Major Battles of the Civil War (50)
... one of the bloodiest days in the war. At the Battle of _________________, General Meade forced Confederate troops to retreat from Pennsylvania. After a six-week siege, the city of __________________ surrendered to Grant’s army. General Sherman destroyed most of the city of ________________, Georgia, ...
... one of the bloodiest days in the war. At the Battle of _________________, General Meade forced Confederate troops to retreat from Pennsylvania. After a six-week siege, the city of __________________ surrendered to Grant’s army. General Sherman destroyed most of the city of ________________, Georgia, ...
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... After graduating from West Point in 1825, Anderson saw his first action as a volunteer colonel in the Black Hawk War where he mustered Abraham Lincoln in and out the army. In 1847 he was severely wounded in the Mexican American War, but returned to active duty in 1849 and was garrisoned at Fort Preb ...
... After graduating from West Point in 1825, Anderson saw his first action as a volunteer colonel in the Black Hawk War where he mustered Abraham Lincoln in and out the army. In 1847 he was severely wounded in the Mexican American War, but returned to active duty in 1849 and was garrisoned at Fort Preb ...
FtSumter
... This battle was started because of a disagreement between General Anderson and the governor of South Carolina. On the night of December 26, 1860, General Anderson moved his troops out of Fort Moultrie and in to Fort Sumter. The next day, the governor of South Carolina sent Colonel Pettigrew out to ...
... This battle was started because of a disagreement between General Anderson and the governor of South Carolina. On the night of December 26, 1860, General Anderson moved his troops out of Fort Moultrie and in to Fort Sumter. The next day, the governor of South Carolina sent Colonel Pettigrew out to ...
us history 4-2
... Union fort in the Harbor of Charleston, South Carolina – It was fired on by the Confederates indicating the start of the Civil War ...
... Union fort in the Harbor of Charleston, South Carolina – It was fired on by the Confederates indicating the start of the Civil War ...
Fort Sumter
... As each state seceded from the Union, it seized the virtually undefended federal forts, arsenals, customs houses (where tax money was collected and stored), mints, and other federal property within its borders. But still in federal hands were two remote forts in the Florida keys, another on an islan ...
... As each state seceded from the Union, it seized the virtually undefended federal forts, arsenals, customs houses (where tax money was collected and stored), mints, and other federal property within its borders. But still in federal hands were two remote forts in the Florida keys, another on an islan ...
Battle of Port Royal
... Department of South Carolina, designated a series of harbor-protection forts along the state's coast. In support, South Carolina Governor Francis Pickens requested cannons from Richmond and bought powder from Connecticut with state funds. He also requested 1,800 men to staff the defensive positions ...
... Department of South Carolina, designated a series of harbor-protection forts along the state's coast. In support, South Carolina Governor Francis Pickens requested cannons from Richmond and bought powder from Connecticut with state funds. He also requested 1,800 men to staff the defensive positions ...
Lesson Plan in Rich Text Format
... fortifications, they had had to anchor offshore, in order to maintain their position. Du Pont ordered his ships to keep moving, forming an oval. Each ship would fire on the land batteries in turn, and then repeat the maneuver as many times as required. They would present the Confederate gunners with ...
... fortifications, they had had to anchor offshore, in order to maintain their position. Du Pont ordered his ships to keep moving, forming an oval. Each ship would fire on the land batteries in turn, and then repeat the maneuver as many times as required. They would present the Confederate gunners with ...
Firing Fort Sumpter
... General P.G.T Beauregaurd Major Robert Anderson - Union Commander inside Fort Sumpter Abner Doubleday – Union Captain Effect: Opening battle of the Civil War Interesting fact: Abner Doubleday is said to have created the sport of Baseball. ...
... General P.G.T Beauregaurd Major Robert Anderson - Union Commander inside Fort Sumpter Abner Doubleday – Union Captain Effect: Opening battle of the Civil War Interesting fact: Abner Doubleday is said to have created the sport of Baseball. ...
Battle of Port Royal
The Battle of Port Royal was one of the earliest amphibious operations of the American Civil War, in which a United States Navy fleet and United States Army expeditionary force captured Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, between Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina, on November 7, 1861. The sound was guarded by two forts on opposite sides of the entrance, Fort Walker on Hilton Head Island to the south and Fort Beauregard on Phillip's Island to the north. A small force of four gunboats supported the forts, but did not materially affect the battle.The attacking force assembled outside of the sound beginning on November 3 after being battered by a storm during their journey down the coast. Because of losses in the storm, the army was not able to land, so the battle was reduced to a contest between ship-based guns and those on shore.The fleet moved to the attack on November 7, after more delays caused by the weather during which additional troops were brought into Fort Walker. Flag Officer Du Pont ordered his ships to keep moving in an elliptical path, bombarding Fort Walker on one leg and Fort Beauregard on the other; the tactic had recently been used effectively at the Battle of Hatteras Inlet. His plan soon broke down, however, and most ships took enfilading positions that exploited a weakness in Fort Walker. The Confederate gunboats put in a token appearance, but fled up a nearby creek when challenged. Early in the afternoon, most of the guns in the fort were out of action, and the soldiers manning them fled to the rear. A landing party from the flagship took possession of the fort.When Fort Walker fell, the commander of Fort Beauregard across the sound feared that his soldiers would soon be cut off with no way to escape, so he ordered them to abandon the fort. Another landing party took possession of the fort and raised the Union flag the next day.Despite the heavy volume of fire, loss of life on both sides was low, at least by standards set later in the Civil War. Only eight were killed in the fleet and eleven on shore, with four other Southerners missing. Total casualties came to less than 100.