Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks
... prior to the start of the war or in 1865 after the war’s end. Many foreign vessels traded with the Union and the Confederacy, so some vessels are designated as “British,” “Spanish,” “French,” and so on. If the allegiance or nationality is unclear from the sources, which is often the case with blocka ...
... prior to the start of the war or in 1865 after the war’s end. Many foreign vessels traded with the Union and the Confederacy, so some vessels are designated as “British,” “Spanish,” “French,” and so on. If the allegiance or nationality is unclear from the sources, which is often the case with blocka ...
civil war generals of the union - Teaching American History -TAH2
... 1st West Point graduate to be promoted to a general officer in the regular army U.S. Representative from Virginia’s 3 district (1879 – ...
... 1st West Point graduate to be promoted to a general officer in the regular army U.S. Representative from Virginia’s 3 district (1879 – ...
Lt. George E. Dixon
... Sir: Before I can proceed with my work cleaning the Sub-Marine boat, I shall have to request of you an order on the Quartermaster or Engineer Department for ten Negroes, also an order on the Commissary Department for soap, brushes, and Shell bursting in the streets of Charleston. LC-USZ62-42046 lime ...
... Sir: Before I can proceed with my work cleaning the Sub-Marine boat, I shall have to request of you an order on the Quartermaster or Engineer Department for ten Negroes, also an order on the Commissary Department for soap, brushes, and Shell bursting in the streets of Charleston. LC-USZ62-42046 lime ...
Confederate Nationalism in Georgia, Louisiana, and Virginia During
... together, since secession celebrations played out in various states and cities, this joy would soon be replaced by the realities of war. The newly formed Confederate States of America needed something that would build upon the initial bond created by secession and that something was the conception a ...
... together, since secession celebrations played out in various states and cities, this joy would soon be replaced by the realities of war. The newly formed Confederate States of America needed something that would build upon the initial bond created by secession and that something was the conception a ...
Marines in Gray: The Birth, Life and Death of the Confederate States
... operations tactics. Therefore, Confederate Marines came to be considered an essential component of such operations, and leaders of raids actively sought out their service for the most difficult of tasks. In general, the CSMC became an innovative military unit and its leaders were willing to think ou ...
... operations tactics. Therefore, Confederate Marines came to be considered an essential component of such operations, and leaders of raids actively sought out their service for the most difficult of tasks. In general, the CSMC became an innovative military unit and its leaders were willing to think ou ...
Confederate States Navy
... are mounted ready for service and deficient only in shells. … The first will act with great effect against an invading force from the Maryland side - the second commands the bridge , valley of the Shenandoah & the road along the same. The spirit of Leonidas seems to animate the every steel heart of ...
... are mounted ready for service and deficient only in shells. … The first will act with great effect against an invading force from the Maryland side - the second commands the bridge , valley of the Shenandoah & the road along the same. The spirit of Leonidas seems to animate the every steel heart of ...
Published version
... Less than a month before the bill was signed into law, the Confederacy’s president, Jefferson Davis, had already played the free trade trump card in his inaugural address. He said that as “an agricultural people, whose chief interest is the export of a commodity required in every manufacturing count ...
... Less than a month before the bill was signed into law, the Confederacy’s president, Jefferson Davis, had already played the free trade trump card in his inaugural address. He said that as “an agricultural people, whose chief interest is the export of a commodity required in every manufacturing count ...
Civil War Practice Test
... b. killed or sold into slavery if captured by the Confederacy. c. not experienced at war and did not know what to expect. d. only given bayonets with which to fight. Which of the following was an African American unit in the Civil War that played a key role in the attack on South Carolina’s Fort Wag ...
... b. killed or sold into slavery if captured by the Confederacy. c. not experienced at war and did not know what to expect. d. only given bayonets with which to fight. Which of the following was an African American unit in the Civil War that played a key role in the attack on South Carolina’s Fort Wag ...
ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: CONFEDERATE FEDERALISM: A
... was the extent to which the office of governor would remain as it was in the United States constitutional order; certainly the possibility existed to reconstruct the governors’ office, giving it greater, or even less, power. This proved to be a difficult issue to resolve. The Confederate governors u ...
... was the extent to which the office of governor would remain as it was in the United States constitutional order; certainly the possibility existed to reconstruct the governors’ office, giving it greater, or even less, power. This proved to be a difficult issue to resolve. The Confederate governors u ...
Chapter 20—Girding for War: The North and the South, 1861
... 49. During the Civil War, Britain and the United States were nearly provoked into war by a. the incompetence of Charles Francis Adams, the United States ambassador to London. b. Britain's refusal to observe the Union's blockade of Southern ports. c. the Trent affair, involving the removal of Souther ...
... 49. During the Civil War, Britain and the United States were nearly provoked into war by a. the incompetence of Charles Francis Adams, the United States ambassador to London. b. Britain's refusal to observe the Union's blockade of Southern ports. c. the Trent affair, involving the removal of Souther ...
Chapter 20—Girding for War: The North and the South, 1861
... 49. During the Civil War, Britain and the United States were nearly provoked into war by a. the incompetence of Charles Francis Adams, the United States ambassador to London. b. Britain's refusal to observe the Union's blockade of Southern ports. c. the Trent affair, involving the removal of Souther ...
... 49. During the Civil War, Britain and the United States were nearly provoked into war by a. the incompetence of Charles Francis Adams, the United States ambassador to London. b. Britain's refusal to observe the Union's blockade of Southern ports. c. the Trent affair, involving the removal of Souther ...
TO BEGIN ANEW: FEDERALISM AND POWER IN THE
... Emancipation (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1972). Durden writes, “Yet Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Judah Benjamin, and a host of less famous Southerners displayed greater flexibility about an willingness to begin modifying slavery than most accounts have ever admitted…The tr ...
... Emancipation (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1972). Durden writes, “Yet Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Judah Benjamin, and a host of less famous Southerners displayed greater flexibility about an willingness to begin modifying slavery than most accounts have ever admitted…The tr ...
Federalism and Power in the Confederate States of America
... Emancipation (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1972). Durden writes, “Yet Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Judah Benjamin, and a host of less famous Southerners displayed greater flexibility about an willingness to begin modifying slavery than most accounts have ever admitted…The tr ...
... Emancipation (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1972). Durden writes, “Yet Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Judah Benjamin, and a host of less famous Southerners displayed greater flexibility about an willingness to begin modifying slavery than most accounts have ever admitted…The tr ...
Honors Thesis - Emory University
... In the early days of the Confederacy, Southern politicians, planters, and everyday citizens were discussing how the seceded states would successfully break away from the North and cement their independence. Southerners knew that European recognition, particularly by Britain and France, would be esse ...
... In the early days of the Confederacy, Southern politicians, planters, and everyday citizens were discussing how the seceded states would successfully break away from the North and cement their independence. Southerners knew that European recognition, particularly by Britain and France, would be esse ...
Chapter 21—The Furnace of Civil War, 1861
... 51. The Confederate blockade runner, the Merrimack, was a. destroyed by Union troops to prevent its use as a slave ship. b. captured and used by Union troops to help restore the Federal blockade. c. destroyed by Confederate soldiers to keep it out of the hands of Union troops. d. able to escape to B ...
... 51. The Confederate blockade runner, the Merrimack, was a. destroyed by Union troops to prevent its use as a slave ship. b. captured and used by Union troops to help restore the Federal blockade. c. destroyed by Confederate soldiers to keep it out of the hands of Union troops. d. able to escape to B ...
Judah Benjamin - Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation
... rather than revealing the true weakness of Southern forces, Benjamin, as Davis’s loyal Secretary of War, took the blame and resigned. Anti-Semitism was an unpleasant fact – North and South – during the Civil War years and Benjamin was falsely defamed as having weakened the Confederacy by transferrin ...
... rather than revealing the true weakness of Southern forces, Benjamin, as Davis’s loyal Secretary of War, took the blame and resigned. Anti-Semitism was an unpleasant fact – North and South – during the Civil War years and Benjamin was falsely defamed as having weakened the Confederacy by transferrin ...
The Civil War in the United States
... called Germany: Revolution and Counter-revolution. This work, though written by Engels, was for a long time attributed to Marx. However, ideologically it represented the combined expression of their views. For over a decade Marx kept the Daily Tribune readers informed of European developments, espec ...
... called Germany: Revolution and Counter-revolution. This work, though written by Engels, was for a long time attributed to Marx. However, ideologically it represented the combined expression of their views. For over a decade Marx kept the Daily Tribune readers informed of European developments, espec ...
Something So Dim It Must Be Holy
... astonishing number of traditions in the late nineteenth century. The idea of "inventing" traditions was not without its comic moments. For example, in 1892, graduate students and their instructors at the University of Chicago met to organize a graduate dorm. "The suggestion was made that any person ...
... astonishing number of traditions in the late nineteenth century. The idea of "inventing" traditions was not without its comic moments. For example, in 1892, graduate students and their instructors at the University of Chicago met to organize a graduate dorm. "The suggestion was made that any person ...
Charles Francis Adams and the Laird Rams Crisis of 1863
... accomplishing little. In response/ Jefferson Davis sent two new agents to Europe: James Mason of Virginia and John Slidell of Louisiana. The North believed these men could justifiably be captured. So as Mason and Slidell departed in the British ship, Trent, a northern ship stopped the Trent and seiz ...
... accomplishing little. In response/ Jefferson Davis sent two new agents to Europe: James Mason of Virginia and John Slidell of Louisiana. The North believed these men could justifiably be captured. So as Mason and Slidell departed in the British ship, Trent, a northern ship stopped the Trent and seiz ...
Nationalism and Internationalism in the Era of the Civil War
... The nineteenth century was called by contemporaries the “age of nationalities.” New nation-states emerged around the world during this period. Many of these new nations were formed by and through warfare, so in that respect the United States’ experience of violent national consolidation during its c ...
... The nineteenth century was called by contemporaries the “age of nationalities.” New nation-states emerged around the world during this period. Many of these new nations were formed by and through warfare, so in that respect the United States’ experience of violent national consolidation during its c ...
the politics of command in the fort
... This approach is exploited because it has yielded much in the understanding of war as politics. It has also resulted in an almost cosmic shift in the American consciousness towards war. To modern Americans, war is no longer about glory and honor, or perhaps even victory, and it has come to be viewe ...
... This approach is exploited because it has yielded much in the understanding of war as politics. It has also resulted in an almost cosmic shift in the American consciousness towards war. To modern Americans, war is no longer about glory and honor, or perhaps even victory, and it has come to be viewe ...
Confederate Wooden Gunboat Construction
... Seven states seceded from the Union during the three month period from December 1860 through February 1861. Those seven states; South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas, began their transformation from members of the United States into pieces of what they hoped wo ...
... Seven states seceded from the Union during the three month period from December 1860 through February 1861. Those seven states; South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas, began their transformation from members of the United States into pieces of what they hoped wo ...
Shapiro - Huntsville History Collection
... Donald Gunn Ross III, on his website about his book, The Era o f the Clipper Ships,9 names one of the “forty-niner” clipper ships that rushed between the East Coast and San Francisco after 1849 as The Thomas Perkins, out of Boston and under the command of William C. Rogers. In 1851 and 1852, a saili ...
... Donald Gunn Ross III, on his website about his book, The Era o f the Clipper Ships,9 names one of the “forty-niner” clipper ships that rushed between the East Coast and San Francisco after 1849 as The Thomas Perkins, out of Boston and under the command of William C. Rogers. In 1851 and 1852, a saili ...
The Negative Impact of Jefferson Davis` Lack of Grand Strategy
... enough food later in the war. The laws that were being passed also played in bringing down the overall morale of the soldiers, as well as their loyalty to the Confederacy and their will to fight. The encompassment of these issues create, in part, a grand strategy, which Davis was lacking and therefo ...
... enough food later in the war. The laws that were being passed also played in bringing down the overall morale of the soldiers, as well as their loyalty to the Confederacy and their will to fight. The encompassment of these issues create, in part, a grand strategy, which Davis was lacking and therefo ...
Blockade runners of the American Civil War
The blockade runners of the American Civil War were seagoing steam ships that were used to make their way through the Union blockade that extended some 3,500 miles along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastlines and the lower Mississippi River. To get through the blockade these ships, many of them specially built for speed, had to cruise by undetected, usually at night. If spotted the runners would then attempt to outmaneuver or simply outrun any Union ships on blockade patrol. The typical blockade runners were privately owned vessels often operating with a letter of marque issued by the Confederate States of America.These vessels would carry cargoes to and from neutral ports often located in Nassau and Cuba where neutral merchant ships in turn carried these cargoes, usually coming from or destined to England or other points abroad. Inbound ships usually brought badly needed supplies and mail to the Confederacy while outbound ships often exported cotton, tobacco and other goods for trade and revenue while also carrying important mail and correspondence to suppliers and other interested parties in Europe, most often in England. Most of the guns and other ordinance of the Confederacy was imported from England via blockade runners. Some blockade runners made many successful runs while many others were either captured or destroyed. There were an estimated 2500-2800 attempts to run the blockade with at least an 80% success rate. However, by the end of the Civil War the Union Navy had captured more than 1,100 blockade runners and had destroyed or run aground another 355 vessels.