Finnish Sailors and Soldiers in the American Civil War
... birth for the soldiers who were mustered into service in the Confederate South. Other scholars interested in this topic concur with this dilemma (Haggman, 1997; Olin, 1997). This has hindered the research in establishing ties to Finland, although a number of names are presented in this article which ...
... birth for the soldiers who were mustered into service in the Confederate South. Other scholars interested in this topic concur with this dilemma (Haggman, 1997; Olin, 1997). This has hindered the research in establishing ties to Finland, although a number of names are presented in this article which ...
Chapter 17 Notes - Mahopac Central School District
... A. Forever Free – The Civil War began as a war to preserve the Union, not as a war to end slavery. 1. Addressing the issue of slavery- By mid 1862, Lincoln came to believe that he could save the Union only by broadening the goals of the war. He decided to free enslaved African Americans living in th ...
... A. Forever Free – The Civil War began as a war to preserve the Union, not as a war to end slavery. 1. Addressing the issue of slavery- By mid 1862, Lincoln came to believe that he could save the Union only by broadening the goals of the war. He decided to free enslaved African Americans living in th ...
GETTYSBURG NATIONAL PARK IN WORLD WAR I AND WORLD
... massed reinforcements to attack the Culp’s Hill side of Cemetery Hill, thus preventing Meade from shifting forces to support his line on Cemetery Ridge. 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 southw ...
... massed reinforcements to attack the Culp’s Hill side of Cemetery Hill, thus preventing Meade from shifting forces to support his line on Cemetery Ridge. 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 southw ...
The Second Battle of Cabin Creek
... the Arkansas River in 1863, the refugee Indians in Kansas came back to reclaim their homes. Constant attacks by Confederate raiders and unscrupulous bushwhackers soon forced these people to seek the safety of the nearby army posts. The United States Government had to supply its troops as well as sev ...
... the Arkansas River in 1863, the refugee Indians in Kansas came back to reclaim their homes. Constant attacks by Confederate raiders and unscrupulous bushwhackers soon forced these people to seek the safety of the nearby army posts. The United States Government had to supply its troops as well as sev ...
The Wilderness Campaign and Beyond: The Civil War Letters of
... The Roszell family can be traced to a time even before the United States was the United States. Charles Roszell was born in Virginia prior to the American Revolution in 1773 and as a child moved to Bourbon County. Kentucky. with his parents. He married in 1801 and he and his wife. Jane. settled in ...
... The Roszell family can be traced to a time even before the United States was the United States. Charles Roszell was born in Virginia prior to the American Revolution in 1773 and as a child moved to Bourbon County. Kentucky. with his parents. He married in 1801 and he and his wife. Jane. settled in ...
Chapter 11 Section 4 Notes
... • In the North, citizens mourned for the loss of the President who had led them through the war. • Lincoln's funeral train took 14 days to travel from the nation's capital to his hometown of Springfield, Illinois. • As the procession passed through towns and cities, millions of people lined the trac ...
... • In the North, citizens mourned for the loss of the President who had led them through the war. • Lincoln's funeral train took 14 days to travel from the nation's capital to his hometown of Springfield, Illinois. • As the procession passed through towns and cities, millions of people lined the trac ...
The Civil War - Cloudfront.net
... persuade Britain and France to aid the Confederacy. • Meanwhile, General George Meade was put in charge of the Army of the Potomac. His army met Lee’s on July 1, 1863 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. After a brief skirmish, Meade’s men occupied four miles of high ground along an area known as Cemetery ...
... persuade Britain and France to aid the Confederacy. • Meanwhile, General George Meade was put in charge of the Army of the Potomac. His army met Lee’s on July 1, 1863 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. After a brief skirmish, Meade’s men occupied four miles of high ground along an area known as Cemetery ...
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... Lee moved his army west of Richmond, hoping to link up with the small Confederate force that was trying to stop Sherman’s advance. The Union army blocked his escape route. ...
... Lee moved his army west of Richmond, hoping to link up with the small Confederate force that was trying to stop Sherman’s advance. The Union army blocked his escape route. ...
The War in Louisiana The War in Louisiana
... At Port Hudson, 150 miles south of Vicksburg, the Confederates had stopped Union forces from moving supplies upriver to Grant’s army. The fort controlled a large bend in the river. From its high bluffs, the Confederates fired on Union ships heading north from New Orleans. An assault by the Union nav ...
... At Port Hudson, 150 miles south of Vicksburg, the Confederates had stopped Union forces from moving supplies upriver to Grant’s army. The fort controlled a large bend in the river. From its high bluffs, the Confederates fired on Union ships heading north from New Orleans. An assault by the Union nav ...
lists of federal prisoners of war who enlisted in the confederate army
... Irish and other foreign immigrants, but when few agreed, native-born Union soldiers were enlisted. The 10th Tennessee recruited about 150 Andersonville prisoners in January 1865, and 165 more in March 1865. The recruits were required to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy. Organized as Bur ...
... Irish and other foreign immigrants, but when few agreed, native-born Union soldiers were enlisted. The 10th Tennessee recruited about 150 Andersonville prisoners in January 1865, and 165 more in March 1865. The recruits were required to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy. Organized as Bur ...
The Civil War: 1861-1865
... 2. Lee sacrificed several detachments in rear guard to evacuate both Richmond & Petersburg successfully. G. Early 1865, Confederates tried to negotiate peace between the "two countries." -- Lincoln not willing to accept anything short of unconditional surrender. H. Lee’s surrender 1. Confederate arm ...
... 2. Lee sacrificed several detachments in rear guard to evacuate both Richmond & Petersburg successfully. G. Early 1865, Confederates tried to negotiate peace between the "two countries." -- Lincoln not willing to accept anything short of unconditional surrender. H. Lee’s surrender 1. Confederate arm ...
Battle at Palmito Ranch File
... Ranch, skirmishing most of the way. At Palmito Ranch, they destroyed the rest of the supplies not torched the day before and continued on. ...
... Ranch, skirmishing most of the way. At Palmito Ranch, they destroyed the rest of the supplies not torched the day before and continued on. ...
Civil War: Remembering Burke Residents Who Supported the Union
... Yard. His brother David was in Libby Prison and “like to have died there.” Francis Dodson told of being confronted by John Mosby himself in 1864 and reported his presence to the Union soldiers in Burke’s station. “I reported to Major Sife and Major Robinson; told them Mosby was out there waiting for ...
... Yard. His brother David was in Libby Prison and “like to have died there.” Francis Dodson told of being confronted by John Mosby himself in 1864 and reported his presence to the Union soldiers in Burke’s station. “I reported to Major Sife and Major Robinson; told them Mosby was out there waiting for ...
Ch 12 Sect 3 Notes-#6
... By 1864, the North’s overwhelming advantage in soldiers and supplies took its toll on the South √ Surrender at Appomattox Union General Ulysses S. Grant trapped Confederate General Robert E. Lee at Petersburg, Virginia Union General Sherman had gone through Georgia destroying railroads, factories, a ...
... By 1864, the North’s overwhelming advantage in soldiers and supplies took its toll on the South √ Surrender at Appomattox Union General Ulysses S. Grant trapped Confederate General Robert E. Lee at Petersburg, Virginia Union General Sherman had gone through Georgia destroying railroads, factories, a ...
African Americans in the Union and Confederate Armies: Selections
... errors corrected by NHC when necessary for clarity. Complete image credits at nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai/imagecredits.htm. * For more narratives on the African American experience in the Civil War, see Resource Toolbox, The Making of African American Identity: Vol. I, 1500-1865, at nation ...
... errors corrected by NHC when necessary for clarity. Complete image credits at nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai/imagecredits.htm. * For more narratives on the African American experience in the Civil War, see Resource Toolbox, The Making of African American Identity: Vol. I, 1500-1865, at nation ...
Grierson Raid
... Brookhaven and Beauregard played a key role in what has been called one of the greatest cavalry raids in the history of the mounted soldier. Although when cavalry commanders come to mind, Confederate greats J. E. B. Stuart and Nathan Bedford Forrest are the first to come to min, But the Union is act ...
... Brookhaven and Beauregard played a key role in what has been called one of the greatest cavalry raids in the history of the mounted soldier. Although when cavalry commanders come to mind, Confederate greats J. E. B. Stuart and Nathan Bedford Forrest are the first to come to min, But the Union is act ...
July 1863-1864
... • Bragg handled his army poorly @ Chickamauga • Longsteet had saved the CSA from destruction during the battle • Bragg’s subordinates asked Davis to remove him- Bragg removed all his subordinates • Longstreet wrote Davis pleading for Bragg’s removal- Bragg attempted to remove Longstreet • Davis had ...
... • Bragg handled his army poorly @ Chickamauga • Longsteet had saved the CSA from destruction during the battle • Bragg’s subordinates asked Davis to remove him- Bragg removed all his subordinates • Longstreet wrote Davis pleading for Bragg’s removal- Bragg attempted to remove Longstreet • Davis had ...
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... • Union, Confederate forces fight 3 days, Battle of Gettysburg (1863) • Confederate attack, known as Pickett’s Charge, fails • General Lee, Confederates retreat, Union army fails to pursue • Lee’s hopes for a Confederate victory in the North are crushed ...
... • Union, Confederate forces fight 3 days, Battle of Gettysburg (1863) • Confederate attack, known as Pickett’s Charge, fails • General Lee, Confederates retreat, Union army fails to pursue • Lee’s hopes for a Confederate victory in the North are crushed ...
The Battle Of Valverde
... Grande River and up the east side of the river to the ford at Valverde, north of Fort Craig, New Mexico, hoping to cut Federal communications between the fort and military headquarters in Santa Fe. Union Col. E.R.S. Canby left Fort Craig with more than 3,000 men to prevent the Confederates from cros ...
... Grande River and up the east side of the river to the ford at Valverde, north of Fort Craig, New Mexico, hoping to cut Federal communications between the fort and military headquarters in Santa Fe. Union Col. E.R.S. Canby left Fort Craig with more than 3,000 men to prevent the Confederates from cros ...
week nine handouts, history 302
... As soon as the news of Hancock's good and ill success reached army headquarters, the Sixth Corps Upton's brigade being in advance - was ordered to move with all possible haste to his support. At a brisk pace we crossed a line of intrenchments a short distance in our front, and, passing through a str ...
... As soon as the news of Hancock's good and ill success reached army headquarters, the Sixth Corps Upton's brigade being in advance - was ordered to move with all possible haste to his support. At a brisk pace we crossed a line of intrenchments a short distance in our front, and, passing through a str ...
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... Francis Clalin fought as a soldier in the Battle of Fort Donelson, and the Battle of Stones River. She enlisted in the Union army to be with her husband under the name of Jack Williams. Frances’ husband died in the Battle of Stones River, and she was wounded as well. She was discharged from the army ...
... Francis Clalin fought as a soldier in the Battle of Fort Donelson, and the Battle of Stones River. She enlisted in the Union army to be with her husband under the name of Jack Williams. Frances’ husband died in the Battle of Stones River, and she was wounded as well. She was discharged from the army ...
Civil War - TeacherWeb
... • Union forces seized two Confederate diplomats from aboard a British ship, the Trent • British contended the seizure was an act of war • Union eventually released the diplomats • Confidence built between the U.S. and British governments • Britain refused to support ...
... • Union forces seized two Confederate diplomats from aboard a British ship, the Trent • British contended the seizure was an act of war • Union eventually released the diplomats • Confidence built between the U.S. and British governments • Britain refused to support ...
The Civil War 1861-1865
... • Small Union force led by Buford delayed a larger Confederate force • Buford held high ground at Seminary Ridge • Buford’s stand allowed time for reinforcements to arrive ...
... • Small Union force led by Buford delayed a larger Confederate force • Buford held high ground at Seminary Ridge • Buford’s stand allowed time for reinforcements to arrive ...
US History/Civil War
... Several federal forts were seized and converted to Confederate strongholds. By the time of Lincoln's inauguration, only two major forts had not been taken. On April 11, Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard demanded that Union Major Robert Anderson surrender Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Caroli ...
... Several federal forts were seized and converted to Confederate strongholds. By the time of Lincoln's inauguration, only two major forts had not been taken. On April 11, Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard demanded that Union Major Robert Anderson surrender Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Caroli ...