Harpers Weekly Reports Events of 1865
... Image caption: “Explosion of the steamer ‘Sultana’ April 28, 1865.” This was the worst maritime disaster in U.S. history. The Sultana had been used on several occasions during the Civil War to transport Union troops on the Mississippi. It was approved to carry 376 persons including her crew. The boa ...
... Image caption: “Explosion of the steamer ‘Sultana’ April 28, 1865.” This was the worst maritime disaster in U.S. history. The Sultana had been used on several occasions during the Civil War to transport Union troops on the Mississippi. It was approved to carry 376 persons including her crew. The boa ...
The Slaveholders` War: The Secession Crisis in Kanawha County
... towards their slaves was reinforced by the semi-paternal relationship between the planters and their neighbors” that made the planters “the closest thing to feudal lords imaginable in a nineteenthcentury bourgeois republic.”2 Other studies of Appalachia during this time place slaveholding as a major ...
... towards their slaves was reinforced by the semi-paternal relationship between the planters and their neighbors” that made the planters “the closest thing to feudal lords imaginable in a nineteenthcentury bourgeois republic.”2 Other studies of Appalachia during this time place slaveholding as a major ...
The Civil War in Kentucky
... resolution ordering the withdraw of Confederate, but not Union, troops. • Gov. Magoffin vetoes the resolution but the Assembly easily overrides it. • The Assembly orders the American flag to once again fly over the State Capitol, officially ending Kentucky ...
... resolution ordering the withdraw of Confederate, but not Union, troops. • Gov. Magoffin vetoes the resolution but the Assembly easily overrides it. • The Assembly orders the American flag to once again fly over the State Capitol, officially ending Kentucky ...
America at Mid-19th Century: Abolition, Civil War, Emancipation
... were considered as nothing more than working assets. If the farm venture was successful, the planter might add to his slave labor force. If he failed, human assets were sold off and lives might well be changed forever. Such was the tale told by Harriet Beecher Stowe in Uncle Tom’s Cabin, her memorab ...
... were considered as nothing more than working assets. If the farm venture was successful, the planter might add to his slave labor force. If he failed, human assets were sold off and lives might well be changed forever. Such was the tale told by Harriet Beecher Stowe in Uncle Tom’s Cabin, her memorab ...
United States Civil War
... the North because he felt confident when he won at the Bull Run. The more important reason is that he wanted countries in Europe, such as, England and France to help the South and the Confederates with their cause. ...
... the North because he felt confident when he won at the Bull Run. The more important reason is that he wanted countries in Europe, such as, England and France to help the South and the Confederates with their cause. ...
Soldiers of Long Odds: Confederate Operatives Combat the United
... Squadron.” Within the first week, Hines had engaged over fifty escaped prisoners to fill out his military command. He also made trips to Montreal to recruit, but felt ill-at-ease in that city due to the large contingent of Union detectives present. Richmond, sensing that the scope of duties for the ...
... Squadron.” Within the first week, Hines had engaged over fifty escaped prisoners to fill out his military command. He also made trips to Montreal to recruit, but felt ill-at-ease in that city due to the large contingent of Union detectives present. Richmond, sensing that the scope of duties for the ...
A Border City at War - Cincinnati History Library and Archives
... rial benefits to merchants, businessmen, and smugglers alike.4 As a result Louisville gained considerable strategic significance even though it was far from the major battlefields of the Civil War. For example, when Union General Don Carlos Buell occupied Nashville, Tennessee, in February 1862, he u ...
... rial benefits to merchants, businessmen, and smugglers alike.4 As a result Louisville gained considerable strategic significance even though it was far from the major battlefields of the Civil War. For example, when Union General Don Carlos Buell occupied Nashville, Tennessee, in February 1862, he u ...
War is a hellish way of settling a dispute
... years saw him moving from coast to coast with tours of duty at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, and California, performing service in support of operations against the Pah Ute Indians. With war on the horizon, Letterman traversed the continent one last time in November 1861, this time to accompany troops ...
... years saw him moving from coast to coast with tours of duty at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, and California, performing service in support of operations against the Pah Ute Indians. With war on the horizon, Letterman traversed the continent one last time in November 1861, this time to accompany troops ...
Something So Dim It Must Be Holy
... blacks were not equal to white men, but terminating the moral blot of slavery was a good thing; Reconstruction was misguided because attempts to provide equal rights for former slaves resulted in injustices against white southerners. Not everyone believed this, of course, but the aforementioned them ...
... blacks were not equal to white men, but terminating the moral blot of slavery was a good thing; Reconstruction was misguided because attempts to provide equal rights for former slaves resulted in injustices against white southerners. Not everyone believed this, of course, but the aforementioned them ...
The Role Of Historic Novels in Understanding Desertion in the Civil
... respective units, but the instigator had been condemned to death. As the corpse was rolled into the prepared coffin, Gordon commented, “The law had been defied and so, at last, at the law was vindicated.”3 These are not isolated and chance incidents; desertion was prevalent throughout the Civil War, ...
... respective units, but the instigator had been condemned to death. As the corpse was rolled into the prepared coffin, Gordon commented, “The law had been defied and so, at last, at the law was vindicated.”3 These are not isolated and chance incidents; desertion was prevalent throughout the Civil War, ...
View PDF - Cincinnati History Library and Archives
... in military philosophy and planning and brought about the collapse of that European institution. The downfall was further hastened by Napoleon's ascent to power in France in 1804. He caused a revolutionary change in the philosophy of war. Napoleon instituted mass conscription and was the first to mo ...
... in military philosophy and planning and brought about the collapse of that European institution. The downfall was further hastened by Napoleon's ascent to power in France in 1804. He caused a revolutionary change in the philosophy of war. Napoleon instituted mass conscription and was the first to mo ...
ZP194E_The Civil War
... After the fall of Fort Sumter to the Confederacy, President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to quell the rebellion. Hundreds of thousands took up arms. Southerners, wanting to preserve their way of life, did the same. The war divided not only the nation, but divided families as well. Lincoln’s ...
... After the fall of Fort Sumter to the Confederacy, President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to quell the rebellion. Hundreds of thousands took up arms. Southerners, wanting to preserve their way of life, did the same. The war divided not only the nation, but divided families as well. Lincoln’s ...
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... Oh, Fremont he told them when the war it first begun How to save the Union and the way it should be done But old Kentucky swore so hard and Abe he had his fears Till every hope was lost but the colored volunteers Oh, give us a flag, all free without a slave We’ll fight to defend it as our fathers di ...
... Oh, Fremont he told them when the war it first begun How to save the Union and the way it should be done But old Kentucky swore so hard and Abe he had his fears Till every hope was lost but the colored volunteers Oh, give us a flag, all free without a slave We’ll fight to defend it as our fathers di ...
Staff Ride Handbook for the Battle of Perryville, 8
... of the battle, all of the invading Southern forces retired from the state. Kentucky remained firmly in the Union and secure from Confederate invasion for the war’s duration. Despite its importance to the course of the war in the west, Perryville does not benefit from the high visibility accorded th ...
... of the battle, all of the invading Southern forces retired from the state. Kentucky remained firmly in the Union and secure from Confederate invasion for the war’s duration. Despite its importance to the course of the war in the west, Perryville does not benefit from the high visibility accorded th ...
Media as Weaponry: How Civil War Media Shaped Opinion and
... they injected their own opinions as this writer did in saying, “If not wholly a victory to-night, I believe it is the prelude to a victory tomorrow” (“The Contest in Maryland”). Other papers, though not as widely read as the Tribune, also had a tremendous effect on readers who thirsted for the lates ...
... they injected their own opinions as this writer did in saying, “If not wholly a victory to-night, I believe it is the prelude to a victory tomorrow” (“The Contest in Maryland”). Other papers, though not as widely read as the Tribune, also had a tremendous effect on readers who thirsted for the lates ...
the politics of command in the fort
... Complementing Fonvielle‟s work is Rod Gragg‟s Confederate Goliath: the Battle of Fort Fisher. Unlike Fonvielle‟s book, Confederate Goliath dealt only with the battle for Fort Fisher and not the ensuing campaign to capture Wilmington. Nonetheless, Gragg offers a gripping battle narrative and a glimp ...
... Complementing Fonvielle‟s work is Rod Gragg‟s Confederate Goliath: the Battle of Fort Fisher. Unlike Fonvielle‟s book, Confederate Goliath dealt only with the battle for Fort Fisher and not the ensuing campaign to capture Wilmington. Nonetheless, Gragg offers a gripping battle narrative and a glimp ...
Civil War And Reconstruction
... •Butler’s leading elements crossed the Appomattox River and attacked the Petersburg defenses on June 15. The 5,400 defenders of Petersburg under command of Gen. Beauregard were driven from their first line of entrenchments back to Harrison Creek. On June 16, the II Corps captured another section of ...
... •Butler’s leading elements crossed the Appomattox River and attacked the Petersburg defenses on June 15. The 5,400 defenders of Petersburg under command of Gen. Beauregard were driven from their first line of entrenchments back to Harrison Creek. On June 16, the II Corps captured another section of ...
Ulysses S. Grant
... during the Mexican-American War in 1846. Although he was only a quartermaster, he managed to see most of the battles, and even fought in a few. The war ended in 1848. Ulysses resigned from the military a short time after. He tried unsuccessfully to get other jobs, so he rejoined the army during the ...
... during the Mexican-American War in 1846. Although he was only a quartermaster, he managed to see most of the battles, and even fought in a few. The war ended in 1848. Ulysses resigned from the military a short time after. He tried unsuccessfully to get other jobs, so he rejoined the army during the ...
CIVIL WAR - LaBarre Galleries
... Secession. It started on April 12, 1861, when Southern troops fired on Fort Sumter, a U.S. military fort on the coast of Charleston, SC. The war ended four years later. On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his ragged army to Union General Ulysees S. Grant at Appomattox Cou ...
... Secession. It started on April 12, 1861, when Southern troops fired on Fort Sumter, a U.S. military fort on the coast of Charleston, SC. The war ended four years later. On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his ragged army to Union General Ulysees S. Grant at Appomattox Cou ...
X Marks the Spot - Ames Plantation
... government. In Columbus, Confederate troops occupied the city after moving up from northern Tennessee. The Kentucky state legislature asked the federal government for help, and Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant soon arrived and occupied Paducah, Kentucky with a force of about 4000 men. 4 He would l ...
... government. In Columbus, Confederate troops occupied the city after moving up from northern Tennessee. The Kentucky state legislature asked the federal government for help, and Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant soon arrived and occupied Paducah, Kentucky with a force of about 4000 men. 4 He would l ...
Transforming Fire: The Civil War, 1861–1865
... Confederacy, Davis became convinced that emancipation was a partial means to that end. Although he faced serious opposition on the issue, Davis pushed and prodded the Confederacy toward emancipation, but his actions came too late to aid the Confederate cause. The experience of war also changed the i ...
... Confederacy, Davis became convinced that emancipation was a partial means to that end. Although he faced serious opposition on the issue, Davis pushed and prodded the Confederacy toward emancipation, but his actions came too late to aid the Confederate cause. The experience of war also changed the i ...
Robert E. Lee
... army. The fatal flaw lay in the nature of the Confederacy itself, a politically loose grouping of rebelling states, devoid of effective central leadership. After Gettysburg, observed one of Lee’s generals on the eve of Appomattox, the men had been fighting simply for him. ...
... army. The fatal flaw lay in the nature of the Confederacy itself, a politically loose grouping of rebelling states, devoid of effective central leadership. After Gettysburg, observed one of Lee’s generals on the eve of Appomattox, the men had been fighting simply for him. ...
Southern honor, Confederate warfare : southern
... expose the main cultural paradigms of southern honor culture. Did officers write about courage? Did they talk about attacking the enemy for honor’s sake? What was the role of aggression on the battlefield? Was guerrilla warfare acceptable, or did it violate notions of gentlemanly conduct? Did fear o ...
... expose the main cultural paradigms of southern honor culture. Did officers write about courage? Did they talk about attacking the enemy for honor’s sake? What was the role of aggression on the battlefield? Was guerrilla warfare acceptable, or did it violate notions of gentlemanly conduct? Did fear o ...
Ulysses S. Grant and the Meaning of Appomattox
... to conciliation and reunion. By the end, Grant’s statement—“I only knew what was in my mind”—will be placed in an even more compelling perspective, revealing the richly textured nature of military surrender during the American Civil War. ...
... to conciliation and reunion. By the end, Grant’s statement—“I only knew what was in my mind”—will be placed in an even more compelling perspective, revealing the richly textured nature of military surrender during the American Civil War. ...