- Cornerstone - Minnesota State University, Mankato
... was a battleground, and its fate helped decide that of the South. The trouble with Tennessee was that it was not unanimous in support for the Confederacy. Throughout the entire state, largely in Middle and Eastern Tennessee, there were pro-Union factions. Because of this Tennessee was one of the las ...
... was a battleground, and its fate helped decide that of the South. The trouble with Tennessee was that it was not unanimous in support for the Confederacy. Throughout the entire state, largely in Middle and Eastern Tennessee, there were pro-Union factions. Because of this Tennessee was one of the las ...
Fifth Grade Lesson - NC Historic Sites
... 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 ...
THE ORIGINS OF THE MISSISSIPPI MARINE BRIGADE: THE FIRST
... of eight armed river rams and gunboats.19 Mortar Boat 16 had just taken up firing position to start the daily bombardment on Fort Pillow at Craigshead Point with the escort gunboat Cincinnati. As the Confederate river Defense fleet approached, the Union lookouts spotted them steaming fast upriver. ...
... of eight armed river rams and gunboats.19 Mortar Boat 16 had just taken up firing position to start the daily bombardment on Fort Pillow at Craigshead Point with the escort gunboat Cincinnati. As the Confederate river Defense fleet approached, the Union lookouts spotted them steaming fast upriver. ...
Staff Ride Handbook for the Battle of Perryville, 8
... of the battle, all of the invading Southern forces retired from the state. Kentucky remained firmly in the Union and secure from Confederate invasion for the war’s duration. Despite its importance to the course of the war in the west, Perryville does not benefit from the high visibility accorded th ...
... of the battle, all of the invading Southern forces retired from the state. Kentucky remained firmly in the Union and secure from Confederate invasion for the war’s duration. Despite its importance to the course of the war in the west, Perryville does not benefit from the high visibility accorded th ...
Knud Otterson - Battle of Nashville Preservation Society
... execution of the volleys poured They were credited with making victory at Corinth into it, the confused mass of the possible. enemy halted and fell back, closely pressed by the Fifth Regiment” General L. F. Hubbard ...
... execution of the volleys poured They were credited with making victory at Corinth into it, the confused mass of the possible. enemy halted and fell back, closely pressed by the Fifth Regiment” General L. F. Hubbard ...
the ideologies and allegiances of Civil War soldiers in
... wealthy southern elites had begun by walking for thirteen days and nights through Confederate lines to enlist as a private in the Union Army in Kentucky. His war also would end before Appomattox after his capture at Rogersville, Tennessee, in the fall of 1863, and his death at Andersonville Prison o ...
... wealthy southern elites had begun by walking for thirteen days and nights through Confederate lines to enlist as a private in the Union Army in Kentucky. His war also would end before Appomattox after his capture at Rogersville, Tennessee, in the fall of 1863, and his death at Andersonville Prison o ...
reminiscences of the civil war
... Sharpsburg he was wounded five times, but would not leave his troops till the last shot laid him helpless and insensible on the field. A scholarly professor of history in one of our Southern universities recently stated that in his study of the great war on both sides he had found but one prominent ...
... Sharpsburg he was wounded five times, but would not leave his troops till the last shot laid him helpless and insensible on the field. A scholarly professor of history in one of our Southern universities recently stated that in his study of the great war on both sides he had found but one prominent ...
Joshua L. Chamberlain
... many terrible scenes of warfare during his period of service in the Union Army. One of the worst of these battles took place at Fredericksburg, Virginia, where a large federal army under the command of General Ambrose Burnside (1824–1881; see entry) failed in its attempt to dislodge troops led by Ge ...
... many terrible scenes of warfare during his period of service in the Union Army. One of the worst of these battles took place at Fredericksburg, Virginia, where a large federal army under the command of General Ambrose Burnside (1824–1881; see entry) failed in its attempt to dislodge troops led by Ge ...
The Role Of Historic Novels in Understanding Desertion in the Civil
... Robert Detweiler, “The Roots of the Civil War” (Lecture, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA, February 2, 2011). ...
... Robert Detweiler, “The Roots of the Civil War” (Lecture, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA, February 2, 2011). ...
Double Jeopardy!!!
... He praised the bravery of the Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the civil war ...
... He praised the bravery of the Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the civil war ...
Civil War And Reconstruction
... •Butler’s leading elements crossed the Appomattox River and attacked the Petersburg defenses on June 15. The 5,400 defenders of Petersburg under command of Gen. Beauregard were driven from their first line of entrenchments back to Harrison Creek. On June 16, the II Corps captured another section of ...
... •Butler’s leading elements crossed the Appomattox River and attacked the Petersburg defenses on June 15. The 5,400 defenders of Petersburg under command of Gen. Beauregard were driven from their first line of entrenchments back to Harrison Creek. On June 16, the II Corps captured another section of ...
The Boys from Calhoun
... Terre Haute to a river. This could have been the Wabash but more likely was the Ohio. From Fort Wayne to the Ohio River is 250 miles. We now have between 5000 and 7000 tired and hungry men, with many already sick, sharing a town with maybe 500 very disconcerted private citizens. This mass of humanit ...
... Terre Haute to a river. This could have been the Wabash but more likely was the Ohio. From Fort Wayne to the Ohio River is 250 miles. We now have between 5000 and 7000 tired and hungry men, with many already sick, sharing a town with maybe 500 very disconcerted private citizens. This mass of humanit ...
Episode 3, 2006: Vicksburg Map Tucson, Arizona
... Terry: Not at that point in time. If you take a look at the precision of this map with the streams, the roads, the calligraphy, this map took a lot of time to produce. I’m convinced this was drawn based on notes made during the course of the siege but finalized afterwards. Tukufu: Terry says the det ...
... Terry: Not at that point in time. If you take a look at the precision of this map with the streams, the roads, the calligraphy, this map took a lot of time to produce. I’m convinced this was drawn based on notes made during the course of the siege but finalized afterwards. Tukufu: Terry says the det ...
Jeopardy Civil War 2012
... To defend as much as possible, dragging the war out making the Union run up a huge debt. Timely offensive strikes in the North! If they could threaten D.C. or Union land, they could scare the Union into quitting. Get Europe to help since the South has low numbers. The U.S. would have more to worry a ...
... To defend as much as possible, dragging the war out making the Union run up a huge debt. Timely offensive strikes in the North! If they could threaten D.C. or Union land, they could scare the Union into quitting. Get Europe to help since the South has low numbers. The U.S. would have more to worry a ...
McCLELLAN - National Paralegal College
... freedom would keep blacks in South not lead them to come North When Proclamation began to free slaves, Union responded with “containment”—effort to keep slaves in South Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman ...
... freedom would keep blacks in South not lead them to come North When Proclamation began to free slaves, Union responded with “containment”—effort to keep slaves in South Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman ...
General William T. Sherman: Total Warrior
... bleeding Lee’s army to the point where he would no longer fight), Sherman’s operations in Georgia and South Carolina resulted in relatively few Confederate soldiers killed since it aimed at destroying the infrastructure in the South that allowed them to stay in the fight. In Columbia alone, military ...
... bleeding Lee’s army to the point where he would no longer fight), Sherman’s operations in Georgia and South Carolina resulted in relatively few Confederate soldiers killed since it aimed at destroying the infrastructure in the South that allowed them to stay in the fight. In Columbia alone, military ...
"Young Bloods of the South:" The Confederate Use and Efficacy of
... to pursue this kind of war, even if they disagree with him that it could have achieved victory. Thus Gary Gallagher argues that nineteenth-century southern society would not agree to this strategy. Guerrilla warfare was repugnant to many citizens and soldiers on both sides, because it was seen as un ...
... to pursue this kind of war, even if they disagree with him that it could have achieved victory. Thus Gary Gallagher argues that nineteenth-century southern society would not agree to this strategy. Guerrilla warfare was repugnant to many citizens and soldiers on both sides, because it was seen as un ...
Media as Weaponry: How Civil War Media Shaped Opinion and
... battle. The Sixteenth Connecticut was part of a flanking maneuver by the Union in which they crossed Antietam Creek, well south of the action, hoping to surprise the rebels on their flank. The regiment’s attack caught their counterparts off guard and was greeted with initial success, but after Confe ...
... battle. The Sixteenth Connecticut was part of a flanking maneuver by the Union in which they crossed Antietam Creek, well south of the action, hoping to surprise the rebels on their flank. The regiment’s attack caught their counterparts off guard and was greeted with initial success, but after Confe ...
Untitled - TCU Digital Repository
... in the Trans-Mississippi battleground states of Missouri and Arkansas, where guerrilla warfare remained a perennial problem throughout the war, and in the controversial Union occupation of New Orleans overseen by Major General Benjamin F. Butler. For two weeks in late June and early July 1862, the U ...
... in the Trans-Mississippi battleground states of Missouri and Arkansas, where guerrilla warfare remained a perennial problem throughout the war, and in the controversial Union occupation of New Orleans overseen by Major General Benjamin F. Butler. For two weeks in late June and early July 1862, the U ...
TAV Chapter 11 Adv Org - Holdens
... • He and his troops advanced down the Tennessee River until the Confederates launched a surprise attack at _______________. (pages 360–361) Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. ...
... • He and his troops advanced down the Tennessee River until the Confederates launched a surprise attack at _______________. (pages 360–361) Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. ...
KentucKy`s civil War Heritage guide
... don’t want to glorify war. We want to remember the Kentuckians who fought and died in the conflict, the suffering of its people and the changes brought by the war, especially the freedom of AfricanAmerican slaves.” Today, through the development of more and better visitor opportunities in a combinat ...
... don’t want to glorify war. We want to remember the Kentuckians who fought and died in the conflict, the suffering of its people and the changes brought by the war, especially the freedom of AfricanAmerican slaves.” Today, through the development of more and better visitor opportunities in a combinat ...
Length: 90 Minutes
... 1. What officer was commanded the army that marched from Atlanta to the sea (Atlantic Ocean)? What side did this army serve, Union or Confederate? 2. To what flag does the author refer when he writes “the flag that makes you free?” Who is being set free as the army moves toward the Atlantic Ocean? 3 ...
... 1. What officer was commanded the army that marched from Atlanta to the sea (Atlantic Ocean)? What side did this army serve, Union or Confederate? 2. To what flag does the author refer when he writes “the flag that makes you free?” Who is being set free as the army moves toward the Atlantic Ocean? 3 ...
John Bennett Walters, Total War, and the Raid on
... historians, such as Professor Harry S. Stout, disagree and insist on a harsher definition of “total war.” According to Stout, the Civil War was “a total war on the Confederacy that deliberately targeted civilian farms, cities, and—in at least fifty thousand instances— civilian lives.”3 Neely suggest ...
... historians, such as Professor Harry S. Stout, disagree and insist on a harsher definition of “total war.” According to Stout, the Civil War was “a total war on the Confederacy that deliberately targeted civilian farms, cities, and—in at least fifty thousand instances— civilian lives.”3 Neely suggest ...
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).