Ch 16, pp. 462-483
... Bull Run north of Manassas. In the North, this battle came to be known as the First Battle of Bull Run. At one point in the battle, a Confederate officer rallied his troops by pointing his sword toward Southern General Thomas J. Jackson. The officer cried, “There is Jackson standing like a stone wal ...
... Bull Run north of Manassas. In the North, this battle came to be known as the First Battle of Bull Run. At one point in the battle, a Confederate officer rallied his troops by pointing his sword toward Southern General Thomas J. Jackson. The officer cried, “There is Jackson standing like a stone wal ...
of the Blue and Gray - Frederick County Civil War Roundtable
... Potomac just in time for the 1864 Overland Campaign. The IX and the Roundheads remained with the Army of the Potomac until the end of their service. There have been dozens, if not hundreds, of new, fascinating works on the Civil War these past few years. Sometimes though it is good to look back at t ...
... Potomac just in time for the 1864 Overland Campaign. The IX and the Roundheads remained with the Army of the Potomac until the end of their service. There have been dozens, if not hundreds, of new, fascinating works on the Civil War these past few years. Sometimes though it is good to look back at t ...
World Book® Online: American Civil War: Biographies
... Confederate soldier to be tried and executed for war crimes after the war. 6. Clara Barton – D Dorothea Dix – C Julia Ward Howe – A Mary Walker – B 7. At the Battle of Chickamauga, Union soldiers led by General George H. Thomas held their position while the other soldiers broke completely. 8. During ...
... Confederate soldier to be tried and executed for war crimes after the war. 6. Clara Barton – D Dorothea Dix – C Julia Ward Howe – A Mary Walker – B 7. At the Battle of Chickamauga, Union soldiers led by General George H. Thomas held their position while the other soldiers broke completely. 8. During ...
Salt, Lead and the fight for
... out to BG Benjamin Kelley to use whatever forces available from his Department of West Virginia to close the fords across the Potomac. Secretary of War Stanton hoped that Kelley could use his small force to delay Lee long enough for Meade to close on the wounded ANV and score a decisive victory. Kel ...
... out to BG Benjamin Kelley to use whatever forces available from his Department of West Virginia to close the fords across the Potomac. Secretary of War Stanton hoped that Kelley could use his small force to delay Lee long enough for Meade to close on the wounded ANV and score a decisive victory. Kel ...
1864 Timeline - Middle Tennessee State University
... stranger, his reputation as a rising star having preceded him. His first night was a splendid ovation; the theater being densely packed, every foot of standing room occupied, and numbers sent away unable to get in ..... His genius appears equal to anything the tragic muse has produced; and the time ...
... stranger, his reputation as a rising star having preceded him. His first night was a splendid ovation; the theater being densely packed, every foot of standing room occupied, and numbers sent away unable to get in ..... His genius appears equal to anything the tragic muse has produced; and the time ...
Gettysburg, Battle of
... during 1-3 July 1863, is widely acknowledged as the greatest land battle fought in North America. At Gettysburg, the Army of Northern Virginia under Lee numbered about 75,000 men, compared to the estimated 93,000 soldiers in Maj. Gen. George C. Meade's Army of the Potomac. The battle ended with appr ...
... during 1-3 July 1863, is widely acknowledged as the greatest land battle fought in North America. At Gettysburg, the Army of Northern Virginia under Lee numbered about 75,000 men, compared to the estimated 93,000 soldiers in Maj. Gen. George C. Meade's Army of the Potomac. The battle ended with appr ...
History - Vermont Historical Society
... invincible, was finding out how uncertain war could be under the capable teachers who were inflicting painful lessons, the Confederates. The Battle of Bull Run proved ironic due to the fact that soldiers of the Union Army thought that they had won before they ever started to fight. With this complac ...
... invincible, was finding out how uncertain war could be under the capable teachers who were inflicting painful lessons, the Confederates. The Battle of Bull Run proved ironic due to the fact that soldiers of the Union Army thought that they had won before they ever started to fight. With this complac ...
Liberia Plantation History
... General Joseph E. Johnston rode with Beauregard to Henry Hill around midday. As their reinforcements arrived, General Barnard Bee encouraged his bloodied men to see how Colonel Thomas Jackson and his men stood like a “stone wall,” ready to fight. The new line held. Beauregard's horse was killed unde ...
... General Joseph E. Johnston rode with Beauregard to Henry Hill around midday. As their reinforcements arrived, General Barnard Bee encouraged his bloodied men to see how Colonel Thomas Jackson and his men stood like a “stone wall,” ready to fight. The new line held. Beauregard's horse was killed unde ...
Maryland During the Secession Crisis Author
... Baltimore City police officers arrived in Frederick with orders to arrest all convention members who were pro-South, and possibly pro-secession. ...
... Baltimore City police officers arrived in Frederick with orders to arrest all convention members who were pro-South, and possibly pro-secession. ...
Wilson`s Creek Image Analysis
... abandoned. Governor Jackson had determined that Boonville with its pro-South views was a better location to face Lyon. At Boonville, Lyon easily faced down a small force under the command of Jackson, but a larger force under General Price had already moved south to join with the Confederates. The ea ...
... abandoned. Governor Jackson had determined that Boonville with its pro-South views was a better location to face Lyon. At Boonville, Lyon easily faced down a small force under the command of Jackson, but a larger force under General Price had already moved south to join with the Confederates. The ea ...
Lesson Plan - Virtual Gettysburg
... General Buford, and the directions that each army entered the battle from. ...
... General Buford, and the directions that each army entered the battle from. ...
And So the Murderous Work Went On
... battery and the silence of the artillery reserves, the Confederates never had more than eight guns in action at any one time during the barrage.8 Within a short time it was evident that the Confederate bombardment was not weakening the Union position on Malvern Hill. Doubting the effectiveness of a ...
... battery and the silence of the artillery reserves, the Confederates never had more than eight guns in action at any one time during the barrage.8 Within a short time it was evident that the Confederate bombardment was not weakening the Union position on Malvern Hill. Doubting the effectiveness of a ...
Union Generals - Ulster Scots Community Network
... switching troops from his right to his left. This turned the tide of battle and Union troops panicked and fled the scene in disorder. The first man to realize that the Confederacy had secured a victory was ‘Stonewall’ Jackson who was having a minor wound dressed at field hospital at the time: ‘We ha ...
... switching troops from his right to his left. This turned the tide of battle and Union troops panicked and fled the scene in disorder. The first man to realize that the Confederacy had secured a victory was ‘Stonewall’ Jackson who was having a minor wound dressed at field hospital at the time: ‘We ha ...
The Camden Expedition of 1864
... heavy rain fell that evening, flooding the bottomlands and washing away bridges. Working parties were sent to repair the damage and construct a new pontoon bridge across the Little Missouri in preparation for the passage of Thayer's wagon train. By the time Thayer's Frontier Division arrived on Apri ...
... heavy rain fell that evening, flooding the bottomlands and washing away bridges. Working parties were sent to repair the damage and construct a new pontoon bridge across the Little Missouri in preparation for the passage of Thayer's wagon train. By the time Thayer's Frontier Division arrived on Apri ...
Finding the Civil War
... Join Knox alumnus and renowned historian Peter Cozzens ’79 as we explore the great conflict which tore apart the United States from 1861–1865. We will be based in two key towns, Richmond and Gettysburg and their surroundings, where Dr. Cozzens and other historians will lead you across famous battlef ...
... Join Knox alumnus and renowned historian Peter Cozzens ’79 as we explore the great conflict which tore apart the United States from 1861–1865. We will be based in two key towns, Richmond and Gettysburg and their surroundings, where Dr. Cozzens and other historians will lead you across famous battlef ...
The Opening Fight at Gettysburg
... would have had a profound impact not only on the first day of fighting at Gettysburg but on the overall battle itself. On June 30 he decided to forgo any further large-scale movement toward his enemy, he gave up the opportunity to attack his enemy in detail while they were widely dispersed in unfri ...
... would have had a profound impact not only on the first day of fighting at Gettysburg but on the overall battle itself. On June 30 he decided to forgo any further large-scale movement toward his enemy, he gave up the opportunity to attack his enemy in detail while they were widely dispersed in unfri ...
The Garnett-Pettigrew Gray Line
... seen during the entire Civil War -- that of “bagging” an army, an elusive feat keenly desired by political leaders of both sides. Second Manassas: Longstreet’s Attack and the Struggle for Chinn Ridge details the story of Longstreet and his men’s efforts to obtain the ultimate victory that Lee desper ...
... seen during the entire Civil War -- that of “bagging” an army, an elusive feat keenly desired by political leaders of both sides. Second Manassas: Longstreet’s Attack and the Struggle for Chinn Ridge details the story of Longstreet and his men’s efforts to obtain the ultimate victory that Lee desper ...
1863: Shifting Tides
... Summary: Attempting to strike into the north again after his failed attempt at Antietam, General Lee brought his army into Pennsylvania. Gathering at a crossroads where 10 roads met, the Confederate and Union armies battled for three days around the small town of Gettysburg. After attempts on the le ...
... Summary: Attempting to strike into the north again after his failed attempt at Antietam, General Lee brought his army into Pennsylvania. Gathering at a crossroads where 10 roads met, the Confederate and Union armies battled for three days around the small town of Gettysburg. After attempts on the le ...
42nd New York - Rich Mountain Battlefield
... and left of the road, with CS Brigadier General Henry H. Walker's Virginia Brigade behind Kirkland's Brigade. Before they were in place, the impatient Hill sent his troops forward and directed CS Major William T. Poague's artillery to fire into the Union troops. Hill erred, and launched a tragedy. H ...
... and left of the road, with CS Brigadier General Henry H. Walker's Virginia Brigade behind Kirkland's Brigade. Before they were in place, the impatient Hill sent his troops forward and directed CS Major William T. Poague's artillery to fire into the Union troops. Hill erred, and launched a tragedy. H ...
Private Eric Tipton
... and left of the road, with CS Brigadier General Henry H. Walker's Virginia Brigade behind Kirkland's Brigade. Before they were in place, the impatient Hill sent his troops forward and directed CS Major William T. Poague's artillery to fire into the Union troops. Hill erred, and launched a tragedy. H ...
... and left of the road, with CS Brigadier General Henry H. Walker's Virginia Brigade behind Kirkland's Brigade. Before they were in place, the impatient Hill sent his troops forward and directed CS Major William T. Poague's artillery to fire into the Union troops. Hill erred, and launched a tragedy. H ...
Humanitarian Acts: What Can Bystanders Do?
... turning point in the war. Also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, the encounter took place near Antietam Creek in the small town of Sharpsburg, Maryland. Maryland was one of the four “border states” that had legalized slavery but had not seceded from the Union. Maryland’s allegiance was critical, as i ...
... turning point in the war. Also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, the encounter took place near Antietam Creek in the small town of Sharpsburg, Maryland. Maryland was one of the four “border states” that had legalized slavery but had not seceded from the Union. Maryland’s allegiance was critical, as i ...
1863: Shifting Tides
... Summary: Attempting to strike into the north again after his failed attempt at Antietam, General Lee brought his army into Pennsylvania. Gathering at a crossroads where 10 roads met, the Confederate and Union armies battled for three days around the small town of Gettysburg. After attempts on the le ...
... Summary: Attempting to strike into the north again after his failed attempt at Antietam, General Lee brought his army into Pennsylvania. Gathering at a crossroads where 10 roads met, the Confederate and Union armies battled for three days around the small town of Gettysburg. After attempts on the le ...
The Battle of Antietam
... almost four hours and the Union troops finally broke through around 1 PM. The confederate troops, who had been in a strong position, retreated through a misunderstanding. It was this that could have changed the battle for the Union yet again. The Confederates were now being slaughtered and were in d ...
... almost four hours and the Union troops finally broke through around 1 PM. The confederate troops, who had been in a strong position, retreated through a misunderstanding. It was this that could have changed the battle for the Union yet again. The Confederates were now being slaughtered and were in d ...
Vint Hill Farms Station - Fauquier Historical Society
... The Vint Hill section of Fauquier County is located about 10 miles northeast of Warrenton. It was once a country estate owned by Andrew Low . He was of European decent and he built a home at Vint Hill in 1860, raising sheep and cattle. The land remained in the family until 1911 when Mitchell Harriso ...
... The Vint Hill section of Fauquier County is located about 10 miles northeast of Warrenton. It was once a country estate owned by Andrew Low . He was of European decent and he built a home at Vint Hill in 1860, raising sheep and cattle. The land remained in the family until 1911 when Mitchell Harriso ...
Battle of Harpers Ferry
The Battle of Harpers Ferry was fought September 12–15, 1862, as part of the Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War. As Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army invaded Maryland, a portion of his army under Maj. Gen. Thomas J. ""Stonewall"" Jackson surrounded, bombarded, and captured the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), a major victory at relatively minor cost.As Lee's Army of Northern Virginia advanced down the Shenandoah Valley into Maryland, he planned to capture the garrison at Harpers Ferry to secure his line of supply back to Virginia. Although he was being pursued at a leisurely pace by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac, outnumbering him more than two to one, Lee chose the risky strategy of dividing his army and sent one portion to converge and attack Harpers Ferry from three directions. Col. Dixon S. Miles, Union commander at Harpers Ferry, insisted on keeping most of the troops near the town instead of taking up commanding positions on the surrounding heights. The slim defenses of the most important position, Maryland Heights, first encountered the approaching Confederate on September 12, but only brief skirmishing ensued. Strong attacks by two Confederate brigades on September 13 drove the Union troops from the heights.During the fighting on Maryland Heights, the other Confederate columns arrived and were astonished to see that critical positions to the west and south of town were not defended. Jackson methodically positioned his artillery around Harpers Ferry and ordered Maj. Gen. A.P. Hill to move down the west bank of the Shenandoah River in preparation for a flank attack on the Federal left the next morning. By the morning of September 15, Jackson had positioned nearly 50 guns on Maryland Heights and at the base of Loudoun Heights. He began a fierce artillery barrage from all sides and ordered an infantry assault. Miles realized that the situation was hopeless and agreed with his subordinates to raise the white flag of surrender. Before he could surrender personally, he was mortally wounded by an artillery shell and died the next day. After processing more than 12,000 Union prisoners, Jackson's men then rushed to Sharpsburg, Maryland, to rejoin Lee for the Battle of Antietam.