CHAPTER 15
... December: South Caroline secedes from the Union January: Crittenden Compromise defeated in Senate February: Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas secede from the Union February: Confederate States of America formed April: Fort Sumter surrenders to the Confederates April: Scott ...
... December: South Caroline secedes from the Union January: Crittenden Compromise defeated in Senate February: Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas secede from the Union February: Confederate States of America formed April: Fort Sumter surrenders to the Confederates April: Scott ...
the berminghams of the irish brigade
... was canceled and the regiment prepared to march for Washington. Andrew Bermingham, Richard's son, had joined Company A of the 69th and served as first sergeant. The first sergeant was the highest-ranking enlisted man in the company and was responsible for organizing, training and managing the compan ...
... was canceled and the regiment prepared to march for Washington. Andrew Bermingham, Richard's son, had joined Company A of the 69th and served as first sergeant. The first sergeant was the highest-ranking enlisted man in the company and was responsible for organizing, training and managing the compan ...
Media as Weaponry: How Civil War Media Shaped Opinion and
... they injected their own opinions as this writer did in saying, “If not wholly a victory to-night, I believe it is the prelude to a victory tomorrow” (“The Contest in Maryland”). Other papers, though not as widely read as the Tribune, also had a tremendous effect on readers who thirsted for the lates ...
... they injected their own opinions as this writer did in saying, “If not wholly a victory to-night, I believe it is the prelude to a victory tomorrow” (“The Contest in Maryland”). Other papers, though not as widely read as the Tribune, also had a tremendous effect on readers who thirsted for the lates ...
Western Prince William Heritage Family
... War in the first summer of the War, July 21, 1861, and a second even bigger battle in August 1862. The reason for the battles were fought here was that the important “Warrenton Turnpike” (today’s Route 29) came down from Washington and passed through here just west of us, heading to Warrenton, Culpe ...
... War in the first summer of the War, July 21, 1861, and a second even bigger battle in August 1862. The reason for the battles were fought here was that the important “Warrenton Turnpike” (today’s Route 29) came down from Washington and passed through here just west of us, heading to Warrenton, Culpe ...
The Confederate Naval Buildup: Could More Have Been
... be ignored—time. Materials needed to complete vessels were delayed because facilities were destroyed or had to be moved in the face of advancing enemy forces. Time and time again uncompleted ironclads and wooden gunboats had to be destroyed to prevent their Had the two large ironclads, the Louisiana ...
... be ignored—time. Materials needed to complete vessels were delayed because facilities were destroyed or had to be moved in the face of advancing enemy forces. Time and time again uncompleted ironclads and wooden gunboats had to be destroyed to prevent their Had the two large ironclads, the Louisiana ...
My Untold Story of fighting At Gettysburg, and More
... of raiding the United States arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. With confiscated Government Issue rifles and ammunition, Brown’s party raided the nearby plantations. The party forcibly “freed” about thirty slaves! Now armed, it was hoped that what was now started, would snowball. Taking the “reluc ...
... of raiding the United States arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. With confiscated Government Issue rifles and ammunition, Brown’s party raided the nearby plantations. The party forcibly “freed” about thirty slaves! Now armed, it was hoped that what was now started, would snowball. Taking the “reluc ...
Major Battles of the Civil War - sls
... dead or wounded. In the three days that Gettysburg was fought, the South suffered 28,000 casualties to the North’s 23,000. It is the bloodiest battle in all of American history. This was the ‘high watermark of the Confederacy,’ the turning point in the Civil War. Lee was so close to DC, but so far a ...
... dead or wounded. In the three days that Gettysburg was fought, the South suffered 28,000 casualties to the North’s 23,000. It is the bloodiest battle in all of American history. This was the ‘high watermark of the Confederacy,’ the turning point in the Civil War. Lee was so close to DC, but so far a ...
Stuff White People Like #1863 - The Cupola: Scholarship at
... I can understand why the event felt like a fair; with that many people coming to the reenactment, of course there are going to be stalls there to sell things. But when I stepped out to get some lunch and investigate the stalls after watching the first battle of the day, I was hit with this intense, ...
... I can understand why the event felt like a fair; with that many people coming to the reenactment, of course there are going to be stalls there to sell things. But when I stepped out to get some lunch and investigate the stalls after watching the first battle of the day, I was hit with this intense, ...
Best Little Stories from the Civil War, 2E
... biography of U. S. Grant as the Union general who finally won the Civil War for Abraham Lincoln, it’s far more interesting to recall the little moment when he led his troops toward his first conflict of the entire Civil War with very human fear and trepidation: “[M]y heart kept getting higher and hi ...
... biography of U. S. Grant as the Union general who finally won the Civil War for Abraham Lincoln, it’s far more interesting to recall the little moment when he led his troops toward his first conflict of the entire Civil War with very human fear and trepidation: “[M]y heart kept getting higher and hi ...
The Long-Run Effects of Losing the Civil War: Evidence
... supported John Bell (who won the state) and Stephen A. Douglas. Both candidates were moderates with respect to slavery, although Douglas was the more explicitly pro-slavery of the two. Bell headed the Constitutional Union party, which consisted largely of moderate ex-Whigs who found the Republican p ...
... supported John Bell (who won the state) and Stephen A. Douglas. Both candidates were moderates with respect to slavery, although Douglas was the more explicitly pro-slavery of the two. Bell headed the Constitutional Union party, which consisted largely of moderate ex-Whigs who found the Republican p ...
Did Constitutions Matter during the American Civil War
... thereafter – were up to the task of permitting the Confederate government sufficient flexibility to implement its war policies with single-minded focus on repelling Lincoln’s armies. For Owsley, constitutional text and more importantly the constitutional philosophy espoused by Confederates operated ...
... thereafter – were up to the task of permitting the Confederate government sufficient flexibility to implement its war policies with single-minded focus on repelling Lincoln’s armies. For Owsley, constitutional text and more importantly the constitutional philosophy espoused by Confederates operated ...
Origins of the Lost Cause: Pollard to the Present
... military loss was due to the “massive Northern manpower and material,” not any martial ability on the part of Union officers or men. Finally, Northern military leaders were viewed as butchers, specifically William Tecumseh Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant, or blundering, such as George B. McClellan; mea ...
... military loss was due to the “massive Northern manpower and material,” not any martial ability on the part of Union officers or men. Finally, Northern military leaders were viewed as butchers, specifically William Tecumseh Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant, or blundering, such as George B. McClellan; mea ...
Florida in the Civil War, 1861-1865
... Picture C-2-9: Union troops marching through Fernandina as depicted in a Harper's Weekly illustration in 1861. ...
... Picture C-2-9: Union troops marching through Fernandina as depicted in a Harper's Weekly illustration in 1861. ...
the civil war - Scott J. Winslow Associates, Inc.
... JEFFERSON DAVIS (1808 - 1889). President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War; U.S. Secretary of War; U.S. 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 ...
... JEFFERSON DAVIS (1808 - 1889). President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War; U.S. Secretary of War; U.S. 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 ...
George E. Pickett - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... Pickett’s division was the last to arrive on the field during the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Initially, General Robert E. Lee kept them out of the fray while the rest of the Confederates fought in and around the rolling hills that surrounded the town. By the evening of July 2, Lee had d ...
... Pickett’s division was the last to arrive on the field during the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Initially, General Robert E. Lee kept them out of the fray while the rest of the Confederates fought in and around the rolling hills that surrounded the town. By the evening of July 2, Lee had d ...
Battlefield Field Trips
... Confederate soldier. The students should pretend that they are real Civil War soldiers. They can use information from what they just read and from their imagination to tell the story. When everyone is done, ask for two volunteers to tell their stories in front of the class. Explain to your students ...
... Confederate soldier. The students should pretend that they are real Civil War soldiers. They can use information from what they just read and from their imagination to tell the story. When everyone is done, ask for two volunteers to tell their stories in front of the class. Explain to your students ...
Catoosa County History - Catoosa County Chamber of Commerce
... time there were 120,000 Union soldiers in Catoosa complete with their wagons, cannon and mules. When the Indians left in 1838, Catoosa was virgin forest. When Sherman left 26 years later, it was a burned out wasteland. “Nuten to eat, nuten to eat it outa” and nothing to eat it with. Most of the popu ...
... time there were 120,000 Union soldiers in Catoosa complete with their wagons, cannon and mules. When the Indians left in 1838, Catoosa was virgin forest. When Sherman left 26 years later, it was a burned out wasteland. “Nuten to eat, nuten to eat it outa” and nothing to eat it with. Most of the popu ...
READ-ALOUD PLAYS ABOUT
... Discussion questions The discussion questions are designed to be used immediately after the play has been read. The questions allow the students to process and reflect on what they have just read and also reinforce the themes and historical facts that have been presented. They also help set the stag ...
... Discussion questions The discussion questions are designed to be used immediately after the play has been read. The questions allow the students to process and reflect on what they have just read and also reinforce the themes and historical facts that have been presented. They also help set the stag ...
Touring Civil War Sites East Paulding, South Bartow West Cobb
... read about little else. One of the reasons I moved to the area around Kennesaw Mountain was because of its rich Civil War history. In reading the memoirs of Generals Sherman, Johnston, Grant and other important works, I gained an insight into the actions leading up to the battles about Kennesaw Moun ...
... read about little else. One of the reasons I moved to the area around Kennesaw Mountain was because of its rich Civil War history. In reading the memoirs of Generals Sherman, Johnston, Grant and other important works, I gained an insight into the actions leading up to the battles about Kennesaw Moun ...
Mahan at West Point, “Gallic Bias,” and the “Old Army”: The
... The high percentage (90 percent and above) of West Point graduates in the top leadership positions holds true on almost every Civil War battlefield. The Battle of Gettysburg and the entire war, in the end, was a conflict at the highest command level between men who had received identical indoctrinat ...
... The high percentage (90 percent and above) of West Point graduates in the top leadership positions holds true on almost every Civil War battlefield. The Battle of Gettysburg and the entire war, in the end, was a conflict at the highest command level between men who had received identical indoctrinat ...
1862: Antietam and Emancipation
... SUMMARY: In September 1862, Confederate general Robert E. Lee left the South and moved his army into Maryland. No one could be sure exactly what he planned to do, but in an incredible stroke of luck, a copy of Lee’s plans (which had been wrapped around three cigars) was discovered by Union soldiers ...
... SUMMARY: In September 1862, Confederate general Robert E. Lee left the South and moved his army into Maryland. No one could be sure exactly what he planned to do, but in an incredible stroke of luck, a copy of Lee’s plans (which had been wrapped around three cigars) was discovered by Union soldiers ...
Chapter Opener
... that Northerners would deliberately try to arm enslaved people and encourage them to rebel. Although Republican leaders quickly denounced Brown’s raid, many Southern newspapers and politicians blamed Republicans for the attack. To many Southerners, the key point was that both the Republicans and Bro ...
... that Northerners would deliberately try to arm enslaved people and encourage them to rebel. Although Republican leaders quickly denounced Brown’s raid, many Southern newspapers and politicians blamed Republicans for the attack. To many Southerners, the key point was that both the Republicans and Bro ...
Battle of Antietam
... Jefferson Davis wanted to fight a war of attrition, in which the South would do what? Avoid large battles and force the North to exhaust its resources ...
... Jefferson Davis wanted to fight a war of attrition, in which the South would do what? Avoid large battles and force the North to exhaust its resources ...
"... Willing Never to Go in Another Fight": The Civil War
... wrote that, per his mother's request, he had his photograph taken. He wrote, "Miers & myself had ours taken together the day before we left K [Kentucky]. We will keep it & send it back by who ever brings our clothing." The photo of the two young Confederates survived the war and has survived the pas ...
... wrote that, per his mother's request, he had his photograph taken. He wrote, "Miers & myself had ours taken together the day before we left K [Kentucky]. We will keep it & send it back by who ever brings our clothing." The photo of the two young Confederates survived the war and has survived the pas ...
Generals of the Civil War
... The Chattanooga Campaign was fought to seize control of Chattanooga, which was an important railway and manufacturing position during the Civil War. ...
... The Chattanooga Campaign was fought to seize control of Chattanooga, which was an important railway and manufacturing position during the Civil War. ...
Battle of Namozine Church
The Battle of Namozine Church, Virginia was an engagement between Union Army and Confederate States Army forces that occurred on April 3, 1865 during the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War. The battle was the first engagement between units of General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia after that army's evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia on April 2, 1865 and units of the Union Army (Army of the Shenandoah, Army of the Potomac and Army of the James) under the immediate command of Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan, who was still acting independently as commander of the Army of the Shenandoah, and under the overall direction of Union General-in-Chief Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. The forces immediately engaged in the battle were brigades of the cavalry division of Union Brig. Gen. and Brevet Maj. Gen. George Armstrong Custer, especially the brigade of Colonel and Brevet Brig. Gen. William Wells, and the Confederate rear guard cavalry brigades of Brig. Gen. William P. Roberts and Brig. Gen. Rufus Barringer and later in the engagement, Confederate infantry from the division of Maj. Gen. Bushrod Johnson.The engagement signaled the beginning of the Union Army's relentless pursuit of the Confederate forces (Army of Northern Virginia and Richmond local defense forces) after the fall of Petersburg and Richmond after the Third Battle of Petersburg (sometimes known as the Breakthrough at Petersburg or Fall of Petersburg), which led to the near disintegration of Lee's forces within 6 days and the Army of Northern Virginia's surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9, 1865. Capt. Tom Custer, the general's brother, was cited at this battle for the first of two Medals of Honor that he received for actions within four days.