The Dare Mark Line - Civil War in Fauquier
... army—then at Centerville—to fall back on the Rappahannock “where it would be in a better position to defend Richmond.” The Manassas line was evacuated on March 9 and Southern forces withdrew along the ...
... army—then at Centerville—to fall back on the Rappahannock “where it would be in a better position to defend Richmond.” The Manassas line was evacuated on March 9 and Southern forces withdrew along the ...
The Big Squeeze
... West, a vanguard of 12 to 20 gunboats would steam down the Mississippi River, followed by 40 transport ships carrying 60,000 soldiers. The soldiers would need to hop off their boats on occasion and turn Confederate batteries along the river, and these posts, in Union hands, would guard against suppl ...
... West, a vanguard of 12 to 20 gunboats would steam down the Mississippi River, followed by 40 transport ships carrying 60,000 soldiers. The soldiers would need to hop off their boats on occasion and turn Confederate batteries along the river, and these posts, in Union hands, would guard against suppl ...
"A Live Man," and an Exemplary Official and Gentleman - H-Net
... Captains: The Commanding Officers of the USS Monitor, U. S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Marine and Estuarine Maintenance Division (Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1988), 2-15. In Great Necessities, I support Anna Ella Carroll’s claim that ...
... Captains: The Commanding Officers of the USS Monitor, U. S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Marine and Estuarine Maintenance Division (Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1988), 2-15. In Great Necessities, I support Anna Ella Carroll’s claim that ...
Upper Rappahannock River Front: The Dare Mark Line Clark B. Hall
... in north-central Virginia. The new Federal army soon consolidated in western Fauquier County, 50,000-strong, and in early July, Union cavalry columns spanned out across the entire countryside east of the river, with Rappahannock Station in the center.13 A good account of the bridge being burned on M ...
... in north-central Virginia. The new Federal army soon consolidated in western Fauquier County, 50,000-strong, and in early July, Union cavalry columns spanned out across the entire countryside east of the river, with Rappahannock Station in the center.13 A good account of the bridge being burned on M ...
CWT Bi-State Narrative Side VA
... remained strongly Unionist in the west while southeastern Maryland became a secessionist hotbed of spies and smugglers along the Chesapeake Bay. The state did not secede. “Attack on the Massachusetts 6th at Baltimore, April 19th, 1861” Drawn by William Bomberger In Virginia, Confederate President Je ...
... remained strongly Unionist in the west while southeastern Maryland became a secessionist hotbed of spies and smugglers along the Chesapeake Bay. The state did not secede. “Attack on the Massachusetts 6th at Baltimore, April 19th, 1861” Drawn by William Bomberger In Virginia, Confederate President Je ...
Noncombatant Military Laborers in the Civil War
... war and to compete for the labor of enslaved and freed people. That competition had its historic collision on May 23, 1861 when three enslaved men made their way to Union lines at Fortress Monroe, Virginia. Learning that the men were part of a detachment of slaves who had been put to work building a ...
... war and to compete for the labor of enslaved and freed people. That competition had its historic collision on May 23, 1861 when three enslaved men made their way to Union lines at Fortress Monroe, Virginia. Learning that the men were part of a detachment of slaves who had been put to work building a ...
Two Societies at War 1861–1865
... endure all horrors of civil war,” insisted a Confederate recruit, “than to see the dusky sons of Ham leading the fair daughters of the South to the altar.” To preserve black subordination and white supremacy, radical southerners chose the dangerous enterprise of secession. Lincoln and the North woul ...
... endure all horrors of civil war,” insisted a Confederate recruit, “than to see the dusky sons of Ham leading the fair daughters of the South to the altar.” To preserve black subordination and white supremacy, radical southerners chose the dangerous enterprise of secession. Lincoln and the North woul ...
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... Many Northerners criticized the government during the war….Why? Abolitionists didn’t think Lincoln was doing enough for slavery. They thought he should make the end of slavery a goal of the war. Radical Republicans joined them in protest of Lincoln. Peace Democrats, wanted the war ended at any price ...
... Many Northerners criticized the government during the war….Why? Abolitionists didn’t think Lincoln was doing enough for slavery. They thought he should make the end of slavery a goal of the war. Radical Republicans joined them in protest of Lincoln. Peace Democrats, wanted the war ended at any price ...
Arkansas Historic Preservation Program Civil War Sites and
... The Little Rock Arsenal had an important role in the Civil War. After Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, people in Arkansas and other southern states began talking about secession, or withdrawing from the United States of America. Captain James Totten was commander of the arsenal at that ...
... The Little Rock Arsenal had an important role in the Civil War. After Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, people in Arkansas and other southern states began talking about secession, or withdrawing from the United States of America. Captain James Totten was commander of the arsenal at that ...
columbus: the gibraltar of the west
... of great strategic importance, and Polk was determined on seizing it " at III hazards" when the opportune moment arrived 3 By late August Polk was very concerned about Columbus because Of the threatening movement of Federal troops in that area. On September 1, Federal General Robert Anderson moved h ...
... of great strategic importance, and Polk was determined on seizing it " at III hazards" when the opportune moment arrived 3 By late August Polk was very concerned about Columbus because Of the threatening movement of Federal troops in that area. On September 1, Federal General Robert Anderson moved h ...
The Archaeology of Civil War Naval Operations in Charleston
... including Battery Wagner and Fort Ripley, Stone Fleet, consisting of another 13 The focus of this project was on the and inner harbor obstructions including similar vessels, was sunk at the entrance offensive and counter-offensive measures frame torpedoes and row pilings. We to Maffitt’s Channel. Th ...
... including Battery Wagner and Fort Ripley, Stone Fleet, consisting of another 13 The focus of this project was on the and inner harbor obstructions including similar vessels, was sunk at the entrance offensive and counter-offensive measures frame torpedoes and row pilings. We to Maffitt’s Channel. Th ...
US History to 1877 C..
... • Located west of Rocky Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevada's and the Cascades • some small mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America ...
... • Located west of Rocky Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevada's and the Cascades • some small mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America ...
Name - Loudoun County Public Schools
... • Located west of Rocky Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevada's and the Cascades • some small mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America ...
... • Located west of Rocky Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevada's and the Cascades • some small mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America ...
Black enlistment in Civil War
... Investigation After the war, an official investigation discovered evidence that “the Confederates were guilty of atrocities which included murdering most the garrison after it surrendered, burying Negro soldiers alive, and setting fire to tents containing Federal wounded.” A congressional committee ...
... Investigation After the war, an official investigation discovered evidence that “the Confederates were guilty of atrocities which included murdering most the garrison after it surrendered, burying Negro soldiers alive, and setting fire to tents containing Federal wounded.” A congressional committee ...
Recollection, Retribution, and Restoration : American Civil War
... affirmed the priority of military policy—one of necessity—when he said, “It is hard on our men held in Southern prisons not to exchange them, but it is humanity to those left in our ranks to fight our battles.” 4 ...
... affirmed the priority of military policy—one of necessity—when he said, “It is hard on our men held in Southern prisons not to exchange them, but it is humanity to those left in our ranks to fight our battles.” 4 ...
The Union`s Cry For Help 6 - African American Civil War Museum
... one seven-inch rifled gun, one eight-inch Columbiad, one eight-inch howitzer, one long 32-pounder, and about two hundred rounds of ammunition, which had been consigned to Fort Ripley, and which would have been delivered at that fortification on Tuesday had not the designs of the rebel authorities be ...
... one seven-inch rifled gun, one eight-inch Columbiad, one eight-inch howitzer, one long 32-pounder, and about two hundred rounds of ammunition, which had been consigned to Fort Ripley, and which would have been delivered at that fortification on Tuesday had not the designs of the rebel authorities be ...
Civil War & Reconstruction
... supported the Confederacy from voting 5) It required southern states to guarantee equal rights to all citizens 6) It required the states to ratify the 14th ...
... supported the Confederacy from voting 5) It required southern states to guarantee equal rights to all citizens 6) It required the states to ratify the 14th ...
Copyright © 2000-2009, S. Stuart Flanagan and David EW Mott
... South Carolina. It made the freed slaves more powerful and they used this power to refuse to do what they were told. It forced plantation owners to share their profits with the freed slaves. It had no great effect—the system went on as before only the slaves were freed. ...
... South Carolina. It made the freed slaves more powerful and they used this power to refuse to do what they were told. It forced plantation owners to share their profits with the freed slaves. It had no great effect—the system went on as before only the slaves were freed. ...
Copyright © 2000-2009, S. Stuart Flanagan and David EW Mott
... The middle class bought less cotton, meaning the elite saw more of its crop destroyed before they could sell it. Free and enslaved African Americans had few other skills so sharecropping was the only way they could make a living. Farmers knew their new money crop would take a while to grow, so they ...
... The middle class bought less cotton, meaning the elite saw more of its crop destroyed before they could sell it. Free and enslaved African Americans had few other skills so sharecropping was the only way they could make a living. Farmers knew their new money crop would take a while to grow, so they ...
A Taste of Food in the Civil War - The Gilder Lehrman Institute of
... Sanderson even wrote a cookbook to inform inexperienced men how to cook. Something as basic a willingness to prepare food, gave the Union an edge over the Confederacy and their refusal to cook. Societal norms about who prepared food varied between the North and the South and ties back to how d ...
... Sanderson even wrote a cookbook to inform inexperienced men how to cook. Something as basic a willingness to prepare food, gave the Union an edge over the Confederacy and their refusal to cook. Societal norms about who prepared food varied between the North and the South and ties back to how d ...
Demonstration Flights
... What about the rest? Although I did confirm that everyone in the painting who is supposed to have served in Massachusetts regiments actually did so, I also confirmed that none were at Antietam, mostly because they mustered out too soon or mustered in too late. How many were Concordians? Mass Soldier ...
... What about the rest? Although I did confirm that everyone in the painting who is supposed to have served in Massachusetts regiments actually did so, I also confirmed that none were at Antietam, mostly because they mustered out too soon or mustered in too late. How many were Concordians? Mass Soldier ...
Fort Sumter and the American Civil War
... Fort Sumter and the American Civil War What is Fort Sumter? Fort Sumter is an island installation that was built in 1817 as a system of coastal fortifications to help to protect America’s Southern coastline from potential attacks. The walls of Fort Sumter are between 5feet and 8 feet thick. Fort Sum ...
... Fort Sumter and the American Civil War What is Fort Sumter? Fort Sumter is an island installation that was built in 1817 as a system of coastal fortifications to help to protect America’s Southern coastline from potential attacks. The walls of Fort Sumter are between 5feet and 8 feet thick. Fort Sum ...
Battle of New Bern
The Battle of New Bern (also known as the Battle of New Berne) was fought on 14 March 1862, near the city of New Bern, North Carolina, as part of the Burnside Expedition of the American Civil War. The US Army's Coast Division, led by Brigadier General Ambrose E. Burnside and accompanied by armed vessels from the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, were opposed by an undermanned and badly trained Confederate force of North Carolina soldiers and militia led by Brigadier General Lawrence O'B. Branch. Although the defenders fought behind breastworks that had been set up before the battle, their line had a weak spot in its center that was exploited by the attacking Federal soldiers. When the center of the line was penetrated, many of the militia broke, forcing a general retreat of the entire Confederate force. General Branch was unable to regain control of his troops until they had retreated to Kinston, more than 30 miles (about 50 km) away. New Bern came under Federal control, and remained so for the rest of the war.