A State Divided: A State Divided:
... John Hunt Morgan is widely known for his Confederate Cavalry raids, overshadowing fellow Kentucky Humanities Council Kentuckian George Martin Jessee, known as “Naughty Jessee.” Mark V. Wetherington tells us about the lesser known Confederate Cavalryman on page 15. While Kentucky’s men were off fight ...
... John Hunt Morgan is widely known for his Confederate Cavalry raids, overshadowing fellow Kentucky Humanities Council Kentuckian George Martin Jessee, known as “Naughty Jessee.” Mark V. Wetherington tells us about the lesser known Confederate Cavalryman on page 15. While Kentucky’s men were off fight ...
John Bell Hood: Extracting Truth from History
... One of these, Confederate General John Bell Hood, plays an important role. This paper contends that in his case, the Lost Cause is wrong, and that Hood’s historical treatment has been false. Standard critical treatment of John Bell Hood over the years has tended to characterize the general as rash, ...
... One of these, Confederate General John Bell Hood, plays an important role. This paper contends that in his case, the Lost Cause is wrong, and that Hood’s historical treatment has been false. Standard critical treatment of John Bell Hood over the years has tended to characterize the general as rash, ...
this Thesis or Dissertation
... problem emerged for this company. The Rio Grande, or "Rio Bravo" as it was sometimes called, proved to be a difficult river for steamboat navigation. One foreign visitor made these comments about the Rio Grande: Many of the turns were so sharp that the steamer, though of no great length, could not b ...
... problem emerged for this company. The Rio Grande, or "Rio Bravo" as it was sometimes called, proved to be a difficult river for steamboat navigation. One foreign visitor made these comments about the Rio Grande: Many of the turns were so sharp that the steamer, though of no great length, could not b ...
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... Ted Ballard, Staff Ride Guide: The Battle of Antietam, (Washington DC: Center of Military History, ...
... Ted Ballard, Staff Ride Guide: The Battle of Antietam, (Washington DC: Center of Military History, ...
The Impact of Media Coverage on the Election of 1864
... purpose from a generally passive role of news dissemination before the party press period to a much more active role of reflecting public opinion and actively shaping it during the party press period. Frederick Douglass wrote in 1881 that “Slavery had the power at one to make and unmake Presidents” ...
... purpose from a generally passive role of news dissemination before the party press period to a much more active role of reflecting public opinion and actively shaping it during the party press period. Frederick Douglass wrote in 1881 that “Slavery had the power at one to make and unmake Presidents” ...
The Battles for Chattanooga, 1863-1865
... The battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga marked an important turning point for the Civil War in the Western Theater. At the end of the summer of 1863, the Confederacy desperately needed a victory. The Army of the Potomac had defeated the Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg on July 3 and the fo ...
... The battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga marked an important turning point for the Civil War in the Western Theater. At the end of the summer of 1863, the Confederacy desperately needed a victory. The Army of the Potomac had defeated the Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg on July 3 and the fo ...
`THAT MYSTIC CLOUD` Civil War Memory in the Tennessee
... Recollections of the Civil War —through what Warren termed the ‘mystic cloud’ of memory—have often been an imperfect representation of history. As David W. Blight has observed, Americans’ fascination with the war has more often focused on its “music and pathos” than “its enduring challenges, the the ...
... Recollections of the Civil War —through what Warren termed the ‘mystic cloud’ of memory—have often been an imperfect representation of history. As David W. Blight has observed, Americans’ fascination with the war has more often focused on its “music and pathos” than “its enduring challenges, the the ...
the rhetoric of destruction: racial identity and
... compared to the devastation of that later conflict. Yet the analogy between Sherman’s March and the “strategic bombing” campaigns of Japan and Germany is often, and erroneously, made. Historians have usually viewed the Civil War too narrowly in their attempts to characterize its destructiveness, foc ...
... compared to the devastation of that later conflict. Yet the analogy between Sherman’s March and the “strategic bombing” campaigns of Japan and Germany is often, and erroneously, made. Historians have usually viewed the Civil War too narrowly in their attempts to characterize its destructiveness, foc ...
“Victory is Our Only Road to Peace”: Texas, Wartime Morale, and
... viability of the loss-of-will thesis and finds an inherent flaw in its premise. He submits that if historians assume that Confederates “lost” their will, then somewhere along the line southerners originally had a will to win and establish an independent nation. He argues for a more literal reading o ...
... viability of the loss-of-will thesis and finds an inherent flaw in its premise. He submits that if historians assume that Confederates “lost” their will, then somewhere along the line southerners originally had a will to win and establish an independent nation. He argues for a more literal reading o ...
Henry Wirz and Andersonville: The Career of
... 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 thought that all the dead bone had come out." But the operation failed because " ...
... 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 thought that all the dead bone had come out." But the operation failed because " ...
Mythologies about homes built before the Civil War in
... territory in the War: In 1863, the residents of the westernmost part of the state broke away and formed what is now known as West Virginia. Factories in Virginia were destroyed, cities demolished, and thousands of homes were burned or ransacked (Robertson, 1991). By the time Confederate General Robe ...
... territory in the War: In 1863, the residents of the westernmost part of the state broke away and formed what is now known as West Virginia. Factories in Virginia were destroyed, cities demolished, and thousands of homes were burned or ransacked (Robertson, 1991). By the time Confederate General Robe ...
MAINTAINING ORDER IN THE MIDST OF CHAOS: ROBERT E
... I suppose that at this date there are some hundreds of men in the South who call themselves members of Lee’s staff, and so they were if teamsters, sentry men, detailed quartermasters (commissary men), couriers and orderlies, and all the rest of the following of a general headquarters of a great army ...
... I suppose that at this date there are some hundreds of men in the South who call themselves members of Lee’s staff, and so they were if teamsters, sentry men, detailed quartermasters (commissary men), couriers and orderlies, and all the rest of the following of a general headquarters of a great army ...
Competing Visions of America: The Fourth of July During the Civil
... Dennis stated that as the Civil War approached, Southerners questioned the observance of Independence Day, but in the end had to abandon the holiday with their eventual defeat.12 There are two points that most scholars do mention in referring to the Fourth of July and the Civil War. First is that af ...
... Dennis stated that as the Civil War approached, Southerners questioned the observance of Independence Day, but in the end had to abandon the holiday with their eventual defeat.12 There are two points that most scholars do mention in referring to the Fourth of July and the Civil War. First is that af ...
General William T. Sherman: Total Warrior
... campaign. This was of course a bold and almost reckless plan but also one that Grant understood was necessary, as coupled with General Sheridan’s operations in the Shenandoah Valley it would aid in destroying the Confederacy’s will to fight so that when Lee eventually surrendered in Virginia there w ...
... campaign. This was of course a bold and almost reckless plan but also one that Grant understood was necessary, as coupled with General Sheridan’s operations in the Shenandoah Valley it would aid in destroying the Confederacy’s will to fight so that when Lee eventually surrendered in Virginia there w ...
Confederate States Navy
... area, where the James, Nansemond and Elizabeth Rivers flow into the Chesapeake Bay, was instantly realized by both warring parties. The James River provided a direct water route between Richmond and the Chesapeake Bay. The large US naval base at Norfolk was abandoned by the Federals on April 20, 186 ...
... area, where the James, Nansemond and Elizabeth Rivers flow into the Chesapeake Bay, was instantly realized by both warring parties. The James River provided a direct water route between Richmond and the Chesapeake Bay. The large US naval base at Norfolk was abandoned by the Federals on April 20, 186 ...
Confederate Nationalism in Georgia, Louisiana, and Virginia During
... I can say with one hundred percent certainty this project would not have been completed without the support of my committee chair, Professor Alan Kraut. In life sometimes you really need to trust your instincts and your gut. Seven years ago, my instincts told me I could not find a better advisor and ...
... I can say with one hundred percent certainty this project would not have been completed without the support of my committee chair, Professor Alan Kraut. In life sometimes you really need to trust your instincts and your gut. Seven years ago, my instincts told me I could not find a better advisor and ...
Fall 1862 at Fairfax Court House
... ordered out of Northern Virginia and made its slow and difficult march to Fredericksburg where it arrived following that devastating battle on December 11th-15th. It wintered in Stafford Court House.2 —”I goes to fight mit Sigel” ...
... ordered out of Northern Virginia and made its slow and difficult march to Fredericksburg where it arrived following that devastating battle on December 11th-15th. It wintered in Stafford Court House.2 —”I goes to fight mit Sigel” ...
The Positive Contributions of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of
... glorious route of the southern army. When it failed to happen, and was reversed, in part, thanks to the bold example given by an enthusiastic young Confederate named Brigadier General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Wade, Chandler, and Senator George Riddle of Delaware attempted, rifle in hand, to rever ...
... glorious route of the southern army. When it failed to happen, and was reversed, in part, thanks to the bold example given by an enthusiastic young Confederate named Brigadier General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Wade, Chandler, and Senator George Riddle of Delaware attempted, rifle in hand, to rever ...
The latent enmity of Georgia
... Confederate government, but also the resentment between Georgians themselves. Sherman’s determination to exploit the social divisions within the state, as well as the Confederacy itself, contributed to the success of the March to the Sea by exacerbating the animosity between wealthy and poor Georgia ...
... Confederate government, but also the resentment between Georgians themselves. Sherman’s determination to exploit the social divisions within the state, as well as the Confederacy itself, contributed to the success of the March to the Sea by exacerbating the animosity between wealthy and poor Georgia ...
“`REBELS AGAINST A REBELLION`: SOUTHERN UNIONISTS IN
... “The future historian will award the highest praise to those who hold out longest against the efforts of madmen to destroy this great country.” Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.), 12 March 1861 ...
... “The future historian will award the highest praise to those who hold out longest against the efforts of madmen to destroy this great country.” Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.), 12 March 1861 ...
Meeting paper Feb 2002 - Grant – the uncaring drunken butcher?
... integral to his generalship during the War. Grant was ordered to move against Confederate Colonel Thomas Harris, “…who was said to be encamped at the little town of Florida (Missouri) some twentyfive miles south…” of Grant’s force on the Salt River. On arriving at the enemy encampment Grant found it ...
... integral to his generalship during the War. Grant was ordered to move against Confederate Colonel Thomas Harris, “…who was said to be encamped at the little town of Florida (Missouri) some twentyfive miles south…” of Grant’s force on the Salt River. On arriving at the enemy encampment Grant found it ...
The South at War: Five Battles of Selma, Ramparts Magazine, June
... Alabama River and linking Selma ·with Highway 80 (the Jefferson Davis Highway), the road to Montgomery. This was the bridge the marchers would have to cross. At the other end the Confederate forces were massing for the kill. It was early afternoon. The State Troopers were preparing to block off traf ...
... Alabama River and linking Selma ·with Highway 80 (the Jefferson Davis Highway), the road to Montgomery. This was the bridge the marchers would have to cross. At the other end the Confederate forces were massing for the kill. It was early afternoon. The State Troopers were preparing to block off traf ...
a PDF version of the guide to Virginia`s Civil War.
... Scott describes in varying detail his service in western Virginia in 1861, his participation in the battles of Fredericksburg, Brandy Station, and Gettysburg, the Peninsula and Appomattox campaigns, and his capture and imprisonment at Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D.C., and at Point Lookout, Md. A ...
... Scott describes in varying detail his service in western Virginia in 1861, his participation in the battles of Fredericksburg, Brandy Station, and Gettysburg, the Peninsula and Appomattox campaigns, and his capture and imprisonment at Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D.C., and at Point Lookout, Md. A ...
General George Brinton McClellan: The Cautious
... should have learned so much during the Mexican War, was either a dotard or a traitor. (Catton, 85) After another defeat for the Union at Ball’s Bluff on 21st October, on 1st November, Scott resigned as general-in-chief and McClellan was named his successor. In November 1861, McClellan had presented ...
... should have learned so much during the Mexican War, was either a dotard or a traitor. (Catton, 85) After another defeat for the Union at Ball’s Bluff on 21st October, on 1st November, Scott resigned as general-in-chief and McClellan was named his successor. In November 1861, McClellan had presented ...
Word document
... should have learned so much during the Mexican War, was either a dotard or a traitor. (Catton, 85) After another defeat for the Union at Ball’s Bluff on 21st October, on 1st November, Scott resigned as general-in-chief and McClellan was named his successor. In November 1861, McClellan had presented ...
... should have learned so much during the Mexican War, was either a dotard or a traitor. (Catton, 85) After another defeat for the Union at Ball’s Bluff on 21st October, on 1st November, Scott resigned as general-in-chief and McClellan was named his successor. In November 1861, McClellan had presented ...
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.