My will is absolute law“ General Robert H. Milroy and
... The story of Winchester, Virginia during the Civil War revolves around repeated military occupation. Situated in Virginia’s Lower Shenandoah Valley, Winchester thrived as a business community prior to the Civil War. All of the area’s major roads converged on the town, and the strategic location that ...
... The story of Winchester, Virginia during the Civil War revolves around repeated military occupation. Situated in Virginia’s Lower Shenandoah Valley, Winchester thrived as a business community prior to the Civil War. All of the area’s major roads converged on the town, and the strategic location that ...
Boxing in the Union Blue: A Social History of American Boxing in the
... This study explores the social history of boxing in the Civil War era Union States in both the martial and civilian contexts, focusing on issues of masculinity, ethnicity, race, and class. This dissertation is divided into four sections, each emphasizing a different boxing scene. First, boxing in is ...
... This study explores the social history of boxing in the Civil War era Union States in both the martial and civilian contexts, focusing on issues of masculinity, ethnicity, race, and class. This dissertation is divided into four sections, each emphasizing a different boxing scene. First, boxing in is ...
Battling Memory from Memphis: Elizabeth Avery
... I fear in those dark days just after the close of the war, hate was a feeling that came into many a Southern woman’s breast. The Southern men were too busy trying to retrieve their fallen fortunes, but the women – they had more time to brood over the wrongs that had been done them, they had not had ...
... I fear in those dark days just after the close of the war, hate was a feeling that came into many a Southern woman’s breast. The Southern men were too busy trying to retrieve their fallen fortunes, but the women – they had more time to brood over the wrongs that had been done them, they had not had ...
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 ...
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 ...
this PDF file
... war including the 8th and 11th Reserves, the 85th, 116th and 142nd Infantry, the 14th and 16th Cavalry and the 2nd Heavy Artillery.13 In the mid-nineteenth century, an intimate relationship existed between newspapers and their readers, especially in isolated areas like Fayette County, where the loca ...
... war including the 8th and 11th Reserves, the 85th, 116th and 142nd Infantry, the 14th and 16th Cavalry and the 2nd Heavy Artillery.13 In the mid-nineteenth century, an intimate relationship existed between newspapers and their readers, especially in isolated areas like Fayette County, where the loca ...
Reign of Terror - Washington and Lee`s Digital Archive
... declared on his first day as commander of the Trans-Mississippi District, Hindman had come to “drive out the invader, or to parish in the attempt.”11 Ultimately, his tenure as commander would last exactly seventy-four days. In those roughly two months, however, Hindman was incredibly active, all wit ...
... declared on his first day as commander of the Trans-Mississippi District, Hindman had come to “drive out the invader, or to parish in the attempt.”11 Ultimately, his tenure as commander would last exactly seventy-four days. In those roughly two months, however, Hindman was incredibly active, all wit ...
"Or this whole affair is a failure": a special treasury agent`s
... where he would participate in the abolition-driven, yet Treasury and War Department-run Port Royal Experiment. As he was assigned to work under both the Treasury and military, this man from an abolitionist family would record not just his work or his thoughts while assigned, but also of others durin ...
... where he would participate in the abolition-driven, yet Treasury and War Department-run Port Royal Experiment. As he was assigned to work under both the Treasury and military, this man from an abolitionist family would record not just his work or his thoughts while assigned, but also of others durin ...
a PDF version of the guide to Virginia`s Civil War.
... detail, his imprisonment at Camp Chase, Ohio, Fort Delaware, Del., and Hilton Head Island, S.C. The information recorded concerns meals, weather, religious events, brief reactions to rumors concerning Confederate military fortunes, and a list of other Confederates incarcerated at Camp Chase. Allen, ...
... detail, his imprisonment at Camp Chase, Ohio, Fort Delaware, Del., and Hilton Head Island, S.C. The information recorded concerns meals, weather, religious events, brief reactions to rumors concerning Confederate military fortunes, and a list of other Confederates incarcerated at Camp Chase. Allen, ...
ACP 2
... 53. How did these innovations in technology affect Texas’s economy near the end of the nineteenth century? (7.6b) a. The cattle industry grew. In addition to making large profits from meatpacking, cattle processors gained even greater profits with the production of by-products. b. Farming is revolut ...
... 53. How did these innovations in technology affect Texas’s economy near the end of the nineteenth century? (7.6b) a. The cattle industry grew. In addition to making large profits from meatpacking, cattle processors gained even greater profits with the production of by-products. b. Farming is revolut ...
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 ...
Reconstruction the Nation
... • Were freed slaves better off in the South after the Civil War? Why or why not? • What were the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments? Did they transofrm American society? Why or why not? ...
... • Were freed slaves better off in the South after the Civil War? Why or why not? • What were the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments? Did they transofrm American society? Why or why not? ...
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
... At the other end of the spectrum, Civil War tactics have also attracted scholarly attention. Paddy Griffith, Battle Tactics of the Civil War (Yale University Press, 1987) remains the standard work though also essential is Earl J. Hess, The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Myth and Reality (Univers ...
... At the other end of the spectrum, Civil War tactics have also attracted scholarly attention. Paddy Griffith, Battle Tactics of the Civil War (Yale University Press, 1987) remains the standard work though also essential is Earl J. Hess, The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Myth and Reality (Univers ...
Henry Wirz and Andersonville: The Career of
... never healed, and the wound hurt him for the rest of his life. Despite his disability, Wirz advanced to the rank of captain on June 12, 1862, and he continued to work with prisoners.5 In 1863, Wirz received a furlough. "I went to Europe and had my wound operated upon at Paris. The doctor there thoug ...
... never healed, and the wound hurt him for the rest of his life. Despite his disability, Wirz advanced to the rank of captain on June 12, 1862, and he continued to work with prisoners.5 In 1863, Wirz received a furlough. "I went to Europe and had my wound operated upon at Paris. The doctor there thoug ...
this Thesis or Dissertation
... steamboat company had a virtual monopoly on steamboat operations from Brownsville upriver to Rio Grande City by 1861, a distance of about 100 miles.3 This company, led by Richard King, Miflin Kenedy, Charles Stillman, James O'Donnell, and Robert Penny, anticipated that the mouth of the Rio Grande wo ...
... steamboat company had a virtual monopoly on steamboat operations from Brownsville upriver to Rio Grande City by 1861, a distance of about 100 miles.3 This company, led by Richard King, Miflin Kenedy, Charles Stillman, James O'Donnell, and Robert Penny, anticipated that the mouth of the Rio Grande wo ...
The South at War: Five Battles of Selma, Ramparts Magazine, June
... Texas was not and never will be the answer to the question that is tearing this country apart. Instead of flowers standing on a bedside table beside an unconscious and dying man, there should have been federal presence in Selma the day before the Reverend Reeb was struck down, just as there should h ...
... Texas was not and never will be the answer to the question that is tearing this country apart. Instead of flowers standing on a bedside table beside an unconscious and dying man, there should have been federal presence in Selma the day before the Reverend Reeb was struck down, just as there should h ...
The Ingenuity, Proficiency, and Versatility of Union Citizen Soldiers
... military engineering. The skills Union soldiers displayed during the war at bridge building, railroad repair, and road making demonstrated mechanical ability and often revealed ingenuity and imagination. These skills were developed during the antebellum period when northerners invested in educationa ...
... military engineering. The skills Union soldiers displayed during the war at bridge building, railroad repair, and road making demonstrated mechanical ability and often revealed ingenuity and imagination. These skills were developed during the antebellum period when northerners invested in educationa ...
THE MANY BATTLES OF GLORIETA PASS: STRUGGLES FOR THE
... of a Confederate victory in New Mexico and the effect it could have on Colorado, Canby asked Gilpin for troops and supplies. The Coloradans responded in force. Recruiting disillusioned gold field workers, drifters, and some true believers in the Union course, Gilpin put together a tough body of figh ...
... of a Confederate victory in New Mexico and the effect it could have on Colorado, Canby asked Gilpin for troops and supplies. The Coloradans responded in force. Recruiting disillusioned gold field workers, drifters, and some true believers in the Union course, Gilpin put together a tough body of figh ...
`THAT MYSTIC CLOUD` Civil War Memory in the Tennessee
... It is clear that the North fought for purposes entirely good—for Union and the end of slavery—but Confederate soldiers also win respect for their bravery, their devotion, and their struggle against long odds. They seem to have been playing historical roles for which they are not to blame. . . The wa ...
... It is clear that the North fought for purposes entirely good—for Union and the end of slavery—but Confederate soldiers also win respect for their bravery, their devotion, and their struggle against long odds. They seem to have been playing historical roles for which they are not to blame. . . The wa ...
Study of the Union and the Confederate reactions to the
... Missouri territory for admission into the Union, however, things happened which caused the entire slavery controversy to take on new light and new vigor. On February 13, 1819, James Tallmadge of New York proposed an amendment to the bill admitting Missouri. This amendment, which prohibited the futur ...
... Missouri territory for admission into the Union, however, things happened which caused the entire slavery controversy to take on new light and new vigor. On February 13, 1819, James Tallmadge of New York proposed an amendment to the bill admitting Missouri. This amendment, which prohibited the futur ...
“`REBELS AGAINST A REBELLION`: SOUTHERN UNIONISTS IN
... Yankees.” While it is impossible to know what information, if any, Moses may have passed to the Union troops, it is clear that his alleged activities were viewed as dangerous and disloyal by the Confederates. “It [was] well understood and known in the neighborhood by all there acquainted with the fa ...
... Yankees.” While it is impossible to know what information, if any, Moses may have passed to the Union troops, it is clear that his alleged activities were viewed as dangerous and disloyal by the Confederates. “It [was] well understood and known in the neighborhood by all there acquainted with the fa ...
Hawai`i at Home During the American Civil War
... islands.43 The only member of the American consular staff who refused the oath of allegiance when requested by the Union late in 1861 was Hilo consul Thomas Miller. Miller wrote Secretary of State W. H. Seward saying although “attached to the Union” and wishing to see it preserved, he could not sign ...
... islands.43 The only member of the American consular staff who refused the oath of allegiance when requested by the Union late in 1861 was Hilo consul Thomas Miller. Miller wrote Secretary of State W. H. Seward saying although “attached to the Union” and wishing to see it preserved, he could not sign ...