Arkansas Military History Journal
... Confederate leadership in Arkansas decided to attack the Port City of Helena, with the intent to draw Union troops away from Vicksburg to deal with the possible loss of the all-important port on the Mississippi River. At Helena, Arkansas, Confederate forces under Lt. Gen. Theophilus Holmes attacked ...
... Confederate leadership in Arkansas decided to attack the Port City of Helena, with the intent to draw Union troops away from Vicksburg to deal with the possible loss of the all-important port on the Mississippi River. At Helena, Arkansas, Confederate forces under Lt. Gen. Theophilus Holmes attacked ...
Chapter 9: The Civil War, 1861-1865
... if the British did so, as well. British leaders, however, were not ready to risk war with the United States. Until the Confederacy won decisive victories on the battlefield and proved it would survive and eventually win the war, the British would not risk recognizing it. In late 1861, the Confederac ...
... if the British did so, as well. British leaders, however, were not ready to risk war with the United States. Until the Confederacy won decisive victories on the battlefield and proved it would survive and eventually win the war, the British would not risk recognizing it. In late 1861, the Confederac ...
Chapter Preview Chapter 16
... adventure. Many of the ordinary soldiers of the North were motivated by Washington Territory ...
... adventure. Many of the ordinary soldiers of the North were motivated by Washington Territory ...
Civil War Heartland Leaders Trail
... in the U.S. House of Representatives and as a U.S. Senator for 16 years before the Civil War. Appointed the first Confederate secretary of state, he soon resigned this office because he wanted to serve in the field. As a brigadier general, he proved himself at the Battle of Antietam when his 500 Geo ...
... in the U.S. House of Representatives and as a U.S. Senator for 16 years before the Civil War. Appointed the first Confederate secretary of state, he soon resigned this office because he wanted to serve in the field. As a brigadier general, he proved himself at the Battle of Antietam when his 500 Geo ...
lincoln - Park University
... 153. Unfortunately, he advanced so slowly and cautiously, the rebels had plenty of time to muster their defenses. ...
... 153. Unfortunately, he advanced so slowly and cautiously, the rebels had plenty of time to muster their defenses. ...
War is Hell
... desperate counterattack: Hood’s brief, initially glorious but eventually ill-starred Franklin and Nashville campaign, which ended in a charge even larger and more disastrous than that famous foray of Pickett’s at Gettysburg. In Rebel Raider game terms, this would be depicted as an assault to recaptu ...
... desperate counterattack: Hood’s brief, initially glorious but eventually ill-starred Franklin and Nashville campaign, which ended in a charge even larger and more disastrous than that famous foray of Pickett’s at Gettysburg. In Rebel Raider game terms, this would be depicted as an assault to recaptu ...
Civil War Trails - West Virginia Department of Commerce
... taking personal command in his first battle passed through northwestern Virginia of the war. Plagued by rain and ineffective and linked the Chesapeake Bay with the underlings, Lee was forced to withdraw, and Ohio River and the West. Gen. George B. the Federals retained control of the BaltiMcClellan ...
... taking personal command in his first battle passed through northwestern Virginia of the war. Plagued by rain and ineffective and linked the Chesapeake Bay with the underlings, Lee was forced to withdraw, and Ohio River and the West. Gen. George B. the Federals retained control of the BaltiMcClellan ...
Commanders of the Confederacy
... appointed a Peace Commission to resolve the Confederacy's differences with the Union. In March 1861, before the bombardment of Fort Sumter, the commission was to travel to Washington, D.C., to offer to pay for any Federal property on Southern soil, as well as the Southern portion of the national deb ...
... appointed a Peace Commission to resolve the Confederacy's differences with the Union. In March 1861, before the bombardment of Fort Sumter, the commission was to travel to Washington, D.C., to offer to pay for any Federal property on Southern soil, as well as the Southern portion of the national deb ...
A Year in the Civil War
... 6. Why did President Jefferson Davis replace Johnston with Hood? 7. What was Sherman’s strategy for defeating Hood? 8. How did Sherman take Atlanta? 9. What did Sherman do while in Atlanta? 10. Why did Sherman cut his supply lines as his soldiers moved east? 11. How did they get supplies? 12. How lo ...
... 6. Why did President Jefferson Davis replace Johnston with Hood? 7. What was Sherman’s strategy for defeating Hood? 8. How did Sherman take Atlanta? 9. What did Sherman do while in Atlanta? 10. Why did Sherman cut his supply lines as his soldiers moved east? 11. How did they get supplies? 12. How lo ...
Emancipation during the war
... Hostilities began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces attacked a U.S. military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Lincoln responded by calling for a volunteer army from each state to recapture federal property, which led to declarations of secession by four more slave states. Both ...
... Hostilities began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces attacked a U.S. military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Lincoln responded by calling for a volunteer army from each state to recapture federal property, which led to declarations of secession by four more slave states. Both ...
Spring 2012 - American Civil War Society
... Comedy – living history can be perceived as too serious sometimes. A bit of comedy can hugely enhance an event. ‘Walking through’ a battle – “muster” blocks of the public with a re-enactor at each corner and an officer out the front shouting what’s to be done, “versus” another similar group coming a ...
... Comedy – living history can be perceived as too serious sometimes. A bit of comedy can hugely enhance an event. ‘Walking through’ a battle – “muster” blocks of the public with a re-enactor at each corner and an officer out the front shouting what’s to be done, “versus” another similar group coming a ...
Fauquier County Civil War Heritage Brochure
... on his way to the Second Battle of Manassas. • In August 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee spent the evening at the nearby home of Mrs. John Marshall, daughter-in-law of the famous Chief Justice. Gen. Lee narrowly escaped capture by Federal troops here. • Col. Mosby’s Rangers roamed this area extensively. Th ...
... on his way to the Second Battle of Manassas. • In August 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee spent the evening at the nearby home of Mrs. John Marshall, daughter-in-law of the famous Chief Justice. Gen. Lee narrowly escaped capture by Federal troops here. • Col. Mosby’s Rangers roamed this area extensively. Th ...
WHO WAS THE CIVIL WAR`S PREMIER CAVALRY COMMANDER?
... retreated across the Rappahannock. On Jackson’s death Lee appointed General R S Ewell as commander of the corps. Many considered that Stuart should have been given the position but perhaps Lee wished to have Stuart continue as the eyes and ears of the Army. After the battle Lee undertook a reorganis ...
... retreated across the Rappahannock. On Jackson’s death Lee appointed General R S Ewell as commander of the corps. Many considered that Stuart should have been given the position but perhaps Lee wished to have Stuart continue as the eyes and ears of the Army. After the battle Lee undertook a reorganis ...
Davids museum
... General Irvin McDowell, the commander, was not ready for this fight. He needed more time to prepare, because the troops that volunteered were only training for 90 days. On July 16, McDowell marched his poorly trained army to Virginia. The Confederates were camped along Bull Run, and that is how this ...
... General Irvin McDowell, the commander, was not ready for this fight. He needed more time to prepare, because the troops that volunteered were only training for 90 days. On July 16, McDowell marched his poorly trained army to Virginia. The Confederates were camped along Bull Run, and that is how this ...
AHON_ch15_S5
... • total war – all-out attacks aimed at destroying an enemy’s army, its resources, and its people’s will to fight • William Tecumseh Sherman – tough Union army general ...
... • total war – all-out attacks aimed at destroying an enemy’s army, its resources, and its people’s will to fight • William Tecumseh Sherman – tough Union army general ...
AHON Chapter 15 Section 5 Lecture Notes
... • total war – all-out attacks aimed at destroying an enemy’s army, its resources, and its people’s will to fight • William Tecumseh Sherman – tough Union army general ...
... • total war – all-out attacks aimed at destroying an enemy’s army, its resources, and its people’s will to fight • William Tecumseh Sherman – tough Union army general ...
AHON Chapter 15 Section 5 Lecture Notes
... • total war – all-out attacks aimed at destroying an enemy’s army, its resources, and its people’s will to fight • William Tecumseh Sherman – tough Union army general ...
... • total war – all-out attacks aimed at destroying an enemy’s army, its resources, and its people’s will to fight • William Tecumseh Sherman – tough Union army general ...
Student Guide (in PDF form) - Lincoln at the Crossroads Alliance
... slavery. Over time, Northern states had made slavery illegal. But slavery continued to expand through the South, and by 1860, millions of African-American slaves lived in bondage there. Slavery remained legal in all these states. White Southerners insisted that they had a right to continue owning th ...
... slavery. Over time, Northern states had made slavery illegal. But slavery continued to expand through the South, and by 1860, millions of African-American slaves lived in bondage there. Slavery remained legal in all these states. White Southerners insisted that they had a right to continue owning th ...
Civil War Notes
... President Lincoln first selected ______Robert E Lee__(then General McClellan)_______________ as the head of the Union Army. President of the Confederate States of America, __Jefferson Davis_____, named ____Robert E Lee______________ head of the Confederate Army. People on both sides thought that the ...
... President Lincoln first selected ______Robert E Lee__(then General McClellan)_______________ as the head of the Union Army. President of the Confederate States of America, __Jefferson Davis_____, named ____Robert E Lee______________ head of the Confederate Army. People on both sides thought that the ...
home fires - Tennessee Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans
... and to quell Union-inspired guerrillas. This led to a true civil war which produced its own harsh moments as when Confederate provost troops moved into the Shelton Laurel community in the Great Smoky Mountains and executed a dozen citizens. [9] Late autumn and early winter of 1862 was relatively qui ...
... and to quell Union-inspired guerrillas. This led to a true civil war which produced its own harsh moments as when Confederate provost troops moved into the Shelton Laurel community in the Great Smoky Mountains and executed a dozen citizens. [9] Late autumn and early winter of 1862 was relatively qui ...
Travel Details - Litchfield, Maine, Historical Society of
... suffering of soldiers in the field; a predecessor to the Red Cross and the Salvation Army. The Corps was commissioned by the Secy. of War in June 1861. Humane practices of the Corp included relief supplies, staffing hospital ships and railroad cars, food, medicine and clothing to patients and prison ...
... suffering of soldiers in the field; a predecessor to the Red Cross and the Salvation Army. The Corps was commissioned by the Secy. of War in June 1861. Humane practices of the Corp included relief supplies, staffing hospital ships and railroad cars, food, medicine and clothing to patients and prison ...
LEBANON COUNTY AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
... Military Situation after Chancellorsville The Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, ended on May 4, 1863. Here took place the last of all the Lee-Jackson maneuvers which had dramatically grasped victories from apparent defeats. Never again was this team to function. After Lieutenant General Thomas J ...
... Military Situation after Chancellorsville The Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, ended on May 4, 1863. Here took place the last of all the Lee-Jackson maneuvers which had dramatically grasped victories from apparent defeats. Never again was this team to function. After Lieutenant General Thomas J ...
11.TheCivilWar
... The Republicans agreed on a common platform, but like the Democrats, they had difficulty selecting a candidate. Senator William Seward arrived at the Chicago convention as the leading contender for the nomination. However, his strong opinions against slavery and public condemnation of Southerners w ...
... The Republicans agreed on a common platform, but like the Democrats, they had difficulty selecting a candidate. Senator William Seward arrived at the Chicago convention as the leading contender for the nomination. However, his strong opinions against slavery and public condemnation of Southerners w ...
The Battle of Kirksville August 6, 1862
... Porter yielded ground and concentrated his forces behind a fence on the western edge of town. From this position the Confederates poured withering fire into McNeil's men, who moved against the line and drove it to the west, while the left wing took full possession of the southern part of Kirksville. ...
... Porter yielded ground and concentrated his forces behind a fence on the western edge of town. From this position the Confederates poured withering fire into McNeil's men, who moved against the line and drove it to the west, while the left wing took full possession of the southern part of Kirksville. ...
gittin stuff - National Property Management Association
... William Wadley reported he could do nothing to improve the failing transportation network, since so many of his mechanics had been conscripted by the army. General Lee fought to retain Wadley’s mechanics, which coincidently impacted his own supply support.15 By the end of 1863 Southern manpower depl ...
... William Wadley reported he could do nothing to improve the failing transportation network, since so many of his mechanics had been conscripted by the army. General Lee fought to retain Wadley’s mechanics, which coincidently impacted his own supply support.15 By the end of 1863 Southern manpower depl ...
Battle of Seven Pines
The Battle of Seven Pines, also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks or Fair Oaks Station, took place on May 31 and June 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. It was the culmination of an offensive up the Virginia Peninsula by Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, in which the Army of the Potomac reached the outskirts of Richmond.On May 31, Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston attempted to overwhelm two Federal corps that appeared isolated south of the Chickahominy River. The Confederate assaults, although not well coordinated, succeeded in driving back the IV Corps and inflicting heavy casualties. Reinforcements arrived, and both sides fed more and more troops into the action. Supported by the III Corps and Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick's division of Maj. Gen. Edwin V. Sumner's II Corps (which crossed the rain-swollen river on Grapevine Bridge), the Federal position was finally stabilized. Gen. Johnston was seriously wounded during the action, and command of the Confederate army devolved temporarily to Maj. Gen. G.W. Smith. On June 1, the Confederates renewed their assaults against the Federals, who had brought up more reinforcements, but made little headway. Both sides claimed victory.Although the battle was tactically inconclusive, it was the largest battle in the Eastern Theater up to that time (and second only to Shiloh in terms of casualties thus far, about 11,000 total) and marked the end of the Union offensive, leading to the Seven Days Battles and Union retreat in late June.