Section 1
... 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 ...
9. Secession, the EU, and Lessons from the U.S.
... one hand, Abraham Lincoln argued that once southern soldiers had surrendered and returned to their homes they would not fight further. “Let them once surrender and reach their homes, [and] they won’t take up arms again.” On the other hand, one might argue that even if Confederate leaders wanted to c ...
... one hand, Abraham Lincoln argued that once southern soldiers had surrendered and returned to their homes they would not fight further. “Let them once surrender and reach their homes, [and] they won’t take up arms again.” On the other hand, one might argue that even if Confederate leaders wanted to c ...
A-level History Additional Specimen answer and commentary
... service. There were many battles which saw high casualties on both sides but did not prove to be decisive in themselves. The Union was much better able to cope with the high casualty rates than the Confederacy. General Lee often fought much bigger Union forces for example at Fredericksburg and Chanc ...
... service. There were many battles which saw high casualties on both sides but did not prove to be decisive in themselves. The Union was much better able to cope with the high casualty rates than the Confederacy. General Lee often fought much bigger Union forces for example at Fredericksburg and Chanc ...
This Hallowed Ground - Lewis
... who shaped their times and, uniquely, incorporates the concept that History is not neat. Catton, (in my opinion, very appropriately) begins his history of the Civil War with the critical events of May 1856--"Bleeding Sumner" and "Bleeding Kansas," two powerful symbols of the coming conflict--instead ...
... who shaped their times and, uniquely, incorporates the concept that History is not neat. Catton, (in my opinion, very appropriately) begins his history of the Civil War with the critical events of May 1856--"Bleeding Sumner" and "Bleeding Kansas," two powerful symbols of the coming conflict--instead ...
Civil War & Reconstruction
... where the enemy is surrounded and starved in order to make them surrender) -Union victory -30,000 Conf. forced to surrender -Union finally gains control of the Miss. River and Grant was moved to the east to fight Lee ...
... where the enemy is surrounded and starved in order to make them surrender) -Union victory -30,000 Conf. forced to surrender -Union finally gains control of the Miss. River and Grant was moved to the east to fight Lee ...
Could the South have won the War?
... actions in leading the Confederate States into a war where defeat was inevitable would have been both criminally negligent and a display of unbelievable and gross arrogance. In declaring war, however, the Confederate States were confident of victory and certainly there were sound grounds for this co ...
... actions in leading the Confederate States into a war where defeat was inevitable would have been both criminally negligent and a display of unbelievable and gross arrogance. In declaring war, however, the Confederate States were confident of victory and certainly there were sound grounds for this co ...
An impertinent discourse | TLS
... struggling to secure for themselves the equal protection under the law that federal authorities had guaranteed but never delivered to them during the era of Reconstruction. In February 1961, for example, as student activists sat in at segregated lunch counters throughout the South, white elites in M ...
... struggling to secure for themselves the equal protection under the law that federal authorities had guaranteed but never delivered to them during the era of Reconstruction. In February 1961, for example, as student activists sat in at segregated lunch counters throughout the South, white elites in M ...
The American Civil War
... nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.” ...
... nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.” ...
War and Remembrance: Walter Place and Ulysses S. Grant
... from the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries, including political cartoons, cartes-devisite (CDVs), cabinet cards, busts, lithographs, figurines, commemorative plates, political memorabilia, and books. According to Mrs. Lynn, the collection began when a relative gave her husband a fram ...
... from the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries, including political cartoons, cartes-devisite (CDVs), cabinet cards, busts, lithographs, figurines, commemorative plates, political memorabilia, and books. According to Mrs. Lynn, the collection began when a relative gave her husband a fram ...
MS-HSS-USH-Unit 5 -- Chapter 15- Civil War
... national nightmare. Furious at Lincoln's election and fearing a federal invasion, seven southern states had seceded. The new commander in chief tried desperately to save the Union. In his inaugural address, Lincoln promised not to end slavery where it existed. The federal government "will not assail ...
... national nightmare. Furious at Lincoln's election and fearing a federal invasion, seven southern states had seceded. The new commander in chief tried desperately to save the Union. In his inaugural address, Lincoln promised not to end slavery where it existed. The federal government "will not assail ...
October 2014 - The Civil War Round Table of Chicago
... we do – and thought that perhaps I might find some indications that Grant had misjudged William S. Rosecrans and others. After all, Rosecrans had been involved in a whole string of Union victories – at Iuka, Corinth, and Stones River – and only one apparent defeat, which took place at Chickamauga. I ...
... we do – and thought that perhaps I might find some indications that Grant had misjudged William S. Rosecrans and others. After all, Rosecrans had been involved in a whole string of Union victories – at Iuka, Corinth, and Stones River – and only one apparent defeat, which took place at Chickamauga. I ...
William C - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... As the spring of 1864 approached, President Abraham Lincoln questioned whether voters would award him a second term. Spurred by the need for military successes, Lincoln summoned Ulysses S. Grant to Washington, arranged for his promotion to lieutenant general, and placed him in charge of the nation’s ...
... As the spring of 1864 approached, President Abraham Lincoln questioned whether voters would award him a second term. Spurred by the need for military successes, Lincoln summoned Ulysses S. Grant to Washington, arranged for his promotion to lieutenant general, and placed him in charge of the nation’s ...
09 TAJMT Chapter 02
... The Tide of War Turns (cont.) • Pickett’s Charge aimed to create a panic amongst Union troops and break through their lines, but three-quarters of the Confederates who started the attack were killed or wounded. • Gettysburg put an end to the Confederate hope of gaining foreign aid from Britain and ...
... The Tide of War Turns (cont.) • Pickett’s Charge aimed to create a panic amongst Union troops and break through their lines, but three-quarters of the Confederates who started the attack were killed or wounded. • Gettysburg put an end to the Confederate hope of gaining foreign aid from Britain and ...
Chapter 15: A War for Union and Emancipation, 1861-1865
... Carolina, and the Union troops there surrendered. When Lincoln called on the states for troops, Southern state governors refused and the second wave of secessions began. Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina joined the others. Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and Missouri held out and the w ...
... Carolina, and the Union troops there surrendered. When Lincoln called on the states for troops, Southern state governors refused and the second wave of secessions began. Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina joined the others. Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and Missouri held out and the w ...
Historical Sites in Union County
... Cross Keys House - Barham Bobo built The Cross Keys House on the Cross Keys Highway in 1814. Jefferson Davis dined there in 1865. Robert and Jean Spicer, who hoped to operate one room of the house as a bed and breakfast, owned the house. Blackstock Battlefield - Eleven miles west of Union on the so ...
... Cross Keys House - Barham Bobo built The Cross Keys House on the Cross Keys Highway in 1814. Jefferson Davis dined there in 1865. Robert and Jean Spicer, who hoped to operate one room of the house as a bed and breakfast, owned the house. Blackstock Battlefield - Eleven miles west of Union on the so ...
Vermont at Bull Run - Vermont Historical Society
... of their eyes the well-known buildings and the familiar faces of father, mother, sweetheart, friend and neighbor; but with heads erect and shoulders square, they kept step to the stirring rhythm of "John Brown's Body"-the battle hymn of the Union armies. The train shed echoed to the roll of drums an ...
... of their eyes the well-known buildings and the familiar faces of father, mother, sweetheart, friend and neighbor; but with heads erect and shoulders square, they kept step to the stirring rhythm of "John Brown's Body"-the battle hymn of the Union armies. The train shed echoed to the roll of drums an ...
War is Hell
... William Tecumseh Sherman and “war is hell” are as inseparably linked in lore and custom as fire and brimstone, ham and eggs, and Sears and Roebuck. Like many great pairings in the cultural lexicon, there is more to the story than just a catch phrase. Sherman did indeed say “war is hell” – but he did ...
... William Tecumseh Sherman and “war is hell” are as inseparably linked in lore and custom as fire and brimstone, ham and eggs, and Sears and Roebuck. Like many great pairings in the cultural lexicon, there is more to the story than just a catch phrase. Sherman did indeed say “war is hell” – but he did ...
Unit 6 Organizer
... the Union” to the emancipation of slaves. Gettysburg marked the beginning of Union success on the battlefield. When the war ended after Appomattox, the U.S. government was divided in how to bring Southern states back into the Union and protect emancipated slaves. President Andrew Johnson’s reconstru ...
... the Union” to the emancipation of slaves. Gettysburg marked the beginning of Union success on the battlefield. When the war ended after Appomattox, the U.S. government was divided in how to bring Southern states back into the Union and protect emancipated slaves. President Andrew Johnson’s reconstru ...
What Caused the American Civil War? A number of circumstances
... loyal to the Union, to enlist and put 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, Louisian ...
... loyal to the Union, to enlist and put 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, Louisian ...
Walking Tour of Lexington Cemetery
... • Beginning in September 1861, Lexington was occupied by Union troops for all but one month (Sept 2nd - Oct. 9th, 1862) of the Civil War. Federal authorities in Lexington reportedly limited the number of persons who could attend the burial of Confederate soldiers. • For many years Lexington National ...
... • Beginning in September 1861, Lexington was occupied by Union troops for all but one month (Sept 2nd - Oct. 9th, 1862) of the Civil War. Federal authorities in Lexington reportedly limited the number of persons who could attend the burial of Confederate soldiers. • For many years Lexington National ...
Name - Wsfcs
... military leadership (seven of the nation’s eight military colleges were in the South; most officers sided with the Confederacy) morale (in this case, a willingness to fight to defend their homeland rather than a reluctance to fight to force others to do something they don’t want to do) only needs to ...
... military leadership (seven of the nation’s eight military colleges were in the South; most officers sided with the Confederacy) morale (in this case, a willingness to fight to defend their homeland rather than a reluctance to fight to force others to do something they don’t want to do) only needs to ...
Document
... In July 1861, the battle was fought in Manassas, Virginia, outside of Washington, DC. The Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) resulted in a Union defeat by Confederate General Stonewall Jackson. Lincoln appointed a new commander, George B. McClellan. In March 1862, McClellan attacked Richmond, but the lar ...
... In July 1861, the battle was fought in Manassas, Virginia, outside of Washington, DC. The Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) resulted in a Union defeat by Confederate General Stonewall Jackson. Lincoln appointed a new commander, George B. McClellan. In March 1862, McClellan attacked Richmond, but the lar ...
Triumph and Tragedy - Newspaper In Education
... 1. Virginia played a prominent role in the American Civil War from beginning to end. Find these places on a map: Richmond, Appomattox Court House and Port Royal. What is the role that each of these places played in 1865? In what ways are they examples of triumph and tragedy? 2. As Gen. Robert E. Lee ...
... 1. Virginia played a prominent role in the American Civil War from beginning to end. Find these places on a map: Richmond, Appomattox Court House and Port Royal. What is the role that each of these places played in 1865? In what ways are they examples of triumph and tragedy? 2. As Gen. Robert E. Lee ...
lancaster - Gettysburg Discussion Group
... “to all the citizens of Pennsylvania, who love liberty and are mindful of the history and traditions of their Revolutionary Fathers, and who feel that it is a sacred duty to guard and maintain the free institutions of our country, who hate treason and abettors and who are willing to defend their hom ...
... “to all the citizens of Pennsylvania, who love liberty and are mindful of the history and traditions of their Revolutionary Fathers, and who feel that it is a sacred duty to guard and maintain the free institutions of our country, who hate treason and abettors and who are willing to defend their hom ...
Waltham Watch and the Civil War
... Confederate cavalry under Jeb Stuart clash with the Union mounts of Alfred Pleasonton in an all day battle at Brandy Station, Virginia. Some 18,000 troopers—approximately nine thousand on either side—take part, making this the largest cavalry battle on American soil. In the end, Stuart will hold the ...
... Confederate cavalry under Jeb Stuart clash with the Union mounts of Alfred Pleasonton in an all day battle at Brandy Station, Virginia. Some 18,000 troopers—approximately nine thousand on either side—take part, making this the largest cavalry battle on American soil. In the end, Stuart will hold the ...
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).