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... the Confederacy. Danville did not welcome the government or Jefferson Davis. Many feared that the Union Army would destroy their homes or even kill them for housing the Confederate government. Danville was a temporary capitol lasting only eight days before Jefferson Davis was forced to move deeper s ...
... the Confederacy. Danville did not welcome the government or Jefferson Davis. Many feared that the Union Army would destroy their homes or even kill them for housing the Confederate government. Danville was a temporary capitol lasting only eight days before Jefferson Davis was forced to move deeper s ...
1 From Civil War Fort to State Park: A History of Fort Pillow By Colin
... of its population, Fulton would remain small and unimportant compared to its competitors, Randolph and Memphis, to the south. The shifting course of the Mississippi River has claimed most of historic Fulton, but scattered residences, churches, and an old cemetery remain. The specter of Civil War hau ...
... of its population, Fulton would remain small and unimportant compared to its competitors, Randolph and Memphis, to the south. The shifting course of the Mississippi River has claimed most of historic Fulton, but scattered residences, churches, and an old cemetery remain. The specter of Civil War hau ...
The Wilderness of War - The Forest History Society
... pursuits. The primary source of labor was the family itself, supplementedwith hired hands during planting and harvesting seasons. In the South, the region's human and material resources were funneled-directly or indirectly-into the plantation system of cash crop monoculture. By the middle of the nin ...
... pursuits. The primary source of labor was the family itself, supplementedwith hired hands during planting and harvesting seasons. In the South, the region's human and material resources were funneled-directly or indirectly-into the plantation system of cash crop monoculture. By the middle of the nin ...
American Civil War
... rejected calls for secession at this point. No foreign governments recognized the Confederacy. Hostilities began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces fired on a U.S. military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Lincoln responded by calling for a volunteer army from each state to rec ...
... rejected calls for secession at this point. No foreign governments recognized the Confederacy. Hostilities began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces fired on a U.S. military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Lincoln responded by calling for a volunteer army from each state to rec ...
1 Civil War Lithograph Of The First Refreshment Saloon
... Leader, where Freeman served as editor from 1915-49. In his letter Freeman addresses a question from Gavin about “the point of attack in some of the assaults at old Cold Harbor.” He urges Gavin to examine a “detailed study by Major Carow made of Cold Harbor… Sometime when you have leave, go to the B ...
... Leader, where Freeman served as editor from 1915-49. In his letter Freeman addresses a question from Gavin about “the point of attack in some of the assaults at old Cold Harbor.” He urges Gavin to examine a “detailed study by Major Carow made of Cold Harbor… Sometime when you have leave, go to the B ...
Florida in the Civil War, 1861-1865
... area of extreme northwest Florida. On the northeast Florida coast, at Fernandina, Jacksonville, and St. Augustine, a large Union naval force pressured the southern forces to evacuate. In spite of its decision to weaken its defense of coastal regions, the South was able to successfully hold and defen ...
... area of extreme northwest Florida. On the northeast Florida coast, at Fernandina, Jacksonville, and St. Augustine, a large Union naval force pressured the southern forces to evacuate. In spite of its decision to weaken its defense of coastal regions, the South was able to successfully hold and defen ...
Journal Information PPT
... continued raiding by Confederate cavalry, dismayed many in the North. On November 7, Lincoln replaced McClellan with Major-General Ambrose E. Burnside. Burnside's forces were defeated in a series of attacks against entrenched Confederate forces at Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Burnside was replaced ...
... continued raiding by Confederate cavalry, dismayed many in the North. On November 7, Lincoln replaced McClellan with Major-General Ambrose E. Burnside. Burnside's forces were defeated in a series of attacks against entrenched Confederate forces at Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Burnside was replaced ...
Little Rock, AR 72221 • Email: g.hendershott
... This Rigdon & Ansley revolver, serial number 2136, is the improved 12 cylinder stop model which was put into production at Augusta, Georgia in 1864. The Memphis company of Leech & Rigdon worked its way across the South during the war making sure to stay one step ahead of advancing Union troops; alwa ...
... This Rigdon & Ansley revolver, serial number 2136, is the improved 12 cylinder stop model which was put into production at Augusta, Georgia in 1864. The Memphis company of Leech & Rigdon worked its way across the South during the war making sure to stay one step ahead of advancing Union troops; alwa ...
A Civil War Battle in Indiana?
... left Sparta, Tennessee, on a mission to distract the Union Army of Ohio’s attention from Southern forces in the state. Gen. Braxton Bragg, the regional Confederate commander had given Morgan an open rein to ride through Tennessee and Kentucky, but under no circumstances was Morgan to cross the Ohio ...
... left Sparta, Tennessee, on a mission to distract the Union Army of Ohio’s attention from Southern forces in the state. Gen. Braxton Bragg, the regional Confederate commander had given Morgan an open rein to ride through Tennessee and Kentucky, but under no circumstances was Morgan to cross the Ohio ...
Balloon Operations on the Peninsula in 1862
... this goal, as the Civil War started before he could leave, and he then decided to lend his services to the army. At first, Lowe had trouble convincing the army that they could use aerial support, but he quickly thought of a way to sway them in his favor. He set up a telegraph wire that could instan ...
... this goal, as the Civil War started before he could leave, and he then decided to lend his services to the army. At first, Lowe had trouble convincing the army that they could use aerial support, but he quickly thought of a way to sway them in his favor. He set up a telegraph wire that could instan ...
CONTESTED VISIONS: THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION
... case rehiring the General and then firing him a second time. So let's turn now to a strategic overview of the conflict. When analyzing any war, it is important to recognize the need to coordinate your military strategy with your political goals. Let me explain. If you were part of the Confederate le ...
... case rehiring the General and then firing him a second time. So let's turn now to a strategic overview of the conflict. When analyzing any war, it is important to recognize the need to coordinate your military strategy with your political goals. Let me explain. If you were part of the Confederate le ...
The Long-Run Effects of Losing the Civil War: Evidence
... headed the Constitutional Union party, which consisted largely of moderate ex-Whigs who found the Republican party too “radical;” the party’s platform avoids the question of slavery altogether. Douglas headed the Northern Democrats, whose platform fell short of endorsing explicit protections for sla ...
... headed the Constitutional Union party, which consisted largely of moderate ex-Whigs who found the Republican party too “radical;” the party’s platform avoids the question of slavery altogether. Douglas headed the Northern Democrats, whose platform fell short of endorsing explicit protections for sla ...
Northern and Southern Intentionality in the Civil War
... With this challenge in mind, I set out to answer an impossibly general question for the first part of my thesis: Why did the South lose the Civil War? It quickly became clear that I would need to categorize each historian's interpretation under four major categories. This categorization led me to wh ...
... With this challenge in mind, I set out to answer an impossibly general question for the first part of my thesis: Why did the South lose the Civil War? It quickly became clear that I would need to categorize each historian's interpretation under four major categories. This categorization led me to wh ...
by Nick Bolash - College of William and Mary
... could have understood that in four short years, their county, along with Broadway Landing would become home to a center of heated conflict. After the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln and the secession of eleven southern states, life seemed to move on as normally as possible in Broadway Landing. To ...
... could have understood that in four short years, their county, along with Broadway Landing would become home to a center of heated conflict. After the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln and the secession of eleven southern states, life seemed to move on as normally as possible in Broadway Landing. To ...
“Union and Confederate Soldiers` Stationery: Their Designs and
... If I am correct in my argument that envelope publishers North and South intended some types of covers primarily for soldiers’ use, It also seems clear that these soldiers’ covers served, to a degree, different purposes than did their civilian counterparts. Granted, the primary function of any e ...
... If I am correct in my argument that envelope publishers North and South intended some types of covers primarily for soldiers’ use, It also seems clear that these soldiers’ covers served, to a degree, different purposes than did their civilian counterparts. Granted, the primary function of any e ...
Champion of the Union: George D. Prentice and the Secession
... of peace—an asylum for the victims of Civil War, and a sublime example to our erring countrymen . . . ^ Prentice's New England background had little, if any, influence on his pro-Union views. After thirty years in his adopted state, he considered himself a loyal Kentuckian and his concerns for the s ...
... of peace—an asylum for the victims of Civil War, and a sublime example to our erring countrymen . . . ^ Prentice's New England background had little, if any, influence on his pro-Union views. After thirty years in his adopted state, he considered himself a loyal Kentuckian and his concerns for the s ...
File quick quizzes
... The sesquicentennial of this event in the state’s history takes place in 2009. A. completion of the B&O Railroad to Wheeling B. West Virginia becoming a state C. discovery of coal in Boone County by John Peter Salley D. execution of Elmer Brunner, the last person legally executed in West Virginia E. ...
... The sesquicentennial of this event in the state’s history takes place in 2009. A. completion of the B&O Railroad to Wheeling B. West Virginia becoming a state C. discovery of coal in Boone County by John Peter Salley D. execution of Elmer Brunner, the last person legally executed in West Virginia E. ...
File quick quizzes
... The sesquicentennial of this event in the state’s history takes place in 2009. A. completion of the B&O Railroad to Wheeling B. West Virginia becoming a state C. discovery of coal in Boone County by John Peter Salley D. execution of Elmer Brunner, the last person legally executed in West Virginia E. ...
... The sesquicentennial of this event in the state’s history takes place in 2009. A. completion of the B&O Railroad to Wheeling B. West Virginia becoming a state C. discovery of coal in Boone County by John Peter Salley D. execution of Elmer Brunner, the last person legally executed in West Virginia E. ...
File quick quizzes- civil war answers
... The sesquicentennial of this event in the state’s history takes place in 2009. A. completion of the B&O Railroad to Wheeling B. West Virginia becoming a state C. discovery of coal in Boone County by John Peter Salley D. execution of Elmer Brunner, the last person legally executed in West Virginia E. ...
... The sesquicentennial of this event in the state’s history takes place in 2009. A. completion of the B&O Railroad to Wheeling B. West Virginia becoming a state C. discovery of coal in Boone County by John Peter Salley D. execution of Elmer Brunner, the last person legally executed in West Virginia E. ...
This Hallowed Ground - Lewis
... who shaped their times and, uniquely, incorporates the concept that History is not neat. Catton, (in my opinion, very appropriately) begins his history of the Civil War with the critical events of May 1856--"Bleeding Sumner" and "Bleeding Kansas," two powerful symbols of the coming conflict--instead ...
... who shaped their times and, uniquely, incorporates the concept that History is not neat. Catton, (in my opinion, very appropriately) begins his history of the Civil War with the critical events of May 1856--"Bleeding Sumner" and "Bleeding Kansas," two powerful symbols of the coming conflict--instead ...
Veterans at Rest
... is one of two black regiments represented in the city cemeteries; the other is the 1st Regiment USCHA, raised in Knoxville. Spriggs had a blacksmith shop at the creek end of Black Alley (now Long Street) in 1900. He lived to be 92 years old and was a charter member of Post 25 of the GAR here in Athe ...
... is one of two black regiments represented in the city cemeteries; the other is the 1st Regiment USCHA, raised in Knoxville. Spriggs had a blacksmith shop at the creek end of Black Alley (now Long Street) in 1900. He lived to be 92 years old and was a charter member of Post 25 of the GAR here in Athe ...
Fauquier County Civil War Heritage Brochure
... 17 Village of Marshall (Salem) – Stonewall Jackson marched through Salem on his way to the Second Battle of Manassas. • In August 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee spent the evening at the nearby home of Mrs. John Marshall, daughter-in-law of the famous Chief Justice. Gen. Lee narrowly escaped capture by Fed ...
... 17 Village of Marshall (Salem) – Stonewall Jackson marched through Salem on his way to the Second Battle of Manassas. • In August 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee spent the evening at the nearby home of Mrs. John Marshall, daughter-in-law of the famous Chief Justice. Gen. Lee narrowly escaped capture by Fed ...
Andersonville - Letter to Union Colonel William H. Noble
... received the Port Royal postmark. The earliest known cover with a Jacksonville Union manuscript postmark is April 10, 1864, and a makeshift typeset postmark first appeared 10 days later on April 20, 1864. It was not until mid-May 1864 that Jacksonville received a standard postmark from the USPOD wit ...
... received the Port Royal postmark. The earliest known cover with a Jacksonville Union manuscript postmark is April 10, 1864, and a makeshift typeset postmark first appeared 10 days later on April 20, 1864. It was not until mid-May 1864 that Jacksonville received a standard postmark from the USPOD wit ...
Did Constitutions Matter during the American Civil War
... resulted in a less developed economy by 1861 when the war began. Hence, any constitutional constraint that hindered the ability of a wartime government – and especially a Confederate wartime government given the agricultural economy of the South – to reduce trade barriers could therefore be consider ...
... resulted in a less developed economy by 1861 when the war began. Hence, any constitutional constraint that hindered the ability of a wartime government – and especially a Confederate wartime government given the agricultural economy of the South – to reduce trade barriers could therefore be consider ...
Across the Etowah and into the Hell-Hole
... to prepare for the upcoming movement. Over the next couple of days, Sherman ordered all sick and wounded men to the rear. He required that the troops gather twenty days’ worth of supplies and that they forage for fresh meat and vegetables. However, he did not allow indiscriminate pillaging of the po ...
... to prepare for the upcoming movement. Over the next couple of days, Sherman ordered all sick and wounded men to the rear. He required that the troops gather twenty days’ worth of supplies and that they forage for fresh meat and vegetables. However, he did not allow indiscriminate pillaging of the po ...
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.