Conflict and Controversy in the Confederate High Command
... Administration, Louis Wigfall, and his wife, among others. As a consequence he claimed that offensive operations were hazardous under the circumstances. His post-war memoir articulated the same theme throughout. Further, his record during the war provides evidence of only two successful offensive st ...
... Administration, Louis Wigfall, and his wife, among others. As a consequence he claimed that offensive operations were hazardous under the circumstances. His post-war memoir articulated the same theme throughout. Further, his record during the war provides evidence of only two successful offensive st ...
THESIS CONFEDERATE MILITARY STRATEGY
... will also highlight the mentality and objective of Confederate generals. Confederate strategy was not universal. In fact, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and General Lee shared the same military mentality in swift, aggressive movements to defeat the Union army in Virginia as quickly as possib ...
... will also highlight the mentality and objective of Confederate generals. Confederate strategy was not universal. In fact, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and General Lee shared the same military mentality in swift, aggressive movements to defeat the Union army in Virginia as quickly as possib ...
Vicksburg Campaign Essay - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... Grant back to the Mississippi River. Grant now had a strong foothold in Mississippi and could finally set his sights on an inland approach to Vicksburg. After the victory at Port Gibson, Grant moved north and northeast toward the Southern Railroad of Mississippi. James McPherson’s Corps marched to t ...
... Grant back to the Mississippi River. Grant now had a strong foothold in Mississippi and could finally set his sights on an inland approach to Vicksburg. After the victory at Port Gibson, Grant moved north and northeast toward the Southern Railroad of Mississippi. James McPherson’s Corps marched to t ...
Civil War Strategy 1861-1865 Essay
... The Union regrouped and in August 1861 Lincoln brought to Washington George B. McClellan, the successful commander of Union forces in what became West Virginia. Though not yet general-in-chief, McClellan immediately proposed one of the earliest and most far reaching of American strategic plans for p ...
... The Union regrouped and in August 1861 Lincoln brought to Washington George B. McClellan, the successful commander of Union forces in what became West Virginia. Though not yet general-in-chief, McClellan immediately proposed one of the earliest and most far reaching of American strategic plans for p ...
HH462syllabus - Class of 1957
... Course Procedures: Except for the first week (and during abbreviated weeks due to holidays), all classes will be conducted as seminars. The full burden of both the class presentation and the ensuing discussion will therefore fall entirely on the students. For each seminar, two students will have wri ...
... Course Procedures: Except for the first week (and during abbreviated weeks due to holidays), all classes will be conducted as seminars. The full burden of both the class presentation and the ensuing discussion will therefore fall entirely on the students. For each seminar, two students will have wri ...
Across the Etowah and into the Hell-Hole
... to prepare for the upcoming movement. Over the next couple of days, Sherman ordered all sick and wounded men to the rear. He required that the troops gather twenty days’ worth of supplies and that they forage for fresh meat and vegetables. However, he did not allow indiscriminate pillaging of the po ...
... to prepare for the upcoming movement. Over the next couple of days, Sherman ordered all sick and wounded men to the rear. He required that the troops gather twenty days’ worth of supplies and that they forage for fresh meat and vegetables. However, he did not allow indiscriminate pillaging of the po ...
From Kennesaw Mountain to the Chattahoochee River: General
... Indiana, before entering West Point, from which he graduated in 1855. After leaving the Academy, Shoup saw service in Florida, fighting the Seminole Indians, but retired from the army on January 10, 1860 to take up the practice of law in Indianapolis. When the Civil War broke out in April 1861, to t ...
... Indiana, before entering West Point, from which he graduated in 1855. After leaving the Academy, Shoup saw service in Florida, fighting the Seminole Indians, but retired from the army on January 10, 1860 to take up the practice of law in Indianapolis. When the Civil War broke out in April 1861, to t ...
Liberia Plantation History
... Robert “King” Carter, (1663-1732) the wealthiest, and perhaps the most influential Virginian of his time, left 330,000 acres of land and an estate inventory that took 65 pages to list. Of this, the 1,660-acre parcel of the Lower Bull Run Tract passed to his second son Robert II, then to his daughter ...
... Robert “King” Carter, (1663-1732) the wealthiest, and perhaps the most influential Virginian of his time, left 330,000 acres of land and an estate inventory that took 65 pages to list. Of this, the 1,660-acre parcel of the Lower Bull Run Tract passed to his second son Robert II, then to his daughter ...
Bennett Place
... carbines late in March 1865. Today, West Point on the Eno City Park features a reconstructed 1778 gristmill, the historic McCown-Mangum House, the Hugh Mangum Museum of Photography, hiking trails, and an amphitheater. The Eno and Occaneechi Native American tribes occupied the site of Durham until Sc ...
... carbines late in March 1865. Today, West Point on the Eno City Park features a reconstructed 1778 gristmill, the historic McCown-Mangum House, the Hugh Mangum Museum of Photography, hiking trails, and an amphitheater. The Eno and Occaneechi Native American tribes occupied the site of Durham until Sc ...
Edward G. Longacre, The Early Morning of War: Bull Run, 1861
... The North soon realized it would have to use to the full its vast reserves of manpower and stark advantage in manufacturing to bring the secessionists back into the Union. Longacre assigns most of the blame for the Union defeat at Bull Run to Gen. Robert Patterson, the Pennsylvanian tasked with keep ...
... The North soon realized it would have to use to the full its vast reserves of manpower and stark advantage in manufacturing to bring the secessionists back into the Union. Longacre assigns most of the blame for the Union defeat at Bull Run to Gen. Robert Patterson, the Pennsylvanian tasked with keep ...
THE BATTLE CRY - Sarasota Civil War Round Table
... men at Sayler’s Creek when they refused to carry out his order to fight advancing Union troops. April 7th: Grant called on Lee to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia. Lee was effectively surrounded by a very large Union force. April 8th: Lee decided to try to break through Grant’s lines and cont ...
... men at Sayler’s Creek when they refused to carry out his order to fight advancing Union troops. April 7th: Grant called on Lee to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia. Lee was effectively surrounded by a very large Union force. April 8th: Lee decided to try to break through Grant’s lines and cont ...
Donnybrook: The Battle of Bull Run, 1861
... “Stonewall” for Thomas J. Jackson, and the picnic atmosphere of the civilian populace observing the battle. Jackson was the hero that the Virginia press needed at the time. Fortunately for the press, Jackson was able to live up the reputation they associated with his name during this battle. Our aut ...
... “Stonewall” for Thomas J. Jackson, and the picnic atmosphere of the civilian populace observing the battle. Jackson was the hero that the Virginia press needed at the time. Fortunately for the press, Jackson was able to live up the reputation they associated with his name during this battle. Our aut ...
Bentonville Battlefield
... was the last full-scale action of the Civil War in which the Confederate army was able to mount an offensive. This major battle, the largest ever fought in North Carolina, was the only significant attempt to defeat Gen. William T. Sherman after he left Georgia. Departing from Savannah in January 186 ...
... was the last full-scale action of the Civil War in which the Confederate army was able to mount an offensive. This major battle, the largest ever fought in North Carolina, was the only significant attempt to defeat Gen. William T. Sherman after he left Georgia. Departing from Savannah in January 186 ...
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... he surrendered the remnants of his once formidable army to Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina. After the war, Johnston entered a number of business ventures. In 1878, he was elected to Congress from Richmond and served one term. In 1895, President Cleveland appointed him U.S. Commissioner of ...
... he surrendered the remnants of his once formidable army to Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina. After the war, Johnston entered a number of business ventures. In 1878, he was elected to Congress from Richmond and served one term. In 1895, President Cleveland appointed him U.S. Commissioner of ...
trough trough - American Trails
... was arrested. Though he was soon released, Johnston realized that his preaching would be limited and decided that he and his wife would sit out the war working his father-in-law's farm near Vienna (now New Hope in Madison County.) In the late fall of 1863, Union troops burned Rev. Johnston's father- ...
... was arrested. Though he was soon released, Johnston realized that his preaching would be limited and decided that he and his wife would sit out the war working his father-in-law's farm near Vienna (now New Hope in Madison County.) In the late fall of 1863, Union troops burned Rev. Johnston's father- ...
Breadbasket of the Confederacy - The Northern Illinois Civil War
... and thus often compared to his adcommand of Confederate forces beversary in the spring of 1862, Gentween the Appalachians and the Miseral George McClellan. Yet there sissippi River. Not only did his dewere occasional mitigating factors. partment contain two of the most disFor instance, during the Pe ...
... and thus often compared to his adcommand of Confederate forces beversary in the spring of 1862, Gentween the Appalachians and the Miseral George McClellan. Yet there sissippi River. Not only did his dewere occasional mitigating factors. partment contain two of the most disFor instance, during the Pe ...
The Battle of Shiloh
... Revolution, and the Mexican-American War • On December 21, 1860, Johnston took command of the Department of the Pacific. He resigned on April 9, 1861, when his home state of Texas seceded from the Union. ...
... Revolution, and the Mexican-American War • On December 21, 1860, Johnston took command of the Department of the Pacific. He resigned on April 9, 1861, when his home state of Texas seceded from the Union. ...
CIVIL WAR
... General Amistead and the Confederate "high water mark" Union General George Gordon Meade does not pursue Lee's retreat VICKSBURG (JULY 4, 1863) General Grant and Admiral Porter sever the last Confederate link across the Mississippi "The Father of Waters flows unvexed to the sea." ...
... General Amistead and the Confederate "high water mark" Union General George Gordon Meade does not pursue Lee's retreat VICKSBURG (JULY 4, 1863) General Grant and Admiral Porter sever the last Confederate link across the Mississippi "The Father of Waters flows unvexed to the sea." ...
Joseph E. Johnston
Joseph Eggleston Johnston (February 3, 1807 – March 21, 1891) was a career U.S. Army officer, serving with distinction in the Mexican-American War and Seminole Wars, and was also one of the most senior general officers in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was unrelated to Albert Sidney Johnston, another high-ranking Confederate general.Johnston was trained as a civil engineer at the U.S. Military Academy. He served in Florida, Texas, and Kansas, and fought with distinction in the Mexican-American War and by 1860 achieved the rank of brigadier general as Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army. When his native state of Virginia declared secession from the Union, Johnston resigned his U.S. commission and became the highest-ranking U.S. officer to join the Confederacy. To his dismay, however, he was appointed only the fourth ranking full general in the Confederate army.Johnston's effectiveness in the American Civil War was undercut by tensions with Confederate president Jefferson Davis, who often criticized him for a lack of aggressiveness, and victory eluded him in most campaigns he personally commanded. However, he was the senior Confederate commander at the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861, and his recognition of the important necessary actions, and prompt application of leadership in that victory is usually credited to his subordinate, P.G.T. Beauregard. He defended the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign, withdrawing under the pressure of a superior force under Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan. In his only offensive action during the campaign, he suffered a severe wound at the Battle of Seven Pines, after which he was replaced in command by his classmate at West Point, Robert E. Lee. In 1863, in command of the Department of the West, he was criticized for his actions and failures in the Vicksburg Campaign. In 1864, he fought against Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman in the Atlanta Campaign, but was relieved of command after withdrawing from northwest Georgia to the outskirts of the city. In the final days of the war, he was returned to command of the small remaining forces in the Carolinas Campaign and surrendered his armies to Sherman at Bennett Place near Durham Station, North Carolina on April 26, 1865. Two of his major opponents, Grant and Sherman, made comments highly respectful of his actions in the war, and they became close friends with Johnston in subsequent years.After the war, Johnston was an executive in the railroad and insurance businesses. He served a term in Congress and was commissioner of railroads under Grover Cleveland. He died of pneumonia after serving in inclement weather as a pallbearer at the funeral of his former adversary, and later friend, William T. Sherman.