My will is absolute law“ General Robert H. Milroy and
... became a staunch supporter of it and an ardent abolitionist. Throughout the Civil War, Milroy’s strong convictions as an abolitionist and strong advocate of union manifested themselves through his tyrannical decrees. The 110th Ohio’s Joseph Warren Keifer, who would himself earn a reputation as a bat ...
... became a staunch supporter of it and an ardent abolitionist. Throughout the Civil War, Milroy’s strong convictions as an abolitionist and strong advocate of union manifested themselves through his tyrannical decrees. The 110th Ohio’s Joseph Warren Keifer, who would himself earn a reputation as a bat ...
A Mainer From Rockland: Adelbert Ames in the Civil War.
... navy continued to bombard Fort Fisher, half the landing force, a division from the TwentyFourth Corps, captured the Fourth and Eighth North Carolina reserve battalions and a battery of Confederate artillery, then quickly established a defensive line, while moving a brigade forward to attack. However ...
... navy continued to bombard Fort Fisher, half the landing force, a division from the TwentyFourth Corps, captured the Fourth and Eighth North Carolina reserve battalions and a battery of Confederate artillery, then quickly established a defensive line, while moving a brigade forward to attack. However ...
a PDF version of the guide to Virginia`s Civil War.
... Virginia Infantry Regiment. The first letter, 11 April 1864, concerns camp life near Kinston, N.C., and an impending advance of a Confederate ironclad on the Neuse River against New Bern, N.C. The second letter, 11 June 1864, includes family news, a description of life in the trenches on Turkey Hill ...
... Virginia Infantry Regiment. The first letter, 11 April 1864, concerns camp life near Kinston, N.C., and an impending advance of a Confederate ironclad on the Neuse River against New Bern, N.C. The second letter, 11 June 1864, includes family news, a description of life in the trenches on Turkey Hill ...
Confederate Nationalism in Georgia, Louisiana, and Virginia During
... dissertation asks how the presence of free people of color and Jews impacted Confederate nationalism. Did the presence of free African Americans and Jews sustain or hinder Confederate nationalism in Georgia, Virginia, and Louisiana during the Civil War? ...
... dissertation asks how the presence of free people of color and Jews impacted Confederate nationalism. Did the presence of free African Americans and Jews sustain or hinder Confederate nationalism in Georgia, Virginia, and Louisiana during the Civil War? ...
“`REBELS AGAINST A REBELLION`: SOUTHERN UNIONISTS IN
... among southern historians as the Dean of Appalachian history, what is less known is his tireless work on behalf of his graduate students. Simply put, John’s consistent support and brilliant critiques of my work, including advising the master’s thesis that became my first book Executing Daniel Brigh ...
... among southern historians as the Dean of Appalachian history, what is less known is his tireless work on behalf of his graduate students. Simply put, John’s consistent support and brilliant critiques of my work, including advising the master’s thesis that became my first book Executing Daniel Brigh ...
gettysburg to appomattox: the south`s critical
... and I found them at the battle of Gettysburg. My studies led me to analyze the elements which clearly showed the failure mode of the Confederacy, and place them in my book. The battle of Gettysburg was only part of the series of failures for the Confederates. Other battles, near the conclusion of th ...
... and I found them at the battle of Gettysburg. My studies led me to analyze the elements which clearly showed the failure mode of the Confederacy, and place them in my book. The battle of Gettysburg was only part of the series of failures for the Confederates. Other battles, near the conclusion of th ...
John Bell Hood: Extracting Truth from History
... Nashville, he could not afford to wait for his third corps. It would have arrived after dark, and placing artillery under those conditions would have been problematic and time consuming. By daylight, as Hood knew, Schofield would have been gone. Historian Thomas Connelly condemns Hood’s aggressivene ...
... Nashville, he could not afford to wait for his third corps. It would have arrived after dark, and placing artillery under those conditions would have been problematic and time consuming. By daylight, as Hood knew, Schofield would have been gone. Historian Thomas Connelly condemns Hood’s aggressivene ...
MAINTAINING ORDER IN THE MIDST OF CHAOS: ROBERT E
... I suppose that at this date there are some hundreds of men in the South who call themselves members of Lee’s staff, and so they were if teamsters, sentry men, detailed quartermasters (commissary men), couriers and orderlies, and all the rest of the following of a general headquarters of a great army ...
... I suppose that at this date there are some hundreds of men in the South who call themselves members of Lee’s staff, and so they were if teamsters, sentry men, detailed quartermasters (commissary men), couriers and orderlies, and all the rest of the following of a general headquarters of a great army ...
GEORGE G. MEADE AND HIS ROLE IN THE GETTYSBURG
... determined though cautious, and a good judge of men. He was personally brave and had the moral courage which is so often lacking to men who never fear for their own safety."2 3 David M. Gregg, who knew him well, states that "in his intercourse with those he knew but slightly, [Meade] was reserved; w ...
... determined though cautious, and a good judge of men. He was personally brave and had the moral courage which is so often lacking to men who never fear for their own safety."2 3 David M. Gregg, who knew him well, states that "in his intercourse with those he knew but slightly, [Meade] was reserved; w ...
General Daniel Edgar Sickles, Storm at the Peach Orchard
... least, a success in Pennsylvania would offset any failure at Vicksburg. At the most, a great victory on enemy soil might put peace within Richmond’s reach. Secretary Of State for the Confederacy, James Seddon said it well: Such a movement by the Army of Northern Virginia “is indispensable to our saf ...
... least, a success in Pennsylvania would offset any failure at Vicksburg. At the most, a great victory on enemy soil might put peace within Richmond’s reach. Secretary Of State for the Confederacy, James Seddon said it well: Such a movement by the Army of Northern Virginia “is indispensable to our saf ...
Meeting paper Feb 2002 - Grant – the uncaring drunken butcher?
... death in 1885, Grant has been variously portrayed as a pedestrian commander who did not care for his troops, a man of slovenly demeanour, a drunkard and a butcher. He has been portrayed in over 50 movies and television dramas mainly as a rough, crude man, a drunkard and someone devoid of dignity and ...
... death in 1885, Grant has been variously portrayed as a pedestrian commander who did not care for his troops, a man of slovenly demeanour, a drunkard and a butcher. He has been portrayed in over 50 movies and television dramas mainly as a rough, crude man, a drunkard and someone devoid of dignity and ...
The South at War: Five Battles of Selma, Ramparts Magazine, June
... statutes, which were intended to grant national citizenship to Negroes, were allowed to lapse, victims of the political ambitions of Northerners and Southerners alike. The choice that faced the political manipulators in the 18 70s and '80s lay between full integration of the Southern states in the A ...
... statutes, which were intended to grant national citizenship to Negroes, were allowed to lapse, victims of the political ambitions of Northerners and Southerners alike. The choice that faced the political manipulators in the 18 70s and '80s lay between full integration of the Southern states in the A ...
The Knight in Shining Armor Joshua Lawrence
... fortifications atop Rives Salient. No sooner had Chamberlain and his men seized the forward artillery post than a hailstorm of shells came raining down on their new position, this time from the big guns behind the enemy’s main entrenchments. Ushering his men behind the cover of the crest, Chamberlai ...
... fortifications atop Rives Salient. No sooner had Chamberlain and his men seized the forward artillery post than a hailstorm of shells came raining down on their new position, this time from the big guns behind the enemy’s main entrenchments. Ushering his men behind the cover of the crest, Chamberlai ...
McClellan at Fairfax Court House
... formed United States Balloon Corps had been gathering intelligence on the position and movement of the Confederate forces in Northern Virginia. On March 6th & 7th he and Col. Hiram G. Berry, of General Heintzelman’s staff ascended high above Pohick Church in Fairfax County and discovered what they b ...
... formed United States Balloon Corps had been gathering intelligence on the position and movement of the Confederate forces in Northern Virginia. On March 6th & 7th he and Col. Hiram G. Berry, of General Heintzelman’s staff ascended high above Pohick Church in Fairfax County and discovered what they b ...
The Ingenuity, Proficiency, and Versatility of Union Citizen Soldiers
... battlefields, and they always encouraged my interest. I was surrounded by history growing up. My grandfather, George Army, played minor league baseball in the 1920s, and I was filled with stories of old ballplayers and teams, and I learned to appreciate my own connections to the past. I also want t ...
... battlefields, and they always encouraged my interest. I was surrounded by history growing up. My grandfather, George Army, played minor league baseball in the 1920s, and I was filled with stories of old ballplayers and teams, and I learned to appreciate my own connections to the past. I also want t ...
Read Act 1… - Loch Willow
... Once back in Virginia, Jackson moved his headquarters just south of Winchester. As the troops rested and refitted, Jackson kept Hotchkiss busy making maps of the region and finishing the just completed Maryland campaign. General Lee also requested maps from Hotchkiss. And being confident in Hotchki ...
... Once back in Virginia, Jackson moved his headquarters just south of Winchester. As the troops rested and refitted, Jackson kept Hotchkiss busy making maps of the region and finishing the just completed Maryland campaign. General Lee also requested maps from Hotchkiss. And being confident in Hotchki ...
View - OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
... in terms of his supporters, detractors, and those choose to portray him in a neutral light. Initially, historians were very sympathetic toward Lee for the losses incurred by him during the latter half of the Civil War, including the Battle of Gettysburg. Seldom was Lee attacked for his failures at G ...
... in terms of his supporters, detractors, and those choose to portray him in a neutral light. Initially, historians were very sympathetic toward Lee for the losses incurred by him during the latter half of the Civil War, including the Battle of Gettysburg. Seldom was Lee attacked for his failures at G ...
106844660 - BORA
... turn, and researchers have themselves, with enthusiasm, flocked to do so in appropriately vast multitudes. Finding new stones to turn - and indeed, determining which stones have been turned and which ones haven't is, to say the very least, a challenge. And yet historians, professionals and amateurs ...
... turn, and researchers have themselves, with enthusiasm, flocked to do so in appropriately vast multitudes. Finding new stones to turn - and indeed, determining which stones have been turned and which ones haven't is, to say the very least, a challenge. And yet historians, professionals and amateurs ...
1 - Petersburg Area Regional Tourism
... By the spring of 1865, the last remaining supply line into Petersburg was the South Side Railroad. On March 29, 1865, Grant sent his forces on a westward movement to cut this major artery, knowing that it would cause Lee to abandon Petersburg and Richmond. Countering this move, Lee sent 10,000 troop ...
... By the spring of 1865, the last remaining supply line into Petersburg was the South Side Railroad. On March 29, 1865, Grant sent his forces on a westward movement to cut this major artery, knowing that it would cause Lee to abandon Petersburg and Richmond. Countering this move, Lee sent 10,000 troop ...
AtkinsThesis
... progressed. 7 While Gallagher raised a valid point, the examples that he cited were micro-histories, which only looked at single counties. Moreover, Gallagher did not take into account statements by Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnston, and Jefferson Davis, who all believed that desertion was crippling ...
... progressed. 7 While Gallagher raised a valid point, the examples that he cited were micro-histories, which only looked at single counties. Moreover, Gallagher did not take into account statements by Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnston, and Jefferson Davis, who all believed that desertion was crippling ...
Yazoo County Civil War History - Visit Yazoo County, Mississippi
... perfect shape. The Union fleet reversed engines and tried to back away into the broader Mississippi. The Condeferate ironclad continued to forge straight for the enemy. There were two reasons for this: (1) because despite her weaknesses she was a first class fighting ship and (2) because she couldn ...
... perfect shape. The Union fleet reversed engines and tried to back away into the broader Mississippi. The Condeferate ironclad continued to forge straight for the enemy. There were two reasons for this: (1) because despite her weaknesses she was a first class fighting ship and (2) because she couldn ...
The Union Army Had Something to Do With It
... On page 200 of his Military Memoirs of a Confederate he makes the following very interesting statement regarding the stand of a small portion of the Union Army of the Potomac that had a brief but intense struggle with elements of Stonewall Jackson's wing on August 28, 1862, on the eve of the Second ...
... On page 200 of his Military Memoirs of a Confederate he makes the following very interesting statement regarding the stand of a small portion of the Union Army of the Potomac that had a brief but intense struggle with elements of Stonewall Jackson's wing on August 28, 1862, on the eve of the Second ...
George E. Pickett - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... that he had come to believe in as a cadet at West Point. At the Battle of Williamsburg, Pickett complained of “dastardly subterfuges of an enemy pretending to surrender in order to stop fire to allow their reinforcements to come up and enable them to pour in a deadly volley upon an honorable and too ...
... that he had come to believe in as a cadet at West Point. At the Battle of Williamsburg, Pickett complained of “dastardly subterfuges of an enemy pretending to surrender in order to stop fire to allow their reinforcements to come up and enable them to pour in a deadly volley upon an honorable and too ...
America`s Last Civil War Veterans and Participants
... While most texts and websites are productive, some sites and book titles, while not openly racist, have a sinister edge and give an impression of a hidden political agenda from the far right waiting to be revealed. These works fall into two broad categories: the first is a glorification of war and o ...
... While most texts and websites are productive, some sites and book titles, while not openly racist, have a sinister edge and give an impression of a hidden political agenda from the far right waiting to be revealed. These works fall into two broad categories: the first is a glorification of war and o ...
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... parcel. In preserving this site we have perhaps, the best chance at demonstrating everyday life in old Virginia, as most of these more modest places have disappeared long ago. The present owner ofBuckJand HaJI has formed a non-profit foundation (Buckland Preservation Society) for the purpose of cond ...
... parcel. In preserving this site we have perhaps, the best chance at demonstrating everyday life in old Virginia, as most of these more modest places have disappeared long ago. The present owner ofBuckJand HaJI has formed a non-profit foundation (Buckland Preservation Society) for the purpose of cond ...