Case Study: Battle of Atlanta Major General John Bell Hood, CSA
... Johnston, Hood soon established himself as one of the bravest fighters in the Confederate Army. An excellent commander at the brigade and division level, Hood and his men distinguished themselves at Gaines Mill, Second Manassas and Antietam. But Hood’s bravery, and bad luck, caught up to him at Ge ...
... Johnston, Hood soon established himself as one of the bravest fighters in the Confederate Army. An excellent commander at the brigade and division level, Hood and his men distinguished themselves at Gaines Mill, Second Manassas and Antietam. But Hood’s bravery, and bad luck, caught up to him at Ge ...
U.S. Civil War The U.S. Civil War, also called the War between the
... heavy Union casualties, but Lee's smaller army was, as Grant had hoped, devastated. Grant laid siege to Petersburg for ten months, pinning down Lee's troops and slowly destroying their morale. By March 1865 Lee's army had suffered numerous casualties and desertions. Grant began the final advance on ...
... heavy Union casualties, but Lee's smaller army was, as Grant had hoped, devastated. Grant laid siege to Petersburg for ten months, pinning down Lee's troops and slowly destroying their morale. By March 1865 Lee's army had suffered numerous casualties and desertions. Grant began the final advance on ...
ch03_Sec3p.80to86
... A Stalemate Develops On the east coast, though both sides won battles, neither side could gain a clear and decisive victory in the early part of the war. Union armies hoped to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. But troops outside Washington, D.C., could not seem to make progress ...
... A Stalemate Develops On the east coast, though both sides won battles, neither side could gain a clear and decisive victory in the early part of the war. Union armies hoped to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. But troops outside Washington, D.C., could not seem to make progress ...
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... Campaign: A series of military operations that form a distinct phase of the War (such as the Shenandoah Valley Campaign). Canister: A projectile, shot from a cannon, filled with about 35 iron balls the size of marbles that scattered like the pellets of a shotgun. See image» Canteen: Round container ...
... Campaign: A series of military operations that form a distinct phase of the War (such as the Shenandoah Valley Campaign). Canister: A projectile, shot from a cannon, filled with about 35 iron balls the size of marbles that scattered like the pellets of a shotgun. See image» Canteen: Round container ...
The American Civil War/The Civil Rights Movement in the United
... Corps—to that location. Two of Hood’s divisions ran into this reserve force and were repulsed. The Rebel attack stalled on the Union rear but began to roll up the left flank. Around the same time, a Confederate soldier shot and killed McPherson when he rode out to observe the fighting. Determined at ...
... Corps—to that location. Two of Hood’s divisions ran into this reserve force and were repulsed. The Rebel attack stalled on the Union rear but began to roll up the left flank. Around the same time, a Confederate soldier shot and killed McPherson when he rode out to observe the fighting. Determined at ...
Vicksburg
... The second assault, 22 May, was a disaster for Union forces, showed the strength of the miles of Confederate works arching east around the city, and convinced Grant that Pemberton could only be defeated in a protracted siege. The siege of Vicksburg began with the repulse of the 22 May assault and la ...
... The second assault, 22 May, was a disaster for Union forces, showed the strength of the miles of Confederate works arching east around the city, and convinced Grant that Pemberton could only be defeated in a protracted siege. The siege of Vicksburg began with the repulse of the 22 May assault and la ...
Arkansas Military History Journal
... captured a total loss of 1,636 or some 20 percent of the men involved—decimating some of Holme’s best infantry regiments. Conversely, Prentiss’s defending force of about 4,000 effective troops lost only 57 killed, 146 wounded and 36 missing, or 239 total casualties. The mauled Rebels slunk away from ...
... captured a total loss of 1,636 or some 20 percent of the men involved—decimating some of Holme’s best infantry regiments. Conversely, Prentiss’s defending force of about 4,000 effective troops lost only 57 killed, 146 wounded and 36 missing, or 239 total casualties. The mauled Rebels slunk away from ...
October 2014 - The Civil War Round Table of Chicago
... Corse protecting the Western and Atlantic Railroad, but are turned back. Oct. 9 Battle of Tom’s Brook, VA. Phil Sheridan ordered his cavalry to attack a detachment of Confederate cavalry that had been harassing his column. After a battle that covered almost 10 miles the Union cavalry stopped, having ...
... Corse protecting the Western and Atlantic Railroad, but are turned back. Oct. 9 Battle of Tom’s Brook, VA. Phil Sheridan ordered his cavalry to attack a detachment of Confederate cavalry that had been harassing his column. After a battle that covered almost 10 miles the Union cavalry stopped, having ...
Civil War Jeopardy
... What is true of the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska ...
... What is true of the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska ...
An impertinent discourse | TLS
... In the end, Blight suggests, "the official Civil War Centennial could never find adequate, meaningful ways to balance Civil War remembrance with civil rights rebellion". Still, he allows, there were cracks in the edifice of reconciliationist public memory at the time of the centennial. Literary crit ...
... In the end, Blight suggests, "the official Civil War Centennial could never find adequate, meaningful ways to balance Civil War remembrance with civil rights rebellion". Still, he allows, there were cracks in the edifice of reconciliationist public memory at the time of the centennial. Literary crit ...
1863: The Turning Point in The Civil War
... from a small unexpected encounter between a group of Confederates who were looking for supplies and a small portion of Union horsemen. Both sides quickly sent more men to the scene. ● The Union soldiers were overwhelmed and retreated to Cemetery Ridge in the afternoon. ● They formed a line and broug ...
... from a small unexpected encounter between a group of Confederates who were looking for supplies and a small portion of Union horsemen. Both sides quickly sent more men to the scene. ● The Union soldiers were overwhelmed and retreated to Cemetery Ridge in the afternoon. ● They formed a line and broug ...
Kennedy-Chapter 21
... for the second and final time. His numerous critics, condemning him for not having boldly pursued the ever-dangerous Lee, finally got his scalp. The landmark Battle of Antietam was one of the decisive engagements of world history—probably the most decisive of the Civil War. Jefferson Davis was perha ...
... for the second and final time. His numerous critics, condemning him for not having boldly pursued the ever-dangerous Lee, finally got his scalp. The landmark Battle of Antietam was one of the decisive engagements of world history—probably the most decisive of the Civil War. Jefferson Davis was perha ...
From Kennesaw Mountain to the Chattahoochee River: General
... the Union army suffered 3,000 casualties, General Sherman's larger and better equipped army returned to the strategy of flanking the Confederate army and thereby forcing it to retreat. General Joseph Johnston, by contrast, cleaved to a purely defensive strategy of placing the bulk of his forces, whe ...
... the Union army suffered 3,000 casualties, General Sherman's larger and better equipped army returned to the strategy of flanking the Confederate army and thereby forcing it to retreat. General Joseph Johnston, by contrast, cleaved to a purely defensive strategy of placing the bulk of his forces, whe ...
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... him as a commander. Burnside himself contributed to this perception by taking public blame for all that went wrong in the Fredericksburg Campaign. Greene writes about two failed offensives after Fredericksburg. The first was nixed almost before it began. Burnside planned to cross the Rappahannock so ...
... him as a commander. Burnside himself contributed to this perception by taking public blame for all that went wrong in the Fredericksburg Campaign. Greene writes about two failed offensives after Fredericksburg. The first was nixed almost before it began. Burnside planned to cross the Rappahannock so ...
The Union Chapel Mine and its Surroundings: A History
... We walked on and looked at a few more Confederate graves. Then we stood in front of the grave of someone who knew Nathaniel Black, a man named Joseph William Gardner who was born in 1837 and died in 1920. John tells this about Mr. Gardner: “The one right there [Mr. Gardner], and this one [Nathaniel] ...
... We walked on and looked at a few more Confederate graves. Then we stood in front of the grave of someone who knew Nathaniel Black, a man named Joseph William Gardner who was born in 1837 and died in 1920. John tells this about Mr. Gardner: “The one right there [Mr. Gardner], and this one [Nathaniel] ...
CHAPTER 11 The Civil War
... its struggle with the North. Southern leaders knew that European textile factories, particularly in Britain and France, depended on Southern cotton. To pressure the British and French, many Southern planters voluntarily agreed not to sell their cotton in these markets until the Europeans recognized ...
... its struggle with the North. Southern leaders knew that European textile factories, particularly in Britain and France, depended on Southern cotton. To pressure the British and French, many Southern planters voluntarily agreed not to sell their cotton in these markets until the Europeans recognized ...
The Border States (cont`d)
... of violence—African American men were the major target of said violence. Urban growth and tensions also contributed to the riots. ...
... of violence—African American men were the major target of said violence. Urban growth and tensions also contributed to the riots. ...
Chapter 16 File
... the South. Armies found this land difficult to cross. Also, in Virginia, many of the rivers ran from east to west. Because of this, they formed a natural defense against an army that attacked from the north to the south . As a result, Northern generals were often forced to attack Confederate troops ...
... the South. Armies found this land difficult to cross. Also, in Virginia, many of the rivers ran from east to west. Because of this, they formed a natural defense against an army that attacked from the north to the south . As a result, Northern generals were often forced to attack Confederate troops ...
Circular Memorandum #310 - Louisville Civil War Round Table
... counterattacks by Hooker’s and Kearny’s divisions sealed the break and saved their line of retreat along the Willis Church Road. Huger’s advance was stopped on the Charles City Road. “Stonewall” Jackson’s divisions were delayed by Franklin at White Oak Swamp. Confederate Maj. Gen. T.H. Holmes made a ...
... counterattacks by Hooker’s and Kearny’s divisions sealed the break and saved their line of retreat along the Willis Church Road. Huger’s advance was stopped on the Charles City Road. “Stonewall” Jackson’s divisions were delayed by Franklin at White Oak Swamp. Confederate Maj. Gen. T.H. Holmes made a ...
Scenario with Historical Commentary (-1.4Mbyte)
... scenario map about 1.0 X 1.5 mile or a 5’ X 9’ table. I game with 6mm miniatures and its easy to convert the map scale from 15mm to 6mm. Using the 6mm map legend, draw a 440--yard grid over the map. In 6mm scale, each 440-yard (1/4 mile) grid-square represents 12” or about a 4’ X 7’ table. Game Scal ...
... scenario map about 1.0 X 1.5 mile or a 5’ X 9’ table. I game with 6mm miniatures and its easy to convert the map scale from 15mm to 6mm. Using the 6mm map legend, draw a 440--yard grid over the map. In 6mm scale, each 440-yard (1/4 mile) grid-square represents 12” or about a 4’ X 7’ table. Game Scal ...
Others in the War
... In charge of Fort Sumter (Andersonville) was General John H. Winder with Captain Henri Wirz being the Commander of th Low food rations were very common for the prisoners that called Andersonville their temporary home. McElroy reports of the There was also a stream, which went through Andersonville, ...
... In charge of Fort Sumter (Andersonville) was General John H. Winder with Captain Henri Wirz being the Commander of th Low food rations were very common for the prisoners that called Andersonville their temporary home. McElroy reports of the There was also a stream, which went through Andersonville, ...
TRANSCRIPT 7/04/12 Reflections on the Battle of Gettysburg and the Role of... Soldiers
... chance to roll up the confederate line from south to north. He decides to make a cavalry attack. His initial attack will calm down this hill behind me. It will consist of Pennsylvania and West Virginia cavalry and they will ride out into the woods and fields ahead of me to attack the confederates th ...
... chance to roll up the confederate line from south to north. He decides to make a cavalry attack. His initial attack will calm down this hill behind me. It will consist of Pennsylvania and West Virginia cavalry and they will ride out into the woods and fields ahead of me to attack the confederates th ...
When the guns of the Civil War fell silent
... and recent estimates suggest the a picnic. On a Sunday in July 1861, No one dreamed they would still number is closer to 750,000. Disease they packed lunchboxes and rode 30 be fighting in April 1865, when and starvation were far more deadly miles west to Manassas, Virginia, Southern commanding gener ...
... and recent estimates suggest the a picnic. On a Sunday in July 1861, No one dreamed they would still number is closer to 750,000. Disease they packed lunchboxes and rode 30 be fighting in April 1865, when and starvation were far more deadly miles west to Manassas, Virginia, Southern commanding gener ...
By Land or Sea, the Confederate States Marine Corp Was a Force to
... CSS Chickamauga, and the gunboat Gaines, to name a few. Roles of Marines CS Marine regulations prescribed that Marines could be employed on board ship as gun crews under their own officers, or even as individuals assigned to regular gun crews. But such assignments were to be made only in case of nec ...
... CSS Chickamauga, and the gunboat Gaines, to name a few. Roles of Marines CS Marine regulations prescribed that Marines could be employed on board ship as gun crews under their own officers, or even as individuals assigned to regular gun crews. But such assignments were to be made only in case of nec ...