Economic Activity Following the Civil War Indexed by Postal Money
... as strikes in the anthracite coalfields in 1897 and 1902 (History 1). Another potential cause may have been the competitive influence of Pennsylvania’s New York State neighbor, which was thriving economically through this period with very significant inflows. When looking at the Southern States indi ...
... as strikes in the anthracite coalfields in 1897 and 1902 (History 1). Another potential cause may have been the competitive influence of Pennsylvania’s New York State neighbor, which was thriving economically through this period with very significant inflows. When looking at the Southern States indi ...
A Public History Project Atblakeley Historic Park, Alabama
... acres surrounding the site of the historic town of Blakely and including most of the Civil War battlefield. The major feature of the battlefield is the two-mile long arc of Confederate rifle pits that connect nine earthen redoubts (forts), which are spaced along the defensive line. Also remaining ar ...
... acres surrounding the site of the historic town of Blakely and including most of the Civil War battlefield. The major feature of the battlefield is the two-mile long arc of Confederate rifle pits that connect nine earthen redoubts (forts), which are spaced along the defensive line. Also remaining ar ...
heading one
... acres surrounding the site of the historic town of Blakely and including most of the Civil War battlefield. The major feature of the battlefield is the two-mile long arc of Confederate rifle pits that connect nine earthen redoubts (forts), which are spaced along the defensive line. Also remaining ar ...
... acres surrounding the site of the historic town of Blakely and including most of the Civil War battlefield. The major feature of the battlefield is the two-mile long arc of Confederate rifle pits that connect nine earthen redoubts (forts), which are spaced along the defensive line. Also remaining ar ...
Chronological History Timeline of the United States
... September 3, 1783 - The United States gains what is currently Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and parts of Alabama, Georgia, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia as a result of the Treaty of Paris 1783. ...
... September 3, 1783 - The United States gains what is currently Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and parts of Alabama, Georgia, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia as a result of the Treaty of Paris 1783. ...
unit 6 power point slides
... This act overturned the Missouri Compromise. It was based on used popular sovereignty—people would vote to accept or ban slavery. What did the Dred Scott case ...
... This act overturned the Missouri Compromise. It was based on used popular sovereignty—people would vote to accept or ban slavery. What did the Dred Scott case ...
A Vigorous blockade at every point: The Union Blockade
... allowed enforcement in American territorial waters. Furthermore, violators of this order would only have violated a United States revenue law and thus could only be tried in a federal court in the state and district where the infraction occurred, an impossibility because these were now under Confede ...
... allowed enforcement in American territorial waters. Furthermore, violators of this order would only have violated a United States revenue law and thus could only be tried in a federal court in the state and district where the infraction occurred, an impossibility because these were now under Confede ...
Nationalism and Internationalism in the Era of the Civil War
... Jörg Nagler: One of the great opportunities made available by studying the American Civil War from a transnational and/or global perspective is the chance to de-provincialize one of the central events in American history, put it into new contexts and see connections we have neglected. Antebellum Ame ...
... Jörg Nagler: One of the great opportunities made available by studying the American Civil War from a transnational and/or global perspective is the chance to de-provincialize one of the central events in American history, put it into new contexts and see connections we have neglected. Antebellum Ame ...
Recovering the Legal History of the Confederacy
... sometimes thriving, legal order.19 This Article seeks to recover the legal order of the Confederacy in its robust state, before the prospect of its obliteration came to pass. The Article begins by raising the question why certain southern states would have considered seceding from the United States ...
... sometimes thriving, legal order.19 This Article seeks to recover the legal order of the Confederacy in its robust state, before the prospect of its obliteration came to pass. The Article begins by raising the question why certain southern states would have considered seceding from the United States ...
The 1861 Mayfield Convention - Jackson Purchase Historical Society
... twelve miles down the Mississippi from Cairo, wrote Confederate president Jefferson Davis on April 22 encouraging Rebel troops to take their town and Cairo as well . "We acknowledge no Union but that of the Confederate States," they wrote. "We recognize no President but Your Excellency.'" With its s ...
... twelve miles down the Mississippi from Cairo, wrote Confederate president Jefferson Davis on April 22 encouraging Rebel troops to take their town and Cairo as well . "We acknowledge no Union but that of the Confederate States," they wrote. "We recognize no President but Your Excellency.'" With its s ...
THE ORIGINS OF THE MISSISSIPPI MARINE BRIGADE: THE FIRST
... its brief history when, in the mid-nineteenth century, the rebellious Southern states of the attempted to secede from the Union. This attempted splitting of the United States led to Civil War, which had profound effects on all aspects of American society, and echo to this very day. Resistance secess ...
... its brief history when, in the mid-nineteenth century, the rebellious Southern states of the attempted to secede from the Union. This attempted splitting of the United States led to Civil War, which had profound effects on all aspects of American society, and echo to this very day. Resistance secess ...
Part II - Scott J. Winslow Associates, Inc.
... A significant unpublished image group consisting of a sixth-plate daguerreotype portrait of a uniformed 2nd Lt. George Pendleton Turner, United States Marine Corps, taken in September 1861 while on recruiting service in Wilmington, and a sixth-plate ambrotype of Turner’s wife, Anna S. Keller (Turner ...
... A significant unpublished image group consisting of a sixth-plate daguerreotype portrait of a uniformed 2nd Lt. George Pendleton Turner, United States Marine Corps, taken in September 1861 while on recruiting service in Wilmington, and a sixth-plate ambrotype of Turner’s wife, Anna S. Keller (Turner ...
Length: 90 Minutes
... 1. Students examine the list of poems and songs popular during the 1860’s and briefly debate, based on their own knowledge of the war era, the songs that were listed (or any that were not). 2. Students listen (and sing!) to two versions of the song Dixie (Dixie’s Land and Union Dixie), then two vers ...
... 1. Students examine the list of poems and songs popular during the 1860’s and briefly debate, based on their own knowledge of the war era, the songs that were listed (or any that were not). 2. Students listen (and sing!) to two versions of the song Dixie (Dixie’s Land and Union Dixie), then two vers ...
Harriet Tubman: Civil War Spy
... former slave also served as a spy for the Union during the Civil War and was the first woman in American history to lead a military expedition? During a time when women were usually restricted to traditional roles like cooking and nursing, she did her share of those jobs. But she also worked side-by ...
... former slave also served as a spy for the Union during the Civil War and was the first woman in American history to lead a military expedition? During a time when women were usually restricted to traditional roles like cooking and nursing, she did her share of those jobs. But she also worked side-by ...
Craven County Civil War Brochure
... to be especially true during the Civil War, when the major port and trading center was captured and occupied by a large Union army after a fierce battle on March 14, 1862. Known today as the Battle of New Bern, this campaign, led by General Ambrose Burnside, made New Bern one of the first cities in ...
... to be especially true during the Civil War, when the major port and trading center was captured and occupied by a large Union army after a fierce battle on March 14, 1862. Known today as the Battle of New Bern, this campaign, led by General Ambrose Burnside, made New Bern one of the first cities in ...
Pilgrim Places: Civil War Battlefields, Historic Preservation, and
... During the 19th century, George Washington, revered hero of the Revolution and first president of the United States, received extraordinary public acclaim, which resulted in the preservation of sites associated with his life and career. In 1850, following extended negotiations, the State of New York ...
... During the 19th century, George Washington, revered hero of the Revolution and first president of the United States, received extraordinary public acclaim, which resulted in the preservation of sites associated with his life and career. In 1850, following extended negotiations, the State of New York ...
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 ...
Major Battles of the Civil War - sls
... a frontal assault. One of the commanders of the 15,000 Confederate soldiers was General George Pickett. He led this assault on the heights that came to be known as Pickett’s Charge. To get to the North’s line the South had to cross a dangerous mile of open space with a tall fence in the middle.” 10. ...
... a frontal assault. One of the commanders of the 15,000 Confederate soldiers was General George Pickett. He led this assault on the heights that came to be known as Pickett’s Charge. To get to the North’s line the South had to cross a dangerous mile of open space with a tall fence in the middle.” 10. ...
Jeopardy Civil War 2012
... Why was the siege of Vicksburg key to winning the war for both sides? Answer: It allowed the Union to move troops, goods, and information up and down the Mississippi River (and not the South). The South is now split into east and west ...
... Why was the siege of Vicksburg key to winning the war for both sides? Answer: It allowed the Union to move troops, goods, and information up and down the Mississippi River (and not the South). The South is now split into east and west ...
How the Confederacy Came To Terms with the American Civil War
... Historian Gerald Linderman discussed this shift in mindset as the death of the ideal of courage. This ideal stated that by behaving courageously and virtuously, God would protect a soldier from injury or death, and lead the soldier's cause to victory. Linderman posited that this idealistic concept o ...
... Historian Gerald Linderman discussed this shift in mindset as the death of the ideal of courage. This ideal stated that by behaving courageously and virtuously, God would protect a soldier from injury or death, and lead the soldier's cause to victory. Linderman posited that this idealistic concept o ...
SNAKES LURKING IN THE GRASS - The Gilder Lehrman Institute of
... approximately thirty thousand casualties. 29 Public criticism of the devastation of the war provided another opportunity for the Copperhead part to attack: the Copperhead plan for immediate peace appealed to those who were horrified by the atrocities of war. The movement attempted to tug at the hear ...
... approximately thirty thousand casualties. 29 Public criticism of the devastation of the war provided another opportunity for the Copperhead part to attack: the Copperhead plan for immediate peace appealed to those who were horrified by the atrocities of war. The movement attempted to tug at the hear ...
chapter 15 - Pearson Education
... February 4, 1861: Confederate States of America formed April 13, 1861: Fort Sumter fell to Confederates May, 1861: Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, and North Carolina seceded ©2006 PEARSON EDUCATION, INC. Publishing as Longman Publishers ...
... February 4, 1861: Confederate States of America formed April 13, 1861: Fort Sumter fell to Confederates May, 1861: Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, and North Carolina seceded ©2006 PEARSON EDUCATION, INC. Publishing as Longman Publishers ...
Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People
... even as a scout” (pg 220 Larson). Tubman witnessed the damage inflicted on the black Massachusetts regiments. Later in life Tubman gave a description of the battle at Charlestown by saying “and then we saw the lighting, and that was the guns; and then we heard the thunder, and that was the big guns; ...
... even as a scout” (pg 220 Larson). Tubman witnessed the damage inflicted on the black Massachusetts regiments. Later in life Tubman gave a description of the battle at Charlestown by saying “and then we saw the lighting, and that was the guns; and then we heard the thunder, and that was the big guns; ...
Civil War Curriculum—High School Assessment
... and execute all warrants and precepts issued under the provisions of this act, when to them directed; and should any marshal or deputy marshal refuse to receive such warrant, or other process, when tendered, or to use all proper means diligently to execute the same, he shall, on conviction thereof, ...
... and execute all warrants and precepts issued under the provisions of this act, when to them directed; and should any marshal or deputy marshal refuse to receive such warrant, or other process, when tendered, or to use all proper means diligently to execute the same, he shall, on conviction thereof, ...
james m . mcpherson - The American Historical Review
... most Confederates who would take an oath of allegiance to the United States and agree to obey all laws and proclamations concerning emancipation.P In effect, this was a retail policy of unconditional surrender. Because only a small percentage of Confederates took advantage of Lincoln's offer, howeve ...
... most Confederates who would take an oath of allegiance to the United States and agree to obey all laws and proclamations concerning emancipation.P In effect, this was a retail policy of unconditional surrender. Because only a small percentage of Confederates took advantage of Lincoln's offer, howeve ...
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.