the rise and fall of General George B. McClellan.
... the top of the military hierarchy in the fall of 1861 only to fall into obscurity one year later. This effort focuses on three main factors that attributed to his rise and fall: the historical moments that coincided with McClellan's rise and fall, McClellan's dual reality; in essence how differentl ...
... the top of the military hierarchy in the fall of 1861 only to fall into obscurity one year later. This effort focuses on three main factors that attributed to his rise and fall: the historical moments that coincided with McClellan's rise and fall, McClellan's dual reality; in essence how differentl ...
Stephen C. Rowan and the US Navy: Sixty
... resolutions, proceeded to ellect [sic] a President, Vice President, and other public officers of the government… Since this congress has convened they have passed a resolution ordering all the Columbian [sic] Troops (amounting to 3000) out of the country… (4.037-8).” 13 The Columbian minister to Per ...
... resolutions, proceeded to ellect [sic] a President, Vice President, and other public officers of the government… Since this congress has convened they have passed a resolution ordering all the Columbian [sic] Troops (amounting to 3000) out of the country… (4.037-8).” 13 The Columbian minister to Per ...
Battling Memory from Memphis: Elizabeth Avery
... preserving her written legacy for future generations and assumed her role as guardian of memory even before the onset of the war. In one letter to the editor of the Union and American dated December 3, 1858, for example, Meriwether as “Mahala Jane” writes, I really think since men are proved, by the ...
... preserving her written legacy for future generations and assumed her role as guardian of memory even before the onset of the war. In one letter to the editor of the Union and American dated December 3, 1858, for example, Meriwether as “Mahala Jane” writes, I really think since men are proved, by the ...
Forgotten Abolitionist: John A. J. Creswell of Maryland
... family's wealth and connections may have cushioned the blow. Creswell’s uncle, for example, was banker Jacob Tome, who had arrived in Maryland penniless from his Hanover, Pennsylvania birthplace and by the time of the elder Creswell’s death was on his way to becoming one of the richest men in Americ ...
... family's wealth and connections may have cushioned the blow. Creswell’s uncle, for example, was banker Jacob Tome, who had arrived in Maryland penniless from his Hanover, Pennsylvania birthplace and by the time of the elder Creswell’s death was on his way to becoming one of the richest men in Americ ...
Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks
... armament listing is my best guess for the vessel at the time of sinking, with armaments from other sources listed in parentheses. Crew size or complement was another variable, depending on the vessel’s mission and modifications for combat or cargo. Salvage and excavation information is provided wh ...
... armament listing is my best guess for the vessel at the time of sinking, with armaments from other sources listed in parentheses. Crew size or complement was another variable, depending on the vessel’s mission and modifications for combat or cargo. Salvage and excavation information is provided wh ...
lincoln and mcclellan: a marriage of convenience turned sour
... of what actually happened. McClellan’s victory “went over big; and just then, before anybody had forgotten about it, the news came in of the humiliating disaster at Bull Run, with untrained regiments legging it all the way back to Washington, and carriage loads of distinguished sight-seers contribut ...
... of what actually happened. McClellan’s victory “went over big; and just then, before anybody had forgotten about it, the news came in of the humiliating disaster at Bull Run, with untrained regiments legging it all the way back to Washington, and carriage loads of distinguished sight-seers contribut ...
civil war web - Web Sources for Military History
... The Internet is moving Civil War research—indeed, all historical research—into an entirely new dimension. That has not always been the case. In its early years the World Wide Web offered very little that working Civil War historians could reliably use to penetrate the past. That situation is dramati ...
... The Internet is moving Civil War research—indeed, all historical research—into an entirely new dimension. That has not always been the case. In its early years the World Wide Web offered very little that working Civil War historians could reliably use to penetrate the past. That situation is dramati ...
Mercer Museum and Spruance Library of the Bucks
... the North named Lizzie Bradshaw who was working in Nashville, Tennessee to Judge Jenks and his wife. Lizzie talks of several war-related circumstances including the suffering of wounded soldiers in local hospitals; the bitter realities that Southerners face every day in contrast to residents of the ...
... the North named Lizzie Bradshaw who was working in Nashville, Tennessee to Judge Jenks and his wife. Lizzie talks of several war-related circumstances including the suffering of wounded soldiers in local hospitals; the bitter realities that Southerners face every day in contrast to residents of the ...
civil war prisons in american memory
... Mickey Roth, Chris Waldrip, and Stephen Wedding made my first year of full-time teaching so much fun that I still had energy left to go home and write. With me every step of the way through graduate school were Court Carney, Rand Dotson, and Matt Reonas. This dissertation might have existed sooner i ...
... Mickey Roth, Chris Waldrip, and Stephen Wedding made my first year of full-time teaching so much fun that I still had energy left to go home and write. With me every step of the way through graduate school were Court Carney, Rand Dotson, and Matt Reonas. This dissertation might have existed sooner i ...
Civil War prisons in American memory
... Mickey Roth, Chris Waldrip, and Stephen Wedding made my first year of full-time teaching so much fun that I still had energy left to go home and write. With me every step of the way through graduate school were Court Carney, Rand Dotson, and Matt Reonas. This dissertation might have existed sooner i ...
... Mickey Roth, Chris Waldrip, and Stephen Wedding made my first year of full-time teaching so much fun that I still had energy left to go home and write. With me every step of the way through graduate school were Court Carney, Rand Dotson, and Matt Reonas. This dissertation might have existed sooner i ...
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... many blacks and whites contend today? Did the Emancipation Proclamation free any blacks? Did Lincoln steal the glory of selfliberating slaves by issuing it? Was he tender-hearted when it came to reconstructing Dixie? Would reconstruction have been different had he lived? Was there a conspiracy on th ...
... many blacks and whites contend today? Did the Emancipation Proclamation free any blacks? Did Lincoln steal the glory of selfliberating slaves by issuing it? Was he tender-hearted when it came to reconstructing Dixie? Would reconstruction have been different had he lived? Was there a conspiracy on th ...
a PDF version of the guide to Virginia`s Civil War.
... granting him permission to travel to Harpers Ferry (now W.Va.) (section 10). Ashton, Charles H., Papers, 1861–1862. 7 items. Mss2As383b. This collection contains letters, 1861–1862, written by Charles H. Ashton (1841?–1867) to his mother, Emeline S. Ashton (of Christiana, New Castle County, Del.), w ...
... granting him permission to travel to Harpers Ferry (now W.Va.) (section 10). Ashton, Charles H., Papers, 1861–1862. 7 items. Mss2As383b. This collection contains letters, 1861–1862, written by Charles H. Ashton (1841?–1867) to his mother, Emeline S. Ashton (of Christiana, New Castle County, Del.), w ...
mission - Amazon Web Services
... Another instance of Civil War efforts to master a winning technology was the crude but effective tapping of telegraph wires for information and deception during the Civil War, a technology that foreshadowed today’s formidable electronic surveillance capabilities used for intelligence and law enforce ...
... Another instance of Civil War efforts to master a winning technology was the crude but effective tapping of telegraph wires for information and deception during the Civil War, a technology that foreshadowed today’s formidable electronic surveillance capabilities used for intelligence and law enforce ...
the First Battle of Bull Run and its Impact on Connecticut
... Chapter One examines the lives of Connecticut soldiers before the Battle of Bull Run – from the cannon fire at Fort Sumter to preparations for the battle. Connecticut soldiers enlisted after the fall at Fort Sumter for various reasons from fighting for the Union cause, boredom, and other motivation ...
... Chapter One examines the lives of Connecticut soldiers before the Battle of Bull Run – from the cannon fire at Fort Sumter to preparations for the battle. Connecticut soldiers enlisted after the fall at Fort Sumter for various reasons from fighting for the Union cause, boredom, and other motivation ...
"Or this whole affair is a failure": a special treasury agent`s
... bottom-up view of things is still incomplete. Incomplete because no where in the literature can be found writings and observations of Special Treasury Agents—of men like James Severance. They were the ones acting out the orders of their superiors and working one-on-one with slaves by way of fieldwor ...
... bottom-up view of things is still incomplete. Incomplete because no where in the literature can be found writings and observations of Special Treasury Agents—of men like James Severance. They were the ones acting out the orders of their superiors and working one-on-one with slaves by way of fieldwor ...
Fall 1862 at Fairfax Court House
... Manassas (August 28th-30th, 1862) and the Battle of Chantilly/Ox Hill (September 1st) prompted the Union to reorganize its command in the greater Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia region. General George B. McClellan took command of the Defenses of Washington, and, on September 5th, General John ...
... Manassas (August 28th-30th, 1862) and the Battle of Chantilly/Ox Hill (September 1st) prompted the Union to reorganize its command in the greater Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia region. General George B. McClellan took command of the Defenses of Washington, and, on September 5th, General John ...
ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: “TO AID THEIR REBEL FRIENDS”: POLITICS
... considering the paucity of actual treason cases that went to trial during the Civil War. To gain a more complete understanding of how Civil War era Americans defined treason, this study borrows from the sources and methods of social, cultural, intellectual, and military history. It employs sermons, ...
... considering the paucity of actual treason cases that went to trial during the Civil War. To gain a more complete understanding of how Civil War era Americans defined treason, this study borrows from the sources and methods of social, cultural, intellectual, and military history. It employs sermons, ...
United Kingdom and the American Civil War
The United Kingdom and its empire remained officially neutral throughout the American Civil War (1861–65). It legally recognised the belligerent status of the Confederacy; it never recognized it as a nation and never signed a treaty or exchanged ambassadors. However, the top British officials debated intervention in the first 18 months. Elite opinion tended to favour the Confederacy, while public opinion tended to favour the United States. Large scale trade continued in both directions, with the Americans shipping grain to Britain while Britain sent manufactured items and munitions. Immigration continued into the U.S., with Britons volunteering for the Union Army. British trade with the Confederacy fell over 90% from prewar, with a little cotton going to Britain and some munitions slipped in by numerous small blockade runners. The blockade runners were operated and funded by British private interests; they were legal under international law and were not a cause of dispute between Washington and London. The Confederate strategy for securing independence was largely based on the hope of military intervention by Britain and France, which never happened; military intervention would have meant war with the United States. A serious diplomatic dispute with the United States erupted over the ""Trent Affair"" in late 1861; it was resolved peacefully in a few months. British intervention was only likely in cooperation with France, which had an imperialistic venture underway in Mexico. By early 1863, intervention was no longer seriously considered, as Britain turned her attention elsewhere, especially toward Russia and Greece.A long-term issue was a British shipyard (John Laird and Sons) building two warships for the Confederacy, including the CSS Alabama, over vehement protests from the United States. This controversy was resolved after the Civil War when the United States was awarded $15.5 million in arbitration by an international tribunal for damages caused by these warships. That British private interests operated blockade runners was not a cause of serious tension. In the end, British involvement did not significantly affect the outcome of the American Civil War. The U.S. diplomatic mission headed by Minister Charles Francis Adams, Sr. proved much more successful than the Confederate missions, which were never officially recognized.