The Antietam Campaign
... scenic driving tour that follows the route taken during Robert E. Lee’s September 1862 Maryland Campaign. Information contained here and along the Trail tells stories that have been hidden deep within the landscape for 140 years. Follow the bugle trailblazer signs to waysides that explain the day-to ...
... scenic driving tour that follows the route taken during Robert E. Lee’s September 1862 Maryland Campaign. Information contained here and along the Trail tells stories that have been hidden deep within the landscape for 140 years. Follow the bugle trailblazer signs to waysides that explain the day-to ...
September 9 - Indianapolis Civil War Round Table
... the history of warfare. The total number of victims who died, either as a direct result of battle or from disease and illness, has not been equaled nearly one hundred fifty years later. The bodies of those who died either on the battlefield or in military hospitals were generally buried quickly and ...
... the history of warfare. The total number of victims who died, either as a direct result of battle or from disease and illness, has not been equaled nearly one hundred fifty years later. The bodies of those who died either on the battlefield or in military hospitals were generally buried quickly and ...
Political Cartoons of the Civil War
... Prior to being hired by Harper’s Weekly, Thomas Nast published cartoons for the New York Illustrated News. In this cartoon, Nast’s first, represents the differing images of Lincoln as perceived by both northerners and southerners. In the North, Lincoln was hailed as a man of reason who would stand o ...
... Prior to being hired by Harper’s Weekly, Thomas Nast published cartoons for the New York Illustrated News. In this cartoon, Nast’s first, represents the differing images of Lincoln as perceived by both northerners and southerners. In the North, Lincoln was hailed as a man of reason who would stand o ...
June 2016 Newsletter
... war and the Union cavalry come within an ace of overrunning Stuart’s headquarters. But the Confederates hold their ground and reports of Confederate infantry arriving lead Pleasanton to withdraw. However, the Union troopers know they have held their own against Stuart's cavalry on their home ground, ...
... war and the Union cavalry come within an ace of overrunning Stuart’s headquarters. But the Confederates hold their ground and reports of Confederate infantry arriving lead Pleasanton to withdraw. However, the Union troopers know they have held their own against Stuart's cavalry on their home ground, ...
Section 1 The Call to Arms
... blockade is a military action to prevent traffic from coming into an area or leaving it. Lincoln hoped to cut off the South’s supply of manufactured goods and block overseas sales of cotton. An important part of northern strategy was to gain control of the Mississippi River, the South’s major transp ...
... blockade is a military action to prevent traffic from coming into an area or leaving it. Lincoln hoped to cut off the South’s supply of manufactured goods and block overseas sales of cotton. An important part of northern strategy was to gain control of the Mississippi River, the South’s major transp ...
Episode 5
... happen before the end of the day. He is convinced that the Union army is trying to move its siege artillery within range of the Confederate capital city of Richmond. Both armies are already so close to Richmond that Lee can hear the city’s church bells ringing in the clear morning air. He orders def ...
... happen before the end of the day. He is convinced that the Union army is trying to move its siege artillery within range of the Confederate capital city of Richmond. Both armies are already so close to Richmond that Lee can hear the city’s church bells ringing in the clear morning air. He orders def ...
The Civil War
... Nashville soon fell to another Union army. Meanwhile, Grant and some 42,000 soldiers pushed farther south along the ‘frnnessee River to threaten Mississippi and Alabama. The Battle of Shiloh in late March, Grant’s army neared Corinth, Mississippi, an impor tant railroad center near the TennesseeMiss ...
... Nashville soon fell to another Union army. Meanwhile, Grant and some 42,000 soldiers pushed farther south along the ‘frnnessee River to threaten Mississippi and Alabama. The Battle of Shiloh in late March, Grant’s army neared Corinth, Mississippi, an impor tant railroad center near the TennesseeMiss ...
chapter 7 - apel slice
... South could torch, the Union to spend its resources until it became tired of the war and agreed to negotiate. Much like Lincoln in the North, however, President Davis felt pressure to strike for a quick victory. Many strategists of this era were influenced by Napoleon's battle strategy in his Europe ...
... South could torch, the Union to spend its resources until it became tired of the war and agreed to negotiate. Much like Lincoln in the North, however, President Davis felt pressure to strike for a quick victory. Many strategists of this era were influenced by Napoleon's battle strategy in his Europe ...
Battles
... Japan’s invasion of China was the primary cause of World War II in East Asia. As early as 1931, Japanese forces occupied Manchuria and set up a puppet state called “Manchukuo.” The Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 1937 resulted in open war between Japan and China. Japanese forces committed notorious at ...
... Japan’s invasion of China was the primary cause of World War II in East Asia. As early as 1931, Japanese forces occupied Manchuria and set up a puppet state called “Manchukuo.” The Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 1937 resulted in open war between Japan and China. Japanese forces committed notorious at ...
Civil War: The Military Campaigns Directions: Use 3
... 27. Compare the war aims and military strategy of the North and South. Why were the Southern goals more clearly defined than those of the North? 28. If you had been a southern sympathizer in 1862, why would you have thought that the Confederacy might win the war? Support with examples. 29. What was ...
... 27. Compare the war aims and military strategy of the North and South. Why were the Southern goals more clearly defined than those of the North? 28. If you had been a southern sympathizer in 1862, why would you have thought that the Confederacy might win the war? Support with examples. 29. What was ...
Strategies and Battles
... its greatest advantages was its network of roads, canals, and railroads. Some 22,000 miles of railroad track cold move soldiers and supplies throughout the North. The South had only about 9,000 miles of track. . . . The Confederacy had advantages as well. With its strong military tradition, the Sout ...
... its greatest advantages was its network of roads, canals, and railroads. Some 22,000 miles of railroad track cold move soldiers and supplies throughout the North. The South had only about 9,000 miles of track. . . . The Confederacy had advantages as well. With its strong military tradition, the Sout ...
THE U.S. CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
... Pvt. Elias Durfee fought at Little Round Top with Col. Joshua Chamberlain of the 20th Maine 43,000 Killed, wounded or missing—25,000 from the south— will never recover Gettysburg is the turning point of the war! ...
... Pvt. Elias Durfee fought at Little Round Top with Col. Joshua Chamberlain of the 20th Maine 43,000 Killed, wounded or missing—25,000 from the south— will never recover Gettysburg is the turning point of the war! ...
the civil war - Stackpole Books Media Site
... Forts go up. The North has twice the roads, rails, manpower and nearly ten times the factories, mills, ships, foundries, armorers. May. In Ohio, Union troops under McClellan are poised to enter Kentucky. In Tennessee, Confederate forces are poised to enter Kentucky. Kentucky Governor Magoffin declar ...
... Forts go up. The North has twice the roads, rails, manpower and nearly ten times the factories, mills, ships, foundries, armorers. May. In Ohio, Union troops under McClellan are poised to enter Kentucky. In Tennessee, Confederate forces are poised to enter Kentucky. Kentucky Governor Magoffin declar ...
Civil War Strategy 1861-1865 Essay
... Major General Ulysses S. Grant and Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote moved to take Fort Henry, then Fort Donelson, shattering the Confederate cordon. The impetus for this came not from Lincoln’s order to move, or from Halleck, the departmental commander, but from Halleck’s subordinate, Grant. Ironically, ...
... Major General Ulysses S. Grant and Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote moved to take Fort Henry, then Fort Donelson, shattering the Confederate cordon. The impetus for this came not from Lincoln’s order to move, or from Halleck, the departmental commander, but from Halleck’s subordinate, Grant. Ironically, ...
Sumter to Appomattox Newsletter No 11
... of 1862, there were fewer that 50 students enrolled in its study programs. This represented a drop of some 92% over the previous year’s enrolments and was the result of hundreds of its students giving up their studies to join the Confederate army. Source: North and South, Vol 6, No. 3, ...
... of 1862, there were fewer that 50 students enrolled in its study programs. This represented a drop of some 92% over the previous year’s enrolments and was the result of hundreds of its students giving up their studies to join the Confederate army. Source: North and South, Vol 6, No. 3, ...
Unit 7: Binding Up the Nation`s Wounds
... the Bering Strait and Bering Sea take their names. The Russians did very little with Alaska, and after a hundred years or more they decided that they did not want it, for it was separated from the rest of the empire by a stormy sea and in time of war would be difficult to protect. So they offered to ...
... the Bering Strait and Bering Sea take their names. The Russians did very little with Alaska, and after a hundred years or more they decided that they did not want it, for it was separated from the rest of the empire by a stormy sea and in time of war would be difficult to protect. So they offered to ...
Chapter 11 The Civil War (1861 – 1865)
... •Grant’s army advanced toward Corinth, Mississippi, an important railroad center. •Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston attacked Grant’s troops on April 6, 1862 at Shiloh Church. •The Battle of Shiloh cost the South nearly 11,000 casualties and the North more than 13,000. •The Union forced the ...
... •Grant’s army advanced toward Corinth, Mississippi, an important railroad center. •Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston attacked Grant’s troops on April 6, 1862 at Shiloh Church. •The Battle of Shiloh cost the South nearly 11,000 casualties and the North more than 13,000. •The Union forced the ...
Case Study: Battle of Atlanta Major General John Bell Hood, CSA
... Serving under some of the South’s greatest generals, including Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, James Longstreet and Joseph E. Johnston, Hood soon established himself as one of the bravest fighters in the Confederate Army. An excellent commander at the brigade and division level, Hood and his men ...
... Serving under some of the South’s greatest generals, including Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, James Longstreet and Joseph E. Johnston, Hood soon established himself as one of the bravest fighters in the Confederate Army. An excellent commander at the brigade and division level, Hood and his men ...
Read a brochure of this exhibit. - Academics
... enough armor to move the heavy C.S.S. Virginia up the James River towards Richmond but found that she could not be saved. He decided to destroy the ship rather than let it be captured by the Federals. On May 10, 1862, Tattnall ordered the C.S.S. Virgi ...
... enough armor to move the heavy C.S.S. Virginia up the James River towards Richmond but found that she could not be saved. He decided to destroy the ship rather than let it be captured by the Federals. On May 10, 1862, Tattnall ordered the C.S.S. Virgi ...
Across the Etowah and into the Hell-Hole
... to prepare for the upcoming movement. Over the next couple of days, Sherman ordered all sick and wounded men to the rear. He required that the troops gather twenty days’ worth of supplies and that they forage for fresh meat and vegetables. However, he did not allow indiscriminate pillaging of the po ...
... to prepare for the upcoming movement. Over the next couple of days, Sherman ordered all sick and wounded men to the rear. He required that the troops gather twenty days’ worth of supplies and that they forage for fresh meat and vegetables. However, he did not allow indiscriminate pillaging of the po ...
Echoes from the Blue and Gray
... down what he argued was a treacherous act of rebellion (four border slave states remained in the Union and two Union states were added during the Civil War). Four more states seceded making eleven Confederate states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South ...
... down what he argued was a treacherous act of rebellion (four border slave states remained in the Union and two Union states were added during the Civil War). Four more states seceded making eleven Confederate states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South ...
Quotes of Abraham Lincoln
... McClellan’s Peninsular Campaign/Seven Days Battles: Spring 1862 Union is driven back from within sight of Richmond, McClellan temporarily relieved Merrimack and Monitor Do Battle: March 1862 Grant Captures Fort Henry and Fort Donelson: February 1862 Grant’s victory secured Tennessee to the Union and ...
... McClellan’s Peninsular Campaign/Seven Days Battles: Spring 1862 Union is driven back from within sight of Richmond, McClellan temporarily relieved Merrimack and Monitor Do Battle: March 1862 Grant Captures Fort Henry and Fort Donelson: February 1862 Grant’s victory secured Tennessee to the Union and ...
10 Days - Antietam
... 2. In the summer of 1862, Lincoln’s cabinet did not want him to sign the Emancipation Proclamation while the Union was losing because it looked like a desperate move. They told him to wait until they had a victory. Do you agree with the cabinet’s opinion? Why or why not? ...
... 2. In the summer of 1862, Lincoln’s cabinet did not want him to sign the Emancipation Proclamation while the Union was losing because it looked like a desperate move. They told him to wait until they had a victory. Do you agree with the cabinet’s opinion? Why or why not? ...
Civil War - Mrs. Huber`s Social Studies Class
... ◦ Rarely attacked the southern army ◦ The North lost several of the first major battle of the Civil War including Bull Run and Chancellorsville ◦ Lee tried to invade the north twice and failed ...
... ◦ Rarely attacked the southern army ◦ The North lost several of the first major battle of the Civil War including Bull Run and Chancellorsville ◦ Lee tried to invade the north twice and failed ...
1863: Shifting Tides
... Union soldiers who fought and died in the Battle of Gettysburg. In the address, Lincoln expressed the great need for Americans to remember the sacrifice made by these soldiers. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated ...
... Union soldiers who fought and died in the Battle of Gettysburg. In the address, Lincoln expressed the great need for Americans to remember the sacrifice made by these soldiers. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated ...
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).