘necessary to a free government’” before the war began, “outright rebellion . . . altered his thinking on the subject.” Mobs, incidentally, can claim much of the credit for suppressi ...
Reconstruction Amendments Part I
... well as to determine and enforce the new legal status of freedmen. There was enormous controversy over how best to achieve these goals. Three amendments, known as the Reconstruction Amendments, th th laid the foundation of rights for former slaves. The 13 amendment abolished slavery, the 14 amendmen ...
... well as to determine and enforce the new legal status of freedmen. There was enormous controversy over how best to achieve these goals. Three amendments, known as the Reconstruction Amendments, th th laid the foundation of rights for former slaves. The 13 amendment abolished slavery, the 14 amendmen ...
The 1861 Mayfield Convention - Jackson Purchase Historical Society
... twelve miles down the Mississippi from Cairo, wrote Confederate president Jefferson Davis on April 22 encouraging Rebel troops to take their town and Cairo as well . "We acknowledge no Union but that of the Confederate States," they wrote. "We recognize no President but Your Excellency.'" With its s ...
... twelve miles down the Mississippi from Cairo, wrote Confederate president Jefferson Davis on April 22 encouraging Rebel troops to take their town and Cairo as well . "We acknowledge no Union but that of the Confederate States," they wrote. "We recognize no President but Your Excellency.'" With its s ...
Reconstruction (1865
... plan of their own • 1) Enlarged the “Freedmen’s Bureau” – agency to assist newly freed slaves & poor whites in the South • 2) Passed Civil Rights Act of 1866 – forbade states from passing discriminatory ‘Black Codes’ ...
... plan of their own • 1) Enlarged the “Freedmen’s Bureau” – agency to assist newly freed slaves & poor whites in the South • 2) Passed Civil Rights Act of 1866 – forbade states from passing discriminatory ‘Black Codes’ ...
Eighth Grade Lesson
... The Battle of Bentonville, fought March 19-21, 1865, interrupted the peaceful existence of the Harper family, a typical upper middle-class family living in southern Johnston County. As if 80,000 Union and Confederate soldiers fighting within a few miles of their residence was not bad enough the Unio ...
... The Battle of Bentonville, fought March 19-21, 1865, interrupted the peaceful existence of the Harper family, a typical upper middle-class family living in southern Johnston County. As if 80,000 Union and Confederate soldiers fighting within a few miles of their residence was not bad enough the Unio ...
Issues of the American Civil War
Issues of the American Civil War include questions about the name of the war, the tariff, states' rights and the nature of Abraham Lincoln's war goals. For more on naming, see Naming the American Civil War.The question of how important the tariff was in causing the war stems from the Nullification Crisis, which was South Carolina's attempt to nullify a tariff and lasted from 1828 to 1832. The tariff was low after 1846, and the tariff issue faded into the background by 1860 when secession began. States' rights was the justification for nullification and later secession. The most controversial right claimed by Southern states was the alleged right of Southerners to spread slavery into territories owned by the United States.As to the question of the relation of Lincoln's war goals to causes, goals evolved as the war progressed in response to political and military issues, and can't be used as a direct explanation of causes of the war. Lincoln needed to find an issue that would unite a large but divided North to save the Union, and then found that circumstances beyond his control made emancipation possible, which was in line with his ""personal wish that all men everywhere could be free"".