Craven County Civil War Brochure
... The New Bern Battlefield Park is a historic site that includes more than 30 acres of the original battlefield used during the Battle of New Bern, which took place between Union and Confederate forces on March 14, 1862. New Bern Battlefield Park was acquired from the Civil War Trust in the early 1990 ...
... The New Bern Battlefield Park is a historic site that includes more than 30 acres of the original battlefield used during the Battle of New Bern, which took place between Union and Confederate forces on March 14, 1862. New Bern Battlefield Park was acquired from the Civil War Trust in the early 1990 ...
A Nation at War, 1861-1865
... The fourth of fifth children; born in Scottsville, Virginia Enlisted in the 43rd Battalion Calvary (Mosby’s Rangers) at age 16 o Mosby’s Rangers was an adventurous group of soldiers who were skilled horsemen and often raided the countryside at night and did not have uniforms to avoid being caugh ...
... The fourth of fifth children; born in Scottsville, Virginia Enlisted in the 43rd Battalion Calvary (Mosby’s Rangers) at age 16 o Mosby’s Rangers was an adventurous group of soldiers who were skilled horsemen and often raided the countryside at night and did not have uniforms to avoid being caugh ...
In August 1864, Union General Eleazar A. Paine expelled a number
... boats and headed up the Ohio River. By so doing , Grant was out of telegraphic contact with St. Louis, the regional headquarters of Federal forces and thus could not be called back. Early the ne~t morning, Grant seized Paducah to t~e surpn:e and consternation of its occupants. In his Memoirs G~ant n ...
... boats and headed up the Ohio River. By so doing , Grant was out of telegraphic contact with St. Louis, the regional headquarters of Federal forces and thus could not be called back. Early the ne~t morning, Grant seized Paducah to t~e surpn:e and consternation of its occupants. In his Memoirs G~ant n ...
Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People
... casualties due to the fact that they had never seen battle before. The rebel fire sent the Union troops into disarray, but eventually they came back and fought hard “earning the regiment a place on the rolls of Civil War heroes” (pg 224 Larson). In less than two hours, over half of the colored unit ...
... casualties due to the fact that they had never seen battle before. The rebel fire sent the Union troops into disarray, but eventually they came back and fought hard “earning the regiment a place on the rolls of Civil War heroes” (pg 224 Larson). In less than two hours, over half of the colored unit ...
Chapter 11 PP
... 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 ...
Divided Loyalties: A Socioeconomic Comparison of East Tennessee
... as an occupation force and kept peace in cities and towns, remaining fairly close to family and friends. However, in 1864, they joined General William T. Sherman on his campaign to Atlanta, during which they constantly marched and skirmished with Confederate forces. After the capture of Atlanta, the ...
... as an occupation force and kept peace in cities and towns, remaining fairly close to family and friends. However, in 1864, they joined General William T. Sherman on his campaign to Atlanta, during which they constantly marched and skirmished with Confederate forces. After the capture of Atlanta, the ...
How the Confederacy Came To Terms with the American Civil War
... writings of Confederates reveal it. This format allows insight into the mental worlds of Confederates, and by examining soldiers, government officials, civilians and newspapers a larger comprehension of the way the Confederates viewed the American Civil War emerges. Dr. Kubler-Ross identified the fi ...
... writings of Confederates reveal it. This format allows insight into the mental worlds of Confederates, and by examining soldiers, government officials, civilians and newspapers a larger comprehension of the way the Confederates viewed the American Civil War emerges. Dr. Kubler-Ross identified the fi ...
THESIS CONFEDERATE MILITARY STRATEGY
... will also highlight the mentality and objective of Confederate generals. Confederate strategy was not universal. In fact, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and General Lee shared the same military mentality in swift, aggressive movements to defeat the Union army in Virginia as quickly as possib ...
... will also highlight the mentality and objective of Confederate generals. Confederate strategy was not universal. In fact, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and General Lee shared the same military mentality in swift, aggressive movements to defeat the Union army in Virginia as quickly as possib ...
Question
... It allowed the Union to move troops, goods, and information up and down the Mississippi River. The South is now split into east and west ...
... It allowed the Union to move troops, goods, and information up and down the Mississippi River. The South is now split into east and west ...
Eighth Grade Lesson
... and could not have handled all of Sherman’s men walking them at once. Sherman was forced to march his army on parallel roads, roughly 20 miles apart, which was nearly a day’s march. General Johnston could strike one of these columns of roughly 30,000 men, much easier than having to fight the entire ...
... and could not have handled all of Sherman’s men walking them at once. Sherman was forced to march his army on parallel roads, roughly 20 miles apart, which was nearly a day’s march. General Johnston could strike one of these columns of roughly 30,000 men, much easier than having to fight the entire ...
Eleventh Grade Lesson
... Union and Confederate soldiers fighting within a few miles of their residence was not bad enough, the Union army occupied the Harper House during the height of the battle, and converted the first floor rooms into a hospital. The Harpers were not asked if their home could be used as a hospital. They ...
... Union and Confederate soldiers fighting within a few miles of their residence was not bad enough, the Union army occupied the Harper House during the height of the battle, and converted the first floor rooms into a hospital. The Harpers were not asked if their home could be used as a hospital. They ...
Best Little Stories from the Civil War, 2E
... nifty narrative that, packed tight in the thick treasure boxes of their paperbound anthologies, make for truly priceless reading.” Thanks of course to Craig and Bill. But how does it work, you may be asking. Best Little Stories, we say? Exactly what does that mean? Well, as I wrote in an earlier edi ...
... nifty narrative that, packed tight in the thick treasure boxes of their paperbound anthologies, make for truly priceless reading.” Thanks of course to Craig and Bill. But how does it work, you may be asking. Best Little Stories, we say? Exactly what does that mean? Well, as I wrote in an earlier edi ...
Florida`s Civil War soldiers - Scholar Commons
... with the hatred of their fellow Floridians. They had better support and arms than their Confederate brethren, but fought for a state that branded them “traitors” and “deserters.” The fight within Florida was not the whole story. Most of the soldiers from Florida who fought in the Civil War did so in ...
... with the hatred of their fellow Floridians. They had better support and arms than their Confederate brethren, but fought for a state that branded them “traitors” and “deserters.” The fight within Florida was not the whole story. Most of the soldiers from Florida who fought in the Civil War did so in ...
America at Mid-19th Century: Abolition, Civil War, Emancipation
... successful cotton farming; when a small farmer who had been working his own field without slave labor was in a position to acquire one or two slaves, his fortunes may not have changed overnight, but his status did. Owning slaves in the South reached out much ...
... successful cotton farming; when a small farmer who had been working his own field without slave labor was in a position to acquire one or two slaves, his fortunes may not have changed overnight, but his status did. Owning slaves in the South reached out much ...
This Fearful Slaughter: The Impact of Civil War Deaths on Rochester
... to the effects of war. For my purpose, the facts surrounding the death of Colonel Patrick O'Rorke of the 140th New York Infantry at Gettysburg are less important than how the paper reported his death and subsequent funeral. Therefore, my methodology is nearly completely opposite of Nicholas Marshall ...
... to the effects of war. For my purpose, the facts surrounding the death of Colonel Patrick O'Rorke of the 140th New York Infantry at Gettysburg are less important than how the paper reported his death and subsequent funeral. Therefore, my methodology is nearly completely opposite of Nicholas Marshall ...
Knud Otterson - Battle of Nashville Preservation Society
... “Stunned by the terrible eventual defeat. They were credited with making execution of the volleys poured victory at Corinth possible. ...
... “Stunned by the terrible eventual defeat. They were credited with making execution of the volleys poured victory at Corinth possible. ...
The Civil War
... Atlanta was important for the Confederate army of the South because it was a key city for their supplies. Supplies such as guns, bullets, food, and other things needed to fight the war went through Atlanta. The Union army of the North wanted to capture Atlanta so they could really hurt the Confedera ...
... Atlanta was important for the Confederate army of the South because it was a key city for their supplies. Supplies such as guns, bullets, food, and other things needed to fight the war went through Atlanta. The Union army of the North wanted to capture Atlanta so they could really hurt the Confedera ...
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CIVIL WAR BATTLES 63
... fences and rocks, picking away at the formations and then falling back to where they joined Jackson’s main forces. Jackson’s men were massed on high ground, some of his units near a small building called Dunker Church, which was about a mile north of Sharpsburg. Confederate infantry was hidden in a ...
... fences and rocks, picking away at the formations and then falling back to where they joined Jackson’s main forces. Jackson’s men were massed on high ground, some of his units near a small building called Dunker Church, which was about a mile north of Sharpsburg. Confederate infantry was hidden in a ...
George B. McClellan - Scarsdale Public Schools
... medical school, and his wife, Elizabeth Brinton McClellan. Both of his parents belonged to old and distinguished Philadelphia families. As a result, McClellan had many advantages growing up. He attended a top preparatory school as a boy, then enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania at the age of ...
... medical school, and his wife, Elizabeth Brinton McClellan. Both of his parents belonged to old and distinguished Philadelphia families. As a result, McClellan had many advantages growing up. He attended a top preparatory school as a boy, then enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania at the age of ...
Vermont in the Civil War
... vermont became the united states of america’s fourteenth state in 1791, 14 years after the windsor convention, and in subsequent years its reputation as an upholder of human freedom was enhanced. The state’s strong opposition to the national ...
... vermont became the united states of america’s fourteenth state in 1791, 14 years after the windsor convention, and in subsequent years its reputation as an upholder of human freedom was enhanced. The state’s strong opposition to the national ...
US History-Honors
... I swear by the mud below my feet, You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat ...
... I swear by the mud below my feet, You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat ...
Shapiro - Huntsville History Collection
... enemy shot. Brooke tested various iron plates by firing the heaviest guns in the Union service and found that four-inch armor installed at a 45-degree angle would withstand any shells and at any range. Unfortunately, there wasn’t a mill in the South that could make 4-inch iron plate. There was only ...
... enemy shot. Brooke tested various iron plates by firing the heaviest guns in the Union service and found that four-inch armor installed at a 45-degree angle would withstand any shells and at any range. Unfortunately, there wasn’t a mill in the South that could make 4-inch iron plate. There was only ...
Battle of Picacho Pass - Arizona Civil War Council
... resident John W. Jones), commanded by Lieutenant James Barrett of the 1st California Cavalry, were conducting a sweep of the Picacho Peak area, looking for Confederates reported to be nearby. The Arizona Confederates were commanded by Sergeant Henry Holmes. Barrett was under orders not to engage the ...
... resident John W. Jones), commanded by Lieutenant James Barrett of the 1st California Cavalry, were conducting a sweep of the Picacho Peak area, looking for Confederates reported to be nearby. The Arizona Confederates were commanded by Sergeant Henry Holmes. Barrett was under orders not to engage the ...
Clarke County Civil War Driving Tour
... Stop 11 ~ Clarke House and Tavern/Burwell Morgan Mill This building (built in 1842), today known as the Jenkins House, was the Clarke House and Tavern during the Civil War. On April 20, 1865 (11 days after Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox), Col. John S. Mosby came to this house to discuss ter ...
... Stop 11 ~ Clarke House and Tavern/Burwell Morgan Mill This building (built in 1842), today known as the Jenkins House, was the Clarke House and Tavern during the Civil War. On April 20, 1865 (11 days after Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox), Col. John S. Mosby came to this house to discuss ter ...
Military History Anniversaries 15 Nov thru 14 Oct
... Nov 22 1977 – Vietnam: U.S. loses its first B-52 of the war. The eight-engine bomber was brought down by a North Vietnamese surface-to-air missile near Vinh on the day when B-52s flew their heaviest raids of the war over North Vietnam. Nov 23 1863 – Civil War: Union forces win the Battle of Orchard ...
... Nov 22 1977 – Vietnam: U.S. loses its first B-52 of the war. The eight-engine bomber was brought down by a North Vietnamese surface-to-air missile near Vinh on the day when B-52s flew their heaviest raids of the war over North Vietnam. Nov 23 1863 – Civil War: Union forces win the Battle of Orchard ...
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).