1863 in Virginia - Civil War Travel
... enough shape to turn back another Union offensive at Fredericksburg in early May. New Union commander Gen. Joseph Hooker thought he could get around Lee’s army instead of attacking it head-on. That didn’t work either. After desperate fighting near Chancellorsville, the Union army was sent packing… a ...
... enough shape to turn back another Union offensive at Fredericksburg in early May. New Union commander Gen. Joseph Hooker thought he could get around Lee’s army instead of attacking it head-on. That didn’t work either. After desperate fighting near Chancellorsville, the Union army was sent packing… a ...
PART ONE: First Things First: Beginnings in History, to 500 B
... to free conscripted men. e. To prevent sabotage and concerted resistance to the war effort in the Union, Lincoln suspended habeas corpus and imprisoned about 15,000 Confederate sympathizers without trial. He also extended martial law to civilians who discouraged enlistment or resisted the draft. f. ...
... to free conscripted men. e. To prevent sabotage and concerted resistance to the war effort in the Union, Lincoln suspended habeas corpus and imprisoned about 15,000 Confederate sympathizers without trial. He also extended martial law to civilians who discouraged enlistment or resisted the draft. f. ...
The Civil War 1864-1865
... What is a War of Attrition? Both sides have similar/equal strength, and each side attempts to force their opponent to surrender by wearing the other down over an extended period of time Grant to Meade: “Lee’s army is your objective!” Strategic Deployments of the Plan: Eastern Theater – Mea ...
... What is a War of Attrition? Both sides have similar/equal strength, and each side attempts to force their opponent to surrender by wearing the other down over an extended period of time Grant to Meade: “Lee’s army is your objective!” Strategic Deployments of the Plan: Eastern Theater – Mea ...
Ch. 18 Sec. 3 Answers
... 7. Battle of Sabine Pass: September 8, 1863, Dowling and the Davis Guards with only 6 cannons at Fort Griffin defeated General William B. Franklin and about 4,000 Union troops; 2 Union ships were sunk and several others retreated; 300 Union soldiers were captured ...
... 7. Battle of Sabine Pass: September 8, 1863, Dowling and the Davis Guards with only 6 cannons at Fort Griffin defeated General William B. Franklin and about 4,000 Union troops; 2 Union ships were sunk and several others retreated; 300 Union soldiers were captured ...
EGE Exn oF TrrE Crun, Wrn
... continued. Sherman,s army destroyed everything it could as it marched through South Carolina and North Carolina. Crant fought hard to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond. To do this, he kept Lee's army under siege in the nearby town of petersburg for almost a year. During this time, Lee,s ar ...
... continued. Sherman,s army destroyed everything it could as it marched through South Carolina and North Carolina. Crant fought hard to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond. To do this, he kept Lee's army under siege in the nearby town of petersburg for almost a year. During this time, Lee,s ar ...
HistorySage - Dover Union Free School District
... at Norfolk by Confederates when ship in danger of falling into Union hands IV. The War in the Eastern Theater: 1862 A. The Peninsula Campaign (April 5-June 16, 1862) 1. McClellan abandoned a direct frontal assault by land for a flanking approach to Richmond by moving up the peninsula between James & ...
... at Norfolk by Confederates when ship in danger of falling into Union hands IV. The War in the Eastern Theater: 1862 A. The Peninsula Campaign (April 5-June 16, 1862) 1. McClellan abandoned a direct frontal assault by land for a flanking approach to Richmond by moving up the peninsula between James & ...
Anaconda Plan - OCPS TeacherPress
... again. Each time they were completely unsuccessful and repelled by the opposing army. It wasn’t until 1865, when the war was already going badly for the South, that the North was able to capture and burn Richmond. This happened as a direct result of Union victories elsewhere, which caused General Ro ...
... again. Each time they were completely unsuccessful and repelled by the opposing army. It wasn’t until 1865, when the war was already going badly for the South, that the North was able to capture and burn Richmond. This happened as a direct result of Union victories elsewhere, which caused General Ro ...
civil war cause and effect study guide
... April 9, 1865, General Lee surrendered to General Grant. ...
... April 9, 1865, General Lee surrendered to General Grant. ...
textbook pages 175-183. - San Leandro Unified School District
... GRANT WINS AT VICKSBURG While Meade’s Army of the Potomac was destroying Confederate hopes in Gettysburg, Union general Ulysses S. Grant fought to take Vicksburg, one of the two remaining Confederate strongholds on the Mississippi River. Vicksburg itself was particularly important because it rested ...
... GRANT WINS AT VICKSBURG While Meade’s Army of the Potomac was destroying Confederate hopes in Gettysburg, Union general Ulysses S. Grant fought to take Vicksburg, one of the two remaining Confederate strongholds on the Mississippi River. Vicksburg itself was particularly important because it rested ...
1861 Civil War
... new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. ...
... new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. ...
The longest siege
... Rejecting an offer from Lincoln to command the Union forces, Robert E. Lee resigned his commission in April 1861, holding the rank of colonel in the 1st Cavalry. Following his home state out of the Union on April 17, 1861, he accepted command of the Virginia State Forces with rank of major general, ...
... Rejecting an offer from Lincoln to command the Union forces, Robert E. Lee resigned his commission in April 1861, holding the rank of colonel in the 1st Cavalry. Following his home state out of the Union on April 17, 1861, he accepted command of the Virginia State Forces with rank of major general, ...
Chapter 7
... MS and cut off the main RR thus cutting off supplies to Vicksburg He then put Vicksburg under siege for over a month ...
... MS and cut off the main RR thus cutting off supplies to Vicksburg He then put Vicksburg under siege for over a month ...
150 years later - Civil War Traveler
... The First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) certainly was big by 1861 standards. More than 800 men were killed out of nearly 4,500 casualties suffered. The bloodshed during this stunning Confederate victory shocked the Union and woke both sides to the fact that this was going to be a longer, much bloodi ...
... The First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) certainly was big by 1861 standards. More than 800 men were killed out of nearly 4,500 casualties suffered. The bloodshed during this stunning Confederate victory shocked the Union and woke both sides to the fact that this was going to be a longer, much bloodi ...
A_CHAPTER11 - Lincoln County Schools
... • Lee invades North to get supplies, support of Democrats ...
... • Lee invades North to get supplies, support of Democrats ...
Life During Wartime
... Americans into the Union Army. Made up only 1% of the nations population, but they accounted for 10% of the Union Army by the end of the war. Black soldiers faced discrimination and would serve in separate regiments commanded by white officers, and could not rise above the rank of captain. Blacks we ...
... Americans into the Union Army. Made up only 1% of the nations population, but they accounted for 10% of the Union Army by the end of the war. Black soldiers faced discrimination and would serve in separate regiments commanded by white officers, and could not rise above the rank of captain. Blacks we ...
Ch 14 Outline Notes - Huber Heights City Schools
... - The South needed just as much money, but its central government lacked the ability to tax, and therefore the war had to be paid for by… - Taxation of the middle and yeomen classes, because the Confederate Congress refused to tax slaves or cotton exports which were mostly the planter elite. (paid f ...
... - The South needed just as much money, but its central government lacked the ability to tax, and therefore the war had to be paid for by… - Taxation of the middle and yeomen classes, because the Confederate Congress refused to tax slaves or cotton exports which were mostly the planter elite. (paid f ...
Strengths and Weaknesses: North vs. South
... The South also proved to be very resourceful. By the end of the war, it had established armories and foundries in several states. They built huge gunpowder mills and melted down thousands of church and plantation bells for bronze to build cannon. The South's greatest strength lay in the fact that it ...
... The South also proved to be very resourceful. By the end of the war, it had established armories and foundries in several states. They built huge gunpowder mills and melted down thousands of church and plantation bells for bronze to build cannon. The South's greatest strength lay in the fact that it ...
Unit 5 Vocab practice 4
... The turning point of the war; “Pickett’s Charge” as this is known fails and Lee retreats back to Virginia; never again would the South have a chance to win the war or threaten the North Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate supporter, while seeing a play with his wife; Booth e ...
... The turning point of the war; “Pickett’s Charge” as this is known fails and Lee retreats back to Virginia; never again would the South have a chance to win the war or threaten the North Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate supporter, while seeing a play with his wife; Booth e ...
CHAPTER 15 Secession and The Civil War SUMMARY
... Secession did not necessarily mean war. There was one last attempt to reconcile North and South, and there was much doubt about how firmly the federal government should respond to secession. A. The Deep South Secedes South Carolina seceded on December 20.1860, and by February 1861, six more states, ...
... Secession did not necessarily mean war. There was one last attempt to reconcile North and South, and there was much doubt about how firmly the federal government should respond to secession. A. The Deep South Secedes South Carolina seceded on December 20.1860, and by February 1861, six more states, ...
Main Idea 1 - St. Mary of Gostyn
... into ironclad, and renamed it the Virginia. • Ironclads successfully attacked the wooden ships of the Union. • Met by a Union ironclad, the Monitor, in battle near Hampton Roads, Virginia, in March 1862 and it forced the Confederates to withdraw ...
... into ironclad, and renamed it the Virginia. • Ironclads successfully attacked the wooden ships of the Union. • Met by a Union ironclad, the Monitor, in battle near Hampton Roads, Virginia, in March 1862 and it forced the Confederates to withdraw ...
Battle of Antietam
... Directions: Imagine that you are a newspaper journalist during the dawn of the Civil War. You just watched President Abraham Lincoln announce his Proclamation to the world giving the succeeded states a choice to surrender or keep fighting. Describe the Emancipation Proclamation, the moral and feelin ...
... Directions: Imagine that you are a newspaper journalist during the dawn of the Civil War. You just watched President Abraham Lincoln announce his Proclamation to the world giving the succeeded states a choice to surrender or keep fighting. Describe the Emancipation Proclamation, the moral and feelin ...
Shoot them in the back
... strong defensive position at Antietam Creek. McClellan's numbers were 81,176, but the story of the day is told by the fact that not more than two of his six corps were ever engaged simultaneously. Two remained in reserve, seeing almost no action in a battle fought in detail by the other four. Often ...
... strong defensive position at Antietam Creek. McClellan's numbers were 81,176, but the story of the day is told by the fact that not more than two of his six corps were ever engaged simultaneously. Two remained in reserve, seeing almost no action in a battle fought in detail by the other four. Often ...
The Thirteenth Amendment
... When Lee and his men arrived they found only ammunition. They continued to march west on empty stomachs. Lee hoped to reach Danville or Lynchburg and eventually link up with Joseph Johnston and his army. Grant was determined to stop Lee. General Sheridan, a major general of the Union, directed h ...
... When Lee and his men arrived they found only ammunition. They continued to march west on empty stomachs. Lee hoped to reach Danville or Lynchburg and eventually link up with Joseph Johnston and his army. Grant was determined to stop Lee. General Sheridan, a major general of the Union, directed h ...