The Collapse of the Confederacy: Class Dissent, Unionism, and
... to enter the Confederate Army. To many the Conscription Act was a slight on the "honor" of Southern men. By being forced into military service it was almost as if the Confederate government was calling all those who did not volunteer in 1 86 1 cowards, and in Southern "honor" culture these men had t ...
... to enter the Confederate Army. To many the Conscription Act was a slight on the "honor" of Southern men. By being forced into military service it was almost as if the Confederate government was calling all those who did not volunteer in 1 86 1 cowards, and in Southern "honor" culture these men had t ...
The Civil War and West Virginia`s Statehood Movement The Civil
... was encamped atop Rich Mountain, five miles west of Beverly. General Rosecrans, with 2,000 Union troops, was ordered to drive the southerners out of West Virginia. In the battle, 20 Union soldiers were killed and 40 were wounded. More than 100 Confederates were killed, wounded, or captured. When Gen ...
... was encamped atop Rich Mountain, five miles west of Beverly. General Rosecrans, with 2,000 Union troops, was ordered to drive the southerners out of West Virginia. In the battle, 20 Union soldiers were killed and 40 were wounded. More than 100 Confederates were killed, wounded, or captured. When Gen ...
The Gettysburg Address Class Set – Do not write or mark on this. In
... From July 1 to July 3, 1863, the invading forces of General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army clashed with the Army of the Potomac (under its newly appointed leader, General George G. Meade) at Gettysburg, some 35 miles southwest of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Casualties were high on both sides: Out of ...
... From July 1 to July 3, 1863, the invading forces of General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army clashed with the Army of the Potomac (under its newly appointed leader, General George G. Meade) at Gettysburg, some 35 miles southwest of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Casualties were high on both sides: Out of ...
by Nick Bolash - College of William and Mary
... After the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln and the secession of eleven southern states, life seemed to move on as normally as possible in Broadway Landing. To the citizens of the now-small village, the shots fired at Bull Run, Antietam, and Gettysburg may well have been a thousand miles away. Sure, ...
... After the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln and the secession of eleven southern states, life seemed to move on as normally as possible in Broadway Landing. To the citizens of the now-small village, the shots fired at Bull Run, Antietam, and Gettysburg may well have been a thousand miles away. Sure, ...
1 1942-1961 March 1942 “Notes and Documents
... “Notes and Documents: Stephen Washington Holladay=s Civil War Letters” (pp 256-264) Edited by George C. Osburn Stephen W. Holladay, born in 1842 in Carroll County, volunteered at Trenton in 1861 with Company C, Fifty-Fifth Tennessee Confederate Infantry. He was captured the next April at Island No. ...
... “Notes and Documents: Stephen Washington Holladay=s Civil War Letters” (pp 256-264) Edited by George C. Osburn Stephen W. Holladay, born in 1842 in Carroll County, volunteered at Trenton in 1861 with Company C, Fifty-Fifth Tennessee Confederate Infantry. He was captured the next April at Island No. ...
Notes on the Civil War - Garrett Academy Of Technology
... Defend, defend, defend – hold out until the North gives up King Cotton Diplomacy – withhold cotton vital for Great Britian’s and France’s economy until they agreed to recognize the CSA, declare the Union blockade illegal, and assist the CSA in the war effort – ultimately a failure – GB and France we ...
... Defend, defend, defend – hold out until the North gives up King Cotton Diplomacy – withhold cotton vital for Great Britian’s and France’s economy until they agreed to recognize the CSA, declare the Union blockade illegal, and assist the CSA in the war effort – ultimately a failure – GB and France we ...
Ulysses S. Grant
... Mississippi, a key port on the Mississippi River. The Siege of Vicksburg began when Grant’s base camp at Holly Springs was captured. Grant was forced to retreat in December. In the spring of 1863, Grant executed a very effective attack. He ordered his men to cross the Mississippi River south of Vick ...
... Mississippi, a key port on the Mississippi River. The Siege of Vicksburg began when Grant’s base camp at Holly Springs was captured. Grant was forced to retreat in December. In the spring of 1863, Grant executed a very effective attack. He ordered his men to cross the Mississippi River south of Vick ...
Reveille
... Campaign.5 The total number of horses and mules that began that campaign was 56,499. Armies from the western theater also maintained a large animal entourage. General Sherman's army of 60,000 was accompanied by 2,500 wagons and 600 ambulances (Billings 1887). It is probable that those wagons also we ...
... Campaign.5 The total number of horses and mules that began that campaign was 56,499. Armies from the western theater also maintained a large animal entourage. General Sherman's army of 60,000 was accompanied by 2,500 wagons and 600 ambulances (Billings 1887). It is probable that those wagons also we ...
Union College Connections to the Civil War Era A Glossary of
... the Union and six for the Confederacy. (To put this in some perspective, West Point graduates serving in the war numbered about 900 with just under 100 deaths.) Union College alumni participated in major Civil War battles such as First and Second Bull Run, the Peninsular Campaign, Antietam, Chancell ...
... the Union and six for the Confederacy. (To put this in some perspective, West Point graduates serving in the war numbered about 900 with just under 100 deaths.) Union College alumni participated in major Civil War battles such as First and Second Bull Run, the Peninsular Campaign, Antietam, Chancell ...
Emancipation and Life in Wartime Objective/Key Understanding
... o Federal law forbids African Americans from serving as soldiers. o Congress repeals law forbidding African Americans from serving as soldiers. o African American troops serve only in noncombat roles. o African American troops serve in combat and fight in major battles. o All Union soldiers receive ...
... o Federal law forbids African Americans from serving as soldiers. o Congress repeals law forbidding African Americans from serving as soldiers. o African American troops serve only in noncombat roles. o African American troops serve in combat and fight in major battles. o All Union soldiers receive ...
Bonnie Milne Gardner - Delaware County Historical Society
... Second Battle of Bull Run. Lincoln orders McClellan to abandon Peninsula Campaign and bring his army back to D.C. to reinforce General Pope. 16,000 nd casualties. 2 Michigan engaged in heavy action, 3 days, retreating. Aug. 29 Robbins turns 21. Thompson writes him 11 letters that fall, Anna (his gir ...
... Second Battle of Bull Run. Lincoln orders McClellan to abandon Peninsula Campaign and bring his army back to D.C. to reinforce General Pope. 16,000 nd casualties. 2 Michigan engaged in heavy action, 3 days, retreating. Aug. 29 Robbins turns 21. Thompson writes him 11 letters that fall, Anna (his gir ...
Rocky Mountain Civil War Round Table 2013 Study Group The
... War on the Mississippi: Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign (Time-Life Civil War series) – Jerry Korn Ninety-Eight Days: A Geographer’s View of the Civil War – Warren E. Grabau The Campaign for Vicksburg (very expensive three-volume set): Volume I, Vicksburg Is the Key; Volume II, Grant Strikes a Fatal Blow; ...
... War on the Mississippi: Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign (Time-Life Civil War series) – Jerry Korn Ninety-Eight Days: A Geographer’s View of the Civil War – Warren E. Grabau The Campaign for Vicksburg (very expensive three-volume set): Volume I, Vicksburg Is the Key; Volume II, Grant Strikes a Fatal Blow; ...
Untitled
... which paid from 5 to 7.3% interest. Mter the first few months of the war , the government was in bad financial shape, becausepeople were reluctant to buy bonds and Treasury notes. Then the task of selling them was turned over to the powerful firm of Jay Cooke and Company. Cooke established selling a ...
... which paid from 5 to 7.3% interest. Mter the first few months of the war , the government was in bad financial shape, becausepeople were reluctant to buy bonds and Treasury notes. Then the task of selling them was turned over to the powerful firm of Jay Cooke and Company. Cooke established selling a ...
Tale of the Tape: Civil War - Mr. Fields Social Studies
... border states. Indicate the strengths and weaknesses of both sides as the war began. Describe the diplomatic struggle for the sympathies of the European powers. Compare Lincoln’s and Davis’ political leadership during the war. ...
... border states. Indicate the strengths and weaknesses of both sides as the war began. Describe the diplomatic struggle for the sympathies of the European powers. Compare Lincoln’s and Davis’ political leadership during the war. ...
Unit IV: Total War and Surrender
... Evaluate the success and failures of the North and the South in the completion of the Anaconda Plan and the defensive war as was evidenced by Civil War battles and engagements. Explain and give evidence of the metamorphosis of trench warfare in the later stages of the war. Analyze significant battl ...
... Evaluate the success and failures of the North and the South in the completion of the Anaconda Plan and the defensive war as was evidenced by Civil War battles and engagements. Explain and give evidence of the metamorphosis of trench warfare in the later stages of the war. Analyze significant battl ...
Gettysburg: an exhibit for the First
... extensively photographed, yet because exposure times were long, and the development process needed to be done immediately, war photographs are nearly posed in a camp or taken after the battle was over. This photograph looks downhill into the trees from the position held by Chamberlain and his men. ...
... extensively photographed, yet because exposure times were long, and the development process needed to be done immediately, war photographs are nearly posed in a camp or taken after the battle was over. This photograph looks downhill into the trees from the position held by Chamberlain and his men. ...
Summer 2011 issue - Camp Olden Civil War Round Table
... launched by General Grant to defeat the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee. After fighting to a bloody draw in the Wilderness, Grant turned his Army south towards Richmond only to be stopped again by Lee’s men at Spotsylvania Courthouse. On May 12, 1864, during the fighting at Spotsylvania Courtho ...
... launched by General Grant to defeat the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee. After fighting to a bloody draw in the Wilderness, Grant turned his Army south towards Richmond only to be stopped again by Lee’s men at Spotsylvania Courthouse. On May 12, 1864, during the fighting at Spotsylvania Courtho ...
The Battle of Antietam
... fighting that day coming out of the North Woods down the Hagerstown Turnpike towards the East Woods where the Confederate soldiers were positioned. The troops under Hooker’s command numbered about eight thousand six hundred men. McClellan would attack what he believed to be a 100,000 plus man army w ...
... fighting that day coming out of the North Woods down the Hagerstown Turnpike towards the East Woods where the Confederate soldiers were positioned. The troops under Hooker’s command numbered about eight thousand six hundred men. McClellan would attack what he believed to be a 100,000 plus man army w ...
Civil War Communications and Cryptology
... and at a reduced level. In future issues we will continue to examine the uses of the telegraphs, signal flags and fires and cryptography during the Civil War. ...
... and at a reduced level. In future issues we will continue to examine the uses of the telegraphs, signal flags and fires and cryptography during the Civil War. ...
Gettysburg: Three Days of Glory Study Guide
... Virginia is invincible, places Longstreet in charge of a frontal assault on the Union position on Cemetery Ridge with General Pickett’s division forming the center of the assault which would go on to be known as Pickett's Charge. Longstreet, not believing the attack will be successful from the begin ...
... Virginia is invincible, places Longstreet in charge of a frontal assault on the Union position on Cemetery Ridge with General Pickett’s division forming the center of the assault which would go on to be known as Pickett's Charge. Longstreet, not believing the attack will be successful from the begin ...
"Young Bloods of the South:" The Confederate Use and Efficacy of
... to pursue this kind of war, even if they disagree with him that it could have achieved victory. Thus Gary Gallagher argues that nineteenth-century southern society would not agree to this strategy. Guerrilla warfare was repugnant to many citizens and soldiers on both sides, because it was seen as un ...
... to pursue this kind of war, even if they disagree with him that it could have achieved victory. Thus Gary Gallagher argues that nineteenth-century southern society would not agree to this strategy. Guerrilla warfare was repugnant to many citizens and soldiers on both sides, because it was seen as un ...
The Role of Confederate Nationalism and Popular Will
... acceptance toward reconstruction. If defeat is acceptable, then the will to continue fighting is undermined. This is what happened to the Confederacy and is the principal reason for its defeat. ...
... acceptance toward reconstruction. If defeat is acceptable, then the will to continue fighting is undermined. This is what happened to the Confederacy and is the principal reason for its defeat. ...
Fall 2013 - Psi Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon at the University of
... entitled Vicksburg: Southern City under Siege. This historical gem presents a unique opportunity to share the combat experiences of one of our DKE brothers, in his own words, as those experiences unfolded. I’ve read countless books, articles, and other accounts of the Civil War, but Foster’s letter ...
... entitled Vicksburg: Southern City under Siege. This historical gem presents a unique opportunity to share the combat experiences of one of our DKE brothers, in his own words, as those experiences unfolded. I’ve read countless books, articles, and other accounts of the Civil War, but Foster’s letter ...
Conscription Essay - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... being able to afford the commutation fee. Finally, by 1863, the Union had added emancipation to its Civil War goals, and immigrant, working-class Democrats who feared former slaves might take their jobs could be counted among the strongest opponents of that measure. Consequently, they resented being ...
... being able to afford the commutation fee. Finally, by 1863, the Union had added emancipation to its Civil War goals, and immigrant, working-class Democrats who feared former slaves might take their jobs could be counted among the strongest opponents of that measure. Consequently, they resented being ...
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.