CHAPTER SIXTEEN: THE CIVIL WAR, 1861–1865 COMMUNITIES
... planned a march along Virginia’s James Peninsula toward Richmond. But Robert E. Lee mounted a successful counterattack, driving McClellan back. Davis ordered an invasion of Maryland that was stopped in September at Antietam. A final Union thrust also ended in December at Fredericksburg. Things went ...
... planned a march along Virginia’s James Peninsula toward Richmond. But Robert E. Lee mounted a successful counterattack, driving McClellan back. Davis ordered an invasion of Maryland that was stopped in September at Antietam. A final Union thrust also ended in December at Fredericksburg. Things went ...
1 The Civil War: The Cause
... crumbles. Slaves fleeing their plantations for the Union lines are considered "contraband" of war and are not returned to their former owners. ...
... crumbles. Slaves fleeing their plantations for the Union lines are considered "contraband" of war and are not returned to their former owners. ...
The Civil War
... Stonewall Jackson was killed; Lee said of Jackson: “He has lost his left arm, but I have lost my right arm” After Antietam, the Confederates continued to win in the East ...
... Stonewall Jackson was killed; Lee said of Jackson: “He has lost his left arm, but I have lost my right arm” After Antietam, the Confederates continued to win in the East ...
Read More - Battle of Westport
... The Battle of Westport was the largest battle fought west of the Mississippi River. This battle, fought on 21-23 October 1864, involved 32,000 troops over the three day engagement and marked the final dramatic and decisive conclusion to a decade of strife in Missouri. It sounded the death knell for ...
... The Battle of Westport was the largest battle fought west of the Mississippi River. This battle, fought on 21-23 October 1864, involved 32,000 troops over the three day engagement and marked the final dramatic and decisive conclusion to a decade of strife in Missouri. It sounded the death knell for ...
Class Notes - Mrs. Wilcoxson
... being the best general in the • After the terrible loss at entire army but his loyalty Antietam he is demoted was in the South. and Ulysses S. Grant will • He will become the then become the General commander of the of the Union Army. Confederate Army instead. ...
... being the best general in the • After the terrible loss at entire army but his loyalty Antietam he is demoted was in the South. and Ulysses S. Grant will • He will become the then become the General commander of the of the Union Army. Confederate Army instead. ...
Road to the Civil War
... Use better military leadership to your advantage and outsmart Union generals. ...
... Use better military leadership to your advantage and outsmart Union generals. ...
For Starters
... • The South had to deal with the cost of the war, the loss of the cotton trade, and severe shortages due to Union blockades, which left their economy in ruins. • To raise money the South not only imposed an income tax but also required farmers to turn over 10% of their crops (they had no money). • I ...
... • The South had to deal with the cost of the war, the loss of the cotton trade, and severe shortages due to Union blockades, which left their economy in ruins. • To raise money the South not only imposed an income tax but also required farmers to turn over 10% of their crops (they had no money). • I ...
Sherman`s March to the Sea
... THEME: After several years of seesaw struggle, the Union armies under Ulysses Grant finally wore down the Southern forces under Robert E. Lee and defeated the Confederate bid for independence. ...
... THEME: After several years of seesaw struggle, the Union armies under Ulysses Grant finally wore down the Southern forces under Robert E. Lee and defeated the Confederate bid for independence. ...
The Surrenders - American Civil War Roundtable of Australia
... The actual official surrender ceremony was held three days later on April 12, four years to the day when Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbour. Neither Grant nor Lee took part in this formal surrender ceremony, but contrary to the commonly recounted story, Joshua L Cha ...
... The actual official surrender ceremony was held three days later on April 12, four years to the day when Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbour. Neither Grant nor Lee took part in this formal surrender ceremony, but contrary to the commonly recounted story, Joshua L Cha ...
COMMON THREADS
... Sherman Marches and Lee Surrenders The Meaning of the Civil War Conclusion WHO? WHAT? Jefferson Davis Antietam U. S. Grant Appomattox Robert E. Lee Arlington Abraham Lincoln Blockade George B. McClellan Bull Run Edmund Ruffin Conscription William T. Sherman Contrabands Cooperationism Draft riots For ...
... Sherman Marches and Lee Surrenders The Meaning of the Civil War Conclusion WHO? WHAT? Jefferson Davis Antietam U. S. Grant Appomattox Robert E. Lee Arlington Abraham Lincoln Blockade George B. McClellan Bull Run Edmund Ruffin Conscription William T. Sherman Contrabands Cooperationism Draft riots For ...
THE CIVIL WAR - algonac.k12.mi.us
... successful," lost the battle through miscommunications, the incompetence of some of his leading generals and through some serious errors of his own. Hooker responded, "For the first time, I lost faith in Hooker.” Of the 90,000 Union men who bore the brunt of the fighting, just over 17,000 fell in ba ...
... successful," lost the battle through miscommunications, the incompetence of some of his leading generals and through some serious errors of his own. Hooker responded, "For the first time, I lost faith in Hooker.” Of the 90,000 Union men who bore the brunt of the fighting, just over 17,000 fell in ba ...
THE YEAR OF LINCOLN CHRONOLOGY 1861-1865
... THE YEAR OF LINCOLN 1865 was the most important year in Lincoln’s public life. This 150th anniversary year could be, should be, proclaimed the Year of Lincoln. Significant dates from 1861 to 1865. February 9, 1861 - The Confederate States of America is formed with Jefferson Davis, a West Point gradu ...
... THE YEAR OF LINCOLN 1865 was the most important year in Lincoln’s public life. This 150th anniversary year could be, should be, proclaimed the Year of Lincoln. Significant dates from 1861 to 1865. February 9, 1861 - The Confederate States of America is formed with Jefferson Davis, a West Point gradu ...
Trails map - Civil War Traveler
... • Dismal Swamp Canal – The oldest operating artificial waterway in America, it provided access between the Chesapeake Bay and the North Carolina Sounds. ...
... • Dismal Swamp Canal – The oldest operating artificial waterway in America, it provided access between the Chesapeake Bay and the North Carolina Sounds. ...
Texas and the Civil War
... The War Draws to a Close • After the Battle of Gettysburg and the fall of Vicksburg in July 1863, Union forces moved into the South • In 1864, Lincoln ordered Grant to take command in the eastern theater • Grant moved his army into eastern Virginia and engaged Lee’s troops in a series of battles • ...
... The War Draws to a Close • After the Battle of Gettysburg and the fall of Vicksburg in July 1863, Union forces moved into the South • In 1864, Lincoln ordered Grant to take command in the eastern theater • Grant moved his army into eastern Virginia and engaged Lee’s troops in a series of battles • ...
THE CIVIL WAR
... • General David G. Farragut (60 years old) led the Northern Navy to capture New Orleans • North took control of the South’s largest city • Union victory ...
... • General David G. Farragut (60 years old) led the Northern Navy to capture New Orleans • North took control of the South’s largest city • Union victory ...
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Loudoun County Public Schools
... troops and 75,000 Confederates on July 2 • Union Armies under Gen. George Meade began to fall back because of the furious Rebel assaultConfeds took control of town • However, Lee knew he wouldn’t be successful unless the Confederate Army forced the Yankees to yield their position on Cemetery Ridge, ...
... troops and 75,000 Confederates on July 2 • Union Armies under Gen. George Meade began to fall back because of the furious Rebel assaultConfeds took control of town • However, Lee knew he wouldn’t be successful unless the Confederate Army forced the Yankees to yield their position on Cemetery Ridge, ...
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... Abraham Lincoln did not live to see the official end of the war. Throughout the winter of 1864– 1865, a group of Southern conspirators in Washington, D.C., had plotted to kidnap Lincoln and exchange him for Confederate prisoners of war. ...
... Abraham Lincoln did not live to see the official end of the war. Throughout the winter of 1864– 1865, a group of Southern conspirators in Washington, D.C., had plotted to kidnap Lincoln and exchange him for Confederate prisoners of war. ...
Civil War Student Packet
... 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. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The br ...
... 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. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The br ...
Gettysburg: A Turning Point (HA)
... forward, Union gunners opened great holes in their advancing lines. Those men who managed to make their way to Cemetery Ridge were struck down by Union soldiers in hand-to-hand combat. Although Gettysburg was a victory for the Union, the losses on both sides were staggering. More than 17,500 Union s ...
... forward, Union gunners opened great holes in their advancing lines. Those men who managed to make their way to Cemetery Ridge were struck down by Union soldiers in hand-to-hand combat. Although Gettysburg was a victory for the Union, the losses on both sides were staggering. More than 17,500 Union s ...
The Civil War - middletonhsapush
... The border states of MO, KY, MD, DE, and WV, although proslavery, decided not to secede. The south had a lack of factories , accounting for shortages of shoes, uniforms, and blankets. The north boasted 75% of the nation’s wealth and 75% of the nation’s railroad system. The north controlled t ...
... The border states of MO, KY, MD, DE, and WV, although proslavery, decided not to secede. The south had a lack of factories , accounting for shortages of shoes, uniforms, and blankets. The north boasted 75% of the nation’s wealth and 75% of the nation’s railroad system. The north controlled t ...
File - Ms. Albu`s Class Site
... "Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letters, U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pockets, and there is no power on earth which can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship in the United States." Frederick Douglass These ...
... "Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letters, U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pockets, and there is no power on earth which can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship in the United States." Frederick Douglass These ...
Civil War battles in Gainesville - Alachua County Growth Management
... Union soldiers began to plunder the town and were milling around when they learned that Confederate forces were approaching from the south in great numbers. They were completely unprepared when Captain JJ Dickison and 175 men with the 2nd and 5th Florida Calvary attacked them. The Federals left thei ...
... Union soldiers began to plunder the town and were milling around when they learned that Confederate forces were approaching from the south in great numbers. They were completely unprepared when Captain JJ Dickison and 175 men with the 2nd and 5th Florida Calvary attacked them. The Federals left thei ...
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... the racial slavery upon which the South's fortunes rested. By summer 1863, the Union army, which had been entirely white when the war started, began recruiting African-American soldiers, who would soon be fighting and dying to defend the Union and to destroy the institution of slavery. But the North ...
... the racial slavery upon which the South's fortunes rested. By summer 1863, the Union army, which had been entirely white when the war started, began recruiting African-American soldiers, who would soon be fighting and dying to defend the Union and to destroy the institution of slavery. But the North ...
US Civil War
... In September of 1862, after the Union's victory at Antietam, Lincoln issued a preliminary decree stating that, unless the rebellious states returned to the Union by January 1, freedom would be granted to slaves within those states. The decree also left room for a plan of compensated emancipation. No ...
... In September of 1862, after the Union's victory at Antietam, Lincoln issued a preliminary decree stating that, unless the rebellious states returned to the Union by January 1, freedom would be granted to slaves within those states. The decree also left room for a plan of compensated emancipation. No ...
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).