the underappreciated strategic genius of george b. mcclellan
... shaky, his strategic abilities deserve reconsideration. If not an able tactician, McClellan was a superior strategist who appreciated the importance of geography, how to overcome it and use it to advantage. He also was one of the few Civil War generals who recognized early on the changing character ...
... shaky, his strategic abilities deserve reconsideration. If not an able tactician, McClellan was a superior strategist who appreciated the importance of geography, how to overcome it and use it to advantage. He also was one of the few Civil War generals who recognized early on the changing character ...
Best Little Stories from the Civil War, 2E
... than historical accounts. But also because in most cases, they focus more on the individual person at, say, Gettysburg, rather than simply report the size of the armies, who won the battle and how they did so. Rather than write a straightforward, fact-filled—but potentially dull—short biography of U ...
... than historical accounts. But also because in most cases, they focus more on the individual person at, say, Gettysburg, rather than simply report the size of the armies, who won the battle and how they did so. Rather than write a straightforward, fact-filled—but potentially dull—short biography of U ...
DURING THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN
... books on Gettysburg continue to sell and the topic continues to fascinate serious scholars as well as antiquarians and Civil War buffs.2 Yet despite the still fervent interest in the Gettysburg Campaign, it has become much more difficult for interested parties to carve out a niche significant enoug ...
... books on Gettysburg continue to sell and the topic continues to fascinate serious scholars as well as antiquarians and Civil War buffs.2 Yet despite the still fervent interest in the Gettysburg Campaign, it has become much more difficult for interested parties to carve out a niche significant enoug ...
naylonMaurice - Georgetown University
... IV. Converge on Richmond by positioning the AoP on the Pamunkey River and establishing supply bases at Eltham's Landing, Cumberland Landing, and White House Landing V. Following the Battle of Seven Pines deciding not to counterattack and instead redeploying the AoP south of the Chickahominy River V ...
... IV. Converge on Richmond by positioning the AoP on the Pamunkey River and establishing supply bases at Eltham's Landing, Cumberland Landing, and White House Landing V. Following the Battle of Seven Pines deciding not to counterattack and instead redeploying the AoP south of the Chickahominy River V ...
The Resurrection of Ezra A. Carman`s History of the Antietam - H-Net
... the Army of the Potomac into a professional force. very marked. On the morning of the seventeenth, it had great confidence in McClellan, but that confidence began Unfortunately, Carman was not a trained historian, to wane before the close of the day. The inaction of the and he did not develop a clea ...
... the Army of the Potomac into a professional force. very marked. On the morning of the seventeenth, it had great confidence in McClellan, but that confidence began Unfortunately, Carman was not a trained historian, to wane before the close of the day. The inaction of the and he did not develop a clea ...
GEORGE G. MEADE AND HIS ROLE IN THE GETTYSBURG
... to it as the soldiers' battle, won by the men in the ranks alone, with their high-ranking officers serving as little more than window tlressing. Then, too, the victory at Gettysburg was a defensive one. With the army commander playing, supposedly, a somewhat passive if not torpid role. 1\Ieade had b ...
... to it as the soldiers' battle, won by the men in the ranks alone, with their high-ranking officers serving as little more than window tlressing. Then, too, the victory at Gettysburg was a defensive one. With the army commander playing, supposedly, a somewhat passive if not torpid role. 1\Ieade had b ...
THE BATTLE OF SAILOR`S CREEK: A STUDY IN LEADERSHIP A
... relentlessly, not only to cut the Confederate supply lines, but also to capture as many Confederates as he could during the two days of fighting. abandon his lines. ...
... relentlessly, not only to cut the Confederate supply lines, but also to capture as many Confederates as he could during the two days of fighting. abandon his lines. ...
Staff Ride Handbook for the Battle of Perryville, 8
... of the battle, all of the invading Southern forces retired from the state. Kentucky remained firmly in the Union and secure from Confederate invasion for the war’s duration. Despite its importance to the course of the war in the west, Perryville does not benefit from the high visibility accorded th ...
... of the battle, all of the invading Southern forces retired from the state. Kentucky remained firmly in the Union and secure from Confederate invasion for the war’s duration. Despite its importance to the course of the war in the west, Perryville does not benefit from the high visibility accorded th ...
Civil War in the Lone Star State - Texas State Historical Association
... Table of Contents I. Civil War………………………………………………………………………………………………………6 ...
... Table of Contents I. Civil War………………………………………………………………………………………………………6 ...
Rearguard of the Confederacy: The Second Florida Infantry Regiment
... in the middle. Most recent histories accept that slavery was an important issue, but not the only issue over which the Civil War was fought. In his book Battle Cry of Freedom, James McPherson convincingly reasoned that slavery, while perhaps not the reason each man—North or South—fought in the confl ...
... in the middle. Most recent histories accept that slavery was an important issue, but not the only issue over which the Civil War was fought. In his book Battle Cry of Freedom, James McPherson convincingly reasoned that slavery, while perhaps not the reason each man—North or South—fought in the confl ...
... in a fairly sound financial position when their father died and possessed a degree of learning, something that most of the newly arrived Irish didn’t. Also their religion set them apart. Being relatively well off, educated and Protestant the Cleburnes, while not received with open arms, were very qu ...
READ-ALOUD PLAYS ABOUT
... CLARA JANSEN (overhearing and interrupting): Northerners are no more mean and stingy than Southerners, sir! CHARLES LEWIS SCOTT: My apologies, of course, ma’am. You’re quite correct. Northerners and Southerners share the same vices and virtues. CLARA JANSEN: You will try to make war based on Mr. Lin ...
... CLARA JANSEN (overhearing and interrupting): Northerners are no more mean and stingy than Southerners, sir! CHARLES LEWIS SCOTT: My apologies, of course, ma’am. You’re quite correct. Northerners and Southerners share the same vices and virtues. CLARA JANSEN: You will try to make war based on Mr. Lin ...
THE ORIGINS OF THE MISSISSIPPI MARINE BRIGADE: THE FIRST
... ram. Ellet wrote to Congress thirty days before the first Confederate ironclad made its appearance, reporting that the rebels had five steam rams deployed in several river locations. He noted in his letter that the Union did not have a single vessel able to withstand the onslaught of a properly cons ...
... ram. Ellet wrote to Congress thirty days before the first Confederate ironclad made its appearance, reporting that the rebels had five steam rams deployed in several river locations. He noted in his letter that the Union did not have a single vessel able to withstand the onslaught of a properly cons ...
reminiscences of the civil war
... entire Southland under the control of their own people. He was chosen by the Democrats in Congress to draft an address to the people of the South, urging patience, endurance, and an appeal to a returning sense of justice as the cure for all wrongs. He was elected governor of Georgia twice, and the r ...
... entire Southland under the control of their own people. He was chosen by the Democrats in Congress to draft an address to the people of the South, urging patience, endurance, and an appeal to a returning sense of justice as the cure for all wrongs. He was elected governor of Georgia twice, and the r ...
1864: The Decisive Year
... Northern soldiers were marching south in the Valley and landing between the James and Appomattox Rivers south of Richmond. Grant and the Army of the Potomac immediately ran into trouble in the tangled growth near the old Chancellorsville battlefield. Lee attacked the Union columns on the narrow road ...
... Northern soldiers were marching south in the Valley and landing between the James and Appomattox Rivers south of Richmond. Grant and the Army of the Potomac immediately ran into trouble in the tangled growth near the old Chancellorsville battlefield. Lee attacked the Union columns on the narrow road ...
John Hunt Morgan`s Christmas Raid
... Lt. Col. Courtland Matson commanded both positions. When he saw the Confederates arriving in force he called all of his 560 men to Sulpher Fork in an effort to turn Morgan back. Matson held out for eight hours due primarily to the patience of Morgan. Morgan repeatedly demanded Matson’s surrender. On ...
... Lt. Col. Courtland Matson commanded both positions. When he saw the Confederates arriving in force he called all of his 560 men to Sulpher Fork in an effort to turn Morgan back. Matson held out for eight hours due primarily to the patience of Morgan. Morgan repeatedly demanded Matson’s surrender. On ...
Craven County Civil War Brochure
... permanent capital in 1770, and although the capital eventually moved to Raleigh in 1792, New Bern remained a treasure in Eastern North Carolina and throughout the South. This proved to be especially true during the Civil War, when the major port and trading center was captured and occupied by a larg ...
... permanent capital in 1770, and although the capital eventually moved to Raleigh in 1792, New Bern remained a treasure in Eastern North Carolina and throughout the South. This proved to be especially true during the Civil War, when the major port and trading center was captured and occupied by a larg ...
What battle in the East is known as the “turning
... Lincoln told his cabinet, that Antietam wasn’t a decisive victory, but the Confederates had been driven out of Maryland. This was the closest that the Union armies in the East were to having a victory. This painting is titled “First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln.” Thi ...
... Lincoln told his cabinet, that Antietam wasn’t a decisive victory, but the Confederates had been driven out of Maryland. This was the closest that the Union armies in the East were to having a victory. This painting is titled “First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln.” Thi ...
January 2011
... nothing but bread and water until they disclosed information about Federal bushwhackers, called “Outliers.” Whether one agreed or not, his tactics were more successful than any others and netted some three hundred deserters. On January 20th, Gen. Robert E. Lee wrote “I also recommend that General Le ...
... nothing but bread and water until they disclosed information about Federal bushwhackers, called “Outliers.” Whether one agreed or not, his tactics were more successful than any others and netted some three hundred deserters. On January 20th, Gen. Robert E. Lee wrote “I also recommend that General Le ...
SNAKES LURKING IN THE GRASS - The Gilder Lehrman Institute of
... that of the Confederate Army. The Union Army was visibly struggling toward victory with each passing battle and it seemed as if the war was far from concluding. Lincoln’s problems were not just limited to the battlefield, but the president was also burdened in dealing with intense opposition toward ...
... that of the Confederate Army. The Union Army was visibly struggling toward victory with each passing battle and it seemed as if the war was far from concluding. Lincoln’s problems were not just limited to the battlefield, but the president was also burdened in dealing with intense opposition toward ...
"... Willing Never to Go in Another Fight": The Civil War
... Rufus King Felder had missed the brigade's first major battle, Gaines' Mill, on June 27, 1862. Hood's Texas Brigade distinguished itself by breaking a deadlocked battle with a dramatic frontal assault in which they overran two lines of entrenchments and captured an entire regiment and fourteen artil ...
... Rufus King Felder had missed the brigade's first major battle, Gaines' Mill, on June 27, 1862. Hood's Texas Brigade distinguished itself by breaking a deadlocked battle with a dramatic frontal assault in which they overran two lines of entrenchments and captured an entire regiment and fourteen artil ...
Joshua L. Chamberlain
... and create a surge of antiwar sentiment in the North. The Confederate commander knew that President Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865; see entry) would not be able to continue the war against the South if he did not have the support of the Northern people. But Lee’s progress was stopped outside of Gettysbu ...
... and create a surge of antiwar sentiment in the North. The Confederate commander knew that President Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865; see entry) would not be able to continue the war against the South if he did not have the support of the Northern people. But Lee’s progress was stopped outside of Gettysbu ...
Camp 1220 May 2014
... A Steinert High School Senior in Hamilton Township was suspended for flying a Confederate “themed” Flag from his truck on campus, Superintendent James Parla said. 17-year-old Greg Vied told a local news agency he had been suspended from the school after refusing to comply with a Vice Principal’s ord ...
... A Steinert High School Senior in Hamilton Township was suspended for flying a Confederate “themed” Flag from his truck on campus, Superintendent James Parla said. 17-year-old Greg Vied told a local news agency he had been suspended from the school after refusing to comply with a Vice Principal’s ord ...
Killer Angels notes
... 7. Longstreet’s 2 divisions who will be fighting are _________________, ___________________. The only division not fighting at all on July 2 is _______________________. The brigade that still needs to get into battle formation is _____________________. (184) This brigade is from _________________’s ...
... 7. Longstreet’s 2 divisions who will be fighting are _________________, ___________________. The only division not fighting at all on July 2 is _______________________. The brigade that still needs to get into battle formation is _____________________. (184) This brigade is from _________________’s ...
Battle of Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General Ambrose Burnside. The Union Army's futile frontal attacks on December 13 against entrenched Confederate defenders on the heights behind the city is remembered as one of the most one-sided battles of the American Civil War, with Union casualties more than twice as heavy as those suffered by the Confederates.Burnside's plan was to cross the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg in mid-November and race to the Confederate capital of Richmond before Lee's army could stop him. Bureaucratic delays prevented Burnside from receiving the necessary pontoon bridges in time and Lee moved his army to block the crossings. When the Union army was finally able to build its bridges and cross under fire, urban combat in the city resulted on December 11–12. Union troops prepared to assault Confederate defensive positions south of the city and on a strongly fortified ridge just west of the city known as Marye's Heights.On December 13, the ""grand division"" of Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin was able to pierce the first defensive line of Confederate Lieutenant General Stonewall Jackson to the south, but was finally repulsed. Burnside ordered the grand divisions of Maj. Gens. Edwin V. Sumner and Joseph Hooker to make multiple frontal assaults against Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's position on Marye's Heights, all of which were repulsed with heavy losses. On December 15, Burnside withdrew his army, ending another failed Union campaign in the Eastern Theater.