Andersonville - Letter to Union Colonel William H. Noble
... received the Port Royal postmark. The earliest known cover with a Jacksonville Union manuscript postmark is April 10, 1864, and a makeshift typeset postmark first appeared 10 days later on April 20, 1864. It was not until mid-May 1864 that Jacksonville received a standard postmark from the USPOD wit ...
... received the Port Royal postmark. The earliest known cover with a Jacksonville Union manuscript postmark is April 10, 1864, and a makeshift typeset postmark first appeared 10 days later on April 20, 1864. It was not until mid-May 1864 that Jacksonville received a standard postmark from the USPOD wit ...
Background Guide
... students and historians alike for years, but not due to the Union’s calculated victory; the plight of the Confederacy and the ensuing destruction of the South following the conflict are much more frequently the subject of academic scrutiny. I hope this committee offers a unique perspective on this p ...
... students and historians alike for years, but not due to the Union’s calculated victory; the plight of the Confederacy and the ensuing destruction of the South following the conflict are much more frequently the subject of academic scrutiny. I hope this committee offers a unique perspective on this p ...
The Isolation Factor - Marshall Digital Scholar
... not necessarily consider itself Southern.8 Martin Crawford claims that economic factors played an important role in which side people chose. Within Ashe County, Unionism grew the strongest within the North Fork area because the people were poor, isolated, near the Tennessee border, almost none owned ...
... not necessarily consider itself Southern.8 Martin Crawford claims that economic factors played an important role in which side people chose. Within Ashe County, Unionism grew the strongest within the North Fork area because the people were poor, isolated, near the Tennessee border, almost none owned ...
On Civil War Turning Points
... comrades die, returned to the battlefields, and later built their monuments. They knew what they did and what it meant. They must have a say in this. Their monumentation speaks for itself. There should be no doubt that Civil War combatants thought the two most important battles were Gettysburg and V ...
... comrades die, returned to the battlefields, and later built their monuments. They knew what they did and what it meant. They must have a say in this. Their monumentation speaks for itself. There should be no doubt that Civil War combatants thought the two most important battles were Gettysburg and V ...
Grant - Reading Community Schools
... of Illinois volunteers, and later Brigadier General of Volunteers. Forces under Grant quickly won victories at Ft. Henry and Ft. Donellson, where he told the Confederates that no terms would be accepted except “unconditional surrender”, which matched his initials and became a nickname. Grant’s super ...
... of Illinois volunteers, and later Brigadier General of Volunteers. Forces under Grant quickly won victories at Ft. Henry and Ft. Donellson, where he told the Confederates that no terms would be accepted except “unconditional surrender”, which matched his initials and became a nickname. Grant’s super ...
About General Butler
... men from Kentucky were mustered into the Union Army. Patsy Leach remained in bondage while her husband died fighting for their freedom at Saltville, Va. Under threat of death at the hands of her owner, Patsy escaped and left her kids with her owner. She appealed to the Union Army justice system in K ...
... men from Kentucky were mustered into the Union Army. Patsy Leach remained in bondage while her husband died fighting for their freedom at Saltville, Va. Under threat of death at the hands of her owner, Patsy escaped and left her kids with her owner. She appealed to the Union Army justice system in K ...
"Indianizing the Confederacy": Understandings of War Cruelty
... countermarching; now appearing, now disappearing, but ever moving forward to victory.18 Indeed, in its specificities, Browne’s account of the fighting was fictitious. The journalist’s description of the Confederate position differed from those relayed by other war correspondents, including Browne’s ...
... countermarching; now appearing, now disappearing, but ever moving forward to victory.18 Indeed, in its specificities, Browne’s account of the fighting was fictitious. The journalist’s description of the Confederate position differed from those relayed by other war correspondents, including Browne’s ...
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October 2007 [PDF file] - Baltimore Civil War Roundtable
... War photographs, but few appear in any official war records and reports. Luckily, some of these heroic deeds ...
... War photographs, but few appear in any official war records and reports. Luckily, some of these heroic deeds ...
Chapter 21 - BFHS
... Renamed the Virginia, this clumsy but powerful monster easily destroyed two wooden ships of the Union navy in the Virginia waters of Chesapeake Bay; it also threatened catastrophe to the entire Yankee blockading fleet. (Actually the homemade ironclad was not a ...
... Renamed the Virginia, this clumsy but powerful monster easily destroyed two wooden ships of the Union navy in the Virginia waters of Chesapeake Bay; it also threatened catastrophe to the entire Yankee blockading fleet. (Actually the homemade ironclad was not a ...
Ballots and Bullets: The Politics of Antietam and Chickamauga
... his capital. His soldiers did not know him, did not yet trust him, and even called him derisive nicknames like “Granny Lee.” Yet a bare fifteen weeks later, Lee had gone from man without a command, besieged in Richmond, to leading a victorious army to the outskirts of Washington, D.C. and then Antie ...
... his capital. His soldiers did not know him, did not yet trust him, and even called him derisive nicknames like “Granny Lee.” Yet a bare fifteen weeks later, Lee had gone from man without a command, besieged in Richmond, to leading a victorious army to the outskirts of Washington, D.C. and then Antie ...
Conscription Essay - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... Essential Civil War Curriculum | Copyright 2012 Virginia Center for Civil War Studies at Virginia Tech ...
... Essential Civil War Curriculum | Copyright 2012 Virginia Center for Civil War Studies at Virginia Tech ...
Stand Watie Confederate General
... Brigadier General and Cherokee Chief Stand Watie fought to the bitter end. Brigadier General Watie was the last Confederate general to surrender, undaunted and unvanquished, on June 23, 1865, nearly three months after Appomattox. He was the only Indian to achieve the rank of general in the Civil War ...
... Brigadier General and Cherokee Chief Stand Watie fought to the bitter end. Brigadier General Watie was the last Confederate general to surrender, undaunted and unvanquished, on June 23, 1865, nearly three months after Appomattox. He was the only Indian to achieve the rank of general in the Civil War ...
Hallowed Ground the Civil War in Arkansas Lesson Plan 2016
... Near the end of 1862, the Union decided to overtake the Confederate river town of Vicksburg, Mississippi, which would give the Union control of the Mississippi River. If the Union could control the Mississippi River, they would be able to move boats and men straight through the Confederacy. Union Ge ...
... Near the end of 1862, the Union decided to overtake the Confederate river town of Vicksburg, Mississippi, which would give the Union control of the Mississippi River. If the Union could control the Mississippi River, they would be able to move boats and men straight through the Confederacy. Union Ge ...
General James Longstreet
... This was the time at which Lee made one wrong move and the tides of war shifted direction. The first and second days Longstreet was meant to attack the Union troops, but he hesitated and lost that battle. On the third and final day, Picket lead a full on charge onto the Union position with Longs ...
... This was the time at which Lee made one wrong move and the tides of war shifted direction. The first and second days Longstreet was meant to attack the Union troops, but he hesitated and lost that battle. On the third and final day, Picket lead a full on charge onto the Union position with Longs ...
Chapter 16-17 Study Guide
... (1)35. Explain Grant’s Virginia Campaign. (p. 503-503) Battle of the Wilderness ...
... (1)35. Explain Grant’s Virginia Campaign. (p. 503-503) Battle of the Wilderness ...
American History
... Camp Life Hygiene (4)11. Explain FOUR new technologies in the Civil War? (p. 475) A. B. C. D. Section 16-3 (2)12.Explain the Importance and outcome of the Battles of Ulysses S. Grant in the West. (p. 477) A. B. ...
... Camp Life Hygiene (4)11. Explain FOUR new technologies in the Civil War? (p. 475) A. B. C. D. Section 16-3 (2)12.Explain the Importance and outcome of the Battles of Ulysses S. Grant in the West. (p. 477) A. B. ...
Economics - Deptford Township Schools
... – May 8, 1864, the Confederates caught up with the Union army near Spotsylvania Court House. The fighting that took place over nearly two weeks is called the Battle of Spotsylvania. – In early June, the armies clashed again at the Battle of Cold Harbor, just eight miles from Richmond. SECTION ...
... – May 8, 1864, the Confederates caught up with the Union army near Spotsylvania Court House. The fighting that took place over nearly two weeks is called the Battle of Spotsylvania. – In early June, the armies clashed again at the Battle of Cold Harbor, just eight miles from Richmond. SECTION ...
Northern and Southern Intentionality in the Civil War
... statistical advantages in industrial production and railroad mileage. Frank E. Vandiver author of Rebel Brass: The Confederate Command System wrote that "mass war meant mass logistics." 6 Logistics is the topic of John E. Clark's book Railroads in the Civil War: The Impact of Management on Victory a ...
... statistical advantages in industrial production and railroad mileage. Frank E. Vandiver author of Rebel Brass: The Confederate Command System wrote that "mass war meant mass logistics." 6 Logistics is the topic of John E. Clark's book Railroads in the Civil War: The Impact of Management on Victory a ...
by Nick Bolash - College of William and Mary
... However, Broadway’s most important transportation application came from its pontoon bridge across the Appomattox River.As Broadway was the sole Union crossing of the Appomattox, a great deal of Union Army traffic flowed through Broadway (figure 8). The exact date the bridge was built is subject to d ...
... However, Broadway’s most important transportation application came from its pontoon bridge across the Appomattox River.As Broadway was the sole Union crossing of the Appomattox, a great deal of Union Army traffic flowed through Broadway (figure 8). The exact date the bridge was built is subject to d ...
Civil War EVENTS and PEOPLE
... “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” He believed the nation could not continue half-free, half slave. ...
... “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” He believed the nation could not continue half-free, half slave. ...
Balloon Operations on the Peninsula in 1862
... called the George Washington Park Custis to transport his balloons and launch from the water. While often credited with being the first aircraft carrier, it was in fact the second.x The two balloons that Lowe used primarily on the peninsula in 1862 were the Intrepid and the Constitution. The Intrep ...
... called the George Washington Park Custis to transport his balloons and launch from the water. While often credited with being the first aircraft carrier, it was in fact the second.x The two balloons that Lowe used primarily on the peninsula in 1862 were the Intrepid and the Constitution. The Intrep ...
1 Civil War Lithograph Of The First Refreshment Saloon
... Represented herein are numerous Civil War portraits by Mathew Brady, who by 1863 was hailed as “the ‘Father of American photography’” (Panzer, 115). Additionally featured are prints by colleague Alexander Gardner and leading rivals such as Charles Fredericks, Augustus Turner, R.W. Addis and Frederic ...
... Represented herein are numerous Civil War portraits by Mathew Brady, who by 1863 was hailed as “the ‘Father of American photography’” (Panzer, 115). Additionally featured are prints by colleague Alexander Gardner and leading rivals such as Charles Fredericks, Augustus Turner, R.W. Addis and Frederic ...
Civil War Comes to Pulaski County
... on February 13. The Confederates had evacuated the town, retreating southwest into Arkansas. The Confederates were, indeed, driven from Missouri but not defeated. Curtis pursued them into Arkansas. There were several skirmishes which led to the Battle of Pea Ridge (or Elkhorn Tavern), March 6-8. Gen ...
... on February 13. The Confederates had evacuated the town, retreating southwest into Arkansas. The Confederates were, indeed, driven from Missouri but not defeated. Curtis pursued them into Arkansas. There were several skirmishes which led to the Battle of Pea Ridge (or Elkhorn Tavern), March 6-8. Gen ...