how the civil war became a revolution
... strategic or tactical plan outlives the first actual combat. The Antietam campaign is a pluperfect illustration of that maxim, in that almost nothing about it went as its planners intended. Presidents and generals cannot control the course of events that their orders may initiate. Their purposes and ...
... strategic or tactical plan outlives the first actual combat. The Antietam campaign is a pluperfect illustration of that maxim, in that almost nothing about it went as its planners intended. Presidents and generals cannot control the course of events that their orders may initiate. Their purposes and ...
Ken Burns
... Pennsylvania countryside, culminating in Pickett’s legendary charge. This extended episode then goes on to chronicle the fall of Vicksburg, the New York draft riots, the first use of black troops, and the western battles at Chickamauga, Georgia and Chattanooga, Tennessee. The episode closes with the ...
... Pennsylvania countryside, culminating in Pickett’s legendary charge. This extended episode then goes on to chronicle the fall of Vicksburg, the New York draft riots, the first use of black troops, and the western battles at Chickamauga, Georgia and Chattanooga, Tennessee. The episode closes with the ...
West Virginia Division of Tourism
... Battlefield State Park On Sept. 10, 1861, Union troops led by Brigadier General William S. Rosecrans engaged the Confederates and forced them to evacuate an entrenched position on the Henry Patterson farm, which Brig. Gen. William S. Rosecrans overlooked Carnifex Ferry. The Confederate commander, Br ...
... Battlefield State Park On Sept. 10, 1861, Union troops led by Brigadier General William S. Rosecrans engaged the Confederates and forced them to evacuate an entrenched position on the Henry Patterson farm, which Brig. Gen. William S. Rosecrans overlooked Carnifex Ferry. The Confederate commander, Br ...
Animated Map Activity Go to the animated map of
... Why do you think the Army of Northern Virginia decided to locate themselves on Marye’s Heights? _The Army of Northern Virginia located themselves on Marye’s Heights because it was the high ground and they would have the protection of a man made stone wall.____________________________________________ ...
... Why do you think the Army of Northern Virginia decided to locate themselves on Marye’s Heights? _The Army of Northern Virginia located themselves on Marye’s Heights because it was the high ground and they would have the protection of a man made stone wall.____________________________________________ ...
Bull Run - Central Magnet School
... • Which lay west of a narrow peninsula formed by James and York Rivers • Hence name given to historic campaign: the Peninsula Campaign (see Map 21.1) – McClellan inched toward Confederate capital, spring 1862, with 100,000 men ...
... • Which lay west of a narrow peninsula formed by James and York Rivers • Hence name given to historic campaign: the Peninsula Campaign (see Map 21.1) – McClellan inched toward Confederate capital, spring 1862, with 100,000 men ...
Union Forces Evacuate Ft. Sumter
... - Standoff had lasted for four months - U.S. troops in Ft. Sumter were desperate for supplies - Union supply ships arrived but were not allowed through the Confederate blockade ...
... - Standoff had lasted for four months - U.S. troops in Ft. Sumter were desperate for supplies - Union supply ships arrived but were not allowed through the Confederate blockade ...
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... • 1st major battle of the war, legend of Stonewall Jackson is born • Scott is caught off guard and completely underestimates the strength of the CSA • He allows residents of DC to sit on the battlefield and watch the CSA get defeated, in the end the CSA destroys the USA and many of the citizens get ...
... • 1st major battle of the war, legend of Stonewall Jackson is born • Scott is caught off guard and completely underestimates the strength of the CSA • He allows residents of DC to sit on the battlefield and watch the CSA get defeated, in the end the CSA destroys the USA and many of the citizens get ...
Unit 6: Civil War Times
... O – Order of Events – Create a timeline of events by placing the following events in order in which they occurred. *Abraham Lincoln is elected President *Lee surrenders at Appomattox *Congress passes the Kansas-Nebraska Act *The Civil War begins *The Emancipation Proclamation is issued * Congress pa ...
... O – Order of Events – Create a timeline of events by placing the following events in order in which they occurred. *Abraham Lincoln is elected President *Lee surrenders at Appomattox *Congress passes the Kansas-Nebraska Act *The Civil War begins *The Emancipation Proclamation is issued * Congress pa ...
Section 1 The Call to Arms
... blockade is a military action to prevent traffic from coming into an area or leaving it. Lincoln hoped to cut off the South’s supply of manufactured goods and block overseas sales of cotton. An important part of northern strategy was to gain control of the Mississippi River, the South’s major transp ...
... blockade is a military action to prevent traffic from coming into an area or leaving it. Lincoln hoped to cut off the South’s supply of manufactured goods and block overseas sales of cotton. An important part of northern strategy was to gain control of the Mississippi River, the South’s major transp ...
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... • Which lay west of a narrow peninsula formed by James and York Rivers • Hence name given to historic campaign: the Peninsula Campaign (see Map 21.1) – McClellan inched toward Confederate capital, spring 1862, with 100,000 men ...
... • Which lay west of a narrow peninsula formed by James and York Rivers • Hence name given to historic campaign: the Peninsula Campaign (see Map 21.1) – McClellan inched toward Confederate capital, spring 1862, with 100,000 men ...
Chapter 21 Civil War
... • Which lay west of a narrow peninsula formed by James and York Rivers • Hence name given to historic campaign: the Peninsula Campaign (see Map 21.1) – McClellan inched toward Confederate capital, spring 1862, with 100,000 men ...
... • Which lay west of a narrow peninsula formed by James and York Rivers • Hence name given to historic campaign: the Peninsula Campaign (see Map 21.1) – McClellan inched toward Confederate capital, spring 1862, with 100,000 men ...
Spring 2012 - American Civil War Society
... “casualties” as you go - it shows them that war is hell. Then the participating public open their ‘fate’ card envelopes, and this brings home to them the “lottery of war” and how many die of disease or wounds, or even if somebody gets promoted to General! Naturally the cards have to accurately refle ...
... “casualties” as you go - it shows them that war is hell. Then the participating public open their ‘fate’ card envelopes, and this brings home to them the “lottery of war” and how many die of disease or wounds, or even if somebody gets promoted to General! Naturally the cards have to accurately refle ...
Lesson: The Civil War - NC-Net
... Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas followed. This group of states formed the Confederate States of America with Jefferson Davis as President. They were joined by Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee, for a total of 13 Confederate States. ...
... Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas followed. This group of states formed the Confederate States of America with Jefferson Davis as President. They were joined by Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee, for a total of 13 Confederate States. ...
Chapter 18 - Catholic Textbook Project
... the Rappahannock farther upstream, and attack Lee from the rear. In this way, Hooker thought he and Sedgwick, like a hammer and anvil, could between them crush the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. General Robert E. Lee, however, was not fooled. He had an uncanny ability to read the character o ...
... the Rappahannock farther upstream, and attack Lee from the rear. In this way, Hooker thought he and Sedgwick, like a hammer and anvil, could between them crush the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. General Robert E. Lee, however, was not fooled. He had an uncanny ability to read the character o ...
General Joshua Chamberlain`s 20th Maine at Gettysburg LATEST.p65
... twenty-five from Hood’s division and chased the remaining Confederates off the neighboring peak. With the arrival of the 83rd Pennsylvania and 44th New York, his men slept on their arms in shifts, getting what sleep they could safely afford. Had the Maine 20th been forced off the hilltop and not hel ...
... twenty-five from Hood’s division and chased the remaining Confederates off the neighboring peak. With the arrival of the 83rd Pennsylvania and 44th New York, his men slept on their arms in shifts, getting what sleep they could safely afford. Had the Maine 20th been forced off the hilltop and not hel ...
Antietam 150th Anniversary: The Battle That Changed American
... lucky that the landmass between Canada and Mexico didn't break apart into two countries ..." It was not a novelist but a historian, McPherson, who wrote a chapter titled, "If the Lost Order Hadn't Been Lost," for a might-have-been compilation edited by Robert Cowley called "What Ifs of American Hist ...
... lucky that the landmass between Canada and Mexico didn't break apart into two countries ..." It was not a novelist but a historian, McPherson, who wrote a chapter titled, "If the Lost Order Hadn't Been Lost," for a might-have-been compilation edited by Robert Cowley called "What Ifs of American Hist ...
Biography President Ulysses S. Grant
... Grant then led the Union Army against Robert E. Lee in Virginia. They battled for over a year, with Grant eventually defeating Lee and the Confederate Army. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9, 1865. In an effort to restore the Union, Grant offered very generous terms of s ...
... Grant then led the Union Army against Robert E. Lee in Virginia. They battled for over a year, with Grant eventually defeating Lee and the Confederate Army. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9, 1865. In an effort to restore the Union, Grant offered very generous terms of s ...
Focus: If the South`s strategy for victory was to fight a defensive war
... Why is General Lee so far North? Railroad in Harrisburg Victory on northern soil could bring in European aid or help end war Turn East and attack Washington, D.C. General Lee (CSA) vs. General Meade (USA) Lee’s Plans o outflank the Union; frontal attack Meade’s Plans o Keep the high ground ...
... Why is General Lee so far North? Railroad in Harrisburg Victory on northern soil could bring in European aid or help end war Turn East and attack Washington, D.C. General Lee (CSA) vs. General Meade (USA) Lee’s Plans o outflank the Union; frontal attack Meade’s Plans o Keep the high ground ...
Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area Guide
... Interpretive markers tell of engagements between soldiers of both armies that occurred throughout the three-county area. Early in the war, Stonewall Jackson’s troops met Union resistance at Hancock while trying to cripple the canal and railroad. Many other encounters preceded the Battle of Gettysbur ...
... Interpretive markers tell of engagements between soldiers of both armies that occurred throughout the three-county area. Early in the war, Stonewall Jackson’s troops met Union resistance at Hancock while trying to cripple the canal and railroad. Many other encounters preceded the Battle of Gettysbur ...
Divided Loyalties in Washington during the Civil War
... families with their slaves continued during the weeks which followed, as hundreds of government clerks and army officers handed in their resignations to join the Confederate Government. Many of those who left confidently expected that they would soon be back in Washington and that the city would fal ...
... families with their slaves continued during the weeks which followed, as hundreds of government clerks and army officers handed in their resignations to join the Confederate Government. Many of those who left confidently expected that they would soon be back in Washington and that the city would fal ...
Salt, Lead and the fight for
... report to Richmond without comment while Williams own report was not sent forward. This discord would continue to plague the Confederate chain of command in this area until the end of the war. Crook-Averell Raid The second effort against the resource capacity of Southwest Virginia was not a stand al ...
... report to Richmond without comment while Williams own report was not sent forward. This discord would continue to plague the Confederate chain of command in this area until the end of the war. Crook-Averell Raid The second effort against the resource capacity of Southwest Virginia was not a stand al ...
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... lower hilltop to the east. Construction started on June 20, 1863, by command of Major General Couch and on the advice of Army engineer officers. Fort Couch was mostly built by local African-American railroad workers. Artillery pieces mounted on wooden platforms behind the earthworks and pointed west ...
... lower hilltop to the east. Construction started on June 20, 1863, by command of Major General Couch and on the advice of Army engineer officers. Fort Couch was mostly built by local African-American railroad workers. Artillery pieces mounted on wooden platforms behind the earthworks and pointed west ...
Unwilling Witness to the Rage of Gettysburg
... the Union army fell into this category. The 1st and 11th corps had been engaged in hard fighting the day before. The 2nd Corps completed a march of thirty-five miles on June 29, rested on June 30, then marched nearly eighteen miles on July 1 to arrive on the battlefield around 1:30 A.M. The troops w ...
... the Union army fell into this category. The 1st and 11th corps had been engaged in hard fighting the day before. The 2nd Corps completed a march of thirty-five miles on June 29, rested on June 30, then marched nearly eighteen miles on July 1 to arrive on the battlefield around 1:30 A.M. The troops w ...
World Book® Online: American Civil War: Biographies
... 29. The 54th Massachusetts Volunteers were the first black troops from a free state to be organized for combat in the Union Army. 30. Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest led a cavalry raid as far north as Paducah, Kentucky, in 1864. 31. Answers will vary. Possible answers include: 1. Lee grad ...
... 29. The 54th Massachusetts Volunteers were the first black troops from a free state to be organized for combat in the Union Army. 30. Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest led a cavalry raid as far north as Paducah, Kentucky, in 1864. 31. Answers will vary. Possible answers include: 1. Lee grad ...