Rules of Play
... “home rule” position, as articulated by Stephen Douglas, was that each local community should decide whether the state should be slave or free. The Republican party platform, as represented by Abraham Lincoln, was that slavery could continue where it already existed, but no expansion into the territ ...
... “home rule” position, as articulated by Stephen Douglas, was that each local community should decide whether the state should be slave or free. The Republican party platform, as represented by Abraham Lincoln, was that slavery could continue where it already existed, but no expansion into the territ ...
Presentation
... people became interested in all its natural resources that were able to produce iron and steel (iron ore, limestone, and coal). Work in Birmingham was plentiful and people came from all over the South as well as other countries to live there. Birmingham was on its way to becoming the largest and mos ...
... people became interested in all its natural resources that were able to produce iron and steel (iron ore, limestone, and coal). Work in Birmingham was plentiful and people came from all over the South as well as other countries to live there. Birmingham was on its way to becoming the largest and mos ...
Title: The American Civil War Review Scavenger Hunt Use the
... 1. Who was the president of the Confederate States of America? ____________________ http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/Jefferson_Davis_Vice_Stephens.htm 2. _____________________ became the first president of the American Red Cross. http://www.redcross.org/museum/briefarc.html 3. President Ab ...
... 1. Who was the president of the Confederate States of America? ____________________ http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/Jefferson_Davis_Vice_Stephens.htm 2. _____________________ became the first president of the American Red Cross. http://www.redcross.org/museum/briefarc.html 3. President Ab ...
Question
... - the Union blocks Rebels into the city to starve them out - The Rebels give up on the 4th of July - Ships endure bombing to pass the city - Grant marches men through swamps to get there winning battle after battle ...
... - the Union blocks Rebels into the city to starve them out - The Rebels give up on the 4th of July - Ships endure bombing to pass the city - Grant marches men through swamps to get there winning battle after battle ...
the civil war - Scott J. Winslow Associates, Inc.
... Senator. Prior to the Civil War, Davis had a successful career as a soldier and politician. He served with distinction under Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War, and is given much of the credit for the American victory at the battle of Buena Vista. He served in the U.S. Senate 1847-50, resigning from ...
... Senator. Prior to the Civil War, Davis had a successful career as a soldier and politician. He served with distinction under Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War, and is given much of the credit for the American victory at the battle of Buena Vista. He served in the U.S. Senate 1847-50, resigning from ...
e-newsletter newsletter newsletter - Stafford County Historical Society
... transferred from other branches and units: Mordecai Hunnicutt (Ohio infantry), Henry Dodd (Ohio artillery), and D. G. Otto (New York cavalry). There was an African-American element of the BMI as well. Dabney Walker, originally of Spotsylvania, handled Fredericksburg agents (including his wife and da ...
... transferred from other branches and units: Mordecai Hunnicutt (Ohio infantry), Henry Dodd (Ohio artillery), and D. G. Otto (New York cavalry). There was an African-American element of the BMI as well. Dabney Walker, originally of Spotsylvania, handled Fredericksburg agents (including his wife and da ...
WaLton ReLationS - Walton County Heritage Museum
... The author of this article, H. C. “Hank” Klein, has long been interested in the history of Northwest Florida and the genealogy of his father-in-law’s and mother-in-law’s families (Marler and Shirah). Both came from pioneer Destin families and both were related to Leonard Destin, the founder of Desti ...
... The author of this article, H. C. “Hank” Klein, has long been interested in the history of Northwest Florida and the genealogy of his father-in-law’s and mother-in-law’s families (Marler and Shirah). Both came from pioneer Destin families and both were related to Leonard Destin, the founder of Desti ...
Porter`s 1862 Campaign in Northeast Missouri
... formidable barrier that the Missouri River posed to any movements south. 14 The Missouri River was the primary reason for Porter’s campaign occurring as it did. He understood from the beginning of his recruiting that moving a large group of men across the river while engaging enemy forces would requ ...
... formidable barrier that the Missouri River posed to any movements south. 14 The Missouri River was the primary reason for Porter’s campaign occurring as it did. He understood from the beginning of his recruiting that moving a large group of men across the river while engaging enemy forces would requ ...
A neglected cause of the Sioux uprising / Gerald S
... Nicolay, one of President Lincoln's private secretaries. In Minnesota at the time on a treaty-making assignment, he noted that from "the days of King Philip to the time of Black Hawk, there has hardly been an outbreak so treacherous, so sudden, so bitter, and so bloody, as that which filled the Stat ...
... Nicolay, one of President Lincoln's private secretaries. In Minnesota at the time on a treaty-making assignment, he noted that from "the days of King Philip to the time of Black Hawk, there has hardly been an outbreak so treacherous, so sudden, so bitter, and so bloody, as that which filled the Stat ...
“Victory is Our Only Road to Peace”: Texas, Wartime Morale, and
... Valley (Athens: Univ. of Georgia Press, 1998). ...
... Valley (Athens: Univ. of Georgia Press, 1998). ...
South Danvers Observer Spring 2012
... coming events. Those who lived through those tumultuous times would have been hard pressed to disagree. After all, the war was just under 9 months old. While fervor for the Union cause burned especially bright in South Danvers, the heavy realization was settling into most people’s hearts that the wa ...
... coming events. Those who lived through those tumultuous times would have been hard pressed to disagree. After all, the war was just under 9 months old. While fervor for the Union cause burned especially bright in South Danvers, the heavy realization was settling into most people’s hearts that the wa ...
X Marks the Spot - Ames Plantation
... Kentucky. Both cities were Union territory, and asked for help from the federal government. In Columbus, Confederate troops occupied the city after moving up from northern Tennessee. The Kentucky state legislature asked the federal government for help, and Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant soon arr ...
... Kentucky. Both cities were Union territory, and asked for help from the federal government. In Columbus, Confederate troops occupied the city after moving up from northern Tennessee. The Kentucky state legislature asked the federal government for help, and Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant soon arr ...
Competing Visions of America: The Fourth of July During the Civil
... the desire to preserve it, were two fundamental aspects of the Fourth of July. From the Southern point of view, this was the time to stress the principles of the Founding Fathers. Rather than celebrating the Union, Southerners recognized constitutional rights and ideas of independence. This interpr ...
... the desire to preserve it, were two fundamental aspects of the Fourth of July. From the Southern point of view, this was the time to stress the principles of the Founding Fathers. Rather than celebrating the Union, Southerners recognized constitutional rights and ideas of independence. This interpr ...
Confederate Nationalism in Georgia, Louisiana, and Virginia During
... “The ordinance of secession was passed yesterday afternoon and was made public to day at 12. The excitement is intense. The mildest joy seems to prevail. All is war and bloodshed is the way of talk.” 1 Robert A. Granniss, a clerk at Kent, Paine, and Company in Richmond, wrote in his journal about th ...
... “The ordinance of secession was passed yesterday afternoon and was made public to day at 12. The excitement is intense. The mildest joy seems to prevail. All is war and bloodshed is the way of talk.” 1 Robert A. Granniss, a clerk at Kent, Paine, and Company in Richmond, wrote in his journal about th ...
the politics of command in the fort
... This approach is exploited because it has yielded much in the understanding of war as politics. It has also resulted in an almost cosmic shift in the American consciousness towards war. To modern Americans, war is no longer about glory and honor, or perhaps even victory, and it has come to be viewe ...
... This approach is exploited because it has yielded much in the understanding of war as politics. It has also resulted in an almost cosmic shift in the American consciousness towards war. To modern Americans, war is no longer about glory and honor, or perhaps even victory, and it has come to be viewe ...
Harriet Tubman: Civil War Spy
... “KUM-bee”) River in South Carolina. Early on the morning of June 1, 1863, three gunboats carrying several hundred male soldiers along with Harriet Tubman set out on their mission. Tubman had gathered key information from her scouts about the Confederate positions. She knew where they were hiding alo ...
... “KUM-bee”) River in South Carolina. Early on the morning of June 1, 1863, three gunboats carrying several hundred male soldiers along with Harriet Tubman set out on their mission. Tubman had gathered key information from her scouts about the Confederate positions. She knew where they were hiding alo ...
Educational Resource Packet: Civil War Trail
... Railroads were the heart of Meridian. Although it was a relatively small town at the time of the Civil War, it was the site of a major rail junction that had become important to the Confederacy. The depot, arsenal, stockade, military hospitals and state offices that sprang up around the tracks made ...
... Railroads were the heart of Meridian. Although it was a relatively small town at the time of the Civil War, it was the site of a major rail junction that had become important to the Confederacy. The depot, arsenal, stockade, military hospitals and state offices that sprang up around the tracks made ...
Craven County Civil War Brochure
... during the Battle of New Bern, which took place between Union and Confederate forces on March 14, 1862. New Bern Battlefield Park was acquired from the Civil War Trust in the early 1990s, and since then the New Bern Historical Society has worked tirelessly to preserve the site in its natural state a ...
... during the Battle of New Bern, which took place between Union and Confederate forces on March 14, 1862. New Bern Battlefield Park was acquired from the Civil War Trust in the early 1990s, and since then the New Bern Historical Society has worked tirelessly to preserve the site in its natural state a ...
America`s Last Civil War Veterans and Participants
... less – in relationships, technology, entertainment, even with food. Another lesson emerges from Civil War battlefields. They are now among the most peaceful places in America: the meek do indeed inherit the earth. Where are slavery’s chains now? In museums and Hollywood film sets: no tyranny lasts f ...
... less – in relationships, technology, entertainment, even with food. Another lesson emerges from Civil War battlefields. They are now among the most peaceful places in America: the meek do indeed inherit the earth. Where are slavery’s chains now? In museums and Hollywood film sets: no tyranny lasts f ...
AtkinsThesis
... of rations within the army and his doubts about the prospect for peace. As he closed his letter, Ross noted that Thomas Saunders, a member of his company, deserted to the enemy and remarked, “I had no idea up to that time that any of company E would go over to the Yankees, but now the question is wh ...
... of rations within the army and his doubts about the prospect for peace. As he closed his letter, Ross noted that Thomas Saunders, a member of his company, deserted to the enemy and remarked, “I had no idea up to that time that any of company E would go over to the Yankees, but now the question is wh ...
US History-Honors
... Lincoln Assassination April 14, 1865 Booth was an actor who conspired to kill not only Lincoln, but also his cabinet. Killed Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre Assassin John Wilkes Booth ...
... Lincoln Assassination April 14, 1865 Booth was an actor who conspired to kill not only Lincoln, but also his cabinet. Killed Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre Assassin John Wilkes Booth ...
United States Civil War
... Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana and Texas. Eventually Arkansas, Virginia, Tennessee and NC followed. ...
... Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana and Texas. Eventually Arkansas, Virginia, Tennessee and NC followed. ...
Balloons in the American Civil War Both the Union and Confederate
... what he could from this kind of warfare. ...
... what he could from this kind of warfare. ...
Florida`s Civil War soldiers - Scholar Commons
... total population. In Gainesville, for instance, the white population numbered 223, while the negroes numbered 46. In 1860, Pensacola’s population was 2,876. The planters controlled most of the land wealth, which was concentrated in seven “plantation counties” in Middle Florida. Not only did this po ...
... total population. In Gainesville, for instance, the white population numbered 223, while the negroes numbered 46. In 1860, Pensacola’s population was 2,876. The planters controlled most of the land wealth, which was concentrated in seven “plantation counties” in Middle Florida. Not only did this po ...