Battle of Leesburg by sfcdan
... of the impending threat to Evans’ command. The messages (never found) apparently indicated the move against Leesburg and spurred the aggressive Evans into action. An artillery position was constructed and the units were ordered to dig trenches and rifle pits. It was here that Evans would contest th ...
... of the impending threat to Evans’ command. The messages (never found) apparently indicated the move against Leesburg and spurred the aggressive Evans into action. An artillery position was constructed and the units were ordered to dig trenches and rifle pits. It was here that Evans would contest th ...
Read a brochure of this exhibit. - Academics
... James River towards Richmond but found that she could not be saved. He decided to destroy the ship rather than let it be captured by the Federals. On May 10, 1862, Tattnall ordered the C.S.S. Virginia to be destroyed. ...
... James River towards Richmond but found that she could not be saved. He decided to destroy the ship rather than let it be captured by the Federals. On May 10, 1862, Tattnall ordered the C.S.S. Virginia to be destroyed. ...
this page in PDF format
... As the Union Navy took steps to enforce the blockade, controversies arose with foreign governments over the legality of Union seizures of neutral shipping, as well as other related practices. The most important of these was the arrest of Confederate commissioners that precipitated the Trent Affair i ...
... As the Union Navy took steps to enforce the blockade, controversies arose with foreign governments over the legality of Union seizures of neutral shipping, as well as other related practices. The most important of these was the arrest of Confederate commissioners that precipitated the Trent Affair i ...
160 Spring 2011 - American Civil War Society
... your best to come to as many events as you can. Each year a lot of you re-join early in the year – excellent – but also a lot of you wait until the first event to put your forms in. Frankly, this puzzles me. Why wait? Anyway, however you do it, would those of you who have not yet rejoined please do ...
... your best to come to as many events as you can. Each year a lot of you re-join early in the year – excellent – but also a lot of you wait until the first event to put your forms in. Frankly, this puzzles me. Why wait? Anyway, however you do it, would those of you who have not yet rejoined please do ...
The Civil War Affects Life at Home The Civil War Affects Life at Home
... broken bottles. The table was set in the dirtiest of kitchens with a dirt floor. . . . It surpassed any place we have been in yet. We certainly had found the dark corner of the Confederacy. Kate Stone, diary ...
... broken bottles. The table was set in the dirtiest of kitchens with a dirt floor. . . . It surpassed any place we have been in yet. We certainly had found the dark corner of the Confederacy. Kate Stone, diary ...
t`s astonishing just how small Fort Sumter, S.C., is. Five minutes at a
... The operation was complex and studded with deceptions and feints. For example, boats carrying family members first went to another harbor fort, which was observable from Charleston, and the women and children appeared to bed down for the night. Observers thought they had arrived in anticipation of t ...
... The operation was complex and studded with deceptions and feints. For example, boats carrying family members first went to another harbor fort, which was observable from Charleston, and the women and children appeared to bed down for the night. Observers thought they had arrived in anticipation of t ...
Causes of the WTBS - SCV California Division
... “My lovely wife. I do miss you and the life we have there on the small plot of land God has given us. More and more it seems that my thoughts are drifting back there to reside with you. Yet as badly as I desire to be back home, it is for home for which I deem it best for my presence here with the ot ...
... “My lovely wife. I do miss you and the life we have there on the small plot of land God has given us. More and more it seems that my thoughts are drifting back there to reside with you. Yet as badly as I desire to be back home, it is for home for which I deem it best for my presence here with the ot ...
Little Round Top - A Sound Strategy, Inc.
... Chamberlain had to guard the brigade left with the 20th Maine alone. He ordered the regiment to extend its front, and the 20th’s nine companies stretched to a single rank. The regiment had but 28 officers and 358 men present for duty on Little Round Top. The Alabamians came on with yells and a cra ...
... Chamberlain had to guard the brigade left with the 20th Maine alone. He ordered the regiment to extend its front, and the 20th’s nine companies stretched to a single rank. The regiment had but 28 officers and 358 men present for duty on Little Round Top. The Alabamians came on with yells and a cra ...
Caring For The Wounded
... this quiet community. As they took their place in the Confederate line during the afternoon, the cadets from the Virginia Military Institute received the full force of Union fire across Jacob Bushong’s muddy wheat field. Sixteen-year-old Cadet James David Dardin received care in the field during the ...
... this quiet community. As they took their place in the Confederate line during the afternoon, the cadets from the Virginia Military Institute received the full force of Union fire across Jacob Bushong’s muddy wheat field. Sixteen-year-old Cadet James David Dardin received care in the field during the ...
Expert Testimony of James McPherson
... Army hospital tents were located in this area during the Battle of Chancellorsville. Lieut. Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson, wounded during that battle, was treated in the nearby Wilderness Tavern, and his amputated arm remains buried on the nearby grounds of what is now “Ellwood.” In 1993, the Congressio ...
... Army hospital tents were located in this area during the Battle of Chancellorsville. Lieut. Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson, wounded during that battle, was treated in the nearby Wilderness Tavern, and his amputated arm remains buried on the nearby grounds of what is now “Ellwood.” In 1993, the Congressio ...
© Erin Kathryn 2015
... 11. To help with the Reconstruction and to protect the rights of all people, three amendments were added to the US Constitution. What did the 13th Amendment outlaw? _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________. 12. The 14 ...
... 11. To help with the Reconstruction and to protect the rights of all people, three amendments were added to the US Constitution. What did the 13th Amendment outlaw? _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________. 12. The 14 ...
Civil War - Point Loma High School
... Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that ...
... Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that ...
2 - Lincoln Assassination
... Proclamation. What did the Emancipation Proclamation establish? It freed the slaves in the rebelling states only, not in the slave states of Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware, which remained in the Union. ...
... Proclamation. What did the Emancipation Proclamation establish? It freed the slaves in the rebelling states only, not in the slave states of Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware, which remained in the Union. ...
Two Societies at War
... some African Americans had formed their own regiments in South Carolina, Louisiana, and Kansas. 2. The Emancipation Proclamation changed popular thinking and military policy; some northern whites argued that if blacks were to benefit from a Union victory, they should share in the fighting and dying. ...
... some African Americans had formed their own regiments in South Carolina, Louisiana, and Kansas. 2. The Emancipation Proclamation changed popular thinking and military policy; some northern whites argued that if blacks were to benefit from a Union victory, they should share in the fighting and dying. ...
February - Dixie Guards
... Some of this month’s editorial isn’t Confederate-themed and for that I apologize in advance. But, it is Americanthemed and for that, of course, I won’t apologize. Some of this is in fact political, or more, the fact that I hate that everything has become political. My reasoning for even mentioning t ...
... Some of this month’s editorial isn’t Confederate-themed and for that I apologize in advance. But, it is Americanthemed and for that, of course, I won’t apologize. Some of this is in fact political, or more, the fact that I hate that everything has become political. My reasoning for even mentioning t ...
chapter 14 - White Plains Public Schools
... Before 1860, reference to the nation generally began "these United States are," but after 1865 it became more frequently "the United States is." In that change, one might well see the most important outcome of the American Civil War. The question of the nature of the Union, which had been debated si ...
... Before 1860, reference to the nation generally began "these United States are," but after 1865 it became more frequently "the United States is." In that change, one might well see the most important outcome of the American Civil War. The question of the nature of the Union, which had been debated si ...
SS 1st 9 weeks
... 5.WCE.SS.2 Evaluate and defend one of the following four additional reasons for the Emancipation Proclamation: to keep France and Great Britain from recognizing the Confederacy, to respond to pressure put on President Lincoln by the Northern Black community, to respond to pressure from White Norther ...
... 5.WCE.SS.2 Evaluate and defend one of the following four additional reasons for the Emancipation Proclamation: to keep France and Great Britain from recognizing the Confederacy, to respond to pressure put on President Lincoln by the Northern Black community, to respond to pressure from White Norther ...
Civil War - Cloudfront.net
... Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that ...
... Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that ...
33 Crossing Borders Using Class, Femininity, and Gender
... Loyalty is never certain. The Civil War showed how easily humans could be influenced under certain circumstances. As men went off to war women were in charge of the home. This allowed them to make their own choices and some anti-secessionist southerners to even turn against the Confederacy. Spying b ...
... Loyalty is never certain. The Civil War showed how easily humans could be influenced under certain circumstances. As men went off to war women were in charge of the home. This allowed them to make their own choices and some anti-secessionist southerners to even turn against the Confederacy. Spying b ...
The Civil War (1861
... 5 slave holding border states stay with union CSA goal to remain an independent nation…Lincoln’s goal to preserve the united states…4 years of war and 600,000 deaths needed to resolve conflict ...
... 5 slave holding border states stay with union CSA goal to remain an independent nation…Lincoln’s goal to preserve the united states…4 years of war and 600,000 deaths needed to resolve conflict ...
Shoot them in the back
... decisiveness. Lincoln wanted a general who would advance, take risks, and fight, but McClellan went into winter quarters. "If General McClellan does not want to use the army I would like to borrow it," Lincoln declared in frustration. James L. Roark, 377. All this time the Federal commander had mane ...
... decisiveness. Lincoln wanted a general who would advance, take risks, and fight, but McClellan went into winter quarters. "If General McClellan does not want to use the army I would like to borrow it," Lincoln declared in frustration. James L. Roark, 377. All this time the Federal commander had mane ...
Secession and War - Madison County Schools
... Slavery During the War 1. During the war some slaves ran away or refused to work but many stayed where they were and continued to work. 2. In 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves in the Confederacy – he didn’t want to risk any of the border states seced ...
... Slavery During the War 1. During the war some slaves ran away or refused to work but many stayed where they were and continued to work. 2. In 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves in the Confederacy – he didn’t want to risk any of the border states seced ...
chapter21questions
... 27. Describe Ulysses S. Grant. Where did he first gain notoriety as a military leader? Why was his victory in Tennessee so crucial? What battle did Grant lost in April of 1862? Why did Lincoln refuse to replace him? (p. 466) 28. What city did David G. Farragut seize? What other city on the Mississip ...
... 27. Describe Ulysses S. Grant. Where did he first gain notoriety as a military leader? Why was his victory in Tennessee so crucial? What battle did Grant lost in April of 1862? Why did Lincoln refuse to replace him? (p. 466) 28. What city did David G. Farragut seize? What other city on the Mississip ...
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.""