Rearguard of the Confederacy: The Second Florida Infantry Regiment
... Livingston claims that Southerners viewed such actions as a conspiracy by Northerners to undermine Southern culture and gain economic control over the South. The activities of abolitionists were seen as another means by which Northerners were attempting to undermine their way of life. Most Southerne ...
... Livingston claims that Southerners viewed such actions as a conspiracy by Northerners to undermine Southern culture and gain economic control over the South. The activities of abolitionists were seen as another means by which Northerners were attempting to undermine their way of life. Most Southerne ...
David Farragut, the Hero of Mobile Bay
... Aboard the Brooklyn Captain James Alden was stunned after witnessing the fate of the Tecumseh, a ship that had seconds ago been nearly right in front of him had now vanished. The Tecumseh had been the strongest ironclad the Union Navy had ever built, and it was now lost forever. It was at this time ...
... Aboard the Brooklyn Captain James Alden was stunned after witnessing the fate of the Tecumseh, a ship that had seconds ago been nearly right in front of him had now vanished. The Tecumseh had been the strongest ironclad the Union Navy had ever built, and it was now lost forever. It was at this time ...
Staff Ride Handbook for the Battle of Perryville, 8
... maneuver. Moreover, the smaller scale of the multiple engagements that comprised the fighting at Perryville permits detailed study of basic troopleading procedures, soldier training, and small-unit leadership, including the noncommissioned officer’s role. Situational awareness proved just as importa ...
... maneuver. Moreover, the smaller scale of the multiple engagements that comprised the fighting at Perryville permits detailed study of basic troopleading procedures, soldier training, and small-unit leadership, including the noncommissioned officer’s role. Situational awareness proved just as importa ...
Civil War in the Lone Star State - Texas State Historical Association
... commander of the Texas district from April to September 1861, organized defense companies, authorized the use of slave labor for building fortifications, and worked to secure heavy cannons for coastal defense. His successor as district commander, Brig. Gen. Paul Octave Hébert, also made efforts to s ...
... commander of the Texas district from April to September 1861, organized defense companies, authorized the use of slave labor for building fortifications, and worked to secure heavy cannons for coastal defense. His successor as district commander, Brig. Gen. Paul Octave Hébert, also made efforts to s ...
chapter 15 - Pearson Education
... Greater population to draw from. Diverse economy with food and textiles Anaconda Plan: seal off the South from supply lines Political offensive to undermine Confederate sympathizers “. . . Essentially a people’s contest. . .to lift artificial weights from all shoulders. . .to afford all an unfettere ...
... Greater population to draw from. Diverse economy with food and textiles Anaconda Plan: seal off the South from supply lines Political offensive to undermine Confederate sympathizers “. . . Essentially a people’s contest. . .to lift artificial weights from all shoulders. . .to afford all an unfettere ...
CIVIL WAR - LaBarre Galleries
... war in history combined. It so divided the people of the U.S. that in some families brother fought against brother. The Civil War was between the Southern States, the “Confederacy” led by President Jefferson Davis trying to preserve slavery, and the Northern States, the “Union” led by President Abra ...
... war in history combined. It so divided the people of the U.S. that in some families brother fought against brother. The Civil War was between the Southern States, the “Confederacy” led by President Jefferson Davis trying to preserve slavery, and the Northern States, the “Union” led by President Abra ...
Andersonville - Letter to Union Colonel William H. Noble
... letter was also examined by Captain Wirz as the “Ex HW” (Figure 10) marking at the upper right testifies. Captain Wirz’ initials are found on other known Andersonville covers, so it is quite apparent that Captain Wirz himself would personally examine the prisoner’s mail. In short, the cover travelle ...
... letter was also examined by Captain Wirz as the “Ex HW” (Figure 10) marking at the upper right testifies. Captain Wirz’ initials are found on other known Andersonville covers, so it is quite apparent that Captain Wirz himself would personally examine the prisoner’s mail. In short, the cover travelle ...
A Nation at War, 1861-1865
... o Older men volunteered for Home Guard duty and… gathered information about the Union Army’s movements. reported people who they suspected of helping the Union. found Confederate soldiers who had run away (deserters). defended Scottsville against Union soldiers. o Women rolled bandages, spun ...
... o Older men volunteered for Home Guard duty and… gathered information about the Union Army’s movements. reported people who they suspected of helping the Union. found Confederate soldiers who had run away (deserters). defended Scottsville against Union soldiers. o Women rolled bandages, spun ...
Battlefield Of Franklin Land Preservation Purchase
... hard way, by buying properties, often with buildings on them. The largest parcel of land was originally a local golf course slated to be sold to a developer to build houses on what was the right flank of the Confederate attack north toward the Federal lines just south of the town. It was then that F ...
... hard way, by buying properties, often with buildings on them. The largest parcel of land was originally a local golf course slated to be sold to a developer to build houses on what was the right flank of the Confederate attack north toward the Federal lines just south of the town. It was then that F ...
Battlefield Field Trips
... Confederate soldier. The students should pretend that they are real Civil War soldiers. They can use information from what they just read and from their imagination to tell the story. When everyone is done, ask for two volunteers to tell their stories in front of the class. Explain to your students ...
... Confederate soldier. The students should pretend that they are real Civil War soldiers. They can use information from what they just read and from their imagination to tell the story. When everyone is done, ask for two volunteers to tell their stories in front of the class. Explain to your students ...
Chapter 21 - BFHS
... fraudulent papers for “Halifax” (Canada), and then return a few days later with a cargo of cotton. The risks were great, but the profits would mount to 700 percent and more for lucky gamblers. Two successful voyages might well pay for capture on a third. The lush days of blockade-running fi nally pa ...
... fraudulent papers for “Halifax” (Canada), and then return a few days later with a cargo of cotton. The risks were great, but the profits would mount to 700 percent and more for lucky gamblers. Two successful voyages might well pay for capture on a third. The lush days of blockade-running fi nally pa ...
Nathan Bedford Forrest Primary Sources
... Essential Question: What role did William Brownlow play in the Civil War? William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (1805-1877) was an influential East Tennessee minister, journalist, and governor. On the eve of the Civil War, his newspaper, popularly known as Brownlow's Whig, reached nearly eleven thousan ...
... Essential Question: What role did William Brownlow play in the Civil War? William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (1805-1877) was an influential East Tennessee minister, journalist, and governor. On the eve of the Civil War, his newspaper, popularly known as Brownlow's Whig, reached nearly eleven thousan ...
A Million Ways to Stay Alive during the Civil War - H-Net
... to be worth the health-related reward. Commanders disagreed; they could not carry out their orders or wage campaigns if large swaths of their armies were inexplicably absent when needed. So officers on both sides, Meier asserts, cracked down on straggling after 1862 and inadvertently made their own ...
... to be worth the health-related reward. Commanders disagreed; they could not carry out their orders or wage campaigns if large swaths of their armies were inexplicably absent when needed. So officers on both sides, Meier asserts, cracked down on straggling after 1862 and inadvertently made their own ...
Was the Civil War a Total War?
... "Trite it may be to say that the Civil War was the first of the modern wars, but this is a truth that needs to be repeated. If the Civil War was not quite total, it missed totality by only a narrow margin." Modernity is not a very useful concept in military history. Surely every war is thought to be ...
... "Trite it may be to say that the Civil War was the first of the modern wars, but this is a truth that needs to be repeated. If the Civil War was not quite total, it missed totality by only a narrow margin." Modernity is not a very useful concept in military history. Surely every war is thought to be ...
Driving Tour of the Civil War Sites of Cape Girardeau
... Confederate commanders quickly came to the conclusion that they could not take the city of Cape Girardeau, owing to the ring of fortified hills that surrounded the town on the west. To gain time for their eventual retreat, they ordered the attack primarily as a demonstration. While line fighting exi ...
... Confederate commanders quickly came to the conclusion that they could not take the city of Cape Girardeau, owing to the ring of fortified hills that surrounded the town on the west. To gain time for their eventual retreat, they ordered the attack primarily as a demonstration. While line fighting exi ...
"Young Bloods of the South:" The Confederate Use and Efficacy of
... Despite these commonalities in method and intent, there were important distinctions among irregular combatants. These irregulars can be divided into three groups; cavalry raiders, partisan rangers, and guerrillas. Guerrillas were civilian fighters waging a rebellion against occupying Federal forces. ...
... Despite these commonalities in method and intent, there were important distinctions among irregular combatants. These irregulars can be divided into three groups; cavalry raiders, partisan rangers, and guerrillas. Guerrillas were civilian fighters waging a rebellion against occupying Federal forces. ...
Called "The Gullah Statesman," Robert Smalls served longer in
... Beaufort jail and to attend slave auctions at the Arsenal. In 1851 at the age of seventeen Smalls was hired out to work in Charleston. Eventually he was allowed to purchase his families freedom and that of his wife, whom he married in 1856. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Smalls was pressed into s ...
... Beaufort jail and to attend slave auctions at the Arsenal. In 1851 at the age of seventeen Smalls was hired out to work in Charleston. Eventually he was allowed to purchase his families freedom and that of his wife, whom he married in 1856. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Smalls was pressed into s ...
... Irish immigration into America began as early as the seventeenth century and by 1720 it could have been deemed a mass emigration with some 150,000 to 200,000 Irish, mainly young Catholic men, having arrived. Most, being rootless and single, would swiftly be absorbed into the American way of life wit ...
A Study of Civil War Leadership: Gettysburg
... his Generals. He tracks leadership from the start of the war until the Battle of Appomattox. He writes about Lincoln’s Generals in a light that exemplifies their character, their strengths, their weaknesses, and how they succeeded or failed. More often than not he wrote about their failures, which w ...
... his Generals. He tracks leadership from the start of the war until the Battle of Appomattox. He writes about Lincoln’s Generals in a light that exemplifies their character, their strengths, their weaknesses, and how they succeeded or failed. More often than not he wrote about their failures, which w ...
“I Could Tell You a Thousand Stories of Their Heroism…”1
... graduates of the United Stated Military Academy at West Point or were in the regular army when the war began. Not surprisingly, most of these officers were commanding at the corps or division level, although 23 brigades were also led by professionals. The vast majority of non-professional highlevel ...
... graduates of the United Stated Military Academy at West Point or were in the regular army when the war began. Not surprisingly, most of these officers were commanding at the corps or division level, although 23 brigades were also led by professionals. The vast majority of non-professional highlevel ...
Areas of the Valley – Part 1
... resources that supported them. In May, a Federal army under Gen. George Crook advanced south through West Virginia with orders to cut railroad links from Virginia to the west. Union Gen. Franz Sigel was to move south through the Shenandoah Valley and meet Crook in Staunton. This would also prevent a ...
... resources that supported them. In May, a Federal army under Gen. George Crook advanced south through West Virginia with orders to cut railroad links from Virginia to the west. Union Gen. Franz Sigel was to move south through the Shenandoah Valley and meet Crook in Staunton. This would also prevent a ...
Notes on the Civil War - Garrett Academy Of Technology
... Monitor v. Virginia (Merrimack) March 9, 1862 battle between two ironclad ships - new technology -CSA wanted to use it to destroy the Union Blockade - a draw New Orleans May 30, 1862 USA Admiral David Farragut and General Benjamin Butler CSA General Mansfield Lovell This give the USA control of the ...
... Monitor v. Virginia (Merrimack) March 9, 1862 battle between two ironclad ships - new technology -CSA wanted to use it to destroy the Union Blockade - a draw New Orleans May 30, 1862 USA Admiral David Farragut and General Benjamin Butler CSA General Mansfield Lovell This give the USA control of the ...
2006 Summer Update - the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program
... from Little Rock towards Washington, Union troops met their first organized resistance at the battles of Okolona and Elkins’ Ferry. It was at Elkins’ Ferry that Union troops defeated a Confederate contingent and crossed the Little Missouri River. Too late to prevent the Union troops from crossing, C ...
... from Little Rock towards Washington, Union troops met their first organized resistance at the battles of Okolona and Elkins’ Ferry. It was at Elkins’ Ferry that Union troops defeated a Confederate contingent and crossed the Little Missouri River. Too late to prevent the Union troops from crossing, C ...
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.