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 ...
lecture_ch16
... This patriotic painting shows the departure of New York’s Seventh Regiment for Washington in mid-April of 1861. Stirring scenes like this occurred across the nation following “the thunderclap of Sumter” as communities mobilized for war. SOURCE: George Hayward (American, born England, 1800-1872?), “ ...
... This patriotic painting shows the departure of New York’s Seventh Regiment for Washington in mid-April of 1861. Stirring scenes like this occurred across the nation following “the thunderclap of Sumter” as communities mobilized for war. SOURCE: George Hayward (American, born England, 1800-1872?), “ ...
The Wilderness of War - The Forest History Society
... scenenearAtlanta:"Thetrees in thewoodwasriddledto splintersbythe leadenhail."24 Cities as well as cultivated fields and gardens suffered extensive damagenot only fromheatedbattles,but also simplyfromarmiespassingthrough.Todescribe the effects, countless chroniclers of the Civil War relied upon image ...
... scenenearAtlanta:"Thetrees in thewoodwasriddledto splintersbythe leadenhail."24 Cities as well as cultivated fields and gardens suffered extensive damagenot only fromheatedbattles,but also simplyfromarmiespassingthrough.Todescribe the effects, countless chroniclers of the Civil War relied upon image ...
Gettysburg: an exhibit for the First
... but because of the previous tradition of heroic narrative paintings, and the artist's academic training in figure-drawing, they often include more close-up human-scale fighting than the newspaper engravings. In this picture, note the terrified horses (bottom right), the mobile field-gun (centre), th ...
... but because of the previous tradition of heroic narrative paintings, and the artist's academic training in figure-drawing, they often include more close-up human-scale fighting than the newspaper engravings. In this picture, note the terrified horses (bottom right), the mobile field-gun (centre), th ...
Episode 2, 2006: Confederate Eyeglass, Terre Haute, Indiana
... visiting the Atlanta history center, where Gordon Jones is the chief curator. He says that a Jeff Davis stanhope dating from the 1880s makes perfect sense. Well, 1880s was a time when Jefferson Davis was becoming, really, a very popular fellow in the south. Gordon tells me that immediately after the ...
... visiting the Atlanta history center, where Gordon Jones is the chief curator. He says that a Jeff Davis stanhope dating from the 1880s makes perfect sense. Well, 1880s was a time when Jefferson Davis was becoming, really, a very popular fellow in the south. Gordon tells me that immediately after the ...
Touring Civil War Sites East Paulding, South Bartow West Cobb
... Introduction and Forward I love riding my bike. I think about little else. I also love reading about history and read about little else. One of the reasons I moved to the area around Kennesaw Mountain was because of its rich Civil War history. In reading the memoirs of Generals Sherman, Johnston, G ...
... Introduction and Forward I love riding my bike. I think about little else. I also love reading about history and read about little else. One of the reasons I moved to the area around Kennesaw Mountain was because of its rich Civil War history. In reading the memoirs of Generals Sherman, Johnston, G ...
The Civil War Infantry Doctrine
... systematic analysis of Civil War tactics that integrates such factors as technology, terrain, weather, and leadership and traces tactical evolutions over four years of conflict.’4 A systematic analysis of Civil War tactics, as proposed by McPherson and Cooper, is therefore the starting point to ans ...
... systematic analysis of Civil War tactics that integrates such factors as technology, terrain, weather, and leadership and traces tactical evolutions over four years of conflict.’4 A systematic analysis of Civil War tactics, as proposed by McPherson and Cooper, is therefore the starting point to ans ...
Brigadier General Thomas Green of Texas
... for the bruising terrain of the west bank of the Rio Grande rather than the shorter desert route. By mid-February the Confederates confronted Fort Craig and its Union garrison under Lieutenant Colonel Edward R.S. Canby. Located on the west bank of the Rio Grande, Fort Craig stood astride the Confede ...
... for the bruising terrain of the west bank of the Rio Grande rather than the shorter desert route. By mid-February the Confederates confronted Fort Craig and its Union garrison under Lieutenant Colonel Edward R.S. Canby. Located on the west bank of the Rio Grande, Fort Craig stood astride the Confede ...
Iowa at Vicksburg: Breaking Boundaries
... artillery was knocking his parapets apart faster than his men could repair them. Soon, however, the Union artillery began to wane and almost completely ceased firing – the Federals ran out of ammunition from firing so much, and had to wait until more could be brought up before they could continue t ...
... artillery was knocking his parapets apart faster than his men could repair them. Soon, however, the Union artillery began to wane and almost completely ceased firing – the Federals ran out of ammunition from firing so much, and had to wait until more could be brought up before they could continue t ...
The Gettysburg Campaign: Birth of the Operational Art?
... Only with a recognition of this level between those of strategy and tactics and a mastery of its art can commanders have the appropriate frame of reference to link strategic goals assigned by national authorities with the tactical activities of their subordinate commanders. Although U.S. Army doctri ...
... Only with a recognition of this level between those of strategy and tactics and a mastery of its art can commanders have the appropriate frame of reference to link strategic goals assigned by national authorities with the tactical activities of their subordinate commanders. Although U.S. Army doctri ...
excerpt of the Civil War in Wilmington
... had been battling Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia for possession of Petersburg. As the summer wore on, the siege had devolved into a stalemate that neither side had been able to break. Like two angry fighting dogs, the armies were locked in mortal combat with no end in sight. His repeated frontal as ...
... had been battling Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia for possession of Petersburg. As the summer wore on, the siege had devolved into a stalemate that neither side had been able to break. Like two angry fighting dogs, the armies were locked in mortal combat with no end in sight. His repeated frontal as ...
The Battle of Gettysburg: Did Lee Have A Choice?
... the general had mentioned Gettysburg or York as possible sites for a battle, but no specific plans were ever made. The general intent was simply to draw Union troops away from Washington so that they could be defeated without being able to retreat into that city, as had happened before. After the Ar ...
... the general had mentioned Gettysburg or York as possible sites for a battle, but no specific plans were ever made. The general intent was simply to draw Union troops away from Washington so that they could be defeated without being able to retreat into that city, as had happened before. After the Ar ...
people.ucls.uchicago.edu
... The Gettysburg Address - Lincoln Delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19th 1863 in the town of Gettysburg. - Lincoln gave the speech four and a half months after the Union armies defeated the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg. He gave the speech to try to persuade the Northerners to f ...
... The Gettysburg Address - Lincoln Delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19th 1863 in the town of Gettysburg. - Lincoln gave the speech four and a half months after the Union armies defeated the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg. He gave the speech to try to persuade the Northerners to f ...
1864-1865: Bringing the War to an End
... American liberty, with which Abraham Lincoln has discharged, under circumstances of unparalleled difficulty, the great duties and responsibilities of the presidential office; that we approve and indorse, as demanded by the emergency and essential to the preservation of the nation, and as within the ...
... American liberty, with which Abraham Lincoln has discharged, under circumstances of unparalleled difficulty, the great duties and responsibilities of the presidential office; that we approve and indorse, as demanded by the emergency and essential to the preservation of the nation, and as within the ...
1864–1865: Bringing the War to an End
... American liberty, with which Abraham Lincoln has discharged, under circumstances of unparalleled difficulty, the great duties and responsibilities of the presidential office; that we approve and indorse, as demanded by the emergency and essential to the preservation of the nation, and as within the ...
... American liberty, with which Abraham Lincoln has discharged, under circumstances of unparalleled difficulty, the great duties and responsibilities of the presidential office; that we approve and indorse, as demanded by the emergency and essential to the preservation of the nation, and as within the ...
The Battle of Bull Run Curriculum-Based Readers Theatre Script
... Hey, isn’t Manassas pretty close to DC? 13 Yup, it’s only 30 miles southwest of here. ...
... Hey, isn’t Manassas pretty close to DC? 13 Yup, it’s only 30 miles southwest of here. ...
ROI, Leadership, and the Civil War - John Bryer
... At the war’s outbreak the Union commander was George McClellan He was in a unique position to crush his unorganized Confederate opponents “Little Mac” justified his inertia by greatly overestimating the size of the enemy force McClellan hesitated, repeatedly asking for, and receiving, additional tro ...
... At the war’s outbreak the Union commander was George McClellan He was in a unique position to crush his unorganized Confederate opponents “Little Mac” justified his inertia by greatly overestimating the size of the enemy force McClellan hesitated, repeatedly asking for, and receiving, additional tro ...
Culp`s Hill: Key to Union Success at Gettysburg
... The battle, which ensued on Culp’s Hill on July 3, involved 22,000 troops, and one fifth of all the ammunition expended in the battle.164 Union guns on Cemetery Hill aided the assault while the Confederates had Ewell’s artillery on Benner’s Hill. Geary enfiladed the enemy with their own cannons.165 ...
... The battle, which ensued on Culp’s Hill on July 3, involved 22,000 troops, and one fifth of all the ammunition expended in the battle.164 Union guns on Cemetery Hill aided the assault while the Confederates had Ewell’s artillery on Benner’s Hill. Geary enfiladed the enemy with their own cannons.165 ...
Western Prince William Heritage Family
... War in the first summer of the War, July 21, 1861, and a second even bigger battle in August 1862. The reason for the battles were fought here was that the important “Warrenton Turnpike” (today’s Route 29) came down from Washington and passed through here just west of us, heading to Warrenton, Culpe ...
... War in the first summer of the War, July 21, 1861, and a second even bigger battle in August 1862. The reason for the battles were fought here was that the important “Warrenton Turnpike” (today’s Route 29) came down from Washington and passed through here just west of us, heading to Warrenton, Culpe ...
Caddie Studdy Buddy HOME
... read. What Lemuel wants most, however, is to be a Union soldier and fight for ABOLITION. He has been told that black men are not permitted to join the army. Officers from the Union (SERGEANT HITCHBORNE) and the Confederacy (GENERAL PICKETT) come to Mrs. McIlheny’s store to obtain supplies. Both armi ...
... read. What Lemuel wants most, however, is to be a Union soldier and fight for ABOLITION. He has been told that black men are not permitted to join the army. Officers from the Union (SERGEANT HITCHBORNE) and the Confederacy (GENERAL PICKETT) come to Mrs. McIlheny’s store to obtain supplies. Both armi ...
Study Guide - Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
... read. What Lemuel wants most, however, is to be a Union soldier and fight for ABOLITION. He has been told that black men are not permitted to join the army. Officers from the Union (SERGEANT HITCHBORNE) and the Confederacy (GENERAL PICKETT) come to Mrs. McIlheny’s store to obtain supplies. Both armi ...
... read. What Lemuel wants most, however, is to be a Union soldier and fight for ABOLITION. He has been told that black men are not permitted to join the army. Officers from the Union (SERGEANT HITCHBORNE) and the Confederacy (GENERAL PICKETT) come to Mrs. McIlheny’s store to obtain supplies. Both armi ...
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... one Lee anticipated. At Gettysburg, a series of battles like the one shown here--this one on the first day of the fighting--cost Lee more than half of his entire army and forced him to retreat back into Virginia. President Lincoln hoped that the Union army would pursue the fleeing Confederates and d ...
... one Lee anticipated. At Gettysburg, a series of battles like the one shown here--this one on the first day of the fighting--cost Lee more than half of his entire army and forced him to retreat back into Virginia. President Lincoln hoped that the Union army would pursue the fleeing Confederates and d ...
Latter-day Saints and the Civil War - BYU ScholarsArchive
... those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.4 Three days later, on July 25, 1861, the Senat ...
... those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.4 Three days later, on July 25, 1861, the Senat ...
Unit IV: Total War and Surrender
... Evaluate the success and failures of the North and the South in the completion of the Anaconda Plan and the defensive war as was evidenced by Civil War battles and engagements. Explain and give evidence of the metamorphosis of trench warfare in the later stages of the war. Analyze significant battl ...
... Evaluate the success and failures of the North and the South in the completion of the Anaconda Plan and the defensive war as was evidenced by Civil War battles and engagements. Explain and give evidence of the metamorphosis of trench warfare in the later stages of the war. Analyze significant battl ...
The Encyclopedia of Civil War Battles
... who had ostensibly ordered the ship built in Glasgow for commercial purposes, but who had been in league with White to make the vessel available for Confederate blockade running. Refitted for its secret missions, the ship was rechristened A. D. Vance (a play upon Gov. Vance’s name) and came to be kn ...
... who had ostensibly ordered the ship built in Glasgow for commercial purposes, but who had been in league with White to make the vessel available for Confederate blockade running. Refitted for its secret missions, the ship was rechristened A. D. Vance (a play upon Gov. Vance’s name) and came to be kn ...