CASE REPORT Bloodstains of Gettysburg
... battle has caused Gettysburg to be considered the bloodiest engagement to have ever occurred on the continent. The battle started on the morning of July 1st, 1863 when the Confederate division of Henry Heth marched into the Village of Gettysburg ostensibly to secure shoes for his troops. Heth’s divi ...
... battle has caused Gettysburg to be considered the bloodiest engagement to have ever occurred on the continent. The battle started on the morning of July 1st, 1863 when the Confederate division of Henry Heth marched into the Village of Gettysburg ostensibly to secure shoes for his troops. Heth’s divi ...
The Encyclopedia of Civil War Battles
... Semmes had weeks earlier heard a report that Union forces were to attempt to retake the city by storming ashore from transports. He sailed to Galveston with the intent of destroying the transports before they could unload their human cargoes. The report Semmes had received, however, was wrong. The t ...
... Semmes had weeks earlier heard a report that Union forces were to attempt to retake the city by storming ashore from transports. He sailed to Galveston with the intent of destroying the transports before they could unload their human cargoes. The report Semmes had received, however, was wrong. The t ...
Unit Title: The Civil War Experience
... southern countryside by attacking the very will of the people to fight. Sherman’s March to the Sea is considered the beginning of modern warfare as it destroyed crops and burned properties throughout Georgia and South Carolina. In the spring of 1865, Grant had begun to encircle Lee’s army around Ric ...
... southern countryside by attacking the very will of the people to fight. Sherman’s March to the Sea is considered the beginning of modern warfare as it destroyed crops and burned properties throughout Georgia and South Carolina. In the spring of 1865, Grant had begun to encircle Lee’s army around Ric ...
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 ...
Battle of Glorieta Pass - Arizona Civil War Council
... The Battle of Glorieta Pass, fought from March 26 to 28, 1862 in northern New Mexico Territory, was the decisive battle of the New Mexico Campaign during the American Civil War. Dubbed the "Gettysburg of the West" (a term that "serves the novelist better than the historian" [1]) by some authors, it ...
... The Battle of Glorieta Pass, fought from March 26 to 28, 1862 in northern New Mexico Territory, was the decisive battle of the New Mexico Campaign during the American Civil War. Dubbed the "Gettysburg of the West" (a term that "serves the novelist better than the historian" [1]) by some authors, it ...
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 ...
General James Longstreet
... attacks at the Confederates and ended up having twice as many casualties. ...
... attacks at the Confederates and ended up having twice as many casualties. ...
Critical Book Review of Michael Shaara`s Civil War Novel The Killer
... Northern Virginia under the generalship of Robert E. Lee by exclaiming, “They are rebels and volunteers. They are mostly unpaid and usually self-equipped. This is an army of remarkable unity, fighting for disunion. It is Anglo-Saxon and Protestant. Though there are many men who cannot read or write, ...
... Northern Virginia under the generalship of Robert E. Lee by exclaiming, “They are rebels and volunteers. They are mostly unpaid and usually self-equipped. This is an army of remarkable unity, fighting for disunion. It is Anglo-Saxon and Protestant. Though there are many men who cannot read or write, ...
chapter 16 - apel slice
... By the summer of 1861 the Confederate army had about 112,000 soldiers, who were sometimes called Rebels. The Union had about 187,000 soldiers, or Yankees as they were also known. By the end of the war, about 850,000 men fought for the Confederacy and about 2.1 million men fought for the Union. The ...
... By the summer of 1861 the Confederate army had about 112,000 soldiers, who were sometimes called Rebels. The Union had about 187,000 soldiers, or Yankees as they were also known. By the end of the war, about 850,000 men fought for the Confederacy and about 2.1 million men fought for the Union. The ...
A Change in Tactics: Hard War in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
... clean . . . so that crows flying over it for the balance of the season will have to carry their provender [food] with them.”5 With support from President Lincoln, who had changed his attitude on how to fight the war, Grant initiated a campaign within a campaign in the spring and summer of 1864. Gran ...
... clean . . . so that crows flying over it for the balance of the season will have to carry their provender [food] with them.”5 With support from President Lincoln, who had changed his attitude on how to fight the war, Grant initiated a campaign within a campaign in the spring and summer of 1864. Gran ...
Major General George G. Meade
... commanders of United States forces during the American Civil War. He commanded the Army of the Potomac, the main Federal army in the Eastern Theater of war, from June 1863 to the end of the war in April 1865, serving longer than any other commander. He is perhaps best known for his crucial victory i ...
... commanders of United States forces during the American Civil War. He commanded the Army of the Potomac, the main Federal army in the Eastern Theater of war, from June 1863 to the end of the war in April 1865, serving longer than any other commander. He is perhaps best known for his crucial victory i ...
Actions Impending - Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable
... ripped apart by a civil war then entering its 18th month. Until now, few have understood how close this breach was to becoming a permanent fixture on the map of history. It was the nation’s, and Mr. Lincoln’s, most trying month, as Gen. Robert E. Lee marched toward Union soil, panicking entire citie ...
... ripped apart by a civil war then entering its 18th month. Until now, few have understood how close this breach was to becoming a permanent fixture on the map of history. It was the nation’s, and Mr. Lincoln’s, most trying month, as Gen. Robert E. Lee marched toward Union soil, panicking entire citie ...
Confederate Strategy in 1863: Was a Strategic
... out from his others in the American Revolution in that he abandoned a strategy of exhaustion and switched to one of annihilation. Washington succeeded in concentrating superior force at the decisive time and place when he concentrated against Cornwallis at Yorktown.1 In this way the colonies won the ...
... out from his others in the American Revolution in that he abandoned a strategy of exhaustion and switched to one of annihilation. Washington succeeded in concentrating superior force at the decisive time and place when he concentrated against Cornwallis at Yorktown.1 In this way the colonies won the ...
confederate heritage - Tennessee Division, Sons of Confederate
... invade the South did more to begin the war as soon as it did than any other cause. States like Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina - while unhappy with the political situation they found themselves in - had decided to stay with the Union. All three of these states had voted against secession, but ...
... invade the South did more to begin the war as soon as it did than any other cause. States like Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina - while unhappy with the political situation they found themselves in - had decided to stay with the Union. All three of these states had voted against secession, but ...
Two Societies at War 1861–1865
... endure all horrors of civil war,” insisted a Confederate recruit, “than to see the dusky sons of Ham leading the fair daughters of the South to the altar.” To preserve black subordination and white supremacy, radical southerners chose the dangerous enterprise of secession. Lincoln and the North woul ...
... endure all horrors of civil war,” insisted a Confederate recruit, “than to see the dusky sons of Ham leading the fair daughters of the South to the altar.” To preserve black subordination and white supremacy, radical southerners chose the dangerous enterprise of secession. Lincoln and the North woul ...
North Alabama Civil War Generals
... the Union Army, he led his brigade in battle during the second day of Shiloh. He was a competent commander and leader, but his career and reputation were ruined when he and his entire command were captured at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, by Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalrymen. CSA Brig. Gen. James Deshl ...
... the Union Army, he led his brigade in battle during the second day of Shiloh. He was a competent commander and leader, but his career and reputation were ruined when he and his entire command were captured at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, by Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalrymen. CSA Brig. Gen. James Deshl ...
Chapter Preview Chapter 16
... TX LA want to start any fighting, Lincoln Union states FL believed that he had to back the Confederate before Ft. Sumter Confederate after Ft. Sumter fort’s commander. Border states The fort was in desperate need Territories of supplies, so Lincoln sent a supply expedition. He told South Carolina th ...
... TX LA want to start any fighting, Lincoln Union states FL believed that he had to back the Confederate before Ft. Sumter Confederate after Ft. Sumter fort’s commander. Border states The fort was in desperate need Territories of supplies, so Lincoln sent a supply expedition. He told South Carolina th ...
Chapter 16 - Your History Site
... their families—felt these divisions. President Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, had several relatives who fought in the Confederate army. John Crittenden, a senator from Kentucky, had two sons who became generals in the war—one for the Confederacy and one for the Union. Officers on both sides—incl ...
... their families—felt these divisions. President Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, had several relatives who fought in the Confederate army. John Crittenden, a senator from Kentucky, had two sons who became generals in the war—one for the Confederacy and one for the Union. Officers on both sides—incl ...
The Civil War (1861–1865)
... The nation mourned the loss of Lincoln just days after the close of the long bloody Civil War. Members of Booth's conspiracy team were rounded up, tried and quickly executed, including Mary Surratt whose boarding house was used as a meeting place. The bodies were left hanging from the scaffold a fu ...
... The nation mourned the loss of Lincoln just days after the close of the long bloody Civil War. Members of Booth's conspiracy team were rounded up, tried and quickly executed, including Mary Surratt whose boarding house was used as a meeting place. The bodies were left hanging from the scaffold a fu ...
Chapter 16: The Civil War, 1861-1865
... their families—felt these divisions. President Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, had several relatives who fought in the Confederate army. John Crittenden, a senator from Kentucky, had two sons who became generals in the war—one for the Confederacy and one for the Union. Officers on both sides—incl ...
... their families—felt these divisions. President Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, had several relatives who fought in the Confederate army. John Crittenden, a senator from Kentucky, had two sons who became generals in the war—one for the Confederacy and one for the Union. Officers on both sides—incl ...
Civil War - Dripping Springs ISD
... their families—felt these divisions. President Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, had several relatives who fought in the Confederate army. John Crittenden, a senator from Kentucky, had two sons who became generals in the war—one for the Confederacy and one for the Union. Officers on both sides—incl ...
... their families—felt these divisions. President Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, had several relatives who fought in the Confederate army. John Crittenden, a senator from Kentucky, had two sons who became generals in the war—one for the Confederacy and one for the Union. Officers on both sides—incl ...
Chapter 16: The Civil War, 1861-1865
... their families—felt these divisions. President Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, had several relatives who fought in the Confederate army. John Crittenden, a senator from Kentucky, had two sons who became generals in the war—one for the Confederacy and one for the Union. Officers on both sides—incl ...
... their families—felt these divisions. President Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, had several relatives who fought in the Confederate army. John Crittenden, a senator from Kentucky, had two sons who became generals in the war—one for the Confederacy and one for the Union. Officers on both sides—incl ...
Chapter 16: The Civil War, 1861-1865
... their families—felt these divisions. President Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, had several relatives who fought in the Confederate army. John Crittenden, a senator from Kentucky, had two sons who became generals in the war—one for the Confederacy and one for the Union. Officers on both sides—incl ...
... their families—felt these divisions. President Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, had several relatives who fought in the Confederate army. John Crittenden, a senator from Kentucky, had two sons who became generals in the war—one for the Confederacy and one for the Union. Officers on both sides—incl ...
The Battle of Gettysburg
... • The fighting at Culp’s Hill ended in the very early hours of the morning. The confederates withdrew • The confederates opened up with cannon fire. • Union replied but decided to conserve their ammunition. The confederates thought they took the Union guns out. This would be a crucial mistake. ...
... • The fighting at Culp’s Hill ended in the very early hours of the morning. The confederates withdrew • The confederates opened up with cannon fire. • Union replied but decided to conserve their ammunition. The confederates thought they took the Union guns out. This would be a crucial mistake. ...
Ulysses S. Grant
... forests and the Confederate Army under command of Robert E. Lee. General Lee had roughly sixty thousand men under his command, half as many as the Union Army, but they were ready to put up a strong fight. The Union Army was commanded by Ulysses S. Grant. 2 He was no stranger to battle. He had served ...
... forests and the Confederate Army under command of Robert E. Lee. General Lee had roughly sixty thousand men under his command, half as many as the Union Army, but they were ready to put up a strong fight. The Union Army was commanded by Ulysses S. Grant. 2 He was no stranger to battle. He had served ...