e-newsletter newsletter newsletter - Stafford County Historical Society
... Accounts, both in the National Archives; and the Major General Joseph Hooker Papers in the Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Fishel's materials have been supplemented by various information from other, more accessible on-line sources located since 1996. First Federal Occupation of Stafford ...
... Accounts, both in the National Archives; and the Major General Joseph Hooker Papers in the Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Fishel's materials have been supplemented by various information from other, more accessible on-line sources located since 1996. First Federal Occupation of Stafford ...
Blockade-Running in the Bahamas During the Civil War
... All of this transformation of a sleepy little island city of eleven thousand people grew out of its geographical location for it was near enough to the Confederate coast to serve as a depot to receive Southern cotton and to supply Southern war needs. England tried to maintain neutrality during the W ...
... All of this transformation of a sleepy little island city of eleven thousand people grew out of its geographical location for it was near enough to the Confederate coast to serve as a depot to receive Southern cotton and to supply Southern war needs. England tried to maintain neutrality during the W ...
Civil War Practice Test
... d. wanted to split his army and send the reserves to Harpers Ferry. Which of these news headlines would have most likely appeared in Northern newspapers the day after the Battle of Antietam? a. Confederate Leader Gives His Life in Antietam b. The Confederacy’s Greatest Triumph c. Union Gains an Edge ...
... d. wanted to split his army and send the reserves to Harpers Ferry. Which of these news headlines would have most likely appeared in Northern newspapers the day after the Battle of Antietam? a. Confederate Leader Gives His Life in Antietam b. The Confederacy’s Greatest Triumph c. Union Gains an Edge ...
Sabine Pass in the Civil War
... In the end, Kellersberger's laban proved to be little more than an exercise in futility. Crockers squadron went all out for harassment, but he made no attempt to ascend the rivers. He lacked the land troops needed for a holding operation, and, being waterbom, had even less rcason than the Confederat ...
... In the end, Kellersberger's laban proved to be little more than an exercise in futility. Crockers squadron went all out for harassment, but he made no attempt to ascend the rivers. He lacked the land troops needed for a holding operation, and, being waterbom, had even less rcason than the Confederat ...
Knud Otterson - Battle of Nashville Preservation Society
... Grandson Arthur Otterson remembered his grandfather’s commitment to that cause; he wanted the Union to be preserved and supported emancipation of slaves. His commitment led him to re-enlist in 1864 when he could have gone back to Minnesota. He must have had contact with many freed slaves and may hav ...
... Grandson Arthur Otterson remembered his grandfather’s commitment to that cause; he wanted the Union to be preserved and supported emancipation of slaves. His commitment led him to re-enlist in 1864 when he could have gone back to Minnesota. He must have had contact with many freed slaves and may hav ...
Chapter 20—Girding for War: The North and the South, 1861
... a. they relied on the Northern economy for their own jobs. b. the North shared their feelings about whether Britain should enter the war. c. they had been moved by Uncle Tom's Cabin to want the end of slavery d. they hoped to one day have the opportunity to relocate to and profit in the U.S. e. Fran ...
... a. they relied on the Northern economy for their own jobs. b. the North shared their feelings about whether Britain should enter the war. c. they had been moved by Uncle Tom's Cabin to want the end of slavery d. they hoped to one day have the opportunity to relocate to and profit in the U.S. e. Fran ...
Chapter 20—Girding for War: The North and the South, 1861
... a. they relied on the Northern economy for their own jobs. b. the North shared their feelings about whether Britain should enter the war. c. they had been moved by Uncle Tom's Cabin to want the end of slavery d. they hoped to one day have the opportunity to relocate to and profit in the U.S. e. Fran ...
... a. they relied on the Northern economy for their own jobs. b. the North shared their feelings about whether Britain should enter the war. c. they had been moved by Uncle Tom's Cabin to want the end of slavery d. they hoped to one day have the opportunity to relocate to and profit in the U.S. e. Fran ...
Rules of Play
... The future of slavery in the territories caused a series of political crises. These crises drove a series of legislative compromises designed to assuage Southern fear that slavery would be abolished. These compromises were designed to maintain a tentative Southern equality in the Senate. The South b ...
... The future of slavery in the territories caused a series of political crises. These crises drove a series of legislative compromises designed to assuage Southern fear that slavery would be abolished. These compromises were designed to maintain a tentative Southern equality in the Senate. The South b ...
TO BEGIN ANEW: FEDERALISM AND POWER IN THE
... or the political culture of the American state, but to embrace its powers and cement slavery’s status as a vital elucidation of white liberty. They sought to conserve and control rather than to transform or revolutionize. The Constitution’s political grants of liberty, according to the breakaway Sou ...
... or the political culture of the American state, but to embrace its powers and cement slavery’s status as a vital elucidation of white liberty. They sought to conserve and control rather than to transform or revolutionize. The Constitution’s political grants of liberty, according to the breakaway Sou ...
Federalism and Power in the Confederate States of America
... cement slavery’s status as a vital elucidation of white liberty. They sought to conserve and control rather than to transform or revolutionize. The Constitution’s political grants of liberty, according to the breakaway Southerners, were rooted in racial division, which defined the body politic accor ...
... cement slavery’s status as a vital elucidation of white liberty. They sought to conserve and control rather than to transform or revolutionize. The Constitution’s political grants of liberty, according to the breakaway Southerners, were rooted in racial division, which defined the body politic accor ...
Balloons in the American Civil War Both the Union and Confederate
... able to reach a safe landing away from enemy lines. On October 7, 1870, the minister of the new French government, Léon Gambetta, made a dramatic escape from Paris by balloon, and with his chief assistant, Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet, established a provisional capital in the city of Tours. ...
... able to reach a safe landing away from enemy lines. On October 7, 1870, the minister of the new French government, Léon Gambetta, made a dramatic escape from Paris by balloon, and with his chief assistant, Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet, established a provisional capital in the city of Tours. ...
Judah Benjamin - Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation
... Benjamin was raised in Charleston, South Carolina. A brilliant child, at age 14 he attended College and practiced law in New Orleans. A founder of the Illinois Central Railroad, a state legislator, a planter who owned 140 slaves until he sold his plantation in 1850, Judah Benjamin was elected to the ...
... Benjamin was raised in Charleston, South Carolina. A brilliant child, at age 14 he attended College and practiced law in New Orleans. A founder of the Illinois Central Railroad, a state legislator, a planter who owned 140 slaves until he sold his plantation in 1850, Judah Benjamin was elected to the ...
WaLton ReLationS - Walton County Heritage Museum
... Walton Beach) where they spent the night. The next day, they sailed down to the “narrows” where they chose the site for their camp at the top of a tall earthen mound. From that point, they could observe any vessel that might attempt to travel from Choctawhatchee Bay up the “narrows.” The encampment ...
... Walton Beach) where they spent the night. The next day, they sailed down to the “narrows” where they chose the site for their camp at the top of a tall earthen mound. From that point, they could observe any vessel that might attempt to travel from Choctawhatchee Bay up the “narrows.” The encampment ...
Allow Me to Call Your Attention to the Situation of the Forts
... concerns fell on deaf ears in Raleigh. The board barely increased the garrison on Hatteras from the 190 troops in late May to about 350 men of the Seventh North Carolina on the eve of battle, August 27, and even placed a cap of one thousand coastal troops in the adjacent southern department.36 The b ...
... concerns fell on deaf ears in Raleigh. The board barely increased the garrison on Hatteras from the 190 troops in late May to about 350 men of the Seventh North Carolina on the eve of battle, August 27, and even placed a cap of one thousand coastal troops in the adjacent southern department.36 The b ...
1st Mississippi Mounted Rifles
... ending conflict with pro-Unionists in the 1850’s and into 1860 over secession. These clashes even spilled over into the war as Confederates skirmished with pro-Unionists, as well as groups of people that became known as anti-Confederates (these being people that did not support the Union, but did no ...
... ending conflict with pro-Unionists in the 1850’s and into 1860 over secession. These clashes even spilled over into the war as Confederates skirmished with pro-Unionists, as well as groups of people that became known as anti-Confederates (these being people that did not support the Union, but did no ...
America at Mid-19th Century: Abolition, Civil War, Emancipation
... The war came; it lasted four years and claimed over 630,000 American lives from the battlefields, in a nation of barely 33 million souls. But it also brought the Emancipation Proclamation as a presidential order into the mainstream of American life, and forever changed life in America. The end of t ...
... The war came; it lasted four years and claimed over 630,000 American lives from the battlefields, in a nation of barely 33 million souls. But it also brought the Emancipation Proclamation as a presidential order into the mainstream of American life, and forever changed life in America. The end of t ...
Something So Dim It Must Be Holy
... and sedated by nostalgia for a bygone era; instead, they were a potent cultural and political force that attempted to regenerate, apply and preserve the antebellum social order based on the notion of man's (both white and black) innate inequality. Through commemorations and sponsorship of oratories ...
... and sedated by nostalgia for a bygone era; instead, they were a potent cultural and political force that attempted to regenerate, apply and preserve the antebellum social order based on the notion of man's (both white and black) innate inequality. Through commemorations and sponsorship of oratories ...
Best Little Stories from the Civil War, 2E
... biography of U. S. Grant as the Union general who finally won the Civil War for Abraham Lincoln, it’s far more interesting to recall the little moment when he led his troops toward his first conflict of the entire Civil War with very human fear and trepidation: “[M]y heart kept getting higher and hi ...
... biography of U. S. Grant as the Union general who finally won the Civil War for Abraham Lincoln, it’s far more interesting to recall the little moment when he led his troops toward his first conflict of the entire Civil War with very human fear and trepidation: “[M]y heart kept getting higher and hi ...
American Civil War Postage Due
... the North and the South, especially from soldiers in the field or in prisoner of war camps. The mail was the major form of communication for individuals and businesses in the United States (and the world for that matter) during this time period. After the start of secession on December 20, 1860 in S ...
... the North and the South, especially from soldiers in the field or in prisoner of war camps. The mail was the major form of communication for individuals and businesses in the United States (and the world for that matter) during this time period. After the start of secession on December 20, 1860 in S ...
Chapter 11 PP
... How did the Battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg change the course of the Civil War? After having only limited success, the North won some significant battles in 1863. Though the fighting continued, the year 1863 marked the beginning of the end for the Confederacy. ...
... How did the Battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg change the course of the Civil War? After having only limited success, the North won some significant battles in 1863. Though the fighting continued, the year 1863 marked the beginning of the end for the Confederacy. ...
ZP194E_The Civil War
... Confederacy similar to how the anaconda snake suffocates its victims in its coils. The Union would blockade Southern ports, split the Confederacy in two along the Mississippi River, and seize the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia. The Confederate strategy was mostly defensive, although Confe ...
... Confederacy similar to how the anaconda snake suffocates its victims in its coils. The Union would blockade Southern ports, split the Confederacy in two along the Mississippi River, and seize the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia. The Confederate strategy was mostly defensive, although Confe ...
Chapter 21—The Furnace of Civil War, 1861
... 43. The Union's defeat in battle at Bull Run in 1861 was better than a victory because a. Ulysses S. Grant took command of the army immediately after the setback. b. the defeat caused Northerners to face up to the reality of a long, difficult war. c. "Stonewall" Jackson was killed. d. it caused Linc ...
... 43. The Union's defeat in battle at Bull Run in 1861 was better than a victory because a. Ulysses S. Grant took command of the army immediately after the setback. b. the defeat caused Northerners to face up to the reality of a long, difficult war. c. "Stonewall" Jackson was killed. d. it caused Linc ...
Question
... - Ships endure bombing to pass the city - Grant marches men through swamps to get there winning battle after battle ...
... - Ships endure bombing to pass the city - Grant marches men through swamps to get there winning battle after battle ...
1864: The Decisive Year
... Sheridan easily defeated Early in a huge battle north of Winchester Sept. 19, then moved south, pushing the Confederates from Fisher’s Hill and beyond. Sheridan then began one of the most notorious episodes in the war, initiating a campaign of destruction of the Valley’s considerable resources. “The ...
... Sheridan easily defeated Early in a huge battle north of Winchester Sept. 19, then moved south, pushing the Confederates from Fisher’s Hill and beyond. Sheridan then began one of the most notorious episodes in the war, initiating a campaign of destruction of the Valley’s considerable resources. “The ...
Shapiro - Huntsville History Collection
... Rogers apparently continued his military career. In a letter to the U.S. Senate, on December 29, 1864, President Lincoln wrote “In obedience to the requirement of the law of 16 May 1864, I submit the followingnamed Volunteer officers for confirmation by the Senate, viz: ... Acting Volunteer Lieutena ...
... Rogers apparently continued his military career. In a letter to the U.S. Senate, on December 29, 1864, President Lincoln wrote “In obedience to the requirement of the law of 16 May 1864, I submit the followingnamed Volunteer officers for confirmation by the Senate, viz: ... Acting Volunteer Lieutena ...
Capture of New Orleans
The capture of New Orleans (April 25 – May 1, 1862) during the American Civil War was an important event for the Union. Having fought past Forts Jackson and St. Philip, the Union was unopposed in its capture of the city itself, which was spared the destruction suffered by many other Southern cities. However, the controversial and confrontational administration of the city by its U.S Army military governor caused lasting resentment. This capture of the largest Confederate city was a major turning point and an incident of international importance.