Civil War Battles
... Commanders: Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen. George G. Meade (US); Gen. Robert E. Lee (CS) Forces Engaged: Army of the Potomac (US: 108,000); Army of Northern Virginia (CS: 62,000) Casualties: 15,500 total (US: 13,000; CS: 2,500) Victor: Confederacy Significance: Grant ordered an assault that ...
... Commanders: Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen. George G. Meade (US); Gen. Robert E. Lee (CS) Forces Engaged: Army of the Potomac (US: 108,000); Army of Northern Virginia (CS: 62,000) Casualties: 15,500 total (US: 13,000; CS: 2,500) Victor: Confederacy Significance: Grant ordered an assault that ...
Chapter 21
... • Which lay west of a narrow peninsula formed by the James and York Rivers • Hence the name given to this historic campaign: the Peninsula Campaign (see Map 21.1) – He inched toward the Confederate capital, spring 1862, with 1000,000 men ...
... • Which lay west of a narrow peninsula formed by the James and York Rivers • Hence the name given to this historic campaign: the Peninsula Campaign (see Map 21.1) – He inched toward the Confederate capital, spring 1862, with 1000,000 men ...
Civil War Innovations and Technology
... Union Army that air balloons would be of great assistance for aerial reconnaissance. In June 1861, by presidential order, the army established the Army Civilian Balloon Corps. Depending on their size, balloons could carry one to five people and had a capacity of 15,000 to 32,000 cubic feet of gas. B ...
... Union Army that air balloons would be of great assistance for aerial reconnaissance. In June 1861, by presidential order, the army established the Army Civilian Balloon Corps. Depending on their size, balloons could carry one to five people and had a capacity of 15,000 to 32,000 cubic feet of gas. B ...
Humanitarian Acts: What Can Bystanders Do?
... neighbor. Tennessee, in particular, was a land of divided loyalties during the Civil War. Tennessee held two statewide referenda on the question of which side to support in the war. Both times the overall vote favored joining the Confederacy, although most of eastern Tennessee remained strongly pro- ...
... neighbor. Tennessee, in particular, was a land of divided loyalties during the Civil War. Tennessee held two statewide referenda on the question of which side to support in the war. Both times the overall vote favored joining the Confederacy, although most of eastern Tennessee remained strongly pro- ...
Civil War Pictures Questions
... Ulysses S. Grant served as the commander of the victorious Union Army during the final years of the Civil War. After his incredible courage and leadership at the siege of Vicksburg, President Lincoln asked him to assume command of the northern armies. As a soldier, Grant demonstrated energy, courage ...
... Ulysses S. Grant served as the commander of the victorious Union Army during the final years of the Civil War. After his incredible courage and leadership at the siege of Vicksburg, President Lincoln asked him to assume command of the northern armies. As a soldier, Grant demonstrated energy, courage ...
USA WORLD
... soldiers surprised the Union forces. Many Union troops were shot while making coffee; some died while they were still lying in their blankets. With Union forces on the edge of disaster, Grant reorganized his troops, ordered up reinforcements, and counterattacked at dawn the following day. By midafte ...
... soldiers surprised the Union forces. Many Union troops were shot while making coffee; some died while they were still lying in their blankets. With Union forces on the edge of disaster, Grant reorganized his troops, ordered up reinforcements, and counterattacked at dawn the following day. By midafte ...
Ch 16, pp. 462-483
... Lee. It also had the advantage of fighting a defensive war. This meant Northern supply lines would have to be stretched very far. In addition, soldiers defending their homes have more will to fight than invaders do. ...
... Lee. It also had the advantage of fighting a defensive war. This meant Northern supply lines would have to be stretched very far. In addition, soldiers defending their homes have more will to fight than invaders do. ...
Confederate Twilight: The Fall of Fort Blakely
... Wilson’s own massive Union cavalry raid that would be descending from northern Alabama at the same time. Despite difficult terrain and hostile weather, Canby’s strategy unfolded more or less according to plan. Ships ferried the Union XVI Corps across Mobile Bay from Dauphin Island to the Fish River. ...
... Wilson’s own massive Union cavalry raid that would be descending from northern Alabama at the same time. Despite difficult terrain and hostile weather, Canby’s strategy unfolded more or less according to plan. Ships ferried the Union XVI Corps across Mobile Bay from Dauphin Island to the Fish River. ...
Bellwork 1/6/14 - Hartsville Middle School
... • d. The Confederate Army had not expected the Union to launch an attack on Charleston Answer: B ...
... • d. The Confederate Army had not expected the Union to launch an attack on Charleston Answer: B ...
1 - UMW Blogs
... facts to analyzing and critiquing virtually every action and command given. Nevertheless, they supported the fact that Pickett’s Charge, as well as Lee’s decision to order the attack indelibly represented not only the farthest North that the NVA ever reached, but also the turning point of the Civil ...
... facts to analyzing and critiquing virtually every action and command given. Nevertheless, they supported the fact that Pickett’s Charge, as well as Lee’s decision to order the attack indelibly represented not only the farthest North that the NVA ever reached, but also the turning point of the Civil ...
The Civil War
... • Many Union soldiers lived off of civilian food and supplies and took things of value (raids) • Sherman burned factories / buildings • In some cases, he destroyed entire towns (Griswoldville, GA) • Savannah surrendered without a fight (did not want to be destroyed) – Sherman said it was Lincoln’s C ...
... • Many Union soldiers lived off of civilian food and supplies and took things of value (raids) • Sherman burned factories / buildings • In some cases, he destroyed entire towns (Griswoldville, GA) • Savannah surrendered without a fight (did not want to be destroyed) – Sherman said it was Lincoln’s C ...
Civil War - Teach Tennessee History
... • As earnestly as I wish to accompolish it my judgment has from the first been decidedly against it if it should render at all doubtful the success of a movement against the great power of the rebellion in the West which is mainly arrayed on the line from Columbus to Bowling Green and can speedily ...
... • As earnestly as I wish to accompolish it my judgment has from the first been decidedly against it if it should render at all doubtful the success of a movement against the great power of the rebellion in the West which is mainly arrayed on the line from Columbus to Bowling Green and can speedily ...
Virginia Studies Review - Henrico County Public Schools
... Underground Railroad escape along the ___________________. John Brown led a raid on the United States Armory. 7. __________ 8. After Abraham Lincoln was elected president, some seceded from the Union. southern states ________ 9. The first major battle of the Civil War fought in Battle of Bull Run or ...
... Underground Railroad escape along the ___________________. John Brown led a raid on the United States Armory. 7. __________ 8. After Abraham Lincoln was elected president, some seceded from the Union. southern states ________ 9. The first major battle of the Civil War fought in Battle of Bull Run or ...
Why was the Confederacy Defeated
... War (1870-1), spectacular offensive victories could be won – despite the rifle-musket. On several occasions Lee’s strategy almost won him an annihilating victory. When finally forced on the defensive in 1864-5, he had to fight the kind of war the Confederacy could not win. The Confederate leadership ...
... War (1870-1), spectacular offensive victories could be won – despite the rifle-musket. On several occasions Lee’s strategy almost won him an annihilating victory. When finally forced on the defensive in 1864-5, he had to fight the kind of war the Confederacy could not win. The Confederate leadership ...
OUDCE American Civil War Syllabus
... George C. Rable, Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg! (2002). William C. Davis, Virginia at War: 1863 (2009). Gary W. Gallagher, Chancellorsville: The Battle and its Aftermath (1996). Glenna R. Schoeder-Lein, The Encyclopedia of Civil War Medicine (2008). Margaret Humphreys, Marrow of Tragedy: The Health ...
... George C. Rable, Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg! (2002). William C. Davis, Virginia at War: 1863 (2009). Gary W. Gallagher, Chancellorsville: The Battle and its Aftermath (1996). Glenna R. Schoeder-Lein, The Encyclopedia of Civil War Medicine (2008). Margaret Humphreys, Marrow of Tragedy: The Health ...
civil war - New Hartford Public Schools
... “I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.” Thus wrote abolitionist John Brown on December 2, 1859, shortly before he was hanged in Charles Town, Virginia, for murder, treason, and initiating an unsuccessful slave revolt. Few kn ...
... “I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.” Thus wrote abolitionist John Brown on December 2, 1859, shortly before he was hanged in Charles Town, Virginia, for murder, treason, and initiating an unsuccessful slave revolt. Few kn ...
Civil War Student Guide
... bugs and mosquitoes, and poor sanitation usually caused unbelievably needless suffering and death. In those years, doctors didn’t know much about germs and the value of sterile conditions in a hospital. When opium pills, ether, or chloroform were unavailable, alcohol served as a universal cure-all, ...
... bugs and mosquitoes, and poor sanitation usually caused unbelievably needless suffering and death. In those years, doctors didn’t know much about germs and the value of sterile conditions in a hospital. When opium pills, ether, or chloroform were unavailable, alcohol served as a universal cure-all, ...
March 2005 - 1st US Infantry Recreated
... Corinth, at the junction of the Memphis and Charleston and the Mobile and Ohio Railroads, was recognized by both Confederate and Federal Commanders as being of such strategic importance that the village was occupied by one or the other of the forces from 1861 - 1865. As the Confederate armies assemb ...
... Corinth, at the junction of the Memphis and Charleston and the Mobile and Ohio Railroads, was recognized by both Confederate and Federal Commanders as being of such strategic importance that the village was occupied by one or the other of the forces from 1861 - 1865. As the Confederate armies assemb ...
A terrible battlefield duel - confederate historical association of
... were the idea of the Iron Brigade’s former commander, Brigadier General John Gibbon, who had wanted a brigade of all mid-western troops. The Iron Brigade had earned its name from Major General George McClellan. McClellan, as commander at that time of the Army of the Potomac, saw the Brigade in actio ...
... were the idea of the Iron Brigade’s former commander, Brigadier General John Gibbon, who had wanted a brigade of all mid-western troops. The Iron Brigade had earned its name from Major General George McClellan. McClellan, as commander at that time of the Army of the Potomac, saw the Brigade in actio ...
LIFE IN A WAR ZONE - Heritage Montgomery
... “Cannonading on the Potomac,” by Alfred W. Thompson, 1861. The Battle of Ball’s Bluff. White House Historical Assoc. ...
... “Cannonading on the Potomac,” by Alfred W. Thompson, 1861. The Battle of Ball’s Bluff. White House Historical Assoc. ...
The Delta General - Brig/Gen Benjamin G. Humphreys Camp #1625
... and Craney Island. For most of the first year of the war, the Confederacy could do little to oppose or dislodge them. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Confederate Secretary of the Navy Stephen R. Mallory was an early enthusiast for the advantages of armor. As he looked upon it, the Confederacy ...
... and Craney Island. For most of the first year of the war, the Confederacy could do little to oppose or dislodge them. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Confederate Secretary of the Navy Stephen R. Mallory was an early enthusiast for the advantages of armor. As he looked upon it, the Confederacy ...
Chapter 16: The Civil War
... from a town called Manassas Junction near Bull Run— a small river in the area. Usually called the First Battle of Bull Run, it began when about 30,000 inexperienced Union troops commanded by General Irvin McDowell attacked a slightly smaller, equally inexperienced Confederate force led by General P. ...
... from a town called Manassas Junction near Bull Run— a small river in the area. Usually called the First Battle of Bull Run, it began when about 30,000 inexperienced Union troops commanded by General Irvin McDowell attacked a slightly smaller, equally inexperienced Confederate force led by General P. ...
civilwartest
... Calculated Question: It is important to have some idea of the number of Confederate soldiers who came from slaveholding families, since these soldiers had a greater stake in the outcome of the war than those from nonslaveholding families. The figures available to calculate this estimate vary conside ...
... Calculated Question: It is important to have some idea of the number of Confederate soldiers who came from slaveholding families, since these soldiers had a greater stake in the outcome of the war than those from nonslaveholding families. The figures available to calculate this estimate vary conside ...
