Special Edition - Civil War Digital Home
... (No. 2) Map of the battlefield of Antietam.jpg [Map of the defeat of the Confederate ship Alabama by the U.S. steamer Kearsarge on June 19, 1864, off Cherbourg, France].jpg 1862 map of the James River.jpg 2nd attack on Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee River, Georgia.jpg A complete map of Richmond and ...
... (No. 2) Map of the battlefield of Antietam.jpg [Map of the defeat of the Confederate ship Alabama by the U.S. steamer Kearsarge on June 19, 1864, off Cherbourg, France].jpg 1862 map of the James River.jpg 2nd attack on Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee River, Georgia.jpg A complete map of Richmond and ...
Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks
... Civil War shipwrecks in Alabama were concentrated mostly in and around Mobile Bay. The port of Mobile and Mobile Bay were blockaded by Union naval forces early in the Civil War. Mobile Bay was not permanently closed to blockade-runners until Adm. David G. Farragut’s fleet ran past Fort Morgan into M ...
... Civil War shipwrecks in Alabama were concentrated mostly in and around Mobile Bay. The port of Mobile and Mobile Bay were blockaded by Union naval forces early in the Civil War. Mobile Bay was not permanently closed to blockade-runners until Adm. David G. Farragut’s fleet ran past Fort Morgan into M ...
A Preservation Plan for the Tebbs Bend Civil War Battlefield Taylor
... Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan left Alexandria, Tennessee, on June 11, 1863, with almost 2,500 men, most of them Kentuckians, two three-inch Parrott guns, two twelvepounder howitzers, and a large supply train. His orders were to take his command into Kentucky, attack Louisville and disrupt Union ...
... Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan left Alexandria, Tennessee, on June 11, 1863, with almost 2,500 men, most of them Kentuckians, two three-inch Parrott guns, two twelvepounder howitzers, and a large supply train. His orders were to take his command into Kentucky, attack Louisville and disrupt Union ...
“I Intend to Give Blows”: The Hundred Days
... continue much longer. Nor indeed do I think hostilities will be so great an evil as many apprehend. A round or two often serves to restore harmony.”2 In the fourteen weeks after the bombardment of Sumter, Lincoln acted decisively to meet the emergency. As he himself put it, the war “began on very un ...
... continue much longer. Nor indeed do I think hostilities will be so great an evil as many apprehend. A round or two often serves to restore harmony.”2 In the fourteen weeks after the bombardment of Sumter, Lincoln acted decisively to meet the emergency. As he himself put it, the war “began on very un ...
the rise and fall of General George B. McClellan.
... make decisions that others living in true reality did not understand. The most pertinent example of this dual reality was that McClellan believed his army was continually fighting a much larger adversary while at the same time having a smaller force in which fight them. McClellan made multiple claim ...
... make decisions that others living in true reality did not understand. The most pertinent example of this dual reality was that McClellan believed his army was continually fighting a much larger adversary while at the same time having a smaller force in which fight them. McClellan made multiple claim ...
Stephen C. Rowan and the US Navy: Sixty
... punishes by transportation or chains them together, and compels them under this burthen of chains to carry water from the fountain to the Hospital and keep it well supplied.” 6 Rowan believed that some offenders were “transported” to penal colonies on the coast of Africa, which Rowan noted to be “wo ...
... punishes by transportation or chains them together, and compels them under this burthen of chains to carry water from the fountain to the Hospital and keep it well supplied.” 6 Rowan believed that some offenders were “transported” to penal colonies on the coast of Africa, which Rowan noted to be “wo ...
Untitled - TCU Digital Repository
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“Tentative Relations: Secession and War in the Central Ohio River
... Historical Society. It was at the Filson where I felt the most welcomed and was treated as a colleague instead of just another graduate student working on his doctoral dissertation. Such collegiality made those long drives on Interstate 75 much easier. I would also like to thank Lynn Champion and Me ...
... Historical Society. It was at the Filson where I felt the most welcomed and was treated as a colleague instead of just another graduate student working on his doctoral dissertation. Such collegiality made those long drives on Interstate 75 much easier. I would also like to thank Lynn Champion and Me ...
The Bloody Summer of 1863: How Memory and
... some of the pressure building on the South, Lee convince Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, to authorize his invasion of Pennsylvania. This decision was not clear-cut because of the situation in Mississippi. Vicksburg continued to withstand the besiegement of Ulysses S. Grant’s army, and many m ...
... some of the pressure building on the South, Lee convince Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, to authorize his invasion of Pennsylvania. This decision was not clear-cut because of the situation in Mississippi. Vicksburg continued to withstand the besiegement of Ulysses S. Grant’s army, and many m ...
“`REBELS AGAINST A REBELLION`: SOUTHERN UNIONISTS IN
... Salisbury military prison cemetery, he did not mention others who were imprisoned there during the war: the uncompromising, stalwart southern unionists. Upon reading this chapter of Horwitz’s fascinating tour of the former Confederacy, I puzzled over how despite his wellmeaning and dedicated attemp ...
... Salisbury military prison cemetery, he did not mention others who were imprisoned there during the war: the uncompromising, stalwart southern unionists. Upon reading this chapter of Horwitz’s fascinating tour of the former Confederacy, I puzzled over how despite his wellmeaning and dedicated attemp ...
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... their critics as disloyal. Lincoln soon summoned General George B. McClellan to command the Army of the Potomac. Fresh from a series of minor but wellpublicized victories in western Virginia, McClellan seemed to be just what the Union cause needed, and he set to work right away retraining and reorga ...
... their critics as disloyal. Lincoln soon summoned General George B. McClellan to command the Army of the Potomac. Fresh from a series of minor but wellpublicized victories in western Virginia, McClellan seemed to be just what the Union cause needed, and he set to work right away retraining and reorga ...
Progressive Jeopardy
... • The fate of African Americans was very closely tied to the Civil War. One of the key reasons the South seceded was because it feared that the North would try to end slavery. In this way, from the beginning the war was linked with slavery. As the war went on, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclam ...
... • The fate of African Americans was very closely tied to the Civil War. One of the key reasons the South seceded was because it feared that the North would try to end slavery. In this way, from the beginning the war was linked with slavery. As the war went on, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclam ...
Confederate Nationalism in Georgia, Louisiana, and Virginia During
... I can say with one hundred percent certainty this project would not have been completed without the support of my committee chair, Professor Alan Kraut. In life sometimes you really need to trust your instincts and your gut. Seven years ago, my instincts told me I could not find a better advisor and ...
... I can say with one hundred percent certainty this project would not have been completed without the support of my committee chair, Professor Alan Kraut. In life sometimes you really need to trust your instincts and your gut. Seven years ago, my instincts told me I could not find a better advisor and ...
lincoln and mcclellan: a marriage of convenience turned sour
... Potomac had “learned to respect their new commander as a strict and brilliant organizer and drillmaster.”26 Up to this point, Lincoln could not have been more pleased with his new general. When Lincoln and McClellan met in Washington, “a friendly relationship was immediately established…between the ...
... Potomac had “learned to respect their new commander as a strict and brilliant organizer and drillmaster.”26 Up to this point, Lincoln could not have been more pleased with his new general. When Lincoln and McClellan met in Washington, “a friendly relationship was immediately established…between the ...
Honors Thesis - Emory University
... Based on his belief in “King Cotton,” Davis decided to place an embargo on Confederate cotton once the war broke out, believing that Britain and France would rather break the Union blockade and procure cotton from the South than risk economic catastrophe and political upheaval at home. Previous hist ...
... Based on his belief in “King Cotton,” Davis decided to place an embargo on Confederate cotton once the war broke out, believing that Britain and France would rather break the Union blockade and procure cotton from the South than risk economic catastrophe and political upheaval at home. Previous hist ...
THE PATRIOTISM OF RICHMOND`S GERMAN
... Rather than regard the German-American community as monolithic, I view GermanAmericans as individuals who had their own particular interests, preferences, and sympathies. I strongly disagree with the stereotype of German-Americans as universally disloyal toward the Confederacy, due to their common e ...
... Rather than regard the German-American community as monolithic, I view GermanAmericans as individuals who had their own particular interests, preferences, and sympathies. I strongly disagree with the stereotype of German-Americans as universally disloyal toward the Confederacy, due to their common e ...
New Orleans During the Civil War
... Southern states were being threatened by abolitionists in the North and wanted to curtail the federal government’s legislative power to outlaw the expansion of slavery into the western territories. South Carolina seceded first in December 1860, followed by Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, and Alabam ...
... Southern states were being threatened by abolitionists in the North and wanted to curtail the federal government’s legislative power to outlaw the expansion of slavery into the western territories. South Carolina seceded first in December 1860, followed by Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, and Alabam ...
The Importance of Kentucky in the Civil War
... the Constitutional Union party. It has been declared by many that the Kentuckians of 1860 and 1861 were the most peaceable and most Constitution-abiding Americans. ...
... the Constitutional Union party. It has been declared by many that the Kentuckians of 1860 and 1861 were the most peaceable and most Constitution-abiding Americans. ...
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
... At the other end of the spectrum, Civil War tactics have also attracted scholarly attention. Paddy Griffith, Battle Tactics of the Civil War (Yale University Press, 1987) remains the standard work though also essential is Earl J. Hess, The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Myth and Reality (Univers ...
... At the other end of the spectrum, Civil War tactics have also attracted scholarly attention. Paddy Griffith, Battle Tactics of the Civil War (Yale University Press, 1987) remains the standard work though also essential is Earl J. Hess, The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Myth and Reality (Univers ...
A State Divided: A State Divided:
... in Springfield in the days following the infamous battle. The sacrifices and bravery of many in Springfield prevented further death and destruction in the Commonwealth. Although the Civil War officially ended with Lee’s surrender at Appomattox on April 9, 1865, peace was not instantly achieved. Kent ...
... in Springfield in the days following the infamous battle. The sacrifices and bravery of many in Springfield prevented further death and destruction in the Commonwealth. Although the Civil War officially ended with Lee’s surrender at Appomattox on April 9, 1865, peace was not instantly achieved. Kent ...
Lt. George E. Dixon
... time. My headquarters are on Sullivan’s Island, and a more uncomfortable place could not be found in the Confederacy. For the last six weeks I have not been out of the range of shells and often I am forced to go within close proximity of the Yankee battery ….If you wish to see war every day and nigh ...
... time. My headquarters are on Sullivan’s Island, and a more uncomfortable place could not be found in the Confederacy. For the last six weeks I have not been out of the range of shells and often I am forced to go within close proximity of the Yankee battery ….If you wish to see war every day and nigh ...
TO BEGIN ANEW: FEDERALISM AND POWER IN THE
... perpetuate and project their vision of the nation across the continent and into the future. They did not desire to revolutionize, reject, or transform the government or the political culture of the American state, but to embrace its powers and cement slavery’s status as a vital elucidation of white ...
... perpetuate and project their vision of the nation across the continent and into the future. They did not desire to revolutionize, reject, or transform the government or the political culture of the American state, but to embrace its powers and cement slavery’s status as a vital elucidation of white ...
Federalism and Power in the Confederate States of America
... perpetuate and project their vision of the nation across the continent and into the future. They did not desire to revolutionize, reject, or transform the government or the political culture of the American state, but to embrace its powers and cement slavery’s status as a vital elucidation of white ...
... perpetuate and project their vision of the nation across the continent and into the future. They did not desire to revolutionize, reject, or transform the government or the political culture of the American state, but to embrace its powers and cement slavery’s status as a vital elucidation of white ...
Published version
... but a few weeks before the tariff ’s ultimate passage into law, Democratic congressman Daniel Sickles of New York decried the tariff ’s passage as it offered “the strongest provocation to England to precipitate recognition of the southern confederacy.” The bill appeared to Sickles as “a disunion mea ...
... but a few weeks before the tariff ’s ultimate passage into law, Democratic congressman Daniel Sickles of New York decried the tariff ’s passage as it offered “the strongest provocation to England to precipitate recognition of the southern confederacy.” The bill appeared to Sickles as “a disunion mea ...
A Unique Hell in Southwestern Virginia: Confederate Guerrillas and
... southwestern Virginia, by 1863, Union officers were launching raids into the region with the goal of tearing-up the V&T’s tracks, burning its depots and bridges, and severing this productive region from the rest of the Confederacy. Unfortunately for Union soldiers, their invasions caused Confederate ...
... southwestern Virginia, by 1863, Union officers were launching raids into the region with the goal of tearing-up the V&T’s tracks, burning its depots and bridges, and severing this productive region from the rest of the Confederacy. Unfortunately for Union soldiers, their invasions caused Confederate ...
Anaconda Plan
The Anaconda Plan is the name widely applied to an outline strategy for subduing the seceding states in the American Civil War. Proposed by General-in-Chief Winfield Scott, the plan emphasized the blockade of the Southern ports, and called for an advance down the Mississippi River to cut the South in two. Because the blockade would be rather passive, it was widely derided by the vociferous faction who wanted a more vigorous prosecution of the war, and who likened it to the coils of an anaconda suffocating its victim. The snake image caught on, giving the proposal its popular name.