“I Could Tell You a Thousand Stories of Their Heroism…”1
... be true today. This is also one reason the letters are often dismissed, in that they are full of misstatements, wild exaggerations, and outright falsehoods that have been proven inaccurate by modern studies. It is easy to forget that what appears to us to be wholly unreliable, was in fact what the s ...
... be true today. This is also one reason the letters are often dismissed, in that they are full of misstatements, wild exaggerations, and outright falsehoods that have been proven inaccurate by modern studies. It is easy to forget that what appears to us to be wholly unreliable, was in fact what the s ...
The Battle of Baton Rouge
... the center of the line, where General Breckinridge launched several uncoordinated attacks into the Union regiments massed just west of Magnolia Cemetery, attacks which fell apart in the face of heavy rifle and cannon fire. It was during one of these frenzied efforts that the commanding general of th ...
... the center of the line, where General Breckinridge launched several uncoordinated attacks into the Union regiments massed just west of Magnolia Cemetery, attacks which fell apart in the face of heavy rifle and cannon fire. It was during one of these frenzied efforts that the commanding general of th ...
The American Civil War`s Eastern Theater (Part 1
... This image shows the charge of the Union’s Iron Brigade near the Dunker Church. This event took place during the Battle of Antietam on the morning of September 17, 1862. This painting was created by Thure de Thulstrup (1848-1930) for L. Prang & Co. circa December 19, 1887. This image is courtesy of ...
... This image shows the charge of the Union’s Iron Brigade near the Dunker Church. This event took place during the Battle of Antietam on the morning of September 17, 1862. This painting was created by Thure de Thulstrup (1848-1930) for L. Prang & Co. circa December 19, 1887. This image is courtesy of ...
The American Civil War`s Eastern Theater (Part 1
... This image shows the charge of the Union’s Iron Brigade near the Dunker Church. This event took place during the Battle of Antietam on the morning of September 17, 1862. This painting was created by Thure de Thulstrup (1848-1930) for L. Prang & Co. circa December 19, 1887. This image is courtesy of ...
... This image shows the charge of the Union’s Iron Brigade near the Dunker Church. This event took place during the Battle of Antietam on the morning of September 17, 1862. This painting was created by Thure de Thulstrup (1848-1930) for L. Prang & Co. circa December 19, 1887. This image is courtesy of ...
22676-doc - Project Gutenberg
... Attitude just after War.--Toward Negroes.--XIVth Amendment.--Rejected by Southern States.--Iron Law of 1867.--Carried through.--Antagonism between President Johnson and Congress.--Attempt to Impeach Johnson.--Fails. ...
... Attitude just after War.--Toward Negroes.--XIVth Amendment.--Rejected by Southern States.--Iron Law of 1867.--Carried through.--Antagonism between President Johnson and Congress.--Attempt to Impeach Johnson.--Fails. ...
The Project Gutenberg EBook of History of the United States
... Attitude just after War.--Toward Negroes.--XIVth Amendment.--Rejected by Southern States.--Iron Law of 1867.--Carried through.--Antagonism between President Johnson and Congress.--Attempt to Impeach Johnson.--Fails. ...
... Attitude just after War.--Toward Negroes.--XIVth Amendment.--Rejected by Southern States.--Iron Law of 1867.--Carried through.--Antagonism between President Johnson and Congress.--Attempt to Impeach Johnson.--Fails. ...
84 ARMY March 2009
... sonal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong.” Lincoln had found his man. Before he could summon Grant to Washington, D.C., the Confederates won a victory at Chickamauga in northwest Georgia in September 1863, and the Union Army of the Cumberland fled to the city of Chattanooga, where th ...
... sonal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong.” Lincoln had found his man. Before he could summon Grant to Washington, D.C., the Confederates won a victory at Chickamauga in northwest Georgia in September 1863, and the Union Army of the Cumberland fled to the city of Chattanooga, where th ...
The Gettysburg Campaign: Birth of the Operational Art?
... Army doctrine may have been late in formally recognizing the existence and significance of the operational level of war and its supporting art, it may have appeared very early in our military history. Indeed, without being named as such, the concept may have been placed into effect as early as the A ...
... Army doctrine may have been late in formally recognizing the existence and significance of the operational level of war and its supporting art, it may have appeared very early in our military history. Indeed, without being named as such, the concept may have been placed into effect as early as the A ...
- Explore Georgia
... Organization of U.S. Colored surrender of Fort Pulaski, the Troops in the Department of the state’s coast fell under Northern U.S. Colored Infantry (USCI) Cumberland. Most recruiting took control, and enslaved Georgians place in summer 1864, when the began making their way to 44th USCI was stationed ...
... Organization of U.S. Colored surrender of Fort Pulaski, the Troops in the Department of the state’s coast fell under Northern U.S. Colored Infantry (USCI) Cumberland. Most recruiting took control, and enslaved Georgians place in summer 1864, when the began making their way to 44th USCI was stationed ...
Winslow Homer, “War for the Union—Bayonet Charge,”
... Is Rogers’ plaster group a celebration or a critique of the sharpshooter’s craft? Given that he made it for display in middle-class homes, was it wise for him to undertake this subject? ...
... Is Rogers’ plaster group a celebration or a critique of the sharpshooter’s craft? Given that he made it for display in middle-class homes, was it wise for him to undertake this subject? ...
On Richmond`s Front Line ** Fall 2016 (pdf file)
... congratulate the National Park Service on its 100th Late in the day Gen. Robert E. Lee gathered his men anniversary. We look forward to a sustained and – as many as 60,000 – for one grand assault, the rewarding relationship with the Richmond National largest of his career. Even this massive attack s ...
... congratulate the National Park Service on its 100th Late in the day Gen. Robert E. Lee gathered his men anniversary. We look forward to a sustained and – as many as 60,000 – for one grand assault, the rewarding relationship with the Richmond National largest of his career. Even this massive attack s ...
Civil War Discussion Questions
... Lesson Overview: In the spring of 1862 the Union Army, now under George B. McClellan began a second campaign to seize Richmond. The skillful generalship of Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. ―Stonewall‖ Jackson not only ensured that this Union offensive would fail but eventually allowed the Confederates to ...
... Lesson Overview: In the spring of 1862 the Union Army, now under George B. McClellan began a second campaign to seize Richmond. The skillful generalship of Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. ―Stonewall‖ Jackson not only ensured that this Union offensive would fail but eventually allowed the Confederates to ...
"Indianizing the Confederacy": Understandings of War Cruelty
... Massacre at Wounded Knee.”23 Despite its military and causal ties to the Civil War, most Americans regarded the Dakota War as a peripheral event in 1862. Nevertheless, the Dakota War haunted northerners as a powerful symbol of the disastrous setbacks that had plagued the Union war effort throughout ...
... Massacre at Wounded Knee.”23 Despite its military and causal ties to the Civil War, most Americans regarded the Dakota War as a peripheral event in 1862. Nevertheless, the Dakota War haunted northerners as a powerful symbol of the disastrous setbacks that had plagued the Union war effort throughout ...
Northern and Southern Intentionality in the Civil War
... "Which side had the advantage in all the resources shown?" and "How might these advantages have helped that side during the war?'' or "based on this chart, who would you expect to win the war?'' 3 In addition to making the war a war of numbers, textbooks also create one dimensional characters in ord ...
... "Which side had the advantage in all the resources shown?" and "How might these advantages have helped that side during the war?'' or "based on this chart, who would you expect to win the war?'' 3 In addition to making the war a war of numbers, textbooks also create one dimensional characters in ord ...
Battle of Antietam
... pushed back Union forces defending Washington, D.C. Second Battle of Bull Run ...
... pushed back Union forces defending Washington, D.C. Second Battle of Bull Run ...
Conscription Essay - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... During the four-year conflict, almost two million men served in the Union army, and between 750,000 and one million men entered the Confederate ranks. The July 1861 Bull Run battle disabused leaders of the idea of a short, glorious war and quickly made finding eager volunteers more difficult for bot ...
... During the four-year conflict, almost two million men served in the Union army, and between 750,000 and one million men entered the Confederate ranks. The July 1861 Bull Run battle disabused leaders of the idea of a short, glorious war and quickly made finding eager volunteers more difficult for bot ...
Test-review
... Ferguson left us with the idea that A) segregation was illegal B) racism was acceptable C) as long as facilities were equal, they could be separate D) none of the above ...
... Ferguson left us with the idea that A) segregation was illegal B) racism was acceptable C) as long as facilities were equal, they could be separate D) none of the above ...
Commanders of the Confederacy
... Leadership of the Confederacy Third Confederate National Flag Four days after his resignation, Davis was commissioned a Major General of Mississippi troops.[3] On February 9, 1861, a constitutional convention at Montgomery, Alabama named him provisional president of the Confederate States of America ...
... Leadership of the Confederacy Third Confederate National Flag Four days after his resignation, Davis was commissioned a Major General of Mississippi troops.[3] On February 9, 1861, a constitutional convention at Montgomery, Alabama named him provisional president of the Confederate States of America ...
Plans and Early Battles
... In the East In July 1861, a battle was fought in Manassas, Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C. The battle, known as the Battle of Bull Run in the North and the Battle of Manassas in the South, resulted in a Union defeat by Confederate General Stonewall Jackson. Lincoln appointed a new commander, G ...
... In the East In July 1861, a battle was fought in Manassas, Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C. The battle, known as the Battle of Bull Run in the North and the Battle of Manassas in the South, resulted in a Union defeat by Confederate General Stonewall Jackson. Lincoln appointed a new commander, G ...
1862: Antietam and Emancipation
... Estimated Casualties (died, injured, or captured): 22,700 total In September 1862, Confederate general Robert E. Lee left the South and moved his army into Maryland. No one could be sure exactly what he planned to do, but in an incredible stroke of luck, a copy of Lee’s plans (which had been wrapped ...
... Estimated Casualties (died, injured, or captured): 22,700 total In September 1862, Confederate general Robert E. Lee left the South and moved his army into Maryland. No one could be sure exactly what he planned to do, but in an incredible stroke of luck, a copy of Lee’s plans (which had been wrapped ...
Fauquier County Civil War Heritage Brochure
... parlor of the home (located on the front left side), Major John Mosby, following orders, converted his rangers into a formal unit of the Confederate Army, Company A of the 43rd Virginia Battalion of Cavalry. The first four officers were appointed by Mosby here, then “elected” by his men. Within 48 h ...
... parlor of the home (located on the front left side), Major John Mosby, following orders, converted his rangers into a formal unit of the Confederate Army, Company A of the 43rd Virginia Battalion of Cavalry. The first four officers were appointed by Mosby here, then “elected” by his men. Within 48 h ...
Get Ebooks The 10 Biggest Civil War Battles
... day and Pickett’s Charge right down the center of the line on the third and final day. Meade’s stout defense held, barely, repulsing each attempted assault, handing the Union a desperately needed victory that ended up being one of the Civil War’s turning points. At the Battle of the Wilderness ...
... day and Pickett’s Charge right down the center of the line on the third and final day. Meade’s stout defense held, barely, repulsing each attempted assault, handing the Union a desperately needed victory that ended up being one of the Civil War’s turning points. At the Battle of the Wilderness ...
Give Me Liberty 3rd Edition
... the regular army numbered little more than 15,000 men, most of whom were stationed west of the Mississippi River. Its officers had been trained to lead small, professional forces into battle, not the crowds of untrained men who assembled in 1861. The North also suffered from narrowness of military v ...
... the regular army numbered little more than 15,000 men, most of whom were stationed west of the Mississippi River. Its officers had been trained to lead small, professional forces into battle, not the crowds of untrained men who assembled in 1861. The North also suffered from narrowness of military v ...
Conflict and Courage in Fairfax County
... diagonally crossed bars, and 12 stars. • It was discovered, in September 1861, that J.E.B. Stuart had directed his men to build “Quaker Cannons,” faux cannons made of logs, to mislead the Union army as to the strength of his artillery on Munson’s Hill. This was the first time “Quaker Cannons” were u ...
... diagonally crossed bars, and 12 stars. • It was discovered, in September 1861, that J.E.B. Stuart had directed his men to build “Quaker Cannons,” faux cannons made of logs, to mislead the Union army as to the strength of his artillery on Munson’s Hill. This was the first time “Quaker Cannons” were u ...
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam /ænˈtiːtəm/, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South, fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with a combined tally of dead, wounded, and missing at 22,717.After pursuing Confederate General Robert E. Lee into Maryland, Union Army Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan launched attacks against Lee's army, in defensive positions behind Antietam Creek. At dawn on September 17, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee's left flank. Attacks and counterattacks swept across Miller's Cornfield and fighting swirled around the Dunker Church. Union assaults against the Sunken Road eventually pierced the Confederate center, but the Federal advantage was not followed up. In the afternoon, Union Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside's corps entered the action, capturing a stone bridge over Antietam Creek and advancing against the Confederate right. At a crucial moment, Confederate Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill's division arrived from Harpers Ferry and launched a surprise counterattack, driving back Burnside and ending the battle. Although outnumbered two-to-one, Lee committed his entire force, while McClellan sent in less than three-quarters of his army, enabling Lee to fight the Federals to a standstill. During the night, both armies consolidated their lines. In spite of crippling casualties, Lee continued to skirmish with McClellan throughout September 18, while removing his battered army south of the Potomac River.Despite having superiority of numbers, McClellan's attacks failed to achieve force concentration, allowing Lee to counter by shifting forces and moving interior lines to meet each challenge. Despite ample reserve forces that could have been deployed to exploit localized successes, McClellan failed to destroy Lee's army. McClellan had halted Lee's invasion of Maryland, but Lee was able to withdraw his army back to Virginia without interference from the cautious McClellan. Although the battle was tactically inconclusive, the Confederate troops had withdrawn first from the battlefield, making it, in military terms, a Union victory. It had significance as enough of a victory to give President Abraham Lincoln the confidence to announce his Emancipation Proclamation, which discouraged the British and French governments from potential plans for recognition of the Confederacy.