Case Study: Battle of Atlanta Major General John Bell Hood, CSA
... the other two armies under the overall command of Union Major General William T. Sherman. Gathering his army’s three corps commanders that night, Hood laid out his strategy for striking that “decisive blow” which had eluded the Confederates for three months. Hood’s plan called for General Hardee to ...
... the other two armies under the overall command of Union Major General William T. Sherman. Gathering his army’s three corps commanders that night, Hood laid out his strategy for striking that “decisive blow” which had eluded the Confederates for three months. Hood’s plan called for General Hardee to ...
section 1
... In the East In July 1861, the battle was fought in Manassas, Virginia, outside of Washington, DC. The Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) resulted in a Union defeat by Confederate General Stonewall Jackson. Lincoln appointed a new commander, George B. McClellan. In March 1862, McClellan attacked Richmond, ...
... In the East In July 1861, the battle was fought in Manassas, Virginia, outside of Washington, DC. The Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) resulted in a Union defeat by Confederate General Stonewall Jackson. Lincoln appointed a new commander, George B. McClellan. In March 1862, McClellan attacked Richmond, ...
Library Company of Philadelphia McA MSS 024 CIVIL WAR
... A series of five related letters in Rousseau’s file partially document CSA Gen. Gideon Johnson Pillow’s loss of personal property. A Tennessee lawyer, Pillow had served with distinction in the Mexican War, and ran unsuccessfully for vice president in the 1852 and 1856 elections. His part in the C ...
... A series of five related letters in Rousseau’s file partially document CSA Gen. Gideon Johnson Pillow’s loss of personal property. A Tennessee lawyer, Pillow had served with distinction in the Mexican War, and ran unsuccessfully for vice president in the 1852 and 1856 elections. His part in the C ...
Civil War in Virginia - Virginia History Series
... Critical Events Influencing Virginia’s Vote for Secession As the situation between the Union and the Confederacy worsened, tempers at the Virginia Secession Convention flared. A test vote on April 3 and a binding vote on April 4 showed the convention was still 2-1 against referring the Articles of ...
... Critical Events Influencing Virginia’s Vote for Secession As the situation between the Union and the Confederacy worsened, tempers at the Virginia Secession Convention flared. A test vote on April 3 and a binding vote on April 4 showed the convention was still 2-1 against referring the Articles of ...
to view the July Camp Newsletter
... father was a judge. On his mother’s side, he was a grandnephew of Patrick Henry. He entered West Point at age sixteen, in 1825, the same year as Robert E. Lee. After graduation, he was assigned to the 4th Artillery. He served with distinction as an aide to General Winfield Scott in the Seminole War ...
... father was a judge. On his mother’s side, he was a grandnephew of Patrick Henry. He entered West Point at age sixteen, in 1825, the same year as Robert E. Lee. After graduation, he was assigned to the 4th Artillery. He served with distinction as an aide to General Winfield Scott in the Seminole War ...
The Garnett-Pettigrew Gray Line
... survived to adulthood, three boys and one girl. Vance reportedly held Unionist sympathies and was a supporter of John Bell, the presidential candidate who was a member of the Constitutional Union party. However, when the Civil War broke out Vance volunteered for the Confederate Army. He formed the B ...
... survived to adulthood, three boys and one girl. Vance reportedly held Unionist sympathies and was a supporter of John Bell, the presidential candidate who was a member of the Constitutional Union party. However, when the Civil War broke out Vance volunteered for the Confederate Army. He formed the B ...
Noncombatant Military Laborers in the Civil War
... able-bodied slave man in the area of their operations, or when impressment agents made their own deals with enslaved men, further undermining the sovereignty of slaveholders (21). The issue of slave property engendered a bewildering array of alliances and estrangements. Private employers of slaves a ...
... able-bodied slave man in the area of their operations, or when impressment agents made their own deals with enslaved men, further undermining the sovereignty of slaveholders (21). The issue of slave property engendered a bewildering array of alliances and estrangements. Private employers of slaves a ...
American Antiquarian Society
... The papers of John Emerson Anderson (1833-1896) contain a one hundred eighty-four (184) page memoir, "Reminiscences of the Civil War," in which Anderson, a Union soldier, describes General William T. Sherman's occupation of Atlanta and march to Savannah, as well as a collection of his letters. The p ...
... The papers of John Emerson Anderson (1833-1896) contain a one hundred eighty-four (184) page memoir, "Reminiscences of the Civil War," in which Anderson, a Union soldier, describes General William T. Sherman's occupation of Atlanta and march to Savannah, as well as a collection of his letters. The p ...
Florida`s Long War by sfcdan (Formatted Word
... extended coastline coupled with the presence of some important Federal installations made the state both a secondary strategic objective and a military flashpoint. As gigantic clashes of opposing forces rumbled through Virginia, Tennessee, and Mississippi, actions in Florida quickly became a distant ...
... extended coastline coupled with the presence of some important Federal installations made the state both a secondary strategic objective and a military flashpoint. As gigantic clashes of opposing forces rumbled through Virginia, Tennessee, and Mississippi, actions in Florida quickly became a distant ...
Total War and the American Civil War
... Confederacy believed the Civil War would be fought and decided within months. After the South Carolinians fired on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, President Lincoln called up only 75,000 men from state militias for just ninety days of service to suppress the rebellion.25 By April 20, Virginian militi ...
... Confederacy believed the Civil War would be fought and decided within months. After the South Carolinians fired on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, President Lincoln called up only 75,000 men from state militias for just ninety days of service to suppress the rebellion.25 By April 20, Virginian militi ...
CVHRI Newsletter.wps
... then married John Surratt at age seventeen. The Surratt’s built a tavern and a post office, and the property became known as Surrattsville. (During the Civil War, the tavern apparently served as a safe house for the Confederate underground network.) The couple raised three children, Isaac, Anna, an ...
... then married John Surratt at age seventeen. The Surratt’s built a tavern and a post office, and the property became known as Surrattsville. (During the Civil War, the tavern apparently served as a safe house for the Confederate underground network.) The couple raised three children, Isaac, Anna, an ...
Civil War - Teachers.AUSD.NET
... -- Fought for self-determination, its culture, its homeland & freedoms (for whites) C. Had superb military officers 1. Robert E. Lee: one of greatest military leaders in U.S. history a. Ironically, opposed to slavery and spoke against secession in Jan. 1861 b. Lincoln had offered Lee command of the ...
... -- Fought for self-determination, its culture, its homeland & freedoms (for whites) C. Had superb military officers 1. Robert E. Lee: one of greatest military leaders in U.S. history a. Ironically, opposed to slavery and spoke against secession in Jan. 1861 b. Lincoln had offered Lee command of the ...
Ch 16, pp. 462-483
... Bull Run north of Manassas. In the North, this battle came to be known as the First Battle of Bull Run. At one point in the battle, a Confederate officer rallied his troops by pointing his sword toward Southern General Thomas J. Jackson. The officer cried, “There is Jackson standing like a stone wal ...
... Bull Run north of Manassas. In the North, this battle came to be known as the First Battle of Bull Run. At one point in the battle, a Confederate officer rallied his troops by pointing his sword toward Southern General Thomas J. Jackson. The officer cried, “There is Jackson standing like a stone wal ...
Presentation Plus!
... Critics called Grant a butcher, but Lincoln supported him, knowing that Lee could not afford the continuing casualties in his army. b. After Cold Harbor, Grant swung south of Richmond to attack Petersburg, an important railroad center. c. Grant’s assault turned into a ninemonth siege. ...
... Critics called Grant a butcher, but Lincoln supported him, knowing that Lee could not afford the continuing casualties in his army. b. After Cold Harbor, Grant swung south of Richmond to attack Petersburg, an important railroad center. c. Grant’s assault turned into a ninemonth siege. ...
Social Studies, 4th 9 weeks
... slavery and secession, including Governor Harris, the secession convention vote of 1861, anti-secession efforts, and Scott County. ...
... slavery and secession, including Governor Harris, the secession convention vote of 1861, anti-secession efforts, and Scott County. ...
February 2012 From The Adjutant
... fighting at South Mountain and Sharpsburg. At Sharpsburg, he commanded one of two brigades that held out so long against the Union assault on the sunken road, or "Bloody Lane", at the center of the Confederate line, suffering heavy casualties. Rodes was lightly wounded by shell fragments. At Chancel ...
... fighting at South Mountain and Sharpsburg. At Sharpsburg, he commanded one of two brigades that held out so long against the Union assault on the sunken road, or "Bloody Lane", at the center of the Confederate line, suffering heavy casualties. Rodes was lightly wounded by shell fragments. At Chancel ...
A Civil War Mystery Posters - National Museum of American History
... America. When Lincoln refused to withdraw federal troops from Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, Confederate guns fired on the fort. Four more states now seceded and joined the Confederacy. A long and bloody war followed, leaving nearly 530,000 young men dead and 400,000 wounded. The Battle o ...
... America. When Lincoln refused to withdraw federal troops from Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, Confederate guns fired on the fort. Four more states now seceded and joined the Confederacy. A long and bloody war followed, leaving nearly 530,000 young men dead and 400,000 wounded. The Battle o ...
Civil War Geography e:\history\three\geog.2dp 1. Defense. The
... were built to export cotton. James L. Roark, 322. In 1860, the federal Army numbered only 16,000 men, most of them scattered over the West subjugating Indians. One-third of the officers followed the example of the Virginian Robert E. Lee, resigning their commissions and heading south. The U.S. navy ...
... were built to export cotton. James L. Roark, 322. In 1860, the federal Army numbered only 16,000 men, most of them scattered over the West subjugating Indians. One-third of the officers followed the example of the Virginian Robert E. Lee, resigning their commissions and heading south. The U.S. navy ...
THE ELECTION OF 1860
... Lincoln’s term’s of surrender for Lee’s Confederate Army= a. The Confederates had to give up all their weapons. b. Promise to be loyal to the Union and leave areas where battles took place in a peaceful manner c. The Confederate Army could keep their horses and mules for farming. The terms of surren ...
... Lincoln’s term’s of surrender for Lee’s Confederate Army= a. The Confederates had to give up all their weapons. b. Promise to be loyal to the Union and leave areas where battles took place in a peaceful manner c. The Confederate Army could keep their horses and mules for farming. The terms of surren ...
Ch. 11.4 The North Takes Charge Section Objectives
... Who did Lincoln appoint commander of all Union armies in 1864? Who was William Tecumseh Sherman? What kind of war did Grant and Sherman believe in? C. Grant and Lee in Virginia What strategy did Grant use against Lee? D. Sherman’s March What were Sherman and his troops doing on the marc ...
... Who did Lincoln appoint commander of all Union armies in 1864? Who was William Tecumseh Sherman? What kind of war did Grant and Sherman believe in? C. Grant and Lee in Virginia What strategy did Grant use against Lee? D. Sherman’s March What were Sherman and his troops doing on the marc ...
Ch - USHistoryIMacKay
... -What reasons did Lincoln give in the Gettysburg Address for why the Union was fighting the Civil War? 4. The Confederacy Wears Down -What important supplies was the Confederacy running low on? A. Confederate Morale -What happened to Confederate morale in the last years of the war? B. Grant Appoints ...
... -What reasons did Lincoln give in the Gettysburg Address for why the Union was fighting the Civil War? 4. The Confederacy Wears Down -What important supplies was the Confederacy running low on? A. Confederate Morale -What happened to Confederate morale in the last years of the war? B. Grant Appoints ...
a comparison of hms warrior (1861) to the uss monitor
... British would divert his effort to bring the southern states back into the Union. His Secretary of State Seward had previously said he wanted to annex Canada so Seward was somewhat conflicted by this situation where a war with Britain might have resulted in such an annexation. In the end, Prime Mini ...
... British would divert his effort to bring the southern states back into the Union. His Secretary of State Seward had previously said he wanted to annex Canada so Seward was somewhat conflicted by this situation where a war with Britain might have resulted in such an annexation. In the end, Prime Mini ...
Civil War Battles
... Alleghenies (Sherman became the commander of the western armies); Grant reestablished supply lines to Chattanooga; Gen. Thomas’ assault on the center of the Confederate line succeeded against expectations (it had only been intended to relieve the pressure on Union forces at the end of the line) and ...
... Alleghenies (Sherman became the commander of the western armies); Grant reestablished supply lines to Chattanooga; Gen. Thomas’ assault on the center of the Confederate line succeeded against expectations (it had only been intended to relieve the pressure on Union forces at the end of the line) and ...
East Tennessee bridge burnings
The East Tennessee bridge burnings were a series of guerrilla operations carried out during the Civil War by Union sympathizers in Confederate-held East Tennessee in 1861. The operations, which were planned by Carter County minister William B. Carter (1820–1902) and authorized by President Abraham Lincoln, called for the destruction of nine strategic railroad bridges, followed by an invasion of the area by Union Army forces from southeastern Kentucky. The pro-Union conspirators managed to destroy five of the nine targeted bridges, but the Union Army failed to move, and did not invade East Tennessee until 1863, nearly two years after the incident.The destruction of the bridges, which were all quickly rebuilt, had little military impact. However, the sabotage attacks caused a shift in the way the Confederate authorities dealt with East Tennessee's large number of Union sympathizers. Portions of the region were placed under martial law, while dozens of Unionists were arrested and jailed. Several suspected bridge burners were tried and hanged. The actions of the Confederate authorities placed increased pressure on Lincoln to send Union troops into East Tennessee. A pro-Union newspaper publisher, William G. ""Parson"" Brownlow, used the arrests and hangings as propaganda in his 1862 anti-secession diatribe, Sketches of the Rise, Progress and Decline of Secession.