Reconstruction to 1900 - Virginia History Series
... The Civil War took its toll on many bridges across the Potomac River and C&O Canal. At 4am on June 14, 1861, Stonewall Jackson's Confederate Army blew up Harpers Ferry bridge. The railroad and turnpike bridge was rebuilt nine times during the Civil War, although it was never rebuilt as a covered wo ...
... The Civil War took its toll on many bridges across the Potomac River and C&O Canal. At 4am on June 14, 1861, Stonewall Jackson's Confederate Army blew up Harpers Ferry bridge. The railroad and turnpike bridge was rebuilt nine times during the Civil War, although it was never rebuilt as a covered wo ...
History and Memory in Gettysburg - SUrface
... The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the most important events of the American Civil War. Between July 1 and 3, 1863, more than 150,000 men fought on the hills and fields surrounding the prosperous Pennsylvania town. By the time the fighting was over, more than 4,000 Union and Confederate soldiers we ...
... The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the most important events of the American Civil War. Between July 1 and 3, 1863, more than 150,000 men fought on the hills and fields surrounding the prosperous Pennsylvania town. By the time the fighting was over, more than 4,000 Union and Confederate soldiers we ...
From Reform to Revolution: The Transformation of Confederate
... primarily by the compromises at the Constitution’s heart, that Confederates believed had allowed for the Black Republican revolution to corrupt the founding document in the first place. Many of the most influential advocates of secession, as well as proponents and founders of the Confederacy, helped ...
... primarily by the compromises at the Constitution’s heart, that Confederates believed had allowed for the Black Republican revolution to corrupt the founding document in the first place. Many of the most influential advocates of secession, as well as proponents and founders of the Confederacy, helped ...
The Battle of Kirksville August 6, 1862
... Porter yielded ground and concentrated his forces behind a fence on the western edge of town. From this position the Confederates poured withering fire into McNeil's men, who moved against the line and drove it to the west, while the left wing took full possession of the southern part of Kirksville. ...
... Porter yielded ground and concentrated his forces behind a fence on the western edge of town. From this position the Confederates poured withering fire into McNeil's men, who moved against the line and drove it to the west, while the left wing took full possession of the southern part of Kirksville. ...
Areas of the Valley – Part 2
... engineer Jedediah Hotchkiss to “make me a map of the Valley…” Hotchkiss would go on to be one of the most prolific and valuable mapmakers of the war—his maps are still studied by historians today. US 11 south of Woodstock ...
... engineer Jedediah Hotchkiss to “make me a map of the Valley…” Hotchkiss would go on to be one of the most prolific and valuable mapmakers of the war—his maps are still studied by historians today. US 11 south of Woodstock ...
Document
... Ulysses S. Grant achieved the Union goal of splitting the Confederacy in two. Next, the Union faced a Confederate invasion at the Battle of Gettysburg and defeated Lee’s troops there. The battle destroyed one third of Lee’s forces. ...
... Ulysses S. Grant achieved the Union goal of splitting the Confederacy in two. Next, the Union faced a Confederate invasion at the Battle of Gettysburg and defeated Lee’s troops there. The battle destroyed one third of Lee’s forces. ...
FINDING YOUR CIVIL WAR ANCESTOR
... This index to pension files includes some Civil War veterans, but only if they were serving in the Regular Army, Navy or Marine Corps before the Civil War. It is available on microfilm at NARA and online at: https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1979425 You may not find a pension (Union or ...
... This index to pension files includes some Civil War veterans, but only if they were serving in the Regular Army, Navy or Marine Corps before the Civil War. It is available on microfilm at NARA and online at: https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1979425 You may not find a pension (Union or ...
Civil War - Mrs. Huber`s Social Studies Class
... ◦ Burned down cities, towns, and farms including Atlanta, GA. Stole food and supplies, Killed lives stock, tore up rail roads. ◦ Forced Southern soldiers to return home to help their families with the devastation ...
... ◦ Burned down cities, towns, and farms including Atlanta, GA. Stole food and supplies, Killed lives stock, tore up rail roads. ◦ Forced Southern soldiers to return home to help their families with the devastation ...
Index
... Prior to the seventeenth century, all European attempts to plant permanent colonies north of Mexico--with the exception of a Spanish fortress at St. Augustine in Florida and a small Spanish settlement in New Mexico-failed. Unprepared for the harsh and demanding environment, facing staunch resistance ...
... Prior to the seventeenth century, all European attempts to plant permanent colonies north of Mexico--with the exception of a Spanish fortress at St. Augustine in Florida and a small Spanish settlement in New Mexico-failed. Unprepared for the harsh and demanding environment, facing staunch resistance ...
timeline
... Prior to the seventeenth century, all European attempts to plant permanent colonies north of Mexico--with the exception of a Spanish fortress at St. Augustine in Florida and a small Spanish settlement in New Mexico-failed. Unprepared for the harsh and demanding environment, facing staunch resistance ...
... Prior to the seventeenth century, all European attempts to plant permanent colonies north of Mexico--with the exception of a Spanish fortress at St. Augustine in Florida and a small Spanish settlement in New Mexico-failed. Unprepared for the harsh and demanding environment, facing staunch resistance ...
Unwilling Witness to the Rage of Gettysburg
... need for every man to do his full duty. Understanding that appeals to patriotism and duty did not resonate with every soldier, he added a grim warning that every soldier who abandoned his comrades at the time of danger should suffer death. Some dismissed the appeal as so much wind from a commander w ...
... need for every man to do his full duty. Understanding that appeals to patriotism and duty did not resonate with every soldier, he added a grim warning that every soldier who abandoned his comrades at the time of danger should suffer death. Some dismissed the appeal as so much wind from a commander w ...
Section 1
... In July 1861, the battle was fought in Manassas, Virginia, outside of Washington, DC. The Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) resulted in a Union defeat by Confederate General Stonewall Jackson. Lincoln appointed a new commander, George B. McClellan. In March 1862, McClellan attacked Richmond, but the lar ...
... In July 1861, the battle was fought in Manassas, Virginia, outside of Washington, DC. The Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) resulted in a Union defeat by Confederate General Stonewall Jackson. Lincoln appointed a new commander, George B. McClellan. In March 1862, McClellan attacked Richmond, but the lar ...
American Antiquarian Society
... Point, Va., 1865 (see the Chase Family, Papers, c. 1787-c. 1915); miscellaneous papers pertaining to the Confederate States of America (much of this material was removed from the Chase Family, Papers, c. 1787-c. 1915); and typed copies of correspondence of Joseph Christmas Ives (1828-1868), a West P ...
... Point, Va., 1865 (see the Chase Family, Papers, c. 1787-c. 1915); miscellaneous papers pertaining to the Confederate States of America (much of this material was removed from the Chase Family, Papers, c. 1787-c. 1915); and typed copies of correspondence of Joseph Christmas Ives (1828-1868), a West P ...
Florida`s Role in the Civil War
... fire again beginning at 6 pm in order to get civilians out of the way. The Osceola Rangers remained steadfast in their refusal to surrender. Gunfire began again and shots rang out most of the next day into Tampa. Eventually, in the late afternoon of July 1st, the Union soldiers stopped firing and th ...
... fire again beginning at 6 pm in order to get civilians out of the way. The Osceola Rangers remained steadfast in their refusal to surrender. Gunfire began again and shots rang out most of the next day into Tampa. Eventually, in the late afternoon of July 1st, the Union soldiers stopped firing and th ...
The Gettysburg Campaign: Birth of the Operational Art?
... Kevin B. Marcus, United States Army, 62 pages. While hundreds of volumes exist on the Gettysburg Campaign, most examine the battle’s tactical framework and focus on the activities of brigades and regiments. However, of more interest to the serving military professional may be an analysis of the degr ...
... Kevin B. Marcus, United States Army, 62 pages. While hundreds of volumes exist on the Gettysburg Campaign, most examine the battle’s tactical framework and focus on the activities of brigades and regiments. However, of more interest to the serving military professional may be an analysis of the degr ...
CASE REPORT Bloodstains of Gettysburg
... favor of the Union Army during the American Civil War. Although other battles of the war resulted in higher single day casualties, the total of wounded and dead for the three days of battle has caused Gettysburg to be considered the bloodiest engagement to have ever occurred on the continent. The ba ...
... favor of the Union Army during the American Civil War. Although other battles of the war resulted in higher single day casualties, the total of wounded and dead for the three days of battle has caused Gettysburg to be considered the bloodiest engagement to have ever occurred on the continent. The ba ...
chapter sixteen the civil war, 1861–1865
... began the war underestimating its seriousness, scope, and duration. Northern generals such as Grant and Sherman recognized the advent of a more modern warfare and fought accordingly. The entire American community went to war, except ironically, the southern planter elite. As American men and women s ...
... began the war underestimating its seriousness, scope, and duration. Northern generals such as Grant and Sherman recognized the advent of a more modern warfare and fought accordingly. The entire American community went to war, except ironically, the southern planter elite. As American men and women s ...
American Civil War - Yesterday`s Muse Books
... pp. The ultimate reference guide to Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg. An extensive description of the charge, the complete roster of Gen. George Pickett’s Division, a consolidated casualty report, as well as many other significant details that have been painstakingly researched by the Gettysburg park ...
... pp. The ultimate reference guide to Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg. An extensive description of the charge, the complete roster of Gen. George Pickett’s Division, a consolidated casualty report, as well as many other significant details that have been painstakingly researched by the Gettysburg park ...
Memory in Stone and Bronze: Civil War
... Paper presented at the 2011 Annual Conference of the Florida Historical Society, Jacksonville The Civil War became part of our nation’s social memory and consciousness due in part to the deliberate actions of veterans and their families between the end of the Civil War and the early th 20 century. D ...
... Paper presented at the 2011 Annual Conference of the Florida Historical Society, Jacksonville The Civil War became part of our nation’s social memory and consciousness due in part to the deliberate actions of veterans and their families between the end of the Civil War and the early th 20 century. D ...
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CIVIL WAR BATTLES 63
... southeast of Sharpsburg, and here the opposing lines were very close as the Confederates jealously guarded this crossing point. Union reserves consisted of V Corps under the command of Gen. Fitz-John Porter. McClellan’s plan was simple and methodical. He would send his strongest corps, under the com ...
... southeast of Sharpsburg, and here the opposing lines were very close as the Confederates jealously guarded this crossing point. Union reserves consisted of V Corps under the command of Gen. Fitz-John Porter. McClellan’s plan was simple and methodical. He would send his strongest corps, under the com ...
HH462syllabus - Class of 1957
... presentation and the ensuing discussion will therefore fall entirely on the students. For each seminar, two students will have written papers in advance, and those papers will have been sent to all members of the seminar (including the professor) the night before. (NOTE: In order to ensure that all ...
... presentation and the ensuing discussion will therefore fall entirely on the students. For each seminar, two students will have written papers in advance, and those papers will have been sent to all members of the seminar (including the professor) the night before. (NOTE: In order to ensure that all ...
The End is Near: The Civil War in 1864
... succeeding, making clear winners and losers unknown. Additionally, Abraham Lincoln’s reelection hung in the balance; a presidential change-up would alter the nature of war, especially if George B. McClellan were victorious. [excerpt] ...
... succeeding, making clear winners and losers unknown. Additionally, Abraham Lincoln’s reelection hung in the balance; a presidential change-up would alter the nature of war, especially if George B. McClellan were victorious. [excerpt] ...
Stand Watie Confederate General
... Brigadier General and Cherokee Chief Stand Watie fought to the bitter end. Brigadier General Watie was the last Confederate general to surrender, undaunted and unvanquished, on June 23, 1865, nearly three months after Appomattox. He was the only Indian to achieve the rank of general in the Civil War ...
... Brigadier General and Cherokee Chief Stand Watie fought to the bitter end. Brigadier General Watie was the last Confederate general to surrender, undaunted and unvanquished, on June 23, 1865, nearly three months after Appomattox. He was the only Indian to achieve the rank of general in the Civil War ...
Conflict and Courage in Fairfax County
... diagonally crossed bars, and 12 stars. • It was discovered, in September 1861, that J.E.B. Stuart had directed his men to build “Quaker Cannons,” faux cannons made of logs, to mislead the Union army as to the strength of his artillery on Munson’s Hill. This was the first time “Quaker Cannons” were u ...
... diagonally crossed bars, and 12 stars. • It was discovered, in September 1861, that J.E.B. Stuart had directed his men to build “Quaker Cannons,” faux cannons made of logs, to mislead the Union army as to the strength of his artillery on Munson’s Hill. This was the first time “Quaker Cannons” were u ...
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.