Battle of Appomattox Court House
... aware that the position was untenable, but Union troops made the first move. On April 1, 1865, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's cavalry turned Lee's flank at the Battle of Five Forks. The next day Grant's army achieved a decisive breakthrough, effectively ending the Petersburg siege. With supply lines cu ...
... aware that the position was untenable, but Union troops made the first move. On April 1, 1865, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's cavalry turned Lee's flank at the Battle of Five Forks. The next day Grant's army achieved a decisive breakthrough, effectively ending the Petersburg siege. With supply lines cu ...
A Cavalry Officer`s Experience in the Civil War and the 16th
... were forced to spend twenty-four hours lying on the field until they were ordered to retreat under cover of darkness. In the commanding officer’s report, Lieutenant Hill was commended for his bravery, as he had also been at Malvern Hill. At Chancellorsville in May 1863, the Sixteenth was not involve ...
... were forced to spend twenty-four hours lying on the field until they were ordered to retreat under cover of darkness. In the commanding officer’s report, Lieutenant Hill was commended for his bravery, as he had also been at Malvern Hill. At Chancellorsville in May 1863, the Sixteenth was not involve ...
Civil War and Reconstruction PowerPoint
... Result (Who won? How many casualties? What was the lasting impact?): 51,000 casualties! This is the bloodiest battle of the war. Lee staked all his hopes on a victory in this fight. It began as a battle over shoes. Both armies were surprised by the other. Confederate cavalry commander JEB Stuart was ...
... Result (Who won? How many casualties? What was the lasting impact?): 51,000 casualties! This is the bloodiest battle of the war. Lee staked all his hopes on a victory in this fight. It began as a battle over shoes. Both armies were surprised by the other. Confederate cavalry commander JEB Stuart was ...
Battle Cry of Freedom
... While there were several men on the ballot for the presidential election of 1860, it was Abraham Lincoln who won the job on November 6, 1860. With Lincoln’s election, many Southern states believed he would abolish slavery and destroy not only their economy but their way of life. By December, South C ...
... While there were several men on the ballot for the presidential election of 1860, it was Abraham Lincoln who won the job on November 6, 1860. With Lincoln’s election, many Southern states believed he would abolish slavery and destroy not only their economy but their way of life. By December, South C ...
in the Civil War
... West Virginia, which had separated from Virginia during the Civil War, becomes the nation’s 35th state Maine Outline West Virginia V NH Mass. C RI ...
... West Virginia, which had separated from Virginia during the Civil War, becomes the nation’s 35th state Maine Outline West Virginia V NH Mass. C RI ...
Sumter to Appomattox Newsletter No 11
... Gen. William (Bull) Nelson during a quarrel in a hotel in Louisville. ...
... Gen. William (Bull) Nelson during a quarrel in a hotel in Louisville. ...
Geology and the Gettysburg campaign
... waters of Conococheague Creek on the west and Marsh Creek on the east. Of the eight passes that figure in the Gettysburg campaign, Cashtown Gap was the only one through which it was possible to move expeditiously a large force with artillery and wagon trains. By concentrating west of this gap, Lee ...
... waters of Conococheague Creek on the west and Marsh Creek on the east. Of the eight passes that figure in the Gettysburg campaign, Cashtown Gap was the only one through which it was possible to move expeditiously a large force with artillery and wagon trains. By concentrating west of this gap, Lee ...
Feb 2012 - 7th Florida Infantry Company K
... to capture (or kill, if necessary) Confederates Willoughby Tillis, James Lanier, Francis A. Hendry, Jacob Summerlin, F.C.M. Boggess, John R. Durrance, Henry Seward, Streaty Parker, and to secure supplies, horses and contraband. The Second Florida Calvary (Union) had made it to just fifteen miles fro ...
... to capture (or kill, if necessary) Confederates Willoughby Tillis, James Lanier, Francis A. Hendry, Jacob Summerlin, F.C.M. Boggess, John R. Durrance, Henry Seward, Streaty Parker, and to secure supplies, horses and contraband. The Second Florida Calvary (Union) had made it to just fifteen miles fro ...
Ch. 9 PowerPoint
... his attack on New Orleans, Union general Ulysses S. Grant gained control of all of Kentucky and most of western Tennessee. • Next, Grant led his troops up the Tennessee River to attack Corinth, Mississippi. • Confederate forces launched a surprise attack on Grant’s troops early on April 6, 1862 at S ...
... his attack on New Orleans, Union general Ulysses S. Grant gained control of all of Kentucky and most of western Tennessee. • Next, Grant led his troops up the Tennessee River to attack Corinth, Mississippi. • Confederate forces launched a surprise attack on Grant’s troops early on April 6, 1862 at S ...
Salt, Lead and the fight for
... The prisoners were freed, three Union troopers were dead and 8 captured, including Cutler. The remaining members of the 34th disappeared into the underbrush. May placed a small guard on his prisoners and continued on to the sound of guns in town. Arriving on the outskirts May was challenged by a lin ...
... The prisoners were freed, three Union troopers were dead and 8 captured, including Cutler. The remaining members of the 34th disappeared into the underbrush. May placed a small guard on his prisoners and continued on to the sound of guns in town. Arriving on the outskirts May was challenged by a lin ...
Vicksburg - The University of Southern Mississippi
... • Texas was a significant source of livestock for armies in the west, but that could only remain the case so long as those animals could cross the river safely. • Federal success at Vicksburg would deny the eastern Confederacy access to these and other supplies ...
... • Texas was a significant source of livestock for armies in the west, but that could only remain the case so long as those animals could cross the river safely. • Federal success at Vicksburg would deny the eastern Confederacy access to these and other supplies ...
Who They Were Civil War 150 Webquest
... Feel free to look at the images and read the information http://www.history.com/interactives/civil-war-150#/home Click on HOW THEY DIED? 1. How many Americans died in the Civil War? 2. In the Civil War 2% of America’s population died, about how many Americans would be killed if 2% of population died ...
... Feel free to look at the images and read the information http://www.history.com/interactives/civil-war-150#/home Click on HOW THEY DIED? 1. How many Americans died in the Civil War? 2. In the Civil War 2% of America’s population died, about how many Americans would be killed if 2% of population died ...
Chapter 10 - Michigan Open Book project
... Since both sides anticipated a relatively short-lived conflict, their enlistment term was only three months. One of the few to disagree with the thought of a quick war was military man William Tecumseh Sherman who prophesied in late December 1860 that “You might as well attempt to put out the flames ...
... Since both sides anticipated a relatively short-lived conflict, their enlistment term was only three months. One of the few to disagree with the thought of a quick war was military man William Tecumseh Sherman who prophesied in late December 1860 that “You might as well attempt to put out the flames ...
Historical Sites in Union County
... from the confluence of the Pacolet and Broad Rivers. In 1791 two Circuit Court Districts were added to the seven districts in South Carolina. It is rumored when congress was looking for a suitable site for the nation’s military academy, Pinckneyville was one of the sites considered, but lost to West ...
... from the confluence of the Pacolet and Broad Rivers. In 1791 two Circuit Court Districts were added to the seven districts in South Carolina. It is rumored when congress was looking for a suitable site for the nation’s military academy, Pinckneyville was one of the sites considered, but lost to West ...
THE BATTLE OF PERALTA
... the north and west of Peralta to prevent reinforcements arriving from Sibley. These troops skirmished with Green's men during this encircling movement, and marching south near present-day West Bosque Loop, they turned back a relief column that Sibley led, just as it was emerging from an icy river cr ...
... the north and west of Peralta to prevent reinforcements arriving from Sibley. These troops skirmished with Green's men during this encircling movement, and marching south near present-day West Bosque Loop, they turned back a relief column that Sibley led, just as it was emerging from an icy river cr ...
Vicksburg National Military Park Expansion
... Background: More than 100,000 troops waged battle from March 29 until July 4, 1863, in a campaign that proved crucial to the Union victory. High atop the critically important Mississippi River, Jefferson Davis referred to Vicksburg as “the nail head that held the South’s two halves together.” Presid ...
... Background: More than 100,000 troops waged battle from March 29 until July 4, 1863, in a campaign that proved crucial to the Union victory. High atop the critically important Mississippi River, Jefferson Davis referred to Vicksburg as “the nail head that held the South’s two halves together.” Presid ...
Rocky Mountain Civil War Round Table 2013 Study Group The
... (c) Confederate defensive plans at Vicksburg, 1861 to July, 1862. March 21 First Efforts – Ray Polster (a) Fall, 1862 – Halleck tells Grant to move downriver to Vicksburg (b) Command structure of Confederate forces (c) Grant’s initial plan to attack Vicksburg using two prongs (1) One moving south vi ...
... (c) Confederate defensive plans at Vicksburg, 1861 to July, 1862. March 21 First Efforts – Ray Polster (a) Fall, 1862 – Halleck tells Grant to move downriver to Vicksburg (b) Command structure of Confederate forces (c) Grant’s initial plan to attack Vicksburg using two prongs (1) One moving south vi ...
Gettysburg Battlefield Lesson Plan
... the front and found that during the night General Lee and his Rebel Army had fallen back. It was impossible to march across the field without stepping upon dead or wounded men, while horses and broken Artillery lay on every side. We advanced to a sunken road [Emmitsburg Road] where we deployed as sk ...
... the front and found that during the night General Lee and his Rebel Army had fallen back. It was impossible to march across the field without stepping upon dead or wounded men, while horses and broken Artillery lay on every side. We advanced to a sunken road [Emmitsburg Road] where we deployed as sk ...
The First Day at Chancellorsville by Frank O`Reilly
... oracles of the bloody work at hand.” Federal infantry, under Major General Sykes, had advanced to a ridge overlooking Mott’s Run just as the Union cavalry withdrew across the stream. As the arriving Union division reached the Absalom McGee and Newton farms, it spotted the retreating 8th Pennsylvania ...
... oracles of the bloody work at hand.” Federal infantry, under Major General Sykes, had advanced to a ridge overlooking Mott’s Run just as the Union cavalry withdrew across the stream. As the arriving Union division reached the Absalom McGee and Newton farms, it spotted the retreating 8th Pennsylvania ...
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... The South would have its back to the wall. Sheer desperation would compel the region to make a heroic stand. For the South to lose was to accept subjugation by an all-but-foreign foe. This could mean the humiliating acceptance of the black slave as an equal. Perhaps also the loss of freedom and the ...
... The South would have its back to the wall. Sheer desperation would compel the region to make a heroic stand. For the South to lose was to accept subjugation by an all-but-foreign foe. This could mean the humiliating acceptance of the black slave as an equal. Perhaps also the loss of freedom and the ...
Spring 2012 - American Civil War Society
... Comedy – living history can be perceived as too serious sometimes. A bit of comedy can hugely enhance an event. ‘Walking through’ a battle – “muster” blocks of the public with a re-enactor at each corner and an officer out the front shouting what’s to be done, “versus” another similar group coming a ...
... Comedy – living history can be perceived as too serious sometimes. A bit of comedy can hugely enhance an event. ‘Walking through’ a battle – “muster” blocks of the public with a re-enactor at each corner and an officer out the front shouting what’s to be done, “versus” another similar group coming a ...
Vint Hill Farms Station - Fauquier Historical Society
... The Vint Hill section of Fauquier County is located about 10 miles northeast of Warrenton. It was once a country estate owned by Andrew Low . He was of European decent and he built a home at Vint Hill in 1860, raising sheep and cattle. The land remained in the family until 1911 when Mitchell Harriso ...
... The Vint Hill section of Fauquier County is located about 10 miles northeast of Warrenton. It was once a country estate owned by Andrew Low . He was of European decent and he built a home at Vint Hill in 1860, raising sheep and cattle. The land remained in the family until 1911 when Mitchell Harriso ...
Red River Campaign
The Red River Campaign or Red River Expedition comprised a series of battles fought along the Red River in Louisiana during the American Civil War from March 10 to May 22, 1864. The campaign was a Union initiative, fought between approximately 30,000 Union troops under the command of Major General Nathaniel P. Banks, and Confederate troops under the command of Lieutenant General Richard Taylor, whose strength varied from 6,000 to 15,000.The campaign was primarily the plan of Union General-in-Chief Henry W. Halleck, and a diversion from Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's plan to surround the main Confederate armies by using Banks's Army of the Gulf to capture Mobile, Alabama. It was a Union failure, characterized by poor planning and mismanagement, in which not a single objective was fully accomplished. Taylor successfully defended the Red River Valley with a smaller force. However, the decision of Taylor's immediate superior, General Edmund Kirby Smith to send half of Taylor's force north to Arkansas rather than south in pursuit of the retreating Banks after the Battle of Mansfield and the Battle of Pleasant Hill, led to bitter enmity between Taylor and Kirby Smith.