The Civil War and Reconstruction
... The South had advantages of their own. They had many experienced war leaders who fought in the Texas Revolution and Mexican War. Also, many southerners were experienced at riding horses and using guns, since so much of the south was considered frontier. By the end of 1861, two thirds of the Texans i ...
... The South had advantages of their own. They had many experienced war leaders who fought in the Texas Revolution and Mexican War. Also, many southerners were experienced at riding horses and using guns, since so much of the south was considered frontier. By the end of 1861, two thirds of the Texans i ...
The Signal Flag - Brandywine Valley Civil War Round Table
... Some students of history question the designation of "strategic victory" for the Union. After all, McClellan performed poorly in the campaign and the battle itself, and Lee displayed great generalship in holding his own in battle against an army that greatly outnumbered him. Casualties were comparab ...
... Some students of history question the designation of "strategic victory" for the Union. After all, McClellan performed poorly in the campaign and the battle itself, and Lee displayed great generalship in holding his own in battle against an army that greatly outnumbered him. Casualties were comparab ...
Port Royal, SC Civil War Flash Cards
... a fleet to the Chesapeake Bay to protect the landing of Union troops at Annapolis, Maryland. In June 1861 he was made president of a board in Washington formed to develop a plan of naval operations against the Confederacy. He was appointed flag officer serving aboard the USS Wabash as commander of t ...
... a fleet to the Chesapeake Bay to protect the landing of Union troops at Annapolis, Maryland. In June 1861 he was made president of a board in Washington formed to develop a plan of naval operations against the Confederacy. He was appointed flag officer serving aboard the USS Wabash as commander of t ...
CIVIL WAR UNIT - Miss Christy`s room
... an old wooden ship called the Merrimac which had been rebuilt with iron all around the boat then renamed the Virginia. The Merrimac had sunk several Union ships in the past months. The North decided to build an ironclad ship to fight it. The Northern ship was called the Monitor. After Grant had capt ...
... an old wooden ship called the Merrimac which had been rebuilt with iron all around the boat then renamed the Virginia. The Merrimac had sunk several Union ships in the past months. The North decided to build an ironclad ship to fight it. The Northern ship was called the Monitor. After Grant had capt ...
TE 407 Unit Plan Lesson Plan 4
... waged between Union and Confederate armies in northern Virginia in 1862. As a large Union force commanded by John Pope waited for George McClellan's Army of the Potomac in anticipation of a combined offensive, Confederate General Robert E. Lee decided to strike first. Lee sent half of his Army of No ...
... waged between Union and Confederate armies in northern Virginia in 1862. As a large Union force commanded by John Pope waited for George McClellan's Army of the Potomac in anticipation of a combined offensive, Confederate General Robert E. Lee decided to strike first. Lee sent half of his Army of No ...
SIOP Lesson Plan
... presentation of the events that happened here on July 1-3, 1863. The film will be pre-set to two different scenes, each portraying important parts of the battle. Showing the whole film would take more than three class periods and would be impractical, so I selected two important clips. Any teacher ...
... presentation of the events that happened here on July 1-3, 1863. The film will be pre-set to two different scenes, each portraying important parts of the battle. Showing the whole film would take more than three class periods and would be impractical, so I selected two important clips. Any teacher ...
Alabama at War: Conflict between the North and South Chapter 5
... Wilson and his men. General Forrest had about 3,000 poorly armed and untrained men to defend the city. Wilson’s troops (Union) had new repeating rifles that could be fired 7 times before reloading. The Confederate troops had single shot rifles that had to be reloaded each time they were fired. What ...
... Wilson and his men. General Forrest had about 3,000 poorly armed and untrained men to defend the city. Wilson’s troops (Union) had new repeating rifles that could be fired 7 times before reloading. The Confederate troops had single shot rifles that had to be reloaded each time they were fired. What ...
Alabama at War: Conflict between the North and South Chapter 5
... Wilson and his men. General Forrest had about 3,000 poorly armed and untrained men to defend the city. Wilson’s troops (Union) had new repeating rifles that could be fired 7 times before reloading. The Confederate troops had single shot rifles that had to be reloaded each time they were fired. What ...
... Wilson and his men. General Forrest had about 3,000 poorly armed and untrained men to defend the city. Wilson’s troops (Union) had new repeating rifles that could be fired 7 times before reloading. The Confederate troops had single shot rifles that had to be reloaded each time they were fired. What ...
Henry P. Moore Civil War Photograph Album
... In the spring of 1862 he began photographing the newly-freed Gullah slaves on St. Helena, Beaufort, and Edisto Island, who were living on cotton plantations abandoned by William Seabrook, James Hopkinson, and Confederate General Thomas Drayton. When fifty of Moore’s photographs were published by the ...
... In the spring of 1862 he began photographing the newly-freed Gullah slaves on St. Helena, Beaufort, and Edisto Island, who were living on cotton plantations abandoned by William Seabrook, James Hopkinson, and Confederate General Thomas Drayton. When fifty of Moore’s photographs were published by the ...
Henry P. Moore Civil War Photograph Album
... In the spring of 1862 he began photographing the newly-freed Gullah slaves on St. Helena, Beaufort, and Edisto Island, who were living on cotton plantations abandoned by William Seabrook, James Hopkinson, and Confederate General Thomas Drayton. When fifty of Moore’s photographs were published by the ...
... In the spring of 1862 he began photographing the newly-freed Gullah slaves on St. Helena, Beaufort, and Edisto Island, who were living on cotton plantations abandoned by William Seabrook, James Hopkinson, and Confederate General Thomas Drayton. When fifty of Moore’s photographs were published by the ...
The Civil War
... losses, the Union held their line. • On the third day, Lee ordered an all-out attack. Cannons filled the air with smoke and thunder. Confederate Major General George Pickett led 15,000 soldiers across the low ground that stood between the two armies. • Pickett’s Charge marked the northernmost point ...
... losses, the Union held their line. • On the third day, Lee ordered an all-out attack. Cannons filled the air with smoke and thunder. Confederate Major General George Pickett led 15,000 soldiers across the low ground that stood between the two armies. • Pickett’s Charge marked the northernmost point ...
Following two days of intensive battle in the hills and ridges south of
... (Stonewall) Jackson was dead. If not LTG Longstreet, which commander could better have managed the preparations in so little time? Should GEN Lee have assigned corps commanders Ewell, Hill, or Stuart to lead the attack? None of these commanders had ever proven able to match LTG Longstreet’s ability ...
... (Stonewall) Jackson was dead. If not LTG Longstreet, which commander could better have managed the preparations in so little time? Should GEN Lee have assigned corps commanders Ewell, Hill, or Stuart to lead the attack? None of these commanders had ever proven able to match LTG Longstreet’s ability ...
The Civil War – Create A Living Timeline Overview Students will
... o Additional information to share with students: The attack on Fort Sumter prompted four more states to join the Confederacy. With Virginia’s secession, Richmond was named the Confederate capitol. In June 1861, West Virginia was created. Residents of the western counties of Virginia did not ...
... o Additional information to share with students: The attack on Fort Sumter prompted four more states to join the Confederacy. With Virginia’s secession, Richmond was named the Confederate capitol. In June 1861, West Virginia was created. Residents of the western counties of Virginia did not ...
background - dehushistory
... 11,000 additional Confederate troops had been packed into freight cars and sped to the scene. (This was the first time in history that troops were moved by train.) When McDowell finally attacked on July 21, he faced a force nearly the size of his own army. But beyond the Confederate lines lay the ro ...
... 11,000 additional Confederate troops had been packed into freight cars and sped to the scene. (This was the first time in history that troops were moved by train.) When McDowell finally attacked on July 21, he faced a force nearly the size of his own army. But beyond the Confederate lines lay the ro ...
The Civil War - Cloudfront.net
... South in two and hinder their ability to transport goods. Union commander Ulysses S. Grant was ordered to move against Confederate forces in February. With the aid of a fleet of ironclads, Grant captured Fort Henry on the Tennessee and Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River. When the Confederate comm ...
... South in two and hinder their ability to transport goods. Union commander Ulysses S. Grant was ordered to move against Confederate forces in February. With the aid of a fleet of ironclads, Grant captured Fort Henry on the Tennessee and Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River. When the Confederate comm ...
Chapter 14 - Prong Software
... ▪ Vicksburg controlled Miss –before, S frustrated Grant’s advance and turned Sherman back too ▪ Porter came up river and took boats past firing Vicksburg with minimal loss— joined Grant who moved behind Vicksburg ▪Johnston (S) supposed to help Pemberton (in Vicksburg) but Union force drove him off ▪ ...
... ▪ Vicksburg controlled Miss –before, S frustrated Grant’s advance and turned Sherman back too ▪ Porter came up river and took boats past firing Vicksburg with minimal loss— joined Grant who moved behind Vicksburg ▪Johnston (S) supposed to help Pemberton (in Vicksburg) but Union force drove him off ▪ ...
Battle at Palmito Ranch File
... commanded by Barrett, started out towards Palmito Ranch, skirmishing most of the way. At Palmito Ranch, they destroyed the rest of the supplies not torched the day before and continued on. ...
... commanded by Barrett, started out towards Palmito Ranch, skirmishing most of the way. At Palmito Ranch, they destroyed the rest of the supplies not torched the day before and continued on. ...
US History/Civil War
... At the Battle of Bull Run, the North originally had the upper hand, but Confederate General Thomas Jackson and his troops blocked Northern progress, Jackson's began to retreat but Jackson stayed, standing "as a stone wall" (the origin of the nickname "Stonewall Jackson"). As Confederate reinforcemen ...
... At the Battle of Bull Run, the North originally had the upper hand, but Confederate General Thomas Jackson and his troops blocked Northern progress, Jackson's began to retreat but Jackson stayed, standing "as a stone wall" (the origin of the nickname "Stonewall Jackson"). As Confederate reinforcemen ...
Civil War - Saylor Academy
... At the Battle of Bull Run, the North originally had the upper hand, but Confederate General Thomas Jackson and his troops blocked Northern progress, Jackson's began to retreat but Jackson stayed, standing "as a stone wall" (the origin of the nickname "Stonewall Jackson"). As Confederate reinforcemen ...
... At the Battle of Bull Run, the North originally had the upper hand, but Confederate General Thomas Jackson and his troops blocked Northern progress, Jackson's began to retreat but Jackson stayed, standing "as a stone wall" (the origin of the nickname "Stonewall Jackson"). As Confederate reinforcemen ...
African Americans in the Union and Confederate Armies: Selections
... I was present at the battle of Petersburg, Virginia, July 30, 1864; one of the disasters to the Northern forces of the war, and present on June 15, 1864, at the initiatory battle of Deep Bottom, and also at Cold Harbor. I was in the Ninth Army Corps, under Burnside, and was transferred around, in fr ...
... I was present at the battle of Petersburg, Virginia, July 30, 1864; one of the disasters to the Northern forces of the war, and present on June 15, 1864, at the initiatory battle of Deep Bottom, and also at Cold Harbor. I was in the Ninth Army Corps, under Burnside, and was transferred around, in fr ...
The Civil War – Create A Living Timeline Overview Students will
... Additional information to share with students: On November 7, 1861, U.S. Captain Samuel F. Dupont’s warships silenced Confederate guns in Fort Walker and Fort Beauregard. This victory enabled General Thomas W. Sherman’s troops to occupy first Port Royal and then all the famous Sea Islands of ...
... Additional information to share with students: On November 7, 1861, U.S. Captain Samuel F. Dupont’s warships silenced Confederate guns in Fort Walker and Fort Beauregard. This victory enabled General Thomas W. Sherman’s troops to occupy first Port Royal and then all the famous Sea Islands of ...
US History I Ch. 16 Notes
... shipyards, damaging Northing shipping and forcing ships from the seas f. The war in the East i. McClellan was finally ready to head to Richmond of April of 1862, moving to a peninsula formed by the York and James Rivers 1. Here he paused and waited for reinforcements that never came 2. By the end of ...
... shipyards, damaging Northing shipping and forcing ships from the seas f. The war in the East i. McClellan was finally ready to head to Richmond of April of 1862, moving to a peninsula formed by the York and James Rivers 1. Here he paused and waited for reinforcements that never came 2. By the end of ...
The Glory Story, by James McPherson
... scope and purpose of the Civil War. The original war aims of Abraham Lincoln's Administration had been to suppress an insurrection in 11 Southern states and to restore them to their old place in the Union. The North conceived of this as a limited war that would not fundamentally alter the American p ...
... scope and purpose of the Civil War. The original war aims of Abraham Lincoln's Administration had been to suppress an insurrection in 11 Southern states and to restore them to their old place in the Union. The North conceived of this as a limited war that would not fundamentally alter the American p ...
Antietam Animated Map Lesson Plan with Materials
... How do you think these commanders’ men feel about their actions? When should a leader forget his rank and pitch in with everybody else? On the other hand, when should the distinction of rank and duty be important? Why do you think such a large Union force was able to be pushed back by the greatly ou ...
... How do you think these commanders’ men feel about their actions? When should a leader forget his rank and pitch in with everybody else? On the other hand, when should the distinction of rank and duty be important? Why do you think such a large Union force was able to be pushed back by the greatly ou ...
Union Combined Operations in the Civil War (review)
... operations on western waters as those against Forts Henry and Donelson, Island No. 10, and Vicksburg. Unfortunately the early Union seacoast operations were designed simply to secure coastal enclaves for coaling, supply, and repair facilities to support the blockade of the Confederate coastline, its ...
... operations on western waters as those against Forts Henry and Donelson, Island No. 10, and Vicksburg. Unfortunately the early Union seacoast operations were designed simply to secure coastal enclaves for coaling, supply, and repair facilities to support the blockade of the Confederate coastline, its ...
Battle of Roanoke Island
The opening phase of what came to be called the Burnside Expedition, the Battle of Roanoke Island was an amphibious operation of the American Civil War, fought on February 7–8, 1862, in the North Carolina Sounds a short distance south of the Virginia border. The attacking force consisted of a flotilla of gunboats of the Union Navy drawn from the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, commanded by Flag Officer Louis M. Goldsborough, a separate group of gunboats under Union Army control, and an army division led by Brig. Gen. Ambrose Burnside. The defenders were a group of gunboats from the Confederate States Navy, termed the Mosquito Fleet, under Capt. William F. Lynch, and about 2,000 Confederate soldiers commanded locally by Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise. The defense was augmented by four forts facing on the water approaches to Roanoke Island, and two outlying batteries. At the time of the battle, Wise was hospitalized, so leadership fell to his second in command, Col. Henry M. Shaw.During the first day of the battle, the Federal gunboats and the forts on shore engaged in a gun battle, with occasional contributions from the Mosquito Fleet. Late in the day, Burnside's soldiers went ashore unopposed; they were accompanied by six howitzers manned by sailors. As it was too late to fight, the invaders went into camp for the night.On the second day, February 8, the Union soldiers advanced but were stopped by an artillery battery and accompanying infantry in the center of the island. Although the Confederates thought that their line was safely anchored in impenetrable swamps, they were flanked on both sides and their soldiers were driven back to refuge in the forts. The forts were taken in reverse. With no way for his men to escape, Col. Shaw surrendered to avoid pointless bloodshed.