“I Could Tell You a Thousand Stories of Their Heroism…”1
... although 23 brigades were also led by professionals. The vast majority of non-professional highlevel officers commanded brigades (48), though there were also nine divisions and one corps of the army that were led to Gettysburg by these "citizen-soldiers." Although the overwhelming majority of office ...
... although 23 brigades were also led by professionals. The vast majority of non-professional highlevel officers commanded brigades (48), though there were also nine divisions and one corps of the army that were led to Gettysburg by these "citizen-soldiers." Although the overwhelming majority of office ...
About General Butler
... Similar to the public, the justice system was also unexposed to the brutality of slavery. Since slaves were personal property, they had no rights and cases of slave brutality were not taken to court. Once blacks were free, however, they were allowed to exercise their rights in the justice system. Ke ...
... Similar to the public, the justice system was also unexposed to the brutality of slavery. Since slaves were personal property, they had no rights and cases of slave brutality were not taken to court. Once blacks were free, however, they were allowed to exercise their rights in the justice system. Ke ...
David Farragut, the Hero of Mobile Bay
... confederate forts guarding the Mississippi River with newly designed mortars that could fire from extra-long distances. However, after 8 days of solid bombardment, the forts were not destroyed, and Farragut’s officers advised him to call off the attack and wait for reinforcements from the army. But ...
... confederate forts guarding the Mississippi River with newly designed mortars that could fire from extra-long distances. However, after 8 days of solid bombardment, the forts were not destroyed, and Farragut’s officers advised him to call off the attack and wait for reinforcements from the army. But ...
Scalawags Among Us: Alamance County Among the
... They have been loaded with denunciation from 1867 onward, and they have dominated the way we have thought about Reconstruction. Words do matter. “Carpetbagger” was a new word in 1867, invented by the media, which was newspapers, a full two years after the war ended. The context was the shift from wh ...
... They have been loaded with denunciation from 1867 onward, and they have dominated the way we have thought about Reconstruction. Words do matter. “Carpetbagger” was a new word in 1867, invented by the media, which was newspapers, a full two years after the war ended. The context was the shift from wh ...
Nathan Bedford Forrest Primary Sources
... William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (1805-1877) was an influential East Tennessee minister, journalist, and governor. On the eve of the Civil War, his newspaper, popularly known as Brownlow's Whig, reached nearly eleven thousand subscribers across the nation. The Parson was a prominent spokesperson f ...
... William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (1805-1877) was an influential East Tennessee minister, journalist, and governor. On the eve of the Civil War, his newspaper, popularly known as Brownlow's Whig, reached nearly eleven thousand subscribers across the nation. The Parson was a prominent spokesperson f ...
The Battle of Hampton Roads
... area, where the James, Nansemond and Elizabeth Rivers flow into the Chesapeake Bay, was instantly realized by both warring parties. The James River provided a direct water route between Richmond and the Chesapeake Bay. The large US naval base at Norfolk was abandoned by the Federals on April 20, 186 ...
... area, where the James, Nansemond and Elizabeth Rivers flow into the Chesapeake Bay, was instantly realized by both warring parties. The James River provided a direct water route between Richmond and the Chesapeake Bay. The large US naval base at Norfolk was abandoned by the Federals on April 20, 186 ...
Lincoln and the Outbreak of War, 1861
... faced the worst crisis in its history. A number of slave states had recently “seceded” from the national union, the United States of America (in order of secession - South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas). Those states had formed a new government and nation, th ...
... faced the worst crisis in its history. A number of slave states had recently “seceded” from the national union, the United States of America (in order of secession - South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas). Those states had formed a new government and nation, th ...
Ballots and Bullets: The Politics of Antietam and Chickamauga
... affect their support for wartime policies? How did casualties change the thinking and doing of voters and families at the community level? As battles fought just weeks before fall elections, Antietam and Chickamauga give unique insight into public reactions. This proximity in time allows us to conne ...
... affect their support for wartime policies? How did casualties change the thinking and doing of voters and families at the community level? As battles fought just weeks before fall elections, Antietam and Chickamauga give unique insight into public reactions. This proximity in time allows us to conne ...
Rivers and Rifles: The Role of Fort Heiman in the Western Theater of
... On the morning of February 15, General Pillow launched an assault against McClernand’s division on the weaker right flank of the Union line, bolstered by Forrest’s cavalry and Buckner’s forces from the Confederate right flank, now left weakened. The attack proceeded as planned, opening up an escape ...
... On the morning of February 15, General Pillow launched an assault against McClernand’s division on the weaker right flank of the Union line, bolstered by Forrest’s cavalry and Buckner’s forces from the Confederate right flank, now left weakened. The attack proceeded as planned, opening up an escape ...
Battle of Blue Springs Teachers Guide
... All over the United States, people had difficulty choosing sides in the war. For some people, it was an easier decision because they believed in slavery. A small number of people were abolitionists, or people wanting to end slavery. Some felt that it was important to be loyal to their state and its ...
... All over the United States, people had difficulty choosing sides in the war. For some people, it was an easier decision because they believed in slavery. A small number of people were abolitionists, or people wanting to end slavery. Some felt that it was important to be loyal to their state and its ...
Fort Pulaski
... Pulaski was attacked on April 11th, 1862. The fort with its 7-1/2foot solid brick walls, most of which were made in Savannah, was thought impregnable to the Union’s cannons. However the Union Army used the attack on Ft. Pulaski as a test of their newly developed rifled cannon, which could fire their ...
... Pulaski was attacked on April 11th, 1862. The fort with its 7-1/2foot solid brick walls, most of which were made in Savannah, was thought impregnable to the Union’s cannons. However the Union Army used the attack on Ft. Pulaski as a test of their newly developed rifled cannon, which could fire their ...
A Million Ways to Stay Alive during the Civil War - H-Net
... Meier argues that self-care kept men healthier than official medical services provided by either army and that much of self-care relied upon lenient penalties for men caught straggling. In other words, the punitive price had to be worth the health-related reward. Commanders disagreed; they could not ...
... Meier argues that self-care kept men healthier than official medical services provided by either army and that much of self-care relied upon lenient penalties for men caught straggling. In other words, the punitive price had to be worth the health-related reward. Commanders disagreed; they could not ...
the civil war comes to yazoo - 1862
... For Yazooans the War Between the States at first seemed far away. For its first full year, though scores ofYazoo boys had already enlisted and many were fighting in distant VIrginia, life at home went on quietly. And in those early, heady days of the conflict, most Yazooans expected things to remain ...
... For Yazooans the War Between the States at first seemed far away. For its first full year, though scores ofYazoo boys had already enlisted and many were fighting in distant VIrginia, life at home went on quietly. And in those early, heady days of the conflict, most Yazooans expected things to remain ...
January 2011
... Brigade was the 11th and at their head rode Leventhorpe. On July 1st, the Division advanced. On foot, Col. Leventhorpe led 617 men of the 11th into battle, crossing Willoughby Run and up the following slope where they engaged the Union forces on McPherson’s Ridge. The 11th North Carolina displayed c ...
... Brigade was the 11th and at their head rode Leventhorpe. On July 1st, the Division advanced. On foot, Col. Leventhorpe led 617 men of the 11th into battle, crossing Willoughby Run and up the following slope where they engaged the Union forces on McPherson’s Ridge. The 11th North Carolina displayed c ...
History and Memory in Gettysburg - SUrface
... The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the most important events of the American Civil War. Between July 1 and 3, 1863, more than 150,000 men fought on the hills and fields surrounding the prosperous Pennsylvania town. By the time the fighting was over, more than 4,000 Union and Confederate soldiers we ...
... The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the most important events of the American Civil War. Between July 1 and 3, 1863, more than 150,000 men fought on the hills and fields surrounding the prosperous Pennsylvania town. By the time the fighting was over, more than 4,000 Union and Confederate soldiers we ...
The Civil War ~ Webquest
... 76. What were three of Lincoln’s most important political actions during the Civil War? 77. How did the Emancipation Proclamation help the Union? 78. Who was the Democratic candidate that ran against Lincoln in the Election of 1864? 79. What percent of the popular vote did Lincoln get in the Electio ...
... 76. What were three of Lincoln’s most important political actions during the Civil War? 77. How did the Emancipation Proclamation help the Union? 78. Who was the Democratic candidate that ran against Lincoln in the Election of 1864? 79. What percent of the popular vote did Lincoln get in the Electio ...
North Alabama Civil War Generals
... On the morning of the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, Major General Dan Sickles, commanding the Federal Third Corps, ordered his divisions forward from Cemetery Ridge to occupy the Peach Orchard. General Andrew Humphreys’s Second Division was formed in line of battle along the ...
... On the morning of the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, Major General Dan Sickles, commanding the Federal Third Corps, ordered his divisions forward from Cemetery Ridge to occupy the Peach Orchard. General Andrew Humphreys’s Second Division was formed in line of battle along the ...
The Key to Victory - NPS History eLibrary
... and refuse to learn, how to surrender to an enemy." Incensed, Federal authorities opened fire upon the city and maintained an intermittent bombardment from late May, all through June, and into late July, but to no avail. The bombardment was ineffective and Farragut's fleet, wracked with sickness an ...
... and refuse to learn, how to surrender to an enemy." Incensed, Federal authorities opened fire upon the city and maintained an intermittent bombardment from late May, all through June, and into late July, but to no avail. The bombardment was ineffective and Farragut's fleet, wracked with sickness an ...
April, 2015 - Stow Historical Society
... House. Finding no supplies at Amelia Station, Lee delayed a day to send out foragers, which would prove very costly. As they headed on to Appomattox Station, almost a fourth of his troops were captured at Sayler’s Creek by General Sheridan’s cavalry on ...
... House. Finding no supplies at Amelia Station, Lee delayed a day to send out foragers, which would prove very costly. As they headed on to Appomattox Station, almost a fourth of his troops were captured at Sayler’s Creek by General Sheridan’s cavalry on ...
The War Hits Home 9 we need men
... soldiers seized slaves from plantations and enrolled them into service. If most black soldiers eagerly joined a war effort that was becoming increasingly about punishing white slaveowners, some blacks served under threats of violence or as compelled to do so by the North’s later conscription law.16 ...
... soldiers seized slaves from plantations and enrolled them into service. If most black soldiers eagerly joined a war effort that was becoming increasingly about punishing white slaveowners, some blacks served under threats of violence or as compelled to do so by the North’s later conscription law.16 ...
Fall 2013 - Psi Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon at the University of
... residing in the spring of 1862, when, despite being a college graduate and an ordained minister, William enlisted as an ordinary private in Company F of the 35th Mississippi Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The position of chaplain to the regiment had already been filled by another minister, but when th ...
... residing in the spring of 1862, when, despite being a college graduate and an ordained minister, William enlisted as an ordinary private in Company F of the 35th Mississippi Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The position of chaplain to the regiment had already been filled by another minister, but when th ...
Reveille
... The Civil War touched the lives of many Americans, including many associated with the classical era of American entomology. The list of those who served in the military or were influenced by the war reads like a Who's Who of early entomology. The war even affected the language of entomologists who d ...
... The Civil War touched the lives of many Americans, including many associated with the classical era of American entomology. The list of those who served in the military or were influenced by the war reads like a Who's Who of early entomology. The war even affected the language of entomologists who d ...
Chapter 13: The Civil War
... the Confederate army after the attack on Fort Sumter. His sister Kate wrote that he was “wild to be off to Virginia. He so fears that the fighting will be over before he can get there.” Soldiers came from every region and all walks of life. Most, though, came from farms. Almost half of the North’s t ...
... the Confederate army after the attack on Fort Sumter. His sister Kate wrote that he was “wild to be off to Virginia. He so fears that the fighting will be over before he can get there.” Soldiers came from every region and all walks of life. Most, though, came from farms. Almost half of the North’s t ...
Travel Details - Litchfield, Maine, Historical Society of
... Palmer wrote that “During the winter, the Regiment [19th ME] lost about one hundred men by sickness, and the burial of the comrades was a pathetic sight. Someone from an adjacent regiment said that ‘the Nineteenth Maine men are building a railroad to the grave yard’. One by one, one by one, these me ...
... Palmer wrote that “During the winter, the Regiment [19th ME] lost about one hundred men by sickness, and the burial of the comrades was a pathetic sight. Someone from an adjacent regiment said that ‘the Nineteenth Maine men are building a railroad to the grave yard’. One by one, one by one, these me ...
Fort Fisher: Amphibious Victory in the American Civil War
... The first attack, in December 1864, failed utterly, and it provides many good examples of bad planning and execution. The second effort, during January 1865, succeeded magnificently; it stands as a sterling example upon which to build an amphibious tradition. In the second attack, commandGary Ohls, ...
... The first attack, in December 1864, failed utterly, and it provides many good examples of bad planning and execution. The second effort, during January 1865, succeeded magnificently; it stands as a sterling example upon which to build an amphibious tradition. In the second attack, commandGary Ohls, ...
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.