
A Mainer From Rockland: Adelbert Ames in the Civil War.
... who had already landed received orders to withdraw. A majority of the Union force did not engage the enemy. Believing that the fort was undamaged by the naval barrage, fearing Confederate infantry reinforcements, and concerned about the weather, Butler ordered that the troops return to the ships. Be ...
... who had already landed received orders to withdraw. A majority of the Union force did not engage the enemy. Believing that the fort was undamaged by the naval barrage, fearing Confederate infantry reinforcements, and concerned about the weather, Butler ordered that the troops return to the ships. Be ...
Newtonia Battlefields Special Resource Study
... American Indian soldiers fighting on both sides. The historic context places the First Battle of Newtonia in the perspective of the complex and tragic history of intertribal violence and the affiliation of the American Indian tribes with the Union or Confederate armies in the Civil War. The Second B ...
... American Indian soldiers fighting on both sides. The historic context places the First Battle of Newtonia in the perspective of the complex and tragic history of intertribal violence and the affiliation of the American Indian tribes with the Union or Confederate armies in the Civil War. The Second B ...
Jenkins` Ferry Pres plan Draft.indd
... by the Friends of Jenkins’ Ferry Battlefield with assistance from the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program in 2013. Mudpuppy & Waterdog, Inc. of Versailles, Kentucky, was chosen in a competitive bidding process to complete the plan. BATTLE OF JENKINS’ FERRY The Battle of Jenkins’ Ferry began on Ap ...
... by the Friends of Jenkins’ Ferry Battlefield with assistance from the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program in 2013. Mudpuppy & Waterdog, Inc. of Versailles, Kentucky, was chosen in a competitive bidding process to complete the plan. BATTLE OF JENKINS’ FERRY The Battle of Jenkins’ Ferry began on Ap ...
John Bell Hood: Extracting Truth from History
... this morning; he is a tall, thin, wiry-looking man, with a grave face and a light-colored beard, thirty three years old, and accounted one of the most promising officers in the army.”21 The account of a North Carolina newspaperman who saw Hood following his recovery from losing a leg at Chickamauga ...
... this morning; he is a tall, thin, wiry-looking man, with a grave face and a light-colored beard, thirty three years old, and accounted one of the most promising officers in the army.”21 The account of a North Carolina newspaperman who saw Hood following his recovery from losing a leg at Chickamauga ...
Fall 1862 at Fairfax Court House
... who had been a prominent military leader in Germany during the European Revolutions of 1848-49. Following a failed attempt to create a unified Germany, Sigel and many other German revolutionaries made their way to the United States. They became known as Forty-Eighters. Once the Civil War began, Pres ...
... who had been a prominent military leader in Germany during the European Revolutions of 1848-49. Following a failed attempt to create a unified Germany, Sigel and many other German revolutionaries made their way to the United States. They became known as Forty-Eighters. Once the Civil War began, Pres ...
View - OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
... Ted Ballard, Staff Ride Guide: The Battle of Antietam, (Washington DC: Center of Military History, ...
... Ted Ballard, Staff Ride Guide: The Battle of Antietam, (Washington DC: Center of Military History, ...
General Daniel Edgar Sickles, Storm at the Peach Orchard
... In every major conflict there are turning points, crucial moments when one side attains the belief and conviction that theirs is the superior army, that they can defeat the enemy in the field and win the war. For the Union Army under the command of General George Meade, that moment was the Battle of ...
... In every major conflict there are turning points, crucial moments when one side attains the belief and conviction that theirs is the superior army, that they can defeat the enemy in the field and win the war. For the Union Army under the command of General George Meade, that moment was the Battle of ...
gettysburg to appomattox: the south`s critical
... and I found them at the battle of Gettysburg. My studies led me to analyze the elements which clearly showed the failure mode of the Confederacy, and place them in my book. The battle of Gettysburg was only part of the series of failures for the Confederates. Other battles, near the conclusion of th ...
... and I found them at the battle of Gettysburg. My studies led me to analyze the elements which clearly showed the failure mode of the Confederacy, and place them in my book. The battle of Gettysburg was only part of the series of failures for the Confederates. Other battles, near the conclusion of th ...
The Ingenuity, Proficiency, and Versatility of Union Citizen Soldiers
... ___________________________________________ Leonard L. Richards, Member ...
... ___________________________________________ Leonard L. Richards, Member ...
Mythologies about homes built before the Civil War in
... Confederate states, and Confederate troops all over the nation was essential in order for the Confederacy to have a chance at surviving the War (Walker, 1985). To understand just how important Southwest Virginia’s role was to the Civil War, it is important to first identify the major factors associa ...
... Confederate states, and Confederate troops all over the nation was essential in order for the Confederacy to have a chance at surviving the War (Walker, 1985). To understand just how important Southwest Virginia’s role was to the Civil War, it is important to first identify the major factors associa ...
Civil War Practice Test
... b. killed or sold into slavery if captured by the Confederacy. c. not experienced at war and did not know what to expect. d. only given bayonets with which to fight. Which of the following was an African American unit in the Civil War that played a key role in the attack on South Carolina’s Fort Wag ...
... b. killed or sold into slavery if captured by the Confederacy. c. not experienced at war and did not know what to expect. d. only given bayonets with which to fight. Which of the following was an African American unit in the Civil War that played a key role in the attack on South Carolina’s Fort Wag ...
The Union Army Had Something to Do With It
... the Potomac that had a brief but intense struggle with elements of Stonewall Jackson's wing on August 28, 1862, on the eve of the Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas): The notable part of this action was fought by Gibbon's Brigade of three Wisconsin regiments, and one Indiana reenforced by two regim ...
... the Potomac that had a brief but intense struggle with elements of Stonewall Jackson's wing on August 28, 1862, on the eve of the Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas): The notable part of this action was fought by Gibbon's Brigade of three Wisconsin regiments, and one Indiana reenforced by two regim ...
GEORGE G. MEADE AND HIS ROLE IN THE GETTYSBURG
... honorable figures, wholly "an honest man." 2 2 The British officer, Cecil Battine, asserts that Meade "was just, modest, and courteous: determined though cautious, and a good judge of men. He was personally brave and had the moral courage which is so often lacking to men who never fear for their own ...
... honorable figures, wholly "an honest man." 2 2 The British officer, Cecil Battine, asserts that Meade "was just, modest, and courteous: determined though cautious, and a good judge of men. He was personally brave and had the moral courage which is so often lacking to men who never fear for their own ...
1 - Petersburg Area Regional Tourism
... By the spring of 1865, the last remaining supply line into Petersburg was the South Side Railroad. On March 29, 1865, Grant sent his forces on a westward movement to cut this major artery, knowing that it would cause Lee to abandon Petersburg and Richmond. Countering this move, Lee sent 10,000 troop ...
... By the spring of 1865, the last remaining supply line into Petersburg was the South Side Railroad. On March 29, 1865, Grant sent his forces on a westward movement to cut this major artery, knowing that it would cause Lee to abandon Petersburg and Richmond. Countering this move, Lee sent 10,000 troop ...
“United in Interest and Feeling:” The Political Culture
... engage in the large-scale plantation agriculture common elsewhere. Local politics, therefore, emphasized the need to protect it. As in most of the South, the protection of slavery, the South’s “peculiar institution,” constituted an important thrust of the region’s orientation toward national politic ...
... engage in the large-scale plantation agriculture common elsewhere. Local politics, therefore, emphasized the need to protect it. As in most of the South, the protection of slavery, the South’s “peculiar institution,” constituted an important thrust of the region’s orientation toward national politic ...
survey of civil war battlefields for the i-66
... Civil War at Buckland Mills. It was the last victory for the Confederate Cavalry. On the morning of October 19, 1863, J.E.B Stuart held the town of Buckland Mills against Union Generals Kilpatrick and George A Custer. Stuart strategically withdrew southwest toward Warrenton, luring the Federal army ...
... Civil War at Buckland Mills. It was the last victory for the Confederate Cavalry. On the morning of October 19, 1863, J.E.B Stuart held the town of Buckland Mills against Union Generals Kilpatrick and George A Custer. Stuart strategically withdrew southwest toward Warrenton, luring the Federal army ...
"They Cannot Catch Guerrillas in the Mountains Any More Than a
... elevation on a Virginia topographic map, with Carroll, Floyd, Montgomery, Craig, Alleghany, Bath, and Highland Counties marking the boundary. A study of guerrilla warfare in western Virginia is valuable to the historiography of Civil War studies in at least four ways. First, it supports findings fr ...
... elevation on a Virginia topographic map, with Carroll, Floyd, Montgomery, Craig, Alleghany, Bath, and Highland Counties marking the boundary. A study of guerrilla warfare in western Virginia is valuable to the historiography of Civil War studies in at least four ways. First, it supports findings fr ...
Rosecrans Essay - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... The fighting at Corinth was savage, but Rosecrans and his hard-pressed men prevailed. That evening McPherson and his men joined the defenders, and the next morning Rosecrans began the pursuit. The retreating Confederates ran squarely into Hurlbut and his men; prospects seemed bright for a resounding ...
... The fighting at Corinth was savage, but Rosecrans and his hard-pressed men prevailed. That evening McPherson and his men joined the defenders, and the next morning Rosecrans began the pursuit. The retreating Confederates ran squarely into Hurlbut and his men; prospects seemed bright for a resounding ...
The Timeline of DOOM!!!! Use at own peril. May induce odd
... 1740 An old friend of Edmond Hoyle’s wrote from Russia that he needed Hoyle's help to overthrow Ernst Biren who was now Russia's Grand Chamberlain. HH pg. 9 1740 A Reverend of Philadelphia and Benjamin Franklin found the Philadelphia Academy. BeN pg. 52 1741 Biren is exiled to Siberia where Hoyle fo ...
... 1740 An old friend of Edmond Hoyle’s wrote from Russia that he needed Hoyle's help to overthrow Ernst Biren who was now Russia's Grand Chamberlain. HH pg. 9 1740 A Reverend of Philadelphia and Benjamin Franklin found the Philadelphia Academy. BeN pg. 52 1741 Biren is exiled to Siberia where Hoyle fo ...
Read Act 1… - Loch Willow
... have fits of anxiety, including “swearing and cussing”! The Second Corps was again on the march, and for the third time in three years, were heading into union territory, and nearing the Union Capital. But not much came from that, other than making a ‘little fuss’. However, Lincoln was furious, and ...
... have fits of anxiety, including “swearing and cussing”! The Second Corps was again on the march, and for the third time in three years, were heading into union territory, and nearing the Union Capital. But not much came from that, other than making a ‘little fuss’. However, Lincoln was furious, and ...
Chapter 21—The Furnace of Civil War, 1861
... 43. The Union's defeat in battle at Bull Run in 1861 was better than a victory because a. Ulysses S. Grant took command of the army immediately after the setback. b. the defeat caused Northerners to face up to the reality of a long, difficult war. c. "Stonewall" Jackson was killed. d. it caused Linc ...
... 43. The Union's defeat in battle at Bull Run in 1861 was better than a victory because a. Ulysses S. Grant took command of the army immediately after the setback. b. the defeat caused Northerners to face up to the reality of a long, difficult war. c. "Stonewall" Jackson was killed. d. it caused Linc ...
ECWC TOPIC Barton Clara Essay
... The first instance where Barton provided direct battlefield aid occurred just after the Battle of Cedar Mountain (also known as Cedar Run or Slaughter’s Mountain). The battle, which took place on August 9, 1862 in Culpepper County, Virginia between Major General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson’s ...
... The first instance where Barton provided direct battlefield aid occurred just after the Battle of Cedar Mountain (also known as Cedar Run or Slaughter’s Mountain). The battle, which took place on August 9, 1862 in Culpepper County, Virginia between Major General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson’s ...
the civil war - Scott J. Winslow Associates, Inc.
... soldier and politician. He served with distinction under Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War, and is given much of the credit for the American victory at the battle of Buena Vista. He served in the U.S. Senate 1847-50, resigning from that body in 1850 in protest over the Compromise of 1850. In 1853-57 ...
... soldier and politician. He served with distinction under Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War, and is given much of the credit for the American victory at the battle of Buena Vista. He served in the U.S. Senate 1847-50, resigning from that body in 1850 in protest over the Compromise of 1850. In 1853-57 ...
Rules of Play
... The future of slavery in the territories caused a series of political crises. These crises drove a series of legislative compromises designed to assuage Southern fear that slavery would be abolished. These compromises were designed to maintain a tentative Southern equality in the Senate. The South b ...
... The future of slavery in the territories caused a series of political crises. These crises drove a series of legislative compromises designed to assuage Southern fear that slavery would be abolished. These compromises were designed to maintain a tentative Southern equality in the Senate. The South b ...
George E. Pickett - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... the Battle of Fredericksburg and they were limited to siege operations at Suffolk. Lee’s bold Pennsylvania Campaign, it seemed, would make things right again to affirm Pickett’s abilities as a soldier and leader. Pickett’s division was the last to arrive on the field during the second day of the Bat ...
... the Battle of Fredericksburg and they were limited to siege operations at Suffolk. Lee’s bold Pennsylvania Campaign, it seemed, would make things right again to affirm Pickett’s abilities as a soldier and leader. Pickett’s division was the last to arrive on the field during the second day of the Bat ...
Battle of Cedar Creek

The Battle of Cedar Creek, or Battle of Belle Grove, fought October 19, 1864, was the culminating battle of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal Early launched a surprise attack against the encamped army of Union Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan, across Cedar Creek, northeast of Strasburg, Virginia. During the morning fighting, seven Union infantry divisions were forced to fall back and lost numerous prisoners and cannons. Early failed to continue his attack north of Middletown, and Sheridan, dramatically riding to the battlefield from Winchester, was able to rally his troops to hold a new defensive line. A Union counterattack that afternoon routed Early's army.At the conclusion of this battle, the final Confederate invasion of the North was effectively ended. The Confederacy was never again able to threaten Washington, D.C. through the Shenandoah Valley, nor protect one of its key economic bases in Virginia. The stunning Union victory aided the reelection of Abraham Lincoln and won Sheridan lasting fame.