Was the Civil War a Total War?
... it described his actual policies better than his frequently quoted statements of a more sensational nature. He sent the letter to Maj. R. M. Sawyer, whom Sherman left behind to manage Huntsville, Alabama, when he departed for Meridian, Mississippi, early in 1864. Sherman also sent a copy to his brot ...
... it described his actual policies better than his frequently quoted statements of a more sensational nature. He sent the letter to Maj. R. M. Sawyer, whom Sherman left behind to manage Huntsville, Alabama, when he departed for Meridian, Mississippi, early in 1864. Sherman also sent a copy to his brot ...
Emancipation and Life in Wartime Objective/Key Understanding
... When the war began, thousands of free blacks volunteered to fight for the Union. At first, federal law forbade African Americans to serve as soldiers. When Congress repealed that law in 1862, however, both free African Americans and African Americans who had escaped from slavery enlisted in the Un ...
... When the war began, thousands of free blacks volunteered to fight for the Union. At first, federal law forbade African Americans to serve as soldiers. When Congress repealed that law in 1862, however, both free African Americans and African Americans who had escaped from slavery enlisted in the Un ...
Wilmer McLean`s Civil War odyssey Enid News and Eagle
... Plantation — on which a portion of the first major battle between Confederate and Union forces took place. Southern army commander Brig. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard had made his headquarters in McLean’s house, when Union artillery fired on the structure, dropping a cannonball through the kitchen fireplac ...
... Plantation — on which a portion of the first major battle between Confederate and Union forces took place. Southern army commander Brig. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard had made his headquarters in McLean’s house, when Union artillery fired on the structure, dropping a cannonball through the kitchen fireplac ...
22676-doc - Project Gutenberg
... Attitude just after War.--Toward Negroes.--XIVth Amendment.--Rejected by Southern States.--Iron Law of 1867.--Carried through.--Antagonism between President Johnson and Congress.--Attempt to Impeach Johnson.--Fails. ...
... Attitude just after War.--Toward Negroes.--XIVth Amendment.--Rejected by Southern States.--Iron Law of 1867.--Carried through.--Antagonism between President Johnson and Congress.--Attempt to Impeach Johnson.--Fails. ...
The Project Gutenberg EBook of History of the United States
... Attitude just after War.--Toward Negroes.--XIVth Amendment.--Rejected by Southern States.--Iron Law of 1867.--Carried through.--Antagonism between President Johnson and Congress.--Attempt to Impeach Johnson.--Fails. ...
... Attitude just after War.--Toward Negroes.--XIVth Amendment.--Rejected by Southern States.--Iron Law of 1867.--Carried through.--Antagonism between President Johnson and Congress.--Attempt to Impeach Johnson.--Fails. ...
Civil War in Arizona
... the Rio Grande to receive regular supply or reinforcement. Carleton's California troops finally arrived in Tucson on May 20th, only to discover that Hunter had retreated. During Hunter’s retreat, Apaches based in the Chiricahua Mountains attacked his eastbound troops repeatedly. The Confederates eve ...
... the Rio Grande to receive regular supply or reinforcement. Carleton's California troops finally arrived in Tucson on May 20th, only to discover that Hunter had retreated. During Hunter’s retreat, Apaches based in the Chiricahua Mountains attacked his eastbound troops repeatedly. The Confederates eve ...
WHO WAS THE CIVIL WAR`S PREMIER CAVALRY COMMANDER?
... From early June 1862 until January 1863 Forrest was involved in operations in Tennessee. He had been ordered to Chattanooga to take command of various state formations and to train them for excursions into Tennessee and Kentucky. At Murfreesborough, the Union garrison surrendered to Forrest. The bag ...
... From early June 1862 until January 1863 Forrest was involved in operations in Tennessee. He had been ordered to Chattanooga to take command of various state formations and to train them for excursions into Tennessee and Kentucky. At Murfreesborough, the Union garrison surrendered to Forrest. The bag ...
Tale of the Tape: Civil War
... What do you think the advantages of the South will be going into the Civil War? ...
... What do you think the advantages of the South will be going into the Civil War? ...
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... Grant took over Lee’s soldiers, sent them home w/ possessions and few days worth of rations. ...
... Grant took over Lee’s soldiers, sent them home w/ possessions and few days worth of rations. ...
map-civil-war-helena
... Fort Curtis was built soon after the Union army occupied Helena in July 1862. Exhibits discuss the Battle of Helena and the attack on Fort Curtis that took place after the Confederates took Battery C. ...
... Fort Curtis was built soon after the Union army occupied Helena in July 1862. Exhibits discuss the Battle of Helena and the attack on Fort Curtis that took place after the Confederates took Battery C. ...
Adolphus Heiman, a Brief Biography Ft. Heiman, Calloway County
... Fort Heiman could not be held, recalled the 1,100 troops building the fort to cross the river and assist the nearly 2,000 soldiers defending Fort Henry. The Confederates hoped that the muddy roads would make it impossible for the Union army to set up artillery on the partially completed Fort Heiman. ...
... Fort Heiman could not be held, recalled the 1,100 troops building the fort to cross the river and assist the nearly 2,000 soldiers defending Fort Henry. The Confederates hoped that the muddy roads would make it impossible for the Union army to set up artillery on the partially completed Fort Heiman. ...
Plans and Early Battles
... Manassas, Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C. The battle, known as the Battle of Bull Run in the North and the Battle of Manassas in the South, resulted in a Union defeat by Confederate General Stonewall Jackson. Lincoln appointed a new commander, George B. McClellan. ...
... Manassas, Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C. The battle, known as the Battle of Bull Run in the North and the Battle of Manassas in the South, resulted in a Union defeat by Confederate General Stonewall Jackson. Lincoln appointed a new commander, George B. McClellan. ...
The Ox Hill Battlefield Park Audio Tour Script Male Voice:
... The Battle of Ox Hill is the Confederate name for what the Union Army called the Battle of Chantilly. It took place at a critical time in the Civil War, between two of the war’s most famous and memorialized battles – two days after Second Manassas and 16 days before Antietam. Although the battle was ...
... The Battle of Ox Hill is the Confederate name for what the Union Army called the Battle of Chantilly. It took place at a critical time in the Civil War, between two of the war’s most famous and memorialized battles – two days after Second Manassas and 16 days before Antietam. Although the battle was ...
Chapter 13: The Civil War
... from both North and South—and their families—felt these divisions. President Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, had several relatives who fought in the Confederate army. John Crittenden, a senator from Kentucky, had two sons who became generals in the war—one for the Confederacy and one for the Unio ...
... from both North and South—and their families—felt these divisions. President Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, had several relatives who fought in the Confederate army. John Crittenden, a senator from Kentucky, had two sons who became generals in the war—one for the Confederacy and one for the Unio ...
February 2012 From The Adjutant
... was given instead to Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, a future Confederate general and commander of his. Rodes used his civil engineering skills to become chief engineer for the Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He held this position until the start of the Civil War. Although born ...
... was given instead to Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, a future Confederate general and commander of his. Rodes used his civil engineering skills to become chief engineer for the Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He held this position until the start of the Civil War. Although born ...
AHON Chapter 15 Section 2 Lecture Notes
... Ulysses S. Grant Meanwhile, Union armies in the West went on the attack under the command of Ulysses S. Grant. Grant and McClellan were very different. ...
... Ulysses S. Grant Meanwhile, Union armies in the West went on the attack under the command of Ulysses S. Grant. Grant and McClellan were very different. ...
84 ARMY March 2009
... Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan of the general’s inactivity following Confederate States of America. In rethe Battle of Antietam. peated messages to his army commanAmong the series of commanders of the Army of the Poders, Lincoln stressed that the destruction of armies, not the capture of cities, was ...
... Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan of the general’s inactivity following Confederate States of America. In rethe Battle of Antietam. peated messages to his army commanAmong the series of commanders of the Army of the Poders, Lincoln stressed that the destruction of armies, not the capture of cities, was ...
Chapter 9: The Civil War, 1861-1865
... On the same day that he learned his home state of Virginia had voted to secede from the Union, Robert E. Lee—one of the most respected senior officers in the United States Army—received an offer from General Winfield Scott to command the Union’s troops. Although Lee had spoken against secession and ...
... On the same day that he learned his home state of Virginia had voted to secede from the Union, Robert E. Lee—one of the most respected senior officers in the United States Army—received an offer from General Winfield Scott to command the Union’s troops. Although Lee had spoken against secession and ...
Chapter 18 - Catholic Textbook Project
... them crush the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. General Robert E. Lee, however, was not fooled. He had an uncanny ability to read the character of his opponent and guess what he might do. After Hooker began his march up the river on April 27, Lee did a daring act — he divided his small force o ...
... them crush the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. General Robert E. Lee, however, was not fooled. He had an uncanny ability to read the character of his opponent and guess what he might do. After Hooker began his march up the river on April 27, Lee did a daring act — he divided his small force o ...
THE U.S. CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
... • Moved far away from Manassas • House used for the surrender • “the war began in my front yard, and ended in my front parlor” ...
... • Moved far away from Manassas • House used for the surrender • “the war began in my front yard, and ended in my front parlor” ...
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... Tubman became the first woman in the country’s history to lead a military expedition when she helped Col. James Montgomery plan a night raid to free slaves from rice plantations along the Combahee River. On June 1, 1863, Montgomery, Tubman and several hundred black soldiers traveled up the river in ...
... Tubman became the first woman in the country’s history to lead a military expedition when she helped Col. James Montgomery plan a night raid to free slaves from rice plantations along the Combahee River. On June 1, 1863, Montgomery, Tubman and several hundred black soldiers traveled up the river in ...
Chapter 21
... • Bull Run (Manassas Junction) – Lincoln eventually concluded that an attack on a smaller Confederate force might be worth a try: • If successful it would demonstrate the superiority of Union arms • It might lead to the capture of the Confederate capital at Richmond, 100 miles to the south • If Rich ...
... • Bull Run (Manassas Junction) – Lincoln eventually concluded that an attack on a smaller Confederate force might be worth a try: • If successful it would demonstrate the superiority of Union arms • It might lead to the capture of the Confederate capital at Richmond, 100 miles to the south • If Rich ...
Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. A Union army under Major General Ulysses S. Grant had moved via the Tennessee River deep into Tennessee and was encamped principally at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee on the west bank of the river, where Confederate forces under Generals Albert Sidney Johnston and Pierre G. T. Beauregard launched a surprise attack on Grant's army. Johnston was killed in action during the fighting; Beauregard, who thus succeeded to command of the army, decided against pressing the attack late in the evening. Overnight Grant received considerable reinforcements from another Union army under Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, allowing him to launch an unexpected counterattack the next morning which completely reversed the Confederate gains of the previous day.On April 6, the first day of the battle, the Confederates struck with the intention of driving the Union defenders away from the river and into the swamps of Owl Creek to the west. Johnston hoped to defeat Grant's Army of the Tennessee before the anticipated arrival of General Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio. The Confederate battle lines became confused during the fierce fighting, and Grant's men instead fell back to the northeast, in the direction of Pittsburg Landing. A Union position on a slightly sunken road, nicknamed the ""Hornet's Nest"", defended by the men of Brig. Gens. Benjamin M. Prentiss's and William H. L. Wallace's divisions, provided critical time for the remainder of the Union line to stabilize under the protection of numerous artillery batteries. W. H. L. Wallace was mortally wounded at Shiloh, while Prentiss was eventually surrounded and surrendered. General Johnston was shot in the leg and bled to death while personally leading an attack. Beauregard, his second in command, acknowledged how tired the army was from the day's exertions and decided against assaulting the final Union position that night.Reinforcements from Buell's army and a division of Grant's army arrived in the evening of April 6 and helped turn the tide the next morning, when the Union commanders launched a counterattack along the entire line. Confederate forces were forced to retreat from the area, ending their hopes of blocking the Union advance into northern Mississippi. The Battle of Shiloh was the bloodiest battle in American history up to that time, replaced the next year by the Battle of Chancellorsville (and, soon after, the three-day Battle of Gettysburg, which would prove to be the bloodiest of the war).