entire article as PDF - West Virginia Executive Magazine
... abolitionist John Brown’s 1859 raid on the federal arsenal. During the war it became the base of operations for Union invasions into the Shenandoah Valley. In September 1862, as part of the Maryland Campaign, Stonewall Jackson captured 12,500 Union soldiers stationed in Harpers Ferry, an event that ...
... abolitionist John Brown’s 1859 raid on the federal arsenal. During the war it became the base of operations for Union invasions into the Shenandoah Valley. In September 1862, as part of the Maryland Campaign, Stonewall Jackson captured 12,500 Union soldiers stationed in Harpers Ferry, an event that ...
The Mississippi: River of Destiny - Teaching American History -TAH2
... June 4, after learning of Union Major General Henry W. Halleck's occupation of Corinth, Mississippi. From Island No. 45, just north of Memphis, Flag-Officer Charles H. Davis and Colonel Charles Ellet launched a naval attack on Memphis after 4:00 am on June 6. Arriving off Memphis about 5:30 am, the ...
... June 4, after learning of Union Major General Henry W. Halleck's occupation of Corinth, Mississippi. From Island No. 45, just north of Memphis, Flag-Officer Charles H. Davis and Colonel Charles Ellet launched a naval attack on Memphis after 4:00 am on June 6. Arriving off Memphis about 5:30 am, the ...
Civil War Quiz
... b. Bull Run / Manassas d. Richmond 19. What freed slaves nationwide? a. 13th Amendment c. Emancipation Proclamation b. Sherman’s March d. 14th Amendment 20. Which event was the immediate cause of secession of several southern states from the Union in 1860? a. The Dred Scott decision, which declared ...
... b. Bull Run / Manassas d. Richmond 19. What freed slaves nationwide? a. 13th Amendment c. Emancipation Proclamation b. Sherman’s March d. 14th Amendment 20. Which event was the immediate cause of secession of several southern states from the Union in 1860? a. The Dred Scott decision, which declared ...
April 2014 - 7th Florida Infantry Company K
... A concern that I have for our unit and personal rifles, is that we are sometimes too rough on them. I cringe every time we do “Order Arms”, and rifle butts are slammed to the ground. This is sometimes on concrete. It does harm to the rifles as the frame, mainly the wood under the butt plate. Dependi ...
... A concern that I have for our unit and personal rifles, is that we are sometimes too rough on them. I cringe every time we do “Order Arms”, and rifle butts are slammed to the ground. This is sometimes on concrete. It does harm to the rifles as the frame, mainly the wood under the butt plate. Dependi ...
Texas and the Civil War
... army do so for their love of Texas not the CSA Texans join the cavalry not the infantry or navy ...
... army do so for their love of Texas not the CSA Texans join the cavalry not the infantry or navy ...
The African-American Odyssey
... XII. Black People and the Confederacy Confederacy based on defense of ...
... XII. Black People and the Confederacy Confederacy based on defense of ...
Nathan Bedford Forrest Primary Sources
... how long. The Confederate authorities have determined upon my arrest and I am to be indicted before the grand jury of the Confederate court which commenced its session in Nashville on Monday last. I would have awaited the indictment and arrest before announcing the remarkable event to the word but a ...
... how long. The Confederate authorities have determined upon my arrest and I am to be indicted before the grand jury of the Confederate court which commenced its session in Nashville on Monday last. I would have awaited the indictment and arrest before announcing the remarkable event to the word but a ...
The Surrenders - American Civil War Roundtable of Australia
... forces to Brigadier General Edward M McCook, who was commanding a cavalry division in the Military Division of Mississippi. Subsequently, surrender ceremonies were held in both Alabama and Florida. After a pronged series of questions, proposals and counter-proposals, on May 11, 1865, at Chalk Bluff, ...
... forces to Brigadier General Edward M McCook, who was commanding a cavalry division in the Military Division of Mississippi. Subsequently, surrender ceremonies were held in both Alabama and Florida. After a pronged series of questions, proposals and counter-proposals, on May 11, 1865, at Chalk Bluff, ...
CH 21 Notes Part 2
... Grant begins to earn his reputation in Feb. of 1862, at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson at the junction of the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers….he crushes the rebels here and demands an Unconditional Surrender from their commanders… and thereafter is known as U. S. Grant (unconditional surrender Grant) ...
... Grant begins to earn his reputation in Feb. of 1862, at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson at the junction of the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers….he crushes the rebels here and demands an Unconditional Surrender from their commanders… and thereafter is known as U. S. Grant (unconditional surrender Grant) ...
The African-American Odyssey
... XII. Black People and the Confederacy Confederacy based on defense of ...
... XII. Black People and the Confederacy Confederacy based on defense of ...
Spring 2014 Chapter 19 notes
... o Naval blockade = heavy toll on South o Value of Confederate dollar fell rapidly; Massive inflation o Spring 1863-Food riots in many southern cities o Draft Law passed in 1862 o Automatically exempt if owned 20 + slaves o Protests/riots over draft in North & South Life on the Home Front o War invol ...
... o Naval blockade = heavy toll on South o Value of Confederate dollar fell rapidly; Massive inflation o Spring 1863-Food riots in many southern cities o Draft Law passed in 1862 o Automatically exempt if owned 20 + slaves o Protests/riots over draft in North & South Life on the Home Front o War invol ...
Quiz 3
... __________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. General Grant, commander of all Union forces, informed President Lincoln in the spring of 1864 that he would march on Richmond take his losses, and move on. In this statement, Grant planned for a war of att ...
... __________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. General Grant, commander of all Union forces, informed President Lincoln in the spring of 1864 that he would march on Richmond take his losses, and move on. In this statement, Grant planned for a war of att ...
Crash Course 20 Civil War 680k-800k casualties 1861
... ○ Freed slaves in rebelling territories ○ Did not really have the jurisdiction to do this, only could in the border states ● Many slaves ran away during the war to avoid being used for fighting ○ Sought refuge with union troops ○ This leads to the theory that Lincoln was forced to make the EP becaus ...
... ○ Freed slaves in rebelling territories ○ Did not really have the jurisdiction to do this, only could in the border states ● Many slaves ran away during the war to avoid being used for fighting ○ Sought refuge with union troops ○ This leads to the theory that Lincoln was forced to make the EP becaus ...
Fort Sumter
... war and peace. He took matters into his own hands on December 26, following the secession of the state six days earlier, when he moved his two-company garrison from barely defensible Fort Moultrie to unfinished Fort Sumter in the middle of the harbor. After the unannounced relief ship Star Of the We ...
... war and peace. He took matters into his own hands on December 26, following the secession of the state six days earlier, when he moved his two-company garrison from barely defensible Fort Moultrie to unfinished Fort Sumter in the middle of the harbor. After the unannounced relief ship Star Of the We ...
Texas and The Civil War Chapter 18
... Confederacy along with the wealth of the gold silver mines. Baylor had some success but was later attacked at Glorieta Pass by Union soldiers, the Union forced Baylor back to Texas and the Southwest remained in Union control throughout the Civil War. ...
... Confederacy along with the wealth of the gold silver mines. Baylor had some success but was later attacked at Glorieta Pass by Union soldiers, the Union forced Baylor back to Texas and the Southwest remained in Union control throughout the Civil War. ...
usnotesmar19
... Preparedness for War o Both the UNION & the CONFEDERACY were not prepared for war. o Both held out hope that war would not erupt o Neither side had the necessary tax structure. They didn’t have a way of taking tax revenue and applying it to war. Most tax revenue today comes from income tax, back the ...
... Preparedness for War o Both the UNION & the CONFEDERACY were not prepared for war. o Both held out hope that war would not erupt o Neither side had the necessary tax structure. They didn’t have a way of taking tax revenue and applying it to war. Most tax revenue today comes from income tax, back the ...
Civil War Review Sheet
... How could men “get out” of the draft? Know at least three controversial tactics used by Lincoln to win the Civil War. How did Sherman attack Georgia? ...
... How could men “get out” of the draft? Know at least three controversial tactics used by Lincoln to win the Civil War. How did Sherman attack Georgia? ...
The African-American Odyssey
... Black population realized that – Fate of Union was tied to issue of slavery – And the fate of slavery was tied to the outcome of war ...
... Black population realized that – Fate of Union was tied to issue of slavery – And the fate of slavery was tied to the outcome of war ...
Course of Civil War
... captured by Union forces Finally, freedom for all slaves was formally legalized by the Thirteenth Amendment at the end of the war ...
... captured by Union forces Finally, freedom for all slaves was formally legalized by the Thirteenth Amendment at the end of the war ...
the civil war - OCPS TeacherPress
... 2. April 9, 1865 -- Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia. a. War in Virginia officially over. b. Remaining Confederate armies surrendered within the next few weeks. 3. Terms of surrender were generous a. The 30,000 captured Confederates were paroled and allowed to go home so long as they vo ...
... 2. April 9, 1865 -- Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia. a. War in Virginia officially over. b. Remaining Confederate armies surrendered within the next few weeks. 3. Terms of surrender were generous a. The 30,000 captured Confederates were paroled and allowed to go home so long as they vo ...
Chapter_21_E-Notes
... 2. April 9, 1865 -- Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia. a. War in Virginia officially over. b. Remaining Confederate armies surrendered within the next few weeks. 3. Terms of surrender were generous a. The 30,000 captured Confederates were paroled and allowed to go home so long as they vo ...
... 2. April 9, 1865 -- Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia. a. War in Virginia officially over. b. Remaining Confederate armies surrendered within the next few weeks. 3. Terms of surrender were generous a. The 30,000 captured Confederates were paroled and allowed to go home so long as they vo ...
SOL 9e: Major Battles and Events of the Civil War
... Gettysburg, PA: The site of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Nearly 8,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died on this battlefield. Over 46,000 men were killed, wounded, or missing after these two days of battle. ...
... Gettysburg, PA: The site of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Nearly 8,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died on this battlefield. Over 46,000 men were killed, wounded, or missing after these two days of battle. ...
ch. 20 girding for war
... i. One of those forts, in Charleston harbor (one of the most important southern ports), had provisions that would last only a few weeks – until April 1861 ii. Lincoln didn’t want to have to surrender the fort, but he didn’t want to send reinforcements for fear SC would fight back iii. Lincoln decide ...
... i. One of those forts, in Charleston harbor (one of the most important southern ports), had provisions that would last only a few weeks – until April 1861 ii. Lincoln didn’t want to have to surrender the fort, but he didn’t want to send reinforcements for fear SC would fight back iii. Lincoln decide ...
Don Kadar at 61895 Fairland Drive, South Lyon, MI 48178
... CIVIL WAR ESSENTIALS: For the next several months we’ll turn our eyes to the artillery. The Union entered the war with a strong advantage, having ample manufacturing capacity and a well trained and professional officer corps. Conversely, the Confederates were at severe disadvantage, having limited m ...
... CIVIL WAR ESSENTIALS: For the next several months we’ll turn our eyes to the artillery. The Union entered the war with a strong advantage, having ample manufacturing capacity and a well trained and professional officer corps. Conversely, the Confederates were at severe disadvantage, having limited m ...
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.""