the rise and fall of General George B. McClellan.
... context is that McClellan lived in one reality while the rest of the world lived in a separate reality. No matter how many times these two realities clashed, McClellan continued to live in his own reality. Thus, McClellan's distinct reality allowed him to make decisions that others living in true r ...
... context is that McClellan lived in one reality while the rest of the world lived in a separate reality. No matter how many times these two realities clashed, McClellan continued to live in his own reality. Thus, McClellan's distinct reality allowed him to make decisions that others living in true r ...
a strong mind: a clausewitzian biography of u
... fellow graduates from West Point. A few of Grant’s fellows saw through the façade. Confederate General R. S. Ewell knew Grant from West Point and Mexico and hoped the North would overlook Sam Grant: “I should fear him more than any of their officers.” Later in the war James Longstreet took issue wit ...
... fellow graduates from West Point. A few of Grant’s fellows saw through the façade. Confederate General R. S. Ewell knew Grant from West Point and Mexico and hoped the North would overlook Sam Grant: “I should fear him more than any of their officers.” Later in the war James Longstreet took issue wit ...
Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks
... Many foreign vessels traded with the Union and the Confederacy, so some vessels are designated as “British,” “Spanish,” “French,” and so on. If the allegiance or nationality is unclear from the sources, which is often the case with blockaderunners, I have indicated that the nationality is unknown. ...
... Many foreign vessels traded with the Union and the Confederacy, so some vessels are designated as “British,” “Spanish,” “French,” and so on. If the allegiance or nationality is unclear from the sources, which is often the case with blockaderunners, I have indicated that the nationality is unknown. ...
Battling Memory from Memphis: Elizabeth Avery
... and brothers. For these reasons, or perhaps just because women are less forgiving than men, it took the women of the South a long time before they were able to feel kindly toward their conquerors. To this day I cannot truthfully say I love a Yankee, but my dear husband who fought for years in the Co ...
... and brothers. For these reasons, or perhaps just because women are less forgiving than men, it took the women of the South a long time before they were able to feel kindly toward their conquerors. To this day I cannot truthfully say I love a Yankee, but my dear husband who fought for years in the Co ...
James Garfield - Capitol Square Foundation
... received tentative assignments, extended and later reversed, to stations in Florida, Virginia and South Carolina.[42] During this period of idleness in Washington waiting for an assignment, Garfield spent much of his time corresponding with old friends and family. An unsubstantiated rumor of an affa ...
... received tentative assignments, extended and later reversed, to stations in Florida, Virginia and South Carolina.[42] During this period of idleness in Washington waiting for an assignment, Garfield spent much of his time corresponding with old friends and family. An unsubstantiated rumor of an affa ...
Reign of Terror - Washington and Lee`s Digital Archive
... a new ark and launch it on new waters.”4 Though Rector overplayed his hand by threatening secession, his concerns were grounded in reality. Confederate Arkansas had reached a breaking point. It had no army, no supplies, and no way to defend itself. The state needed a change of fortune, a savior perh ...
... a new ark and launch it on new waters.”4 Though Rector overplayed his hand by threatening secession, his concerns were grounded in reality. Confederate Arkansas had reached a breaking point. It had no army, no supplies, and no way to defend itself. The state needed a change of fortune, a savior perh ...
lincoln and mcclellan: a marriage of convenience turned sour
... Potomac had “learned to respect their new commander as a strict and brilliant organizer and drillmaster.”26 Up to this point, Lincoln could not have been more pleased with his new general. When Lincoln and McClellan met in Washington, “a friendly relationship was immediately established…between the ...
... Potomac had “learned to respect their new commander as a strict and brilliant organizer and drillmaster.”26 Up to this point, Lincoln could not have been more pleased with his new general. When Lincoln and McClellan met in Washington, “a friendly relationship was immediately established…between the ...
In Lincoln`s Shadow: The Civil War in Springfield, Illinois By ©2014
... Union” after the Confederacy’s demise. The assassination brought him martyrdom. Without both of those episodes, occurring five days apart from each other, Abraham Lincoln’s legacy might be very different than it is today. His standing, not to mention the history of the United States, would be differ ...
... Union” after the Confederacy’s demise. The assassination brought him martyrdom. Without both of those episodes, occurring five days apart from each other, Abraham Lincoln’s legacy might be very different than it is today. His standing, not to mention the history of the United States, would be differ ...
Print this article - Indiana University
... scheme in which Henry S. Lane would be the candidate for governor while Morton ran for lieutenant governor. If the Republicans won a majority in the legislature, the scheme called for Lane to resign and be elected to the U.S. Senate by the legislature, allowing Morton to become governor. The plan wo ...
... scheme in which Henry S. Lane would be the candidate for governor while Morton ran for lieutenant governor. If the Republicans won a majority in the legislature, the scheme called for Lane to resign and be elected to the U.S. Senate by the legislature, allowing Morton to become governor. The plan wo ...
Dividing and Unifying: The Response to the Emancipation Proclamation, by Aaron Raschke
... Emancipation Proclamation, “nobody was disappointed with the brevity of his few remarks, which were recognized as very much to the point.”9 The correspondent claims that everyone was pleased with Lincoln’s short speech on the Emancipation Proclamation. Approval for President Lincoln ...
... Emancipation Proclamation, “nobody was disappointed with the brevity of his few remarks, which were recognized as very much to the point.”9 The correspondent claims that everyone was pleased with Lincoln’s short speech on the Emancipation Proclamation. Approval for President Lincoln ...
Quantrill`s Guerrillas and the Civil War in Western Missouri
... Don R, Bowen, "Guerrilla War in Western Missouri, 1862-1865: Historical Extensions of the Relative Deprivation Thesis," Comparative Studies in Society and History 19, no. L(1977): 33There was some confusion regarding the spelling of QuantriLl's name among his contemporaries. He was referred to as th ...
... Don R, Bowen, "Guerrilla War in Western Missouri, 1862-1865: Historical Extensions of the Relative Deprivation Thesis," Comparative Studies in Society and History 19, no. L(1977): 33There was some confusion regarding the spelling of QuantriLl's name among his contemporaries. He was referred to as th ...
" Between Two Fires": War and Reunion in Middle America, 1860
... the war as a Republican and decorated Union general, Logan appeared to have remembered the meeting differently. In his polemic on the coming of the Civil War, The Great Conspiracy, Logan maintained that he had always supported the preservation of the Union unconditionally and that he and Lovejoy ur ...
... the war as a Republican and decorated Union general, Logan appeared to have remembered the meeting differently. In his polemic on the coming of the Civil War, The Great Conspiracy, Logan maintained that he had always supported the preservation of the Union unconditionally and that he and Lovejoy ur ...
“Tentative Relations: Secession and War in the Central Ohio River
... in which the character Eliza crosses the frozen Ohio River to escape bondage, Americans have often seen the river as the proverbial boundary between slavery and freedom and between North and South. This has influenced the writing of Ohio Valley history. Many scholars have concentrated on the history ...
... in which the character Eliza crosses the frozen Ohio River to escape bondage, Americans have often seen the river as the proverbial boundary between slavery and freedom and between North and South. This has influenced the writing of Ohio Valley history. Many scholars have concentrated on the history ...
History 202 Meeting of Minds Character Questions - Linn
... learn about Belle Boyd today and what she can teach us? Matthew Brady: I'll first ask where and when Matthew Brady was born. Then, I'll ask how and why he became interested in photography. Did he know he wanted to study it when he was young? Where did he learn the craft of photography and when did h ...
... learn about Belle Boyd today and what she can teach us? Matthew Brady: I'll first ask where and when Matthew Brady was born. Then, I'll ask how and why he became interested in photography. Did he know he wanted to study it when he was young? Where did he learn the craft of photography and when did h ...
Friday - The Hudson River Valley Institute
... Journal reported news about the convention debates and soon became a daily publication as the demand for news about the Civil War increased. The Journal ran ads such as “Will the Union be Dissolved! Before the above question is answered, we would respectfully invite all who feel interested to call a ...
... Journal reported news about the convention debates and soon became a daily publication as the demand for news about the Civil War increased. The Journal ran ads such as “Will the Union be Dissolved! Before the above question is answered, we would respectfully invite all who feel interested to call a ...
Mercer Museum and Spruance Library of the Bucks
... upon the number of children (if any) in each household. Isaac Chapman Diaries (BM B-336 / 337) This collection is comprised of two diaries generated by Isaac Chapman, a local farmer who lived in Wrightstown, Pennsylvania. Entries between 1860 and 1865 detail nearly every aspect of farming but nothin ...
... upon the number of children (if any) in each household. Isaac Chapman Diaries (BM B-336 / 337) This collection is comprised of two diaries generated by Isaac Chapman, a local farmer who lived in Wrightstown, Pennsylvania. Entries between 1860 and 1865 detail nearly every aspect of farming but nothin ...
this PDF file
... would last only until the first major battle of the war at Bull Run, in which Union troops were driven from the field in ignominious defeat. 20 Roddy and other Democrats blamed this humiliation on the Lincoln Administration's having underestimated the strength and leadership of the rebel army. Local ...
... would last only until the first major battle of the war at Bull Run, in which Union troops were driven from the field in ignominious defeat. 20 Roddy and other Democrats blamed this humiliation on the Lincoln Administration's having underestimated the strength and leadership of the rebel army. Local ...
mission - Amazon Web Services
... similar methods would be used in the Intelligence exploitation of the newest information technology, the internet, it too having been originally developed for intelligence use. In becoming familiar with some of the spies, intelligence technologies, and intelligence-gathering used during the Civil Wa ...
... similar methods would be used in the Intelligence exploitation of the newest information technology, the internet, it too having been originally developed for intelligence use. In becoming familiar with some of the spies, intelligence technologies, and intelligence-gathering used during the Civil Wa ...
ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: “TO AID THEIR REBEL FRIENDS”: POLITICS
... debate on the floor of the Pennsylvania legislature in 1864, one state representative noted: “It has been said somewhere—I think by Blackstone—that you can judge the character of a people by their poetry.” George Sharswood, a state-level district judge in Philadelphia, remarked in 1860 that Blacksto ...
... debate on the floor of the Pennsylvania legislature in 1864, one state representative noted: “It has been said somewhere—I think by Blackstone—that you can judge the character of a people by their poetry.” George Sharswood, a state-level district judge in Philadelphia, remarked in 1860 that Blacksto ...
UNITED STATES DIPLOMACY DURING THE CIVIL
... base in the Samaná Bay. President Franklin Pierce in 1854 offered a treaty to Dominican President Pedro Santana to offer political recognition of the Dominican Republic as an international state and money for a tract of land in the Samaná Bay to be used as a U.S. naval base.6 This first intrusion in ...
... base in the Samaná Bay. President Franklin Pierce in 1854 offered a treaty to Dominican President Pedro Santana to offer political recognition of the Dominican Republic as an international state and money for a tract of land in the Samaná Bay to be used as a U.S. naval base.6 This first intrusion in ...
Meeting paper Feb 2002 - Grant – the uncaring drunken butcher?
... position of county engineer “…an office of respectability and emolument that would have been very acceptable”7. The business was not profitable enough to sustain the two partners. Grant was not cut out to be a businessman and had considerable difficulty in collecting rents when a tenant was experien ...
... position of county engineer “…an office of respectability and emolument that would have been very acceptable”7. The business was not profitable enough to sustain the two partners. Grant was not cut out to be a businessman and had considerable difficulty in collecting rents when a tenant was experien ...
Commemoration of the American Civil War on postage stamps
The Commemoration of the American Civil War on postage stamps concerns both the actual stamps and covers used during the American Civil War, and the later postage celebrations. The latter include commemorative stamp issues devoted to the actual events and personalities of the war, as well as definitive issues depicting many noteworthy individuals who participated in the era's crucial developments.... the generation that carried on the war has been set apart by its experience ... in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing. While we are permitted to scorn nothing but indifference, and ... above all, we have learned that ... [in one's life work], the one and only success which it is [for each of us] to command is to bring to his work a mighty heart. -- Oliver Wendell HolmesThe American Civil War is one of the secular crises in American history that produced heroes. Societies venerate people and events of the past and present, and governments likewise use a variety of official mechanisms to honor them, including place names, architecture, currency, and postage stamps. Like other secular crises, the conflict grew from seeds planted a generation before, in this case during the Transcendental Awakening: a sudden change of societal values. Transcendental idealists became abolitionists. Romantic evangelicals became fire-eater secessionists. The lifetime achievements of outstanding individuals from the Civil War era, both elder leaders and younger participants, have been honored on stamps both in the United States and in foreign nations.