The Allure of Lincoln - Oregon Historical Society
... The people who lived in Oregon during the Civil War years left behind letters, photographs, documents, and artifacts — each item giving us access to a time of great political and social change in the state. The mid nineteenth century was a time of resettlement, violent tensions among emigrants and N ...
... The people who lived in Oregon during the Civil War years left behind letters, photographs, documents, and artifacts — each item giving us access to a time of great political and social change in the state. The mid nineteenth century was a time of resettlement, violent tensions among emigrants and N ...
2011 Fall - Alexandria Historical Society
... President’s son, enjoyed playing with the flag and sometimes would wave it during official occasions. “When the President was reviewing some troops from the portico of the White House, Tad sneaked this flag out and waved it back of the President, who stood with a flag in his hands,” Julia Taft Bayne ...
... President’s son, enjoyed playing with the flag and sometimes would wave it during official occasions. “When the President was reviewing some troops from the portico of the White House, Tad sneaked this flag out and waved it back of the President, who stood with a flag in his hands,” Julia Taft Bayne ...
Culp`s Hill: Key to Union Success at Gettysburg
... morning, the regiment remained mostly in waiting, listening with growing apprehension. He said: Much of my time after nightfall had been spent on the front picket line, listening to the busy strokes of Union picks and shovels on the line, to the rumble and the tramp of their troops as they were hur ...
... morning, the regiment remained mostly in waiting, listening with growing apprehension. He said: Much of my time after nightfall had been spent on the front picket line, listening to the busy strokes of Union picks and shovels on the line, to the rumble and the tramp of their troops as they were hur ...
22676-doc - Project Gutenberg
... On February 6th, after a two hours' bombardment, Fort Henry surrendered to General Grant, who had come up the river from Cairo with 17,000 troops, and with seven gunboats commanded by Commodore Foote. Most of the garrison, about 3,000, had been sent off before the fleet opened fire, General Tilghman ...
... On February 6th, after a two hours' bombardment, Fort Henry surrendered to General Grant, who had come up the river from Cairo with 17,000 troops, and with seven gunboats commanded by Commodore Foote. Most of the garrison, about 3,000, had been sent off before the fleet opened fire, General Tilghman ...
The Project Gutenberg EBook of History of the United States
... On February 6th, after a two hours' bombardment, Fort Henry surrendered to General Grant, who had come up the river from Cairo with 17,000 troops, and with seven gunboats commanded by Commodore Foote. Most of the garrison, about 3,000, had been sent off before the fleet opened fire, General Tilghman ...
... On February 6th, after a two hours' bombardment, Fort Henry surrendered to General Grant, who had come up the river from Cairo with 17,000 troops, and with seven gunboats commanded by Commodore Foote. Most of the garrison, about 3,000, had been sent off before the fleet opened fire, General Tilghman ...
Civil War Blockade-Running at Jupiter Inlet 1861
... Union blockade squadron on November 19, 1861, and taken to Key West as a prize. The gunboat was purchased by the U.S. Navy February 24, 1862, and became part of the very same East Gulf Coast Blockade Squadron that captured it from the Confederacy. The USS Beauregard was officially commissioned in Un ...
... Union blockade squadron on November 19, 1861, and taken to Key West as a prize. The gunboat was purchased by the U.S. Navy February 24, 1862, and became part of the very same East Gulf Coast Blockade Squadron that captured it from the Confederacy. The USS Beauregard was officially commissioned in Un ...
Jeopardy
... $400 Answer Due to the fact that the South had seceded, they believed that the Union should abandon all of their military bases on southern land. ...
... $400 Answer Due to the fact that the South had seceded, they believed that the Union should abandon all of their military bases on southern land. ...
Social Studies, 4th 9 weeks
... slavery and secession, including Governor Harris, the secession convention vote of 1861, anti-secession efforts, and Scott County. ...
... slavery and secession, including Governor Harris, the secession convention vote of 1861, anti-secession efforts, and Scott County. ...
Harriet Tubman and the Civil War
... When the war began, Tubman followed the Union Army into Maryland, where she had been born. Many slaves were fleeing from the homes, farms, and plantations where they were held. As they reached Union troops, Tubman was there to help. The newly-free slaves were destitute. After escaping and spending w ...
... When the war began, Tubman followed the Union Army into Maryland, where she had been born. Many slaves were fleeing from the homes, farms, and plantations where they were held. As they reached Union troops, Tubman was there to help. The newly-free slaves were destitute. After escaping and spending w ...
lincoln assassination theories: a simple conspiracy or a grand
... Grant and other generals, Lincoln approved cotton trading permits for many individuals including some of his closest friends. Some devoted Southerners burned their own cotton to keep it out of enemy hands. Others, however, discovered that Union agents were willing to pay the highest prices for cotto ...
... Grant and other generals, Lincoln approved cotton trading permits for many individuals including some of his closest friends. Some devoted Southerners burned their own cotton to keep it out of enemy hands. Others, however, discovered that Union agents were willing to pay the highest prices for cotto ...
Chapter 18 - Catholic Textbook Project
... them crush the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. General Robert E. Lee, however, was not fooled. He had an uncanny ability to read the character of his opponent and guess what he might do. After Hooker began his march up the river on April 27, Lee did a daring act — he divided his small force o ...
... them crush the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. General Robert E. Lee, however, was not fooled. He had an uncanny ability to read the character of his opponent and guess what he might do. After Hooker began his march up the river on April 27, Lee did a daring act — he divided his small force o ...
the ideologies and allegiances of Civil War soldiers in
... wealthy southern elites had begun by walking for thirteen days and nights through Confederate lines to enlist as a private in the Union Army in Kentucky. His war also would end before Appomattox after his capture at Rogersville, Tennessee, in the fall of 1863, and his death at Andersonville Prison o ...
... wealthy southern elites had begun by walking for thirteen days and nights through Confederate lines to enlist as a private in the Union Army in Kentucky. His war also would end before Appomattox after his capture at Rogersville, Tennessee, in the fall of 1863, and his death at Andersonville Prison o ...
The Battle of Bull Run Curriculum-Based Readers Theatre Script
... Hey, isn’t Manassas pretty close to DC? 13 Yup, it’s only 30 miles southwest of here. ...
... Hey, isn’t Manassas pretty close to DC? 13 Yup, it’s only 30 miles southwest of here. ...
1864-1865: Bringing the War to an End
... 1st The troops shall march by Brigades and Detachments to a designated point, stock their Arms, deposit their flags, Sabres, Pistols, etc. and from thence march to their homes under charge of their Officers, superintended by their respective Division and Corps Commanders, Officers, retaining their s ...
... 1st The troops shall march by Brigades and Detachments to a designated point, stock their Arms, deposit their flags, Sabres, Pistols, etc. and from thence march to their homes under charge of their Officers, superintended by their respective Division and Corps Commanders, Officers, retaining their s ...
The Archaeology of Civil War Naval Operations in Charleston
... resulted in a stalemate between the two combatants. A deadlock only broken by the abandonment of the city by Confederate forces caused by the flanking march through South Carolina by Federal forces under Major General William T. Sherman. Only then did the United States flag once again fly over the n ...
... resulted in a stalemate between the two combatants. A deadlock only broken by the abandonment of the city by Confederate forces caused by the flanking march through South Carolina by Federal forces under Major General William T. Sherman. Only then did the United States flag once again fly over the n ...
April, 2015 - Stow Historical Society
... typewriter, a coffee grinder, old telephones and cameras, old (yet sturdy) toys... Have an item or two you'd like to share? Contact Marilyn Zavorski (978-897-5588). There will be two one- hour programs: morning and after lunch. Times to be announced. ...
... typewriter, a coffee grinder, old telephones and cameras, old (yet sturdy) toys... Have an item or two you'd like to share? Contact Marilyn Zavorski (978-897-5588). There will be two one- hour programs: morning and after lunch. Times to be announced. ...
Andersonville - Letter to Union Colonel William H. Noble
... records only 32 covers from the Andersonville prison. Letters addressed to Andersonville prisoners are just as scarce. Whenever such a cover previously unknown presents itself, it adds more information to the postal history of the period. The cover in Figure 4 is such an item. This ...
... records only 32 covers from the Andersonville prison. Letters addressed to Andersonville prisoners are just as scarce. Whenever such a cover previously unknown presents itself, it adds more information to the postal history of the period. The cover in Figure 4 is such an item. This ...
Civil War Strategy 1861-1865 Essay
... Though not yet general-in-chief, McClellan immediately proposed one of the earliest and most far reaching of American strategic plans for prosecuting a war. It called for offensive action against a variety of points of the Confederacy at the same time, and even urged the consideration of assistance ...
... Though not yet general-in-chief, McClellan immediately proposed one of the earliest and most far reaching of American strategic plans for prosecuting a war. It called for offensive action against a variety of points of the Confederacy at the same time, and even urged the consideration of assistance ...
Antietam: A Failure To Achieve Victory
... the Union's expected 60,000 recruits useless since they would not have time to be trained. But there was danger in heading north. 3 The Confederate troops were in poor condition. Beyond supply and food issues, the Army ofNorthern Virginia was improperly equipped. Lee himself stated that the army "la ...
... the Union's expected 60,000 recruits useless since they would not have time to be trained. But there was danger in heading north. 3 The Confederate troops were in poor condition. Beyond supply and food issues, the Army ofNorthern Virginia was improperly equipped. Lee himself stated that the army "la ...
The Confederacy
... States of America. In November 1861, Jefferson Davis sent James Mason and John Sidell to appeal to England and France for support of the Confederate states in the war. Union soldiers apprehended the diplomats and returned them to the United States as prisoners. England was furious and considered thi ...
... States of America. In November 1861, Jefferson Davis sent James Mason and John Sidell to appeal to England and France for support of the Confederate states in the war. Union soldiers apprehended the diplomats and returned them to the United States as prisoners. England was furious and considered thi ...
Was Abraham Lincoln a Great Leader
... This was Lincoln's darkest hour. After Antietam, he had issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring free all slaves in rebel territory, but words could not substitute for victories. Now Lee was marching northward again. In July the armies clashed at Gettysburg, and Lee retreated with bloody loss ...
... This was Lincoln's darkest hour. After Antietam, he had issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring free all slaves in rebel territory, but words could not substitute for victories. Now Lee was marching northward again. In July the armies clashed at Gettysburg, and Lee retreated with bloody loss ...
To Laugh in One Hand, and Cry in the Other - B
... him to make wagons for his own income when the mill he ran “because we conferred upon special topics, strictly confidenwas not operating. Haynie’s son, who was nursed by Penny Jet tial.” Some of these contacts between white Unionists and as a baby, later said that he had “slept in the house with the ...
... him to make wagons for his own income when the mill he ran “because we conferred upon special topics, strictly confidenwas not operating. Haynie’s son, who was nursed by Penny Jet tial.” Some of these contacts between white Unionists and as a baby, later said that he had “slept in the house with the ...
1 Standard 8.76 Lesson
... of Hanks.... My father ... removed from Kentucky to ... Indiana, in my eighth year.... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up.... Of course when I came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher ... but that wa ...
... of Hanks.... My father ... removed from Kentucky to ... Indiana, in my eighth year.... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up.... Of course when I came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher ... but that wa ...
ZP194E_The Civil War
... —Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address In April 1861, sectional conflict between the North and South exploded into Civil War when Confederate troops fired on Union-held Fort Sumter outside Charleston, South Carolina. While there were no casualties at Fort Sumter, the war that followed became the blood ...
... —Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address In April 1861, sectional conflict between the North and South exploded into Civil War when Confederate troops fired on Union-held Fort Sumter outside Charleston, South Carolina. While there were no casualties at Fort Sumter, the war that followed became the blood ...
Copperheads: Lincoln`s Opponents in the North, The Copperheads
... and strongly opposed the war, for which they blamed abolitionists, and they demanded immediate peace and resisted draft laws. They wanted President Lincoln and the Republicans ousted from power, seeing the president as a tyrant who was destroying American republican values with his despotic and arbi ...
... and strongly opposed the war, for which they blamed abolitionists, and they demanded immediate peace and resisted draft laws. They wanted President Lincoln and the Republicans ousted from power, seeing the president as a tyrant who was destroying American republican values with his despotic and arbi ...
Battle of Fort Pillow
The Battle of Fort Pillow, also known as the Fort Pillow massacre, was fought on April 12, 1864, at Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River in Henning, Tennessee, during the American Civil War. The battle ended with a massacre of Federal troops (most of them African American) attempting to surrender, by soldiers under the command of Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Military historian David J. Eicher concluded, ""Fort Pillow marked one of the bleakest, saddest events of American military history.""