LIFE IN A WAR ZONE - Heritage Montgomery
... Antietam, the Confederate Army invaded the county, crossing the Potomac River at White’s Ford. On September 9, the small town of Barnesville changed hands five times. The area was overflowing with Confederate soldiers left behind by Generals Wade Hampton and Fitzhugh Lee to guard the town. Early in ...
... Antietam, the Confederate Army invaded the county, crossing the Potomac River at White’s Ford. On September 9, the small town of Barnesville changed hands five times. The area was overflowing with Confederate soldiers left behind by Generals Wade Hampton and Fitzhugh Lee to guard the town. Early in ...
GETTYSBURG NATIONAL PARK IN WORLD WAR I AND WORLD
... ammunition. The result of failed artillery support was profound. Massed Union artillery had an uncontested and clean field of fire into Pickett’s right. The collapse of the right flank, combined with the planned dress left towards Pettigrew’s division, crowded the attackers in front of the “copse of ...
... ammunition. The result of failed artillery support was profound. Massed Union artillery had an uncontested and clean field of fire into Pickett’s right. The collapse of the right flank, combined with the planned dress left towards Pettigrew’s division, crowded the attackers in front of the “copse of ...
World Book® Online: American Civil War: Battles
... Heights get slaughtered. At the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Union army suffered approxi mately 13,000 casualties, mostly in front of Marye’s Heights. 26. In the middle of June, despite having a much larger force, Smith was reluctant to order a direct assault against the Confederates. ...
... Heights get slaughtered. At the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Union army suffered approxi mately 13,000 casualties, mostly in front of Marye’s Heights. 26. In the middle of June, despite having a much larger force, Smith was reluctant to order a direct assault against the Confederates. ...
The Civil War Affects Life at Home The Civil War Affects Life at Home
... for service in the federal army. Major Fritz Tegner led a group of about 60 German Texans in an effort to join the Union army. They were followed by 94 Confederate soldiers on horseback led by Lieutenant C. D. McRae. McRae caught up with them in a camp on the Nueces River. The next morning, on Augus ...
... for service in the federal army. Major Fritz Tegner led a group of about 60 German Texans in an effort to join the Union army. They were followed by 94 Confederate soldiers on horseback led by Lieutenant C. D. McRae. McRae caught up with them in a camp on the Nueces River. The next morning, on Augus ...
AP Civil War - Mr Powell's History Pages
... Vicksburg Falls (pages 257-258) • Union forces wanted to capture Vicksburg, Mississippi, in order to gain control of the Mississippi River and cut the South in two. • To distract the Confederate forces defending Vicksburg, General Grant ordered Benjamin Grierson to take a troop on a cavalry raid th ...
... Vicksburg Falls (pages 257-258) • Union forces wanted to capture Vicksburg, Mississippi, in order to gain control of the Mississippi River and cut the South in two. • To distract the Confederate forces defending Vicksburg, General Grant ordered Benjamin Grierson to take a troop on a cavalry raid th ...
The student will explain the causes, major events, and
... d. Grant’s strategy to make Lee face him in a head-to-head battle Answer: b Look at the list of important battles in the Civil War. What is the correct order in which they took place? 1. Gettysburg 2. Sherman’s March to the Sea 3. Fort Sumter a. 1, 2, 3 b. 1, 3, 2 c. 2, 3, 1 d. 3, 1, 2 Answer: d Whi ...
... d. Grant’s strategy to make Lee face him in a head-to-head battle Answer: b Look at the list of important battles in the Civil War. What is the correct order in which they took place? 1. Gettysburg 2. Sherman’s March to the Sea 3. Fort Sumter a. 1, 2, 3 b. 1, 3, 2 c. 2, 3, 1 d. 3, 1, 2 Answer: d Whi ...
The Church - VTechWorks
... confederate walking papers. The confederate leaders, including General Lee himself, told the dedicated soldiers to give up their weapons and go home. Ryland and his fellows then began the long trek back home. For most in the company, this was a 140-mile walk from Appomattox to King and Queen County. ...
... confederate walking papers. The confederate leaders, including General Lee himself, told the dedicated soldiers to give up their weapons and go home. Ryland and his fellows then began the long trek back home. For most in the company, this was a 140-mile walk from Appomattox to King and Queen County. ...
File - Sons of Union Veterans
... Sons of Veterans. --- The military order of the Sons of Veterans owes its origins to Major A.P. Davis, who instituted the first camp in Philadelphia in 1878. A national organization was effected at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1881, and in 1897 there were in the United States 680 camps, with an aggre ...
... Sons of Veterans. --- The military order of the Sons of Veterans owes its origins to Major A.P. Davis, who instituted the first camp in Philadelphia in 1878. A national organization was effected at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1881, and in 1897 there were in the United States 680 camps, with an aggre ...
American Civil War Weapons
... instances of use included the Battle of Hoover's Gap (where Col. John T. Wilder's "Lightning Brigade" effectively demonstrated the firepower of repeaters), and the Gettysburg Campaign, where two regiments of the Michigan Brigade (under Brig. Gen. George Armstrong Custer) carried them at the Battle o ...
... instances of use included the Battle of Hoover's Gap (where Col. John T. Wilder's "Lightning Brigade" effectively demonstrated the firepower of repeaters), and the Gettysburg Campaign, where two regiments of the Michigan Brigade (under Brig. Gen. George Armstrong Custer) carried them at the Battle o ...
First Battle of Mesilla - Arizona Civil War Council
... Following the secession of Texas in February 1861 and its joining the Confederacy, a battalion of the 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles under Lieutenant Colonel John R. Baylor was sent to occupy the series of forts along the western Texas frontier which had been abandoned by the Union Army. Baylor's orders f ...
... Following the secession of Texas in February 1861 and its joining the Confederacy, a battalion of the 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles under Lieutenant Colonel John R. Baylor was sent to occupy the series of forts along the western Texas frontier which had been abandoned by the Union Army. Baylor's orders f ...
Civil War Student Packet
... her. "Madam," he replied, "we're gonna suppress this rebellion if it takes every last chicken in the Confederacy." And so, eating their way heartily through the heart of Georgia, Sherman's troops marched on. Food was not the only thing the soldiers were taking. They took everything from furniture an ...
... her. "Madam," he replied, "we're gonna suppress this rebellion if it takes every last chicken in the Confederacy." And so, eating their way heartily through the heart of Georgia, Sherman's troops marched on. Food was not the only thing the soldiers were taking. They took everything from furniture an ...
Historical Notes on Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Helen Haverty
... the Confederate capital of Richmond. Even before Richmond became the capital, there was a concern that the Union’s more powerful navy would move upriver and take control of the heart of Virginia. Gen. Robert E. Lee developed a series of defensive forts along the river in April 1861. These forts were ...
... the Confederate capital of Richmond. Even before Richmond became the capital, there was a concern that the Union’s more powerful navy would move upriver and take control of the heart of Virginia. Gen. Robert E. Lee developed a series of defensive forts along the river in April 1861. These forts were ...
Roads to Gettysburg - Carroll County Tourism
... North from South. Picturesque and serene, this pivotal county remained relatively unscathed during the two years the Civil War had raged. Union commanders were aware of the strategic value of this rolling farmland. The recently completed Western Maryland Railroad’s depot in Westminster meant much ne ...
... North from South. Picturesque and serene, this pivotal county remained relatively unscathed during the two years the Civil War had raged. Union commanders were aware of the strategic value of this rolling farmland. The recently completed Western Maryland Railroad’s depot in Westminster meant much ne ...
CIVIL WAR UNIT EXAM Name
... 3. General ____________________ earned several pivotal victories in the West and eventually negotiated surrender with Robert E. Lee. (Ulysses Grant) 4. _____________________ was the town where the Confederacy finally surrendered to the Union in April 1865. (Appomattox Courthouse) 5. The series of cl ...
... 3. General ____________________ earned several pivotal victories in the West and eventually negotiated surrender with Robert E. Lee. (Ulysses Grant) 4. _____________________ was the town where the Confederacy finally surrendered to the Union in April 1865. (Appomattox Courthouse) 5. The series of cl ...
Alabama Civil War Trail
... Confederate war dead. The National Cemetery section is the resting place for Union soldiers who fell during the Battle of Fort Blakeley, including African-American soldiers from Gen. Hawkins’ 1st Division. ...
... Confederate war dead. The National Cemetery section is the resting place for Union soldiers who fell during the Battle of Fort Blakeley, including African-American soldiers from Gen. Hawkins’ 1st Division. ...
Sherman`s March to the Sea
... THEME: After several years of seesaw struggle, the Union armies under Ulysses Grant finally wore down the Southern forces under Robert E. Lee and defeated the Confederate bid for independence. ...
... THEME: After several years of seesaw struggle, the Union armies under Ulysses Grant finally wore down the Southern forces under Robert E. Lee and defeated the Confederate bid for independence. ...
Anaconda Plan – Union Approach The Anaconda Plan was
... Shortly after the shots were fired on Fort Sumter, Lincoln had proposed a naval blockade of the south. Although the blockade was already in place, the navy did not yet have enough ships or men to enforce it with maximum effect. This would come later on as the war progressed. ...
... Shortly after the shots were fired on Fort Sumter, Lincoln had proposed a naval blockade of the south. Although the blockade was already in place, the navy did not yet have enough ships or men to enforce it with maximum effect. This would come later on as the war progressed. ...
Slide 1
... – General Sherman would push through the Deep South to Atlanta THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, PART II ...
... – General Sherman would push through the Deep South to Atlanta THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, PART II ...
Civil War Ppt
... But, Mother, just think of my horror to see John, dear John, reel and fall. I dropped my gun and ran to him. I got there just after Dr. West, who dear John asked whether there was any chance or not. When told he must die, he replied, Very well, he would die like a soldier and a man. With the assista ...
... But, Mother, just think of my horror to see John, dear John, reel and fall. I dropped my gun and ran to him. I got there just after Dr. West, who dear John asked whether there was any chance or not. When told he must die, he replied, Very well, he would die like a soldier and a man. With the assista ...
“I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within these
... - Lincoln added more solders and appointed George McClellan as general for the Union near D.C. In February of 1862, Union leader Ulysses S. Grant invaded western Tennessee. - By June of 1862, Grant’s men had gained control of most of the Mississippi River. The War for the Capitals: D.C. and Richmond ...
... - Lincoln added more solders and appointed George McClellan as general for the Union near D.C. In February of 1862, Union leader Ulysses S. Grant invaded western Tennessee. - By June of 1862, Grant’s men had gained control of most of the Mississippi River. The War for the Capitals: D.C. and Richmond ...
Salt, Lead and the fight for
... bombarded Kelley with telegraphs to the point where Kelley felt that he had to offer up some move to placate him. A planned move against Southwestern Virginia had previously been ruled out as too risky but now seemed the only possibility to relieve the pressure from Washington. The troops that had p ...
... bombarded Kelley with telegraphs to the point where Kelley felt that he had to offer up some move to placate him. A planned move against Southwestern Virginia had previously been ruled out as too risky but now seemed the only possibility to relieve the pressure from Washington. The troops that had p ...
Chapter 14 Study Guide
... Chapter 14 Study Guide The Civil War: 1861-1865 Important Terms, People, and Ideas Union Emancipation Confederacy Proclamation Crittenden Compromise Role of Blacks Fort Sumter Role of Women Actions of Rep. Dorthea Dix Congress Jefferson Davis Union Advantages War time economy Union Strategy States’s ...
... Chapter 14 Study Guide The Civil War: 1861-1865 Important Terms, People, and Ideas Union Emancipation Confederacy Proclamation Crittenden Compromise Role of Blacks Fort Sumter Role of Women Actions of Rep. Dorthea Dix Congress Jefferson Davis Union Advantages War time economy Union Strategy States’s ...
American Civil War Final
... The march started in Atlanta, GA and went to Savannah, GA. General Ulysses S. Grant said “I believe the only way for the South to surrender is if their strategic, economic, and physiological capacity for warfare were decisively broken.” Sherman took this quote to heart and destroyed everything in hi ...
... The march started in Atlanta, GA and went to Savannah, GA. General Ulysses S. Grant said “I believe the only way for the South to surrender is if their strategic, economic, and physiological capacity for warfare were decisively broken.” Sherman took this quote to heart and destroyed everything in hi ...
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.