Civil War Student Guide
... bugs and mosquitoes, and poor sanitation usually caused unbelievably needless suffering and death. In those years, doctors didn’t know much about germs and the value of sterile conditions in a hospital. When opium pills, ether, or chloroform were unavailable, alcohol served as a universal cure-all, ...
... bugs and mosquitoes, and poor sanitation usually caused unbelievably needless suffering and death. In those years, doctors didn’t know much about germs and the value of sterile conditions in a hospital. When opium pills, ether, or chloroform were unavailable, alcohol served as a universal cure-all, ...
Get Ebooks The 10 Biggest Civil War Battles
... would all feature Union heroes like Ulysses S. Grant and George H. Thomas preserving Federal control over Tennessee and Kentucky. But during those same periods of time, Robert E. Lee was leading the Army of Northern Virginia to victory over several Union commanders at Fredericksburg, Second Bull Run ...
... would all feature Union heroes like Ulysses S. Grant and George H. Thomas preserving Federal control over Tennessee and Kentucky. But during those same periods of time, Robert E. Lee was leading the Army of Northern Virginia to victory over several Union commanders at Fredericksburg, Second Bull Run ...
Sacrificed to the Bad Management...of Others
... ...the echoing sounds were well understood...and that numbers of our boys would never return from the Pennsylvania soil back to the good Dominion state.... No soldier was gifted with prophecy so as to say who would be the next of his company’s comrades to miss roll call, that there was a secret insp ...
... ...the echoing sounds were well understood...and that numbers of our boys would never return from the Pennsylvania soil back to the good Dominion state.... No soldier was gifted with prophecy so as to say who would be the next of his company’s comrades to miss roll call, that there was a secret insp ...
harpers ferry - National Park Service History Electronic Library
... Frederick on his way through Maryland toward Pennsylvania, General Lee decided to remove the threat to his rear and line of communications represented by the strong Union garrison at Harpers Ferry. In order to do this he decided to divide his army, sending part of it against Harpers Ferry while the ...
... Frederick on his way through Maryland toward Pennsylvania, General Lee decided to remove the threat to his rear and line of communications represented by the strong Union garrison at Harpers Ferry. In order to do this he decided to divide his army, sending part of it against Harpers Ferry while the ...
November/December 2012 - The Civil War Roundtable of Gettysburg
... t the beginning of the 19th century, the first elements of what is called the 2nd Great Awakening had taken root in American Protestantism. The evangelical aspects of religion were to become a mainstay of the lion’s share of churches across the country, though Catholicism would grow rapidly with the ...
... t the beginning of the 19th century, the first elements of what is called the 2nd Great Awakening had taken root in American Protestantism. The evangelical aspects of religion were to become a mainstay of the lion’s share of churches across the country, though Catholicism would grow rapidly with the ...
Bull Run - Central Magnet School
... firm, and Confederate reinforcements arrived • Union troops fled in panic • “Military picnic” at Bull Run: – Though not decisive militarily, bore significant psychological and political consequences – Victory was worse than defeat for South because it inflated an already dangerous overconfidence ...
... firm, and Confederate reinforcements arrived • Union troops fled in panic • “Military picnic” at Bull Run: – Though not decisive militarily, bore significant psychological and political consequences – Victory was worse than defeat for South because it inflated an already dangerous overconfidence ...
Vicksburg
... The second assault, 22 May, was a disaster for Union forces, showed the strength of the miles of Confederate works arching east around the city, and convinced Grant that Pemberton could only be defeated in a protracted siege. The siege of Vicksburg began with the repulse of the 22 May assault and la ...
... The second assault, 22 May, was a disaster for Union forces, showed the strength of the miles of Confederate works arching east around the city, and convinced Grant that Pemberton could only be defeated in a protracted siege. The siege of Vicksburg began with the repulse of the 22 May assault and la ...
Salt, Lead and the fight for
... chase after the aborted consolidation of troops at Saltville and caught Captain Cutler’s Company C, 34th Ohio by surprise. Left behind as a rear guard and to secure the prisoners Cutler’s men offered only minutes of resistance before the disorganized fight was over. The prisoners were freed, three ...
... chase after the aborted consolidation of troops at Saltville and caught Captain Cutler’s Company C, 34th Ohio by surprise. Left behind as a rear guard and to secure the prisoners Cutler’s men offered only minutes of resistance before the disorganized fight was over. The prisoners were freed, three ...
Florida`s Long War by sfcdan (Formatted Word
... The loss of the Judah thoroughly upset Braxton Bragg, who set out to avenge her loss. He still believed he lacked the necessary strength to challenge the fort directly but saw an opportunity in the outlying camps. He singled out Colonel William Wilson’s 6th New York Zouaves as the target for a hit a ...
... The loss of the Judah thoroughly upset Braxton Bragg, who set out to avenge her loss. He still believed he lacked the necessary strength to challenge the fort directly but saw an opportunity in the outlying camps. He singled out Colonel William Wilson’s 6th New York Zouaves as the target for a hit a ...
Grierson Raid
... Union because it, and it’s supporting forts, Grand Gulf and Port Hudson, were the only obstacle preventing the Mississippi River from being under Union control. Confederate resistance along the Mississippi was defiant, however, and Grant’s first two attempts to siege the city had failed. His next ga ...
... Union because it, and it’s supporting forts, Grand Gulf and Port Hudson, were the only obstacle preventing the Mississippi River from being under Union control. Confederate resistance along the Mississippi was defiant, however, and Grant’s first two attempts to siege the city had failed. His next ga ...
Chapter 21 Civil War
... firm, and Confederate reinforcements arrived • Union troops fled in panic • “Military picnic” at Bull Run: – Though not decisive militarily, bore significant psychological and political consequences – Victory was worse than defeat for South because it inflated an already dangerous overconfidence ...
... firm, and Confederate reinforcements arrived • Union troops fled in panic • “Military picnic” at Bull Run: – Though not decisive militarily, bore significant psychological and political consequences – Victory was worse than defeat for South because it inflated an already dangerous overconfidence ...
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... firm, and Confederate reinforcements arrived • Union troops fled in panic • “Military picnic” at Bull Run: – Though not decisive militarily, bore significant psychological and political consequences – Victory was worse than defeat for South because it inflated an already dangerous overconfidence ...
... firm, and Confederate reinforcements arrived • Union troops fled in panic • “Military picnic” at Bull Run: – Though not decisive militarily, bore significant psychological and political consequences – Victory was worse than defeat for South because it inflated an already dangerous overconfidence ...
Confederate Strategy in 1863: Was a Strategic
... More ironic was the Archduke's interpretation of the secret of Napoleon's success. Archduke Charles postulated that Napoleon built his success between 1795 and 1809 on the groundwork of his predecessors in expanding France to stable or "natural" frontiers and then constructing an extensive, well-bui ...
... More ironic was the Archduke's interpretation of the secret of Napoleon's success. Archduke Charles postulated that Napoleon built his success between 1795 and 1809 on the groundwork of his predecessors in expanding France to stable or "natural" frontiers and then constructing an extensive, well-bui ...
The Civil War
... catch them, they ran headlong for the safety of Washington. The Confederates, however, were also disorganized and exhausted, and they did not pursue the Union army. The first major battle of the Civil War thus ended. It became known as the First Battle of Bull Run, because the following year another ...
... catch them, they ran headlong for the safety of Washington. The Confederates, however, were also disorganized and exhausted, and they did not pursue the Union army. The first major battle of the Civil War thus ended. It became known as the First Battle of Bull Run, because the following year another ...
Arkansas Military History Journal
... Christ (Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press, 1994), 78-84. ...
... Christ (Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press, 1994), 78-84. ...
Wilmer McLean`s Civil War odyssey Enid News and Eagle
... Leading up to the first great battle of the war, on July 18, 1861, along a creek known as Bull Run near the rail crossroads of Manassas Junction, Va., it was McLean’s property — known as Yorkshire Plantation — on which a portion of the first major battle between Confederate and Union forces took pla ...
... Leading up to the first great battle of the war, on July 18, 1861, along a creek known as Bull Run near the rail crossroads of Manassas Junction, Va., it was McLean’s property — known as Yorkshire Plantation — on which a portion of the first major battle between Confederate and Union forces took pla ...
The Age of Revolution - First Covenant Church
... and were caught by surprise early on a Sunday morning by P.G.T. Beauregard Again, the Washington rumor mill falsely accused Grant of being too drunk to protect his own men and Lincoln's generals demanded he be relieved Desperate to bring some sort of organization and structure to the running of the ...
... and were caught by surprise early on a Sunday morning by P.G.T. Beauregard Again, the Washington rumor mill falsely accused Grant of being too drunk to protect his own men and Lincoln's generals demanded he be relieved Desperate to bring some sort of organization and structure to the running of the ...
TRANSCRIPT 7/04/12 Reflections on the Battle of Gettysburg and the Role of... Soldiers
... the time of the battle. Sitting here along the base of Bushman's Hill looking out at farm fields owned by family named slider. Judson Kilpatrick decided he should have his men attack through those fields against the southern end of the confederate line but there are Texas infantry and Alabama infant ...
... the time of the battle. Sitting here along the base of Bushman's Hill looking out at farm fields owned by family named slider. Judson Kilpatrick decided he should have his men attack through those fields against the southern end of the confederate line but there are Texas infantry and Alabama infant ...
The Battle of Bull Run
... Bridge. It gave us the best view of the battle. We could hear the muskets being shot and see the soldiers run by. But it was impossible to determine who was winning. At around four in the afternoon, I saw one reporter in a panic. He asked directions to McDowell’s headquarters. I wondered why he want ...
... Bridge. It gave us the best view of the battle. We could hear the muskets being shot and see the soldiers run by. But it was impossible to determine who was winning. At around four in the afternoon, I saw one reporter in a panic. He asked directions to McDowell’s headquarters. I wondered why he want ...
Echoes from the Blue and Gray
... A number of circumstances, tracing back to political issues and disagreements that began soon after the American Revolution, ultimately led the United States into Civil War. Between the years 1800 and 1860, arguments between the North and South grew more intense, slavery being the central issue of t ...
... A number of circumstances, tracing back to political issues and disagreements that began soon after the American Revolution, ultimately led the United States into Civil War. Between the years 1800 and 1860, arguments between the North and South grew more intense, slavery being the central issue of t ...
Union Victories in the South (cont.)
... • On July 3, Lee ordered 15,000 men under the command of General George E. Pickett and General A. P. Hill to attack the Union troops. • This became known as Pickett’s Charge. • The Confederate troops marched across open farmland toward the ridge where Union forces stood. • In less than half an ...
... • On July 3, Lee ordered 15,000 men under the command of General George E. Pickett and General A. P. Hill to attack the Union troops. • This became known as Pickett’s Charge. • The Confederate troops marched across open farmland toward the ridge where Union forces stood. • In less than half an ...
The Batteries Fired With Very Decided Effect
... such dispositions of the teams attached to the battery wagons and travelling forges as will render them most available for the purpose of securing artillery captured on the battlefield.”2 Although designed strictly as a measure to bolster the strength of the army by acquiring more guns, it planted ...
... such dispositions of the teams attached to the battery wagons and travelling forges as will render them most available for the purpose of securing artillery captured on the battlefield.”2 Although designed strictly as a measure to bolster the strength of the army by acquiring more guns, it planted ...
Shiloh - Teach Tennessee History
... morale. Although he had stopped a rebel invasion, General George B. McClellan had failed to cut off the fleeing Confederates and destroy Robert E. Lee’s army after the Battle of Antietam. Instead, Lee’s rugged fighting force slipped quietly back into Virginia where it would continue to cause frustra ...
... morale. Although he had stopped a rebel invasion, General George B. McClellan had failed to cut off the fleeing Confederates and destroy Robert E. Lee’s army after the Battle of Antietam. Instead, Lee’s rugged fighting force slipped quietly back into Virginia where it would continue to cause frustra ...
Open Document - Bluegrass Heritage Museum
... In the fall of 1862, Sharp was furloughed following the Battle of Richmond. While he was visiting his parents in Athens, the Confederates were defeated at Perryville and retreated from Kentucky. Sharp and five other men began to make their way back to their lines, which took them through Winchester ...
... In the fall of 1862, Sharp was furloughed following the Battle of Richmond. While he was visiting his parents in Athens, the Confederates were defeated at Perryville and retreated from Kentucky. Sharp and five other men began to make their way back to their lines, which took them through Winchester ...
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.