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 ...
January - b/g micah jenkins
... various directions in the process. On March 29, 1863, Grant ordered his Thirteenth and Seventeenth Corps to begin marching south on the Louisiana side of the Mississippi River. Thirty-two days later, the leading elements of the Thirteenth Corps crossed the great river and landed unopposed at Bruinsb ...
... various directions in the process. On March 29, 1863, Grant ordered his Thirteenth and Seventeenth Corps to begin marching south on the Louisiana side of the Mississippi River. Thirty-two days later, the leading elements of the Thirteenth Corps crossed the great river and landed unopposed at Bruinsb ...
Vermont in the Civil War
... vermont became the united states of america’s fourteenth state in 1791, 14 years after the windsor convention, and in subsequent years its reputation as an upholder of human freedom was enhanced. The state’s strong opposition to the national ...
... vermont became the united states of america’s fourteenth state in 1791, 14 years after the windsor convention, and in subsequent years its reputation as an upholder of human freedom was enhanced. The state’s strong opposition to the national ...
Across the Etowah and into the Hell-Hole
... Confederate forces. Once again, Johnston felt he had to withdraw from a strong position.11 Without a decisive victory, Sherman had forced Johnston backwards. Following Resaca, Johnston pulled back to the Cassville line. He sent Hood and Polk directly to Cassville and dispatched Hardee and Wheeler’s ...
... Confederate forces. Once again, Johnston felt he had to withdraw from a strong position.11 Without a decisive victory, Sherman had forced Johnston backwards. Following Resaca, Johnston pulled back to the Cassville line. He sent Hood and Polk directly to Cassville and dispatched Hardee and Wheeler’s ...
Civil War EVENTS and PEOPLE
... “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” He believed the nation could not continue half-free, half slave. ...
... “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” He believed the nation could not continue half-free, half slave. ...
reminiscences of the civil war
... Sharpsburg he was wounded five times, but would not leave his troops till the last shot laid him helpless and insensible on the field. A scholarly professor of history in one of our Southern universities recently stated that in his study of the great war on both sides he had found but one prominent ...
... Sharpsburg he was wounded five times, but would not leave his troops till the last shot laid him helpless and insensible on the field. A scholarly professor of history in one of our Southern universities recently stated that in his study of the great war on both sides he had found but one prominent ...
File - Cummings Middle School
... • African Americans took an active role in the political process in the South • They voted in record numbers and many ran for office • Hiram Revels was the first black Senator • After the failure of Reconstruction, Black Codes often restricted African Americans right to vote ...
... • African Americans took an active role in the political process in the South • They voted in record numbers and many ran for office • Hiram Revels was the first black Senator • After the failure of Reconstruction, Black Codes often restricted African Americans right to vote ...
Winchester Front Matter.vp
... 989 Governor Drive, Suite 102 P.O. Box 4527 El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Voice: 916-941-6896 (9 a.m. - 5 p.m., M-F, PST) Fax: 916-941-6895 ...
... 989 Governor Drive, Suite 102 P.O. Box 4527 El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Voice: 916-941-6896 (9 a.m. - 5 p.m., M-F, PST) Fax: 916-941-6895 ...
Antietam and Emancipation
... ESTIMATED CASUALTIES (DIED, INJURED, OR CAPTURED: 22,700 total SUMMARY: In September 1862, Confederate general Robert E. Lee left the South and moved his army into Maryland. No one could be sure exactly what he planned to do, but in an incredible stroke of luck, a copy of Lee’s plans (which had been ...
... ESTIMATED CASUALTIES (DIED, INJURED, OR CAPTURED: 22,700 total SUMMARY: In September 1862, Confederate general Robert E. Lee left the South and moved his army into Maryland. No one could be sure exactly what he planned to do, but in an incredible stroke of luck, a copy of Lee’s plans (which had been ...
Major Battles of the Civil War - sls
... d. Confederate Goal: “The South may “fire” in a row to lay constant “fire” on the bridge. If a Northerner is hit, he/she dies and the next Northerner can jump in and continue building the bridge. The Northerners have 1 minute to build under fire.” e. Begin Sequence 1: Send Union troops one at a time ...
... d. Confederate Goal: “The South may “fire” in a row to lay constant “fire” on the bridge. If a Northerner is hit, he/she dies and the next Northerner can jump in and continue building the bridge. The Northerners have 1 minute to build under fire.” e. Begin Sequence 1: Send Union troops one at a time ...
Union College Connections to the Civil War Era A Glossary of
... Union College Connections to the Civil War Era A Glossary of Personal Experiences In 2015, the country commemorated the 150th anniversaries of the end of the Civil War and the Lincoln assassination. A total of 577 alumni from the classes 1813 to 1870 served in the Union Army (507), Union Navy (23) o ...
... Union College Connections to the Civil War Era A Glossary of Personal Experiences In 2015, the country commemorated the 150th anniversaries of the end of the Civil War and the Lincoln assassination. A total of 577 alumni from the classes 1813 to 1870 served in the Union Army (507), Union Navy (23) o ...
1864: The Decisive Year
... multiple points of the Confederacy at once. Nowhere was that plan more evident than in Virginia. Grant’s main objective there: Defeat Robert E. Lee's Army of North- ...
... multiple points of the Confederacy at once. Nowhere was that plan more evident than in Virginia. Grant’s main objective there: Defeat Robert E. Lee's Army of North- ...
American Civil War - Yesterday`s Muse Books
... alphabetical reference of field officers under Lee’s command during the American Civil War, with brief accounts of service. Includes appendix of other Confederate field officers in armies other the Northern Virginia, and a list of regiments and battalions in the Army of Northern Virginia. Near fine ...
... alphabetical reference of field officers under Lee’s command during the American Civil War, with brief accounts of service. Includes appendix of other Confederate field officers in armies other the Northern Virginia, and a list of regiments and battalions in the Army of Northern Virginia. Near fine ...
Civil War White River Expedition
... Conestoga and transports caught up with the gunboats morning of the 16th. The entire flotilla left the Arkansas Cut-off that morning, progressing up-stream to within five miles of St. Charles, where the boats paused for the night. As per usual, Spitfire was sent on to reconnoiter the river ahead. At ...
... Conestoga and transports caught up with the gunboats morning of the 16th. The entire flotilla left the Arkansas Cut-off that morning, progressing up-stream to within five miles of St. Charles, where the boats paused for the night. As per usual, Spitfire was sent on to reconnoiter the river ahead. At ...
Brigadier General Thomas Green of Texas
... was torn apart with the election of Abraham Lincoln as president. When Texas seceded from the Union on February 1, 1861, Green, who already had an aversion for Northerners, stood by his state and enlisted in the Confederate Anny. Initially assigned the duties of aide-de-camp of the Second Military D ...
... was torn apart with the election of Abraham Lincoln as president. When Texas seceded from the Union on February 1, 1861, Green, who already had an aversion for Northerners, stood by his state and enlisted in the Confederate Anny. Initially assigned the duties of aide-de-camp of the Second Military D ...
From Reform to Revolution: The Transformation of Confederate
... argued that the Confederate project is best understood “as part of a broad reactionary movement among regional agrarian and slaveholding elites that formed a steady counterpoint to the age of revolution and emancipation.”1 From this perspective the southern republic is framed as a necessity of the p ...
... argued that the Confederate project is best understood “as part of a broad reactionary movement among regional agrarian and slaveholding elites that formed a steady counterpoint to the age of revolution and emancipation.”1 From this perspective the southern republic is framed as a necessity of the p ...
Desertion in the Confederate Army: A Disease that Crippled Dixie
... intent to return; skulking – avoiding military service by fraud or other illegal actions; self-mutilation; malingering at the expiration of a furlough, during furloughs, or exemptions; and collusion with medical boards for exemption or with subordinate military officers for assignment to easy duties ...
... intent to return; skulking – avoiding military service by fraud or other illegal actions; self-mutilation; malingering at the expiration of a furlough, during furloughs, or exemptions; and collusion with medical boards for exemption or with subordinate military officers for assignment to easy duties ...
Chapter 21 - BFHS
... The Union forces abandoned the Peninsula Campaign as a costly failure, and Lincoln temporarily abandoned McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac— though Lee’s army had suffered some twenty thousand casualties to McClellan’s ten thousand. Lee had achieved a brilliant, if bloody, triumph. Ye ...
... The Union forces abandoned the Peninsula Campaign as a costly failure, and Lincoln temporarily abandoned McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac— though Lee’s army had suffered some twenty thousand casualties to McClellan’s ten thousand. Lee had achieved a brilliant, if bloody, triumph. Ye ...
Teacher`s Guide - Missouri State Parks
... not much use, for Gen. Ewing went swiftly and cleverly, finally defending a small rail side town called Leasburg, which was on the way to Rolla. Rolla was well defended and soon Union regiments from there arrived to reinforce Gen. Ewing and his men. Gen. Marmaduke decided to rejoin Price and continu ...
... not much use, for Gen. Ewing went swiftly and cleverly, finally defending a small rail side town called Leasburg, which was on the way to Rolla. Rolla was well defended and soon Union regiments from there arrived to reinforce Gen. Ewing and his men. Gen. Marmaduke decided to rejoin Price and continu ...
The Church - VTechWorks
... In his writings, Ryland also emphasized that hunger was a mean enemy for the ...
... In his writings, Ryland also emphasized that hunger was a mean enemy for the ...
Renewed Vigor: How the Confederate retaliatory burning
... resulted in extreme casualties due to their belief that advancing in close ordered lines in mass towards the enemy would break the lines. An excellent example of ‘old’ principles being applied with new military weaponry is General Robert E. Lee’s decision to override a division commander’s advice an ...
... resulted in extreme casualties due to their belief that advancing in close ordered lines in mass towards the enemy would break the lines. An excellent example of ‘old’ principles being applied with new military weaponry is General Robert E. Lee’s decision to override a division commander’s advice an ...
Chapter 22: The Civil War - Mr. Graham`s Web Page
... Bull Run Facts/Summary • This was the first major land battle of the armies in Virginia. ...
... Bull Run Facts/Summary • This was the first major land battle of the armies in Virginia. ...
Crusader`s Chronicle
... Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long ...
... Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long ...
McClellan at Fairfax Court House
... the 3rd and 8th Pennsylvania, under the overall command of Colonel William W. Averill out to Manassas to verify the Confederate withdrawal.15 He then ordered a general advance of the Army of the Potomac to Manassas by various routes. The advance was to begin at 4 A.M. the next morning. Most of the A ...
... the 3rd and 8th Pennsylvania, under the overall command of Colonel William W. Averill out to Manassas to verify the Confederate withdrawal.15 He then ordered a general advance of the Army of the Potomac to Manassas by various routes. The advance was to begin at 4 A.M. the next morning. Most of the A ...
Battle of Gaines's Mill
The Battle of Gaines's Mill, sometimes known as the First Battle of Cold Harbor or the Battle of Chickahominy River, took place on June 27, 1862, in Hanover County, Virginia, as the third of the Seven Days Battles (Peninsula Campaign) of the American Civil War. Following the inconclusive Battle of Beaver Dam Creek (Mechanicsville) the previous day, Confederate General Robert E. Lee renewed his attacks against the right flank of the Union Army, relatively isolated on the northern side of the Chickahominy River. There, Brig. Gen. Fitz John Porter's V Corps had established a strong defensive line behind Boatswain's Swamp. Lee's force was destined to launch the largest Confederate attack of the war, about 57,000 men in six divisions. Porter's reinforced V Corps held fast for the afternoon as the Confederates attacked in a disjointed manner, first with the division of Maj. Gen. A.P. Hill, then Maj. Gen. Richard S. Ewell, suffering heavy casualties. The arrival of Maj. Gen. Stonewall Jackson's command was delayed, preventing the full concentration of Confederate force before Porter received some reinforcements from the VI Corps.At dusk, the Confederates finally mounted a coordinated assault that broke Porter's line and drove his men back toward the Chickahominy River. The Federals retreated across the river during the night. The Confederates were too disorganized to pursue the main Union force. Gaines's Mill saved Richmond for the Confederacy in 1862; the tactical defeat there convinced Army of the Potomac commander Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan to abandon his advance on Richmond and begin a retreat to the James River. The battle occurred in almost the same location as the 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor and had a similar number of total casualties.