Ulysses S. Grant and the Meaning of Appomattox
... Army numbered sixteen thousand; on one day in early 1862, nearly as many surrendered. Nothing in the experience of the current generation of military leaders prepared them for the growing flood of prisoners during the Civil War. At first, the logistics were handled simply. Captives were informally e ...
... Army numbered sixteen thousand; on one day in early 1862, nearly as many surrendered. Nothing in the experience of the current generation of military leaders prepared them for the growing flood of prisoners during the Civil War. At first, the logistics were handled simply. Captives were informally e ...
The Timeline of DOOM!!!! Use at own peril. May induce odd
... 1735 According to legend, Ms. Leeds of Burlington, New Jersey, gives birth to a baby boy but he transforms into a monster with the head of a horse, feet of a pig and the body of a snake. BeN pg. 43 1740’s Indigo industry develops in South Carolina. BeS pg. 45 1740 An old friend of Edmond Hoyle’s wro ...
... 1735 According to legend, Ms. Leeds of Burlington, New Jersey, gives birth to a baby boy but he transforms into a monster with the head of a horse, feet of a pig and the body of a snake. BeN pg. 43 1740’s Indigo industry develops in South Carolina. BeS pg. 45 1740 An old friend of Edmond Hoyle’s wro ...
This Fearful Slaughter: The Impact of Civil War Deaths on Rochester
... are written to sell copies. Yet, this aspect can be a positive in trying to examine societal reaction to the effects of war. For my purpose, the facts surrounding the death of Colonel Patrick O'Rorke of the 140th New York Infantry at Gettysburg are less important than how the paper reported his deat ...
... are written to sell copies. Yet, this aspect can be a positive in trying to examine societal reaction to the effects of war. For my purpose, the facts surrounding the death of Colonel Patrick O'Rorke of the 140th New York Infantry at Gettysburg are less important than how the paper reported his deat ...
Impact of the Civil War
... http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-warhistory/videos/civil-warreenactment?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false Battles in the West had a general theme: Confederates would mount an offensive, suffer greater losses, retreat, then escape as the Union commanders dawdl ...
... http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-warhistory/videos/civil-warreenactment?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false Battles in the West had a general theme: Confederates would mount an offensive, suffer greater losses, retreat, then escape as the Union commanders dawdl ...
this PDF - Lincoln Memorial University
... off duty, and returned to the Army of the Potomac by September, 1862. He commanded a division of the 2nd Corps at the battle of Antietam, September 17, and led it in the terrible attacks against a strong Confederate position in the battle of Fredericksburg, on December 13. Both battles were very cos ...
... off duty, and returned to the Army of the Potomac by September, 1862. He commanded a division of the 2nd Corps at the battle of Antietam, September 17, and led it in the terrible attacks against a strong Confederate position in the battle of Fredericksburg, on December 13. Both battles were very cos ...
the civil war - Scott J. Winslow Associates, Inc.
... Stuart under a flag of truce; it contained a new plumed hat and a copy of a New York newspaper that reported on Cedar Mountain as a win for the North. A week after the battle, Confederate army commander Gen. Robert E. Lee devised a plan to attack Gen. John Pope’s Union army while it was positioned i ...
... Stuart under a flag of truce; it contained a new plumed hat and a copy of a New York newspaper that reported on Cedar Mountain as a win for the North. A week after the battle, Confederate army commander Gen. Robert E. Lee devised a plan to attack Gen. John Pope’s Union army while it was positioned i ...
Soldiers of Long Odds: Confederate Operatives Combat the United
... operations, and coordinate with Southern sympathizers? Who was willing to accept the fatal consequences of being captured by Union assets assigned to counteract insurrection and the activities of Confederate infiltrators? President Davis and his consulting Secretaries realized this was not a job for ...
... operations, and coordinate with Southern sympathizers? Who was willing to accept the fatal consequences of being captured by Union assets assigned to counteract insurrection and the activities of Confederate infiltrators? President Davis and his consulting Secretaries realized this was not a job for ...
Civil War Practice Test
... a. It showed the Union that the South was as strong as ever. b. It showed the Union that it would win the Civil War. c. It gave the Union total control of the Mississippi River. d. It gave the Union control of the capital of the Confederacy. ____ 20. Ulysses S. Grant was qualified to lead an army be ...
... a. It showed the Union that the South was as strong as ever. b. It showed the Union that it would win the Civil War. c. It gave the Union total control of the Mississippi River. d. It gave the Union control of the capital of the Confederacy. ____ 20. Ulysses S. Grant was qualified to lead an army be ...
Something So Dim It Must Be Holy
... astonishing number of traditions in the late nineteenth century. The idea of "inventing" traditions was not without its comic moments. For example, in 1892, graduate students and their instructors at the University of Chicago met to organize a graduate dorm. "The suggestion was made that any person ...
... astonishing number of traditions in the late nineteenth century. The idea of "inventing" traditions was not without its comic moments. For example, in 1892, graduate students and their instructors at the University of Chicago met to organize a graduate dorm. "The suggestion was made that any person ...
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 ...
A Public History Project Atblakeley Historic Park, Alabama
... Six hours after General Robert E. Lee formally surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union commander General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, the last major battle of the Civil War was fought at Fort Blakely 1 , Alabama, ten miles northeast of Mobile on the bluffs overlooking the Ten ...
... Six hours after General Robert E. Lee formally surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union commander General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, the last major battle of the Civil War was fought at Fort Blakely 1 , Alabama, ten miles northeast of Mobile on the bluffs overlooking the Ten ...
Knud Otterson - Battle of Nashville Preservation Society
... Army Corps and began moving toward Vicksburg, Mississippi. When the army had a setback losing supplies and a communication line to Confederates it went into winter quarters near La Grange, Tennessee. While at La Grange, Grant assigned the Fifteenth Army Corps, which included the 5th Minnesota, to th ...
... Army Corps and began moving toward Vicksburg, Mississippi. When the army had a setback losing supplies and a communication line to Confederates it went into winter quarters near La Grange, Tennessee. While at La Grange, Grant assigned the Fifteenth Army Corps, which included the 5th Minnesota, to th ...
Yazoo County Civil War History - Visit Yazoo County, Mississippi
... perfect shape. The Union fleet reversed engines and tried to back away into the broader Mississippi. The Condeferate ironclad continued to forge straight for the enemy. There were two reasons for this: (1) because despite her weaknesses she was a first class fighting ship and (2) because she couldn ...
... perfect shape. The Union fleet reversed engines and tried to back away into the broader Mississippi. The Condeferate ironclad continued to forge straight for the enemy. There were two reasons for this: (1) because despite her weaknesses she was a first class fighting ship and (2) because she couldn ...
heading one
... Six hours after General Robert E. Lee formally surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union commander General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, the last major battle of the Civil War was fought at Fort Blakely 1 , Alabama, ten miles northeast of Mobile on the bluffs overlooking the Ten ...
... Six hours after General Robert E. Lee formally surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union commander General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, the last major battle of the Civil War was fought at Fort Blakely 1 , Alabama, ten miles northeast of Mobile on the bluffs overlooking the Ten ...
Knud Otterson - Battle of Nashville Preservation Society
... Adjusting for inflation, an 1864 dollar equals about $14 in 2013. At that rate $16 equals about $224, $200 equals $2,800 and $400 equals $5,600. Knud’s pay would have been substantial for the time, especially considering that he probably had nothing when he left Norway. Even though Knud may have had ...
... Adjusting for inflation, an 1864 dollar equals about $14 in 2013. At that rate $16 equals about $224, $200 equals $2,800 and $400 equals $5,600. Knud’s pay would have been substantial for the time, especially considering that he probably had nothing when he left Norway. Even though Knud may have had ...
the-civil-war-unit-slide-show
... • In 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves in areas still fighting against the North were free. Jefferson Davis • When the confederate states seceded from the Union, they elected Jefferson Davis as their president. Robert E. Lee • Lee left the US Army to lead ...
... • In 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves in areas still fighting against the North were free. Jefferson Davis • When the confederate states seceded from the Union, they elected Jefferson Davis as their president. Robert E. Lee • Lee left the US Army to lead ...
Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People
... casualties due to the fact that they had never seen battle before. The rebel fire sent the Union troops into disarray, but eventually they came back and fought hard “earning the regiment a place on the rolls of Civil War heroes” (pg 224 Larson). In less than two hours, over half of the colored unit ...
... casualties due to the fact that they had never seen battle before. The rebel fire sent the Union troops into disarray, but eventually they came back and fought hard “earning the regiment a place on the rolls of Civil War heroes” (pg 224 Larson). In less than two hours, over half of the colored unit ...
lincoln and mcclellan: a marriage of convenience turned sour
... “O Mc you and I know L and we know that he can not face the opposition which would rise if he were to take the right stand…. I tell you it is impossible for him to lead.”12 McClellan did not disagree. These brief meetings between Lincoln and McClellan would end up being the only contact the two men ...
... “O Mc you and I know L and we know that he can not face the opposition which would rise if he were to take the right stand…. I tell you it is impossible for him to lead.”12 McClellan did not disagree. These brief meetings between Lincoln and McClellan would end up being the only contact the two men ...
Eleventh Grade Lesson
... Virginia when he was very young with his father and mother. John Harper married Amy Woodard in the late 1830s, and they had the first of their nine children in 1839. By 1855 John Harper may have owned as much as 800 acres of land, though most of the property was un-cleared and not used for farming. ...
... Virginia when he was very young with his father and mother. John Harper married Amy Woodard in the late 1830s, and they had the first of their nine children in 1839. By 1855 John Harper may have owned as much as 800 acres of land, though most of the property was un-cleared and not used for farming. ...
The Civil War in Mason Neck and Vicinity by Paul
... miles from the Accotink. The courses of the two streams are nearly parallel. The Confederates under Gen. [Louis T.] Wigfall were beyond the Occoquan. The two streams were the picket lines of the respective armies. The region between was debatable ground. Scouting parties from either side would enter ...
... miles from the Accotink. The courses of the two streams are nearly parallel. The Confederates under Gen. [Louis T.] Wigfall were beyond the Occoquan. The two streams were the picket lines of the respective armies. The region between was debatable ground. Scouting parties from either side would enter ...
Chapter 11 PP
... Booth and four others had planned to kill the President, Vice President, and Secretary of State. They wanted to bring chaos to the Union so the South could regroup and continue the war. Booth was shot when found hiding in a barn in Virginia. His four accomplices were captured and hanged. ...
... Booth and four others had planned to kill the President, Vice President, and Secretary of State. They wanted to bring chaos to the Union so the South could regroup and continue the war. Booth was shot when found hiding in a barn in Virginia. His four accomplices were captured and hanged. ...
The American Rifled Musket
... considerable amount of force, and with a particular state of the atmosphere, the weapon became so foul after a few rounds that it was almost impossible to force the ball to its proper position.”16 Rapid firing was thus unfeasible, which also greatly reduced the rifle’s utility at closer ranges. For ...
... considerable amount of force, and with a particular state of the atmosphere, the weapon became so foul after a few rounds that it was almost impossible to force the ball to its proper position.”16 Rapid firing was thus unfeasible, which also greatly reduced the rifle’s utility at closer ranges. For ...
gettysburg to appomattox: the south`s critical
... which clearly showed the failure mode of the Confederacy, and place them in my book. The battle of Gettysburg was only part of the series of failures for the Confederates. Other battles, near the conclusion of the war, such as Fort Steadman, Five Forks, Sailor's Creek, Cumberland Church, and finally ...
... which clearly showed the failure mode of the Confederacy, and place them in my book. The battle of Gettysburg was only part of the series of failures for the Confederates. Other battles, near the conclusion of the war, such as Fort Steadman, Five Forks, Sailor's Creek, Cumberland Church, and finally ...
Eighth Grade Lesson
... Virginia when he was very young with his father and mother. John Harper married Amy Woodard in the late 1830’s, and they had the first of their nine children in 1839. By 1855 John Harper may have owned as much as 800 acres of land, though most of the property was un-cleared and not used for farming. ...
... Virginia when he was very young with his father and mother. John Harper married Amy Woodard in the late 1830’s, and they had the first of their nine children in 1839. By 1855 John Harper may have owned as much as 800 acres of land, though most of the property was un-cleared and not used for farming. ...
A Nation at War, 1861-1865
... Information on this sheet is adapted from the exhibit text developed by Lauren Turek and Julie Schiff. ...
... Information on this sheet is adapted from the exhibit text developed by Lauren Turek and Julie Schiff. ...
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.