North South
... Since the final handshake between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox, Virginia, historians have sought the reasons for the Confederacy's defeat. Almost 140 years have past since the end of the war and there have been numerous books and articles written with various exp ...
... Since the final handshake between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox, Virginia, historians have sought the reasons for the Confederacy's defeat. Almost 140 years have past since the end of the war and there have been numerous books and articles written with various exp ...
The Civil War
... States’ rights had been dealt a severe blow. The nation was in the process of being knitted together by Republican Party initiatives, including a national bank and a transcontinental railroad. But these internal improvements were far from the only, or even the most important, examples of strengthene ...
... States’ rights had been dealt a severe blow. The nation was in the process of being knitted together by Republican Party initiatives, including a national bank and a transcontinental railroad. But these internal improvements were far from the only, or even the most important, examples of strengthene ...
Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan - Camp Curtin Historical Society
... Monroe at tip of the peninsula southeast of Richmond. He would then march up the peninsula, capture the Confederate capital and end the war (see map). This movement of about 100,000 troops to the peninsula was unprecedented in American history but McClellan’s planning and organization managed to suc ...
... Monroe at tip of the peninsula southeast of Richmond. He would then march up the peninsula, capture the Confederate capital and end the war (see map). This movement of about 100,000 troops to the peninsula was unprecedented in American history but McClellan’s planning and organization managed to suc ...
the civil war - Stackpole Books Media Site
... band music and the war drug, euphoria. The Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, a brave, narrow, honorable micromanager, sets about organizing his newborn nation. Did the Confederacy have the right to secede? Yes, they say; Thomas Jefferson has said so: When in the course of human events it becom ...
... band music and the war drug, euphoria. The Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, a brave, narrow, honorable micromanager, sets about organizing his newborn nation. Did the Confederacy have the right to secede? Yes, they say; Thomas Jefferson has said so: When in the course of human events it becom ...
The Battle of Gettysburg
... Who: William S. Rosecrans of the Union and Braxton Bragg of the Confederacy What: second bloodiest battle of the Civil War (34,000 casualties), largest fought in GA When: September 18-20, 1863 Where: town of Chickamauga – Walker County which is 10 miles south of the Tennessee/Georgia line (GA had no ...
... Who: William S. Rosecrans of the Union and Braxton Bragg of the Confederacy What: second bloodiest battle of the Civil War (34,000 casualties), largest fought in GA When: September 18-20, 1863 Where: town of Chickamauga – Walker County which is 10 miles south of the Tennessee/Georgia line (GA had no ...
Choosing Sides (cont.) - History With Mr. Wallace
... Do you feel that the president should be able to change a law during wartime? A. Yes ...
... Do you feel that the president should be able to change a law during wartime? A. Yes ...
view - Livestock Publications Council
... southern Ohio in 1863, stealing horses and provisions in an attempt to draw federal troops away from Tennessee. His plan worked, as Union forces took up the chase, following Morgan and his 2,400 men eastward across the state to Portland, Ohio. There, Morgan intended to ford the Ohio River, taking hi ...
... southern Ohio in 1863, stealing horses and provisions in an attempt to draw federal troops away from Tennessee. His plan worked, as Union forces took up the chase, following Morgan and his 2,400 men eastward across the state to Portland, Ohio. There, Morgan intended to ford the Ohio River, taking hi ...
22 - The Civil War
... Plan was to blockade the South’s ports and cut off its trade. In 1861, the Union navy launched the blockade. By the end of the year, most ports in the South were closed to foreign ships. The South had long exported its cotton to Great Britain and France. The Confederacy looked to Great Britain to se ...
... Plan was to blockade the South’s ports and cut off its trade. In 1861, the Union navy launched the blockade. By the end of the year, most ports in the South were closed to foreign ships. The South had long exported its cotton to Great Britain and France. The Confederacy looked to Great Britain to se ...
Name - Wsfcs
... military leadership (seven of the nation’s eight military colleges were in the South; most officers sided with the Confederacy) morale (in this case, a willingness to fight to defend their homeland rather than a reluctance to fight to force others to do something they don’t want to do) only needs to ...
... military leadership (seven of the nation’s eight military colleges were in the South; most officers sided with the Confederacy) morale (in this case, a willingness to fight to defend their homeland rather than a reluctance to fight to force others to do something they don’t want to do) only needs to ...
- DigitalCommons@Cedarville
... The Army of the Potomac lacked respectable leadership for the first half of the war. Its founder, George B. McClellan, while organizationally brilliant, failed miserably during his Peninsular Campaign and barely won at Antietam (though the battle was won more in spite of his leadership than because ...
... The Army of the Potomac lacked respectable leadership for the first half of the war. Its founder, George B. McClellan, while organizationally brilliant, failed miserably during his Peninsular Campaign and barely won at Antietam (though the battle was won more in spite of his leadership than because ...
Bull Run - Central Magnet School
... II. “Tardy George” McClelland and the Peninsula Campaign (cont.) • After a month to take Yorktown; McClelland came within sight of Richmond • But Lincoln diverted McClelland's reinforcements to chase Jackson, who was moving toward D.C • Stalled in front of Richmond, “Jeb” Stuart's Confederate caval ...
... II. “Tardy George” McClelland and the Peninsula Campaign (cont.) • After a month to take Yorktown; McClelland came within sight of Richmond • But Lincoln diverted McClelland's reinforcements to chase Jackson, who was moving toward D.C • Stalled in front of Richmond, “Jeb” Stuart's Confederate caval ...
dedication of new yo..
... In the battle of July 2d, the right and left flanks of our army were held by the Twelfth and Third Army Corps, commanded respectively by Slocum and Sickles, of New York. The brigades of Ward, De Trobriand, Graham, Carr, and Brewster of the Third Corps, — the brigades of Zook, Willard, and Kelly of t ...
... In the battle of July 2d, the right and left flanks of our army were held by the Twelfth and Third Army Corps, commanded respectively by Slocum and Sickles, of New York. The brigades of Ward, De Trobriand, Graham, Carr, and Brewster of the Third Corps, — the brigades of Zook, Willard, and Kelly of t ...
Chapter 21 Civil War
... II. “Tardy George” McClelland and the Peninsula Campaign (cont.) • After a month to take Yorktown; McClelland came within sight of Richmond • But Lincoln diverted McClelland's reinforcements to chase Jackson, who was moving toward D.C • Stalled in front of Richmond, “Jeb” Stuart's Confederate caval ...
... II. “Tardy George” McClelland and the Peninsula Campaign (cont.) • After a month to take Yorktown; McClelland came within sight of Richmond • But Lincoln diverted McClelland's reinforcements to chase Jackson, who was moving toward D.C • Stalled in front of Richmond, “Jeb” Stuart's Confederate caval ...
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... II. “Tardy George” McClelland and the Peninsula Campaign (cont.) • After a month to take Yorktown; McClelland came within sight of Richmond • But Lincoln diverted McClelland's reinforcements to chase Jackson, who was moving toward D.C • Stalled in front of Richmond, “Jeb” Stuart's Confederate caval ...
... II. “Tardy George” McClelland and the Peninsula Campaign (cont.) • After a month to take Yorktown; McClelland came within sight of Richmond • But Lincoln diverted McClelland's reinforcements to chase Jackson, who was moving toward D.C • Stalled in front of Richmond, “Jeb” Stuart's Confederate caval ...
Pocketing the Key - H-Net
... Charles A. Dana, who was sent west by Edwin Stanton to investigate Grant in early 1863 (p. 61). ...
... Charles A. Dana, who was sent west by Edwin Stanton to investigate Grant in early 1863 (p. 61). ...
Little Round Top - A Sound Strategy, Inc.
... punch he planned to throw with his right. It worked at Manassas, and he believed it would work again. Lee ordered his “Old Warhorse,” Lt. General James Longstreet, to advance up the Emmitsburg Road, and, moving from south to north, roll up the Union left flank. Reporting to Longstreet was Major Ge ...
... punch he planned to throw with his right. It worked at Manassas, and he believed it would work again. Lee ordered his “Old Warhorse,” Lt. General James Longstreet, to advance up the Emmitsburg Road, and, moving from south to north, roll up the Union left flank. Reporting to Longstreet was Major Ge ...
Confederate states of America
... of the interior. Second, it enlarged the office of attorney general by creating a Department of Justice under his direction, a step the U.S. government would not emulate until 1870. Chronic turnover of department heads gave Davis’s cabinet far less stability than Lincoln’s. In all, fourteen secretar ...
... of the interior. Second, it enlarged the office of attorney general by creating a Department of Justice under his direction, a step the U.S. government would not emulate until 1870. Chronic turnover of department heads gave Davis’s cabinet far less stability than Lincoln’s. In all, fourteen secretar ...
Civil War Jeopardy
... first truly modern war. Technological innovations like ironclads, repeating rifles, and the parrot gun made many of the strategies employed by commanders obsolete. As a result, almost 700 thousand men were killed. ...
... first truly modern war. Technological innovations like ironclads, repeating rifles, and the parrot gun made many of the strategies employed by commanders obsolete. As a result, almost 700 thousand men were killed. ...
Civil War 150 — Battle and Proclamation
... 2. Harpers Ferry was a gate to the Shenandoah Valley where grains and foods were grown. It is close enough to D.C. to protect the capital of the Union. It was at the upper end of a water route to D.C. 3. Lee planned to cross the Potomac River, taking his forces north. He needed to hold the garrison ...
... 2. Harpers Ferry was a gate to the Shenandoah Valley where grains and foods were grown. It is close enough to D.C. to protect the capital of the Union. It was at the upper end of a water route to D.C. 3. Lee planned to cross the Potomac River, taking his forces north. He needed to hold the garrison ...
The Battle of Front Royal Driving Tour
... “Stonewall’s” Valley Campaign would start with a defeat at Kernstown in March that forced Jackson up the Valley. On May 8, 1862 Jackson’s troops attacked and defeated the Union Forces at McDowell, west of Staunton. In mid-May, the Union Forces under the command of General Nathaniel Banks controlled ...
... “Stonewall’s” Valley Campaign would start with a defeat at Kernstown in March that forced Jackson up the Valley. On May 8, 1862 Jackson’s troops attacked and defeated the Union Forces at McDowell, west of Staunton. In mid-May, the Union Forces under the command of General Nathaniel Banks controlled ...
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... Born to a wealthy Virginia family, Antonia Ford was 23 when she provided military intelligence to Confederate cavalry general J.E.B. Stuart. Ford gathered information from Union soldiers who occupied her hometown of Fairfax Court House, which was halfway between Washington, D.C. and Manassas, Virgin ...
... Born to a wealthy Virginia family, Antonia Ford was 23 when she provided military intelligence to Confederate cavalry general J.E.B. Stuart. Ford gathered information from Union soldiers who occupied her hometown of Fairfax Court House, which was halfway between Washington, D.C. and Manassas, Virgin ...
Civil War Trails - West Virginia Department of Commerce
... ferred Lee to South Carolina to supervise Virginia. The first land battle of the Civil the construction of fortifications. While in War occurred on June 3, 1861, when western Virginia, however, Lee acquired McClellan’s forces brushed aside Confeda horse that he would treasure the rest of erate resis ...
... ferred Lee to South Carolina to supervise Virginia. The first land battle of the Civil the construction of fortifications. While in War occurred on June 3, 1861, when western Virginia, however, Lee acquired McClellan’s forces brushed aside Confeda horse that he would treasure the rest of erate resis ...
Contact Information
... Lieutenant. He was stationed at Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Oregon when the Civil War broke out and was ordered east to Washington, D.C. as Captain following the first battle of Bull Run in July 1861. By November of 1862 Gregg was again promoted to Brigadier General. He commanded a cavalry br ...
... Lieutenant. He was stationed at Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Oregon when the Civil War broke out and was ordered east to Washington, D.C. as Captain following the first battle of Bull Run in July 1861. By November of 1862 Gregg was again promoted to Brigadier General. He commanded a cavalry br ...
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.