Walking Tour of Lexington Cemetery
... election, Breckinridge returned to the U.S. Senate and also urged his state to remain neutral. Unlike other Confederate leaders who claimed obedience to the will of their states, Breckinridge broke with his state after the Kentucky legislature voted to stay in the Union. In December 1861, he was exp ...
... election, Breckinridge returned to the U.S. Senate and also urged his state to remain neutral. Unlike other Confederate leaders who claimed obedience to the will of their states, Breckinridge broke with his state after the Kentucky legislature voted to stay in the Union. In December 1861, he was exp ...
Section 1 The Call to Arms
... Read First Battle of Bull Run and A Soldier’s Life with students. Remind them to look for sequence of events. ...
... Read First Battle of Bull Run and A Soldier’s Life with students. Remind them to look for sequence of events. ...
Guide to the Fort Monroe Telegrams, 1862
... telegrams offer a unique look into Union operations in southeastern Virginia in early 1862 before the famous Battle of Hampton Roads. The first telegram, 34 lines, was most likely from General John Wool, commanding officer at Fort Monroe at the time, to General George McClellan, commander-in-chief o ...
... telegrams offer a unique look into Union operations in southeastern Virginia in early 1862 before the famous Battle of Hampton Roads. The first telegram, 34 lines, was most likely from General John Wool, commanding officer at Fort Monroe at the time, to General George McClellan, commander-in-chief o ...
Confederate Strategy in 1863: Was a Strategic
... Army was oriented on a cordon defense. Jefferson Davis, having learned this during his timw as the U.S. Secretary of War, attempted to implement a cordon defense when he became the President of the Confederacy. Other Confederate strategists advocated a Jominian concentration. One of the earliest was ...
... Army was oriented on a cordon defense. Jefferson Davis, having learned this during his timw as the U.S. Secretary of War, attempted to implement a cordon defense when he became the President of the Confederacy. Other Confederate strategists advocated a Jominian concentration. One of the earliest was ...
Preparing For War
... corpus- must have a lawful reason to be held in prison a. Arrests pro-confederate leaders ...
... corpus- must have a lawful reason to be held in prison a. Arrests pro-confederate leaders ...
A Study of Civil War Leadership: Gettysburg
... presented a plan to flank the Confederate army out of their defensive works and hopefully cut off reinforcements. McDowell’s fatal flaw, however, was that he was not confident in the plan that he drafted.15 When a soldier does not believe in his own strategy, then problems are sure to arise. The Bat ...
... presented a plan to flank the Confederate army out of their defensive works and hopefully cut off reinforcements. McDowell’s fatal flaw, however, was that he was not confident in the plan that he drafted.15 When a soldier does not believe in his own strategy, then problems are sure to arise. The Bat ...
File - Mr Powell`s History Pages
... The new military technologies and tactics caused attacking forces to suffer high casualties. Attrition_ the wearing down of one side by the other through exhaustion of soldiers and resources- meant that the armies had to keep replacing their soldiers. Davis wanted to wage a defensive war of attr ...
... The new military technologies and tactics caused attacking forces to suffer high casualties. Attrition_ the wearing down of one side by the other through exhaustion of soldiers and resources- meant that the armies had to keep replacing their soldiers. Davis wanted to wage a defensive war of attr ...
Contact Information
... Lieutenant. He was stationed at Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Oregon when the Civil War broke out and was ordered east to Washington, D.C. as Captain following the first battle of Bull Run in July 1861. By November of 1862 Gregg was again promoted to Brigadier General. He commanded a cavalry br ...
... Lieutenant. He was stationed at Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Oregon when the Civil War broke out and was ordered east to Washington, D.C. as Captain following the first battle of Bull Run in July 1861. By November of 1862 Gregg was again promoted to Brigadier General. He commanded a cavalry br ...
October 12, 2016 - about the lcwrt
... engineering degree from the Florida Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern Univ. He contributed to the New York Times Disunion Civil War on-line journal during the Sesquicentennial. “The year before Lincoln’s election, the South accounted for 70 percent of America ...
... engineering degree from the Florida Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern Univ. He contributed to the New York Times Disunion Civil War on-line journal during the Sesquicentennial. “The year before Lincoln’s election, the South accounted for 70 percent of America ...
Chapter 11 The Civil War (1861 – 1865)
... •New rifles and cannons were far more accurate and had a greater range than the old muskets and artillery. •They could also be loaded faster. •Both sides made use of ironclads. •The most famous naval battle of the war was fought between two ironclads, the Union’s Monitor and the Confederacy’s Merrim ...
... •New rifles and cannons were far more accurate and had a greater range than the old muskets and artillery. •They could also be loaded faster. •Both sides made use of ironclads. •The most famous naval battle of the war was fought between two ironclads, the Union’s Monitor and the Confederacy’s Merrim ...
civil war arkansas - Arkansas Press Association
... Overview: Where the Road Begins, a historical fiction novel, covers the first two years of the war in Arkansas. The novel is well researched and based on a documentary history, titled Tattered Glory, also compiled by the author. As the book begins, the protagonist, Elijah Loring, a youth of sixteen ...
... Overview: Where the Road Begins, a historical fiction novel, covers the first two years of the war in Arkansas. The novel is well researched and based on a documentary history, titled Tattered Glory, also compiled by the author. As the book begins, the protagonist, Elijah Loring, a youth of sixteen ...
The Encyclopedia of Civil War Battles
... Commodore Bell commanded the Union squadron of six gunboats from his flagship, the 21-gun sloop Brooklyn, and he immediately began to bombard the Confederate-held city. Semmes had weeks earlier heard a report that Union forces were to attempt to retake the city by storming ashore from transports. He ...
... Commodore Bell commanded the Union squadron of six gunboats from his flagship, the 21-gun sloop Brooklyn, and he immediately began to bombard the Confederate-held city. Semmes had weeks earlier heard a report that Union forces were to attempt to retake the city by storming ashore from transports. He ...
Civil War - Teach Tennessee History
... Buell, which implored: "Our people are oppressed and pursued as beasts of the forest. The Government must come to their relief. We are looking to you with anxious solicitude to move in that direction. " ...
... Buell, which implored: "Our people are oppressed and pursued as beasts of the forest. The Government must come to their relief. We are looking to you with anxious solicitude to move in that direction. " ...
Confederate Generals - Ulster Scots Community Network
... contended: ‘The triumph of the Confederacy would be the victory of the powers of evil which would give courage to the enemies of progress and damp the spirit of friends all over the civilized world’. Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States, an UlsterScot and a native of Virginia who ...
... contended: ‘The triumph of the Confederacy would be the victory of the powers of evil which would give courage to the enemies of progress and damp the spirit of friends all over the civilized world’. Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States, an UlsterScot and a native of Virginia who ...
The War Between the Barbates - Proceedings of the Natural Institute
... mentioned in Civil War history books. However, the Battle of Cloyd’s Mountain has one distinction to which no other Civil War battle can attest: its opposing commanding officers, Crook and Jenkins, had the most combined facial hair of any pair of combatants in the entire war. One the most renowned y ...
... mentioned in Civil War history books. However, the Battle of Cloyd’s Mountain has one distinction to which no other Civil War battle can attest: its opposing commanding officers, Crook and Jenkins, had the most combined facial hair of any pair of combatants in the entire war. One the most renowned y ...
The Battle of Gettysburg
... Fort Pulaski in 1862 led to the North’s control of the Georgia coast and expansion of the Union Blockade of Southern ports. However, the major impact of war arrived on Georgia’s doorstep in 1863, during the Battle of Chickamauga. The town of Chickamauga is located in Walker County just 10 miles sout ...
... Fort Pulaski in 1862 led to the North’s control of the Georgia coast and expansion of the Union Blockade of Southern ports. However, the major impact of war arrived on Georgia’s doorstep in 1863, during the Battle of Chickamauga. The town of Chickamauga is located in Walker County just 10 miles sout ...
22 - The Civil War
... The Battle of Gettysburg In the summer of 1863, Lee felt confident enough to risk another invasion of the North. He hoped to capture a Northern city and help convince the weary North to seek peace. Union and Confederate troops met on July 1, 1863, west of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Union troops, ...
... The Battle of Gettysburg In the summer of 1863, Lee felt confident enough to risk another invasion of the North. He hoped to capture a Northern city and help convince the weary North to seek peace. Union and Confederate troops met on July 1, 1863, west of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Union troops, ...
The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns
... 1. What dilemma is Abraham Lincoln still trying to solve when he places Joseph Hooker in command of the Union Army? ...
... 1. What dilemma is Abraham Lincoln still trying to solve when he places Joseph Hooker in command of the Union Army? ...
The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns
... 1. What dilemma is Abraham Lincoln still trying to solve when he places Joseph Hooker in command of the Union Army? ...
... 1. What dilemma is Abraham Lincoln still trying to solve when he places Joseph Hooker in command of the Union Army? ...
the underappreciated strategic genius of george b. mcclellan
... entirely defeating us in a battle in which he must be the assailant. This movement if successful gives us the Capital, the communications, the supplies of the Rebels; Norfolk would fall; all the waters of the Chesapeake would be ours; all Virginia would be in our power; and the enemy forced to aband ...
... entirely defeating us in a battle in which he must be the assailant. This movement if successful gives us the Capital, the communications, the supplies of the Rebels; Norfolk would fall; all the waters of the Chesapeake would be ours; all Virginia would be in our power; and the enemy forced to aband ...
Kennedy-Chapter 21
... the most decisive of the Civil War. Jefferson Davis was perhaps never again so near victory as on that fateful summer day. The British and French governments were on the verge of diplomatic mediation, a form of interference sure to be angrily resented by the North. An almost certain rebuff by Washin ...
... the most decisive of the Civil War. Jefferson Davis was perhaps never again so near victory as on that fateful summer day. The British and French governments were on the verge of diplomatic mediation, a form of interference sure to be angrily resented by the North. An almost certain rebuff by Washin ...
Turning Points of the American Civil War
... [1862 - Fort Donelson and Shiloh], Expedition to, and Capture of, New Orleans [April-May 1862 - Forts Jackson and Phillip], Maryland Campaign [September 1862 - Antietam], Gettysburg Campaign [JuneAugust 1863 - Gettysburg], Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign [November 1863 - Chattanooga], Atlanta Campaign ...
... [1862 - Fort Donelson and Shiloh], Expedition to, and Capture of, New Orleans [April-May 1862 - Forts Jackson and Phillip], Maryland Campaign [September 1862 - Antietam], Gettysburg Campaign [JuneAugust 1863 - Gettysburg], Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign [November 1863 - Chattanooga], Atlanta Campaign ...
CWT Bi-State Narrative Side VA
... son Davis directed a defensive war at first. When U.S. forces marched into northern Virginia to attack Manassas Junction in July 1861, the result was a stunning Confederate victory. The Federals fared better along the northeastern coast of North Carolina, which Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside secured despi ...
... son Davis directed a defensive war at first. When U.S. forces marched into northern Virginia to attack Manassas Junction in July 1861, the result was a stunning Confederate victory. The Federals fared better along the northeastern coast of North Carolina, which Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside secured despi ...
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.