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 ...
October 2005 - 1st US Infantry Recreated
... into his groin. There was an inch wide wound that looked as if he'd been cut by a butcher's knife. Gen Hancock refused to leave the field until in his words, "this action had been decided". Gen. Hancock was at his best in the Wilderness Campaign of 1864. Gen. McClellan called him "Brilliant in the E ...
... into his groin. There was an inch wide wound that looked as if he'd been cut by a butcher's knife. Gen Hancock refused to leave the field until in his words, "this action had been decided". Gen. Hancock was at his best in the Wilderness Campaign of 1864. Gen. McClellan called him "Brilliant in the E ...
A Cavalry Officer`s Experience in the Civil War and the 16th
... behind earthworks at the heights above the town. Their attack was repulsed, and the survivors were forced to spend twenty-four hours lying on the field until they were ordered to retreat under cover of darkness. In the commanding officer’s report, Lieutenant Hill was commended for his bravery, as he ...
... behind earthworks at the heights above the town. Their attack was repulsed, and the survivors were forced to spend twenty-four hours lying on the field until they were ordered to retreat under cover of darkness. In the commanding officer’s report, Lieutenant Hill was commended for his bravery, as he ...
OUDCE American Civil War Syllabus
... William S. Dunlop, Lee’s Sharpshooters (2001). Zack C. Waters & James C. Edmonds, A Small But Spartan Band: The Florida Brigade in Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia (2010). Gary W. Gallagher, The Spotsylvania Campaign (1998). Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of General Ulysses S. Grant (2014). Harry ...
... William S. Dunlop, Lee’s Sharpshooters (2001). Zack C. Waters & James C. Edmonds, A Small But Spartan Band: The Florida Brigade in Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia (2010). Gary W. Gallagher, The Spotsylvania Campaign (1998). Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of General Ulysses S. Grant (2014). Harry ...
HOW ONE MAN ARRIVED AT GETTYSBURG (Wesley Culp`s life
... Gettysburg. Wesley Culp was a member of Lee’s troops. On July 1st, 1863, Robert E. Lee ordered his troops to attack the Union. This was the beginning of the famous Battle of Gettysburg. The first day Lee’s troops drove the Union back onto a hill. On the second day, Lee ordered some of his men, inclu ...
... Gettysburg. Wesley Culp was a member of Lee’s troops. On July 1st, 1863, Robert E. Lee ordered his troops to attack the Union. This was the beginning of the famous Battle of Gettysburg. The first day Lee’s troops drove the Union back onto a hill. On the second day, Lee ordered some of his men, inclu ...
WVA State Brochure cover-side
... or simply walk amid the serenity of a preserved battlefield. Near every West Virginia Civil War Trails site, you’ll find other activities that make visiting West Virginia so popular: whitewater rafting, mountain biking, and curvy, country roads where the stories you’ve discovered will ignite your im ...
... or simply walk amid the serenity of a preserved battlefield. Near every West Virginia Civil War Trails site, you’ll find other activities that make visiting West Virginia so popular: whitewater rafting, mountain biking, and curvy, country roads where the stories you’ve discovered will ignite your im ...
Civil War and Reconstruction PowerPoint
... mixture will stick together, producing a dough that won’t stick to hands, rolling pin or pan. Mix the dough by hand. Roll the dough out, shaping it roughly into a rectangle. Cut into the dough into squares about 3 x 3 inches and ½ inch thick. After cutting the squares, press a pattern of four rows o ...
... mixture will stick together, producing a dough that won’t stick to hands, rolling pin or pan. Mix the dough by hand. Roll the dough out, shaping it roughly into a rectangle. Cut into the dough into squares about 3 x 3 inches and ½ inch thick. After cutting the squares, press a pattern of four rows o ...
The Leadership of
... study the lives of great men and learn something from them, not in the academic way but in a way that you would actually apply to your own life.... I cannot think personally of a better exemplar of mature leadership, of someone who showed us not only how to advocate useful principles, but somebody w ...
... study the lives of great men and learn something from them, not in the academic way but in a way that you would actually apply to your own life.... I cannot think personally of a better exemplar of mature leadership, of someone who showed us not only how to advocate useful principles, but somebody w ...
Lee: In Search of the Decisive Battle at Gettysburg
... A campaign is a series of battles and engagements linked across time and space that achieve the articulated objectives at the strategic level. The tactical level is the employment of units in combat— battles and engagements—in the face of the enemy designed to gain local advantage.2 Based on these ...
... A campaign is a series of battles and engagements linked across time and space that achieve the articulated objectives at the strategic level. The tactical level is the employment of units in combat— battles and engagements—in the face of the enemy designed to gain local advantage.2 Based on these ...
First Battle of Bull Run
... were inadequate, little more than a cart path in some places, and did not begin fording Bull Run until 9:30 a.m. Tyler's men reached the Stone Bridge around 6 a.m.[6] At 5:15 a.m., Richardson's brigade fired a few artillery rounds across Mitchell's Ford on the Confederate right, some of which hit Be ...
... were inadequate, little more than a cart path in some places, and did not begin fording Bull Run until 9:30 a.m. Tyler's men reached the Stone Bridge around 6 a.m.[6] At 5:15 a.m., Richardson's brigade fired a few artillery rounds across Mitchell's Ford on the Confederate right, some of which hit Be ...
Blackburn`s Ford
... rain. In a word, it was muggy. Gen Jackson’s men had been up for hours, anticipating some movement. The men were thinking. Are we going to attack Gen Patterson, now? We’ve been here long enough. It’s time to take action! Gen Johnston issued orders for J.E.B. Stuart to ride north toward Gen Patterson ...
... rain. In a word, it was muggy. Gen Jackson’s men had been up for hours, anticipating some movement. The men were thinking. Are we going to attack Gen Patterson, now? We’ve been here long enough. It’s time to take action! Gen Johnston issued orders for J.E.B. Stuart to ride north toward Gen Patterson ...
Lesson: A State Divided -- Maryland in the Civil War Era Objective
... Constitutional Union Party, which took no position on slavery and supported peace and the Union, received 45.1% but carried all but 6 counties, albeit by narrow margins. Both candidates were from border states and were viewed as moderates who wanted to restore peace. Northern candidates Abraham Linc ...
... Constitutional Union Party, which took no position on slavery and supported peace and the Union, received 45.1% but carried all but 6 counties, albeit by narrow margins. Both candidates were from border states and were viewed as moderates who wanted to restore peace. Northern candidates Abraham Linc ...
Battle of Gettysburg PPT
... On the 3rd day of battle, Lee orders an all-out attack on the center of the Union line. George Pickett leads 15,000 Confederate soldiers in a charge across the low ground separating the two forces “High Tide of the Confederacy” – Northern-most point reached by Confederate army – Closest and last cha ...
... On the 3rd day of battle, Lee orders an all-out attack on the center of the Union line. George Pickett leads 15,000 Confederate soldiers in a charge across the low ground separating the two forces “High Tide of the Confederacy” – Northern-most point reached by Confederate army – Closest and last cha ...
The Battle of Gettysburg - Reeths
... It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under ...
... It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under ...
GETTYSBURG NATIONAL PARK IN WORLD WAR I AND WORLD
... Hood’s and McLaw’s divisions were to pin down the Union left. The divisions of Pettigrew and Trimble of A.P. Hill’s corps were to attack the southwestern portion of Cemetery Hill on Pickett’s left. The brigades of Wilcox and Lang were to closely follow and protect Pickett’s right flank. If Lee had t ...
... Hood’s and McLaw’s divisions were to pin down the Union left. The divisions of Pettigrew and Trimble of A.P. Hill’s corps were to attack the southwestern portion of Cemetery Hill on Pickett’s left. The brigades of Wilcox and Lang were to closely follow and protect Pickett’s right flank. If Lee had t ...
The Civil War - Riverside Preparatory High School
... abolition. Yet some Union generals, such as General B. F. Butler, declared slaves escaping to their lines "contraband of war," not to be returned to their masters. Other generals decreed that the slaves of men rebelling against the Union were to be considered free. Congress, too, had been moving tow ...
... abolition. Yet some Union generals, such as General B. F. Butler, declared slaves escaping to their lines "contraband of war," not to be returned to their masters. Other generals decreed that the slaves of men rebelling against the Union were to be considered free. Congress, too, had been moving tow ...
The Age of Revolution - First Covenant Church
... Grant's men were camped at Pittsburg Landing and were caught by surprise early on a Sunday morning by P.G.T. Beauregard Again, the Washington rumor mill falsely accused Grant of being too drunk to protect his own men and Lincoln's generals demanded he be relieved Desperate to bring some sort of orga ...
... Grant's men were camped at Pittsburg Landing and were caught by surprise early on a Sunday morning by P.G.T. Beauregard Again, the Washington rumor mill falsely accused Grant of being too drunk to protect his own men and Lincoln's generals demanded he be relieved Desperate to bring some sort of orga ...
Unit VI Civil War Notes
... 360 Maine 20th – Chamberlain To hold hill against 10x their size 5 changes of position 1/3 killed in 11/2 hours Running out of ammo Chamberlain – charged in order to survive Confed surprised and retreated Company B rose and fired Captured 400 confed by the small force Alabama vs. Maine 82 % fallen ( ...
... 360 Maine 20th – Chamberlain To hold hill against 10x their size 5 changes of position 1/3 killed in 11/2 hours Running out of ammo Chamberlain – charged in order to survive Confed surprised and retreated Company B rose and fired Captured 400 confed by the small force Alabama vs. Maine 82 % fallen ( ...
Spring 2013 - Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area
... considering that the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was well on its way to Pennsylvania. Thus, on June 28, near Frederick, General George Meade was greeted in the wee morning hours with news that he had been given command of the Army of the Potomac. General Meade willingly took up the mantle ...
... considering that the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was well on its way to Pennsylvania. Thus, on June 28, near Frederick, General George Meade was greeted in the wee morning hours with news that he had been given command of the Army of the Potomac. General Meade willingly took up the mantle ...
Gettysburg Battlefield Lesson Plan
... Determining the Facts Reading 2: Perspectives of Participants in the Battle Part A: A Soldier's View of Gettysburg Elisha Hunt Rhodes enlisted in 1861 as a private, and by the end of the war he had risen to the command of his regiment, the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, U.S.A. His unit, a grou ...
... Determining the Facts Reading 2: Perspectives of Participants in the Battle Part A: A Soldier's View of Gettysburg Elisha Hunt Rhodes enlisted in 1861 as a private, and by the end of the war he had risen to the command of his regiment, the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, U.S.A. His unit, a grou ...
Library of Congress
... one Lee anticipated. At Gettysburg, a series of battles like the one shown here--this one on the first day of the fighting--cost Lee more than half of his entire army and forced him to retreat back into Virginia. President Lincoln hoped that the Union army would pursue the fleeing Confederates and d ...
... one Lee anticipated. At Gettysburg, a series of battles like the one shown here--this one on the first day of the fighting--cost Lee more than half of his entire army and forced him to retreat back into Virginia. President Lincoln hoped that the Union army would pursue the fleeing Confederates and d ...
Edward G. Longacre, The Early Morning of War: Bull Run, 1861
... member of the planter class. His captors asked why he, a nonslaveowner, was fighting to uphold slavery. He replied: ‘I’m fighting because you’re down here.’” ...
... member of the planter class. His captors asked why he, a nonslaveowner, was fighting to uphold slavery. He replied: ‘I’m fighting because you’re down here.’” ...
vocab units 13 n 14
... 1. The children begging for a puppy knew their father would capitulate when.(. 2. At the end of the news report, the anchorman recapitulated so that... 3. Because Olivia decided to attend the college based on caprice, she... 4. The sudden immigration of thousands of people to the country precipitate ...
... 1. The children begging for a puppy knew their father would capitulate when.(. 2. At the end of the news report, the anchorman recapitulated so that... 3. Because Olivia decided to attend the college based on caprice, she... 4. The sudden immigration of thousands of people to the country precipitate ...
Civil War Driving Guide Page 1
... Description: After the repulse at Burgess’ Mill the previous October, Grant again attempted a turning movement on the Confederate right. On February 5, Bvt. Brig. Gen. David Gregg’s cavalry division rode out to the Boydton Plank Road via Ream's Station and Dinwiddie Court House in an attempt to inte ...
... Description: After the repulse at Burgess’ Mill the previous October, Grant again attempted a turning movement on the Confederate right. On February 5, Bvt. Brig. Gen. David Gregg’s cavalry division rode out to the Boydton Plank Road via Ream's Station and Dinwiddie Court House in an attempt to inte ...
Echoes from the Blue and Gray
... Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union (short excerpt) The people of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, on the 26th day of April, A.D. 1852, declared that the frequent violations of the Constitution of t ...
... Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union (short excerpt) The people of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, on the 26th day of April, A.D. 1852, declared that the frequent violations of the Constitution of t ...
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.