A Brief Look at Nashville before, during and after
... Packet boats continued to ply the waters of the Cumberland and Mississippi. One well known boat was the Red Rover whose Captain was Merritt S. Pilcher. Colonel H.L. Claiborne was his clerk.viii During this same period, town fathers were busily engaging in turnpike construction ...
... Packet boats continued to ply the waters of the Cumberland and Mississippi. One well known boat was the Red Rover whose Captain was Merritt S. Pilcher. Colonel H.L. Claiborne was his clerk.viii During this same period, town fathers were busily engaging in turnpike construction ...
naylonMaurice - Georgetown University
... approach provides valuable insight into the decision-making process. Furthermore, as with any historical judgement, room for debate on my selection exists. With that said, in my judgement, the decisions outlined below most accurately fit the aforementioned parameters for operationallevel action. Dur ...
... approach provides valuable insight into the decision-making process. Furthermore, as with any historical judgement, room for debate on my selection exists. With that said, in my judgement, the decisions outlined below most accurately fit the aforementioned parameters for operationallevel action. Dur ...
An Analysis of General Lew Wallace`s Views on Slavery
... the beginning of Wallace’s rise to the rank of Major General. Through his service, Wallace was able to help preserve the Union and gain personal distinction, just as he had hoped for many years. Throughout his military career in the Union army, Wallace dealt with slavery in a much more personal way ...
... the beginning of Wallace’s rise to the rank of Major General. Through his service, Wallace was able to help preserve the Union and gain personal distinction, just as he had hoped for many years. Throughout his military career in the Union army, Wallace dealt with slavery in a much more personal way ...
America`s Land
... • What happened at the Battle of Antietam? • Union Army stopped General Lee from invading North. Armies suffered 22,000 combined casualties • Why was Vicksburg the only major Confederate town left to capture on the Mississippi River? • Vicksburg sat on cliffs where Confederates could shoot at Union ...
... • What happened at the Battle of Antietam? • Union Army stopped General Lee from invading North. Armies suffered 22,000 combined casualties • Why was Vicksburg the only major Confederate town left to capture on the Mississippi River? • Vicksburg sat on cliffs where Confederates could shoot at Union ...
American Civil War
... In the presidential election of 1860, the Republican Party, led by Abraham Lincoln, had campaigned against expanding slavery beyond the states in which it already existed. The Republicans strongly advocated nationalism, and in their 1860 platform they denounced threats of disunion as avowals of trea ...
... In the presidential election of 1860, the Republican Party, led by Abraham Lincoln, had campaigned against expanding slavery beyond the states in which it already existed. The Republicans strongly advocated nationalism, and in their 1860 platform they denounced threats of disunion as avowals of trea ...
The Isolation Factor - Marshall Digital Scholar
... not necessarily consider itself Southern.8 Martin Crawford claims that economic factors played an important role in which side people chose. Within Ashe County, Unionism grew the strongest within the North Fork area because the people were poor, isolated, near the Tennessee border, almost none owned ...
... not necessarily consider itself Southern.8 Martin Crawford claims that economic factors played an important role in which side people chose. Within Ashe County, Unionism grew the strongest within the North Fork area because the people were poor, isolated, near the Tennessee border, almost none owned ...
Chapter Opener
... The Democrats Split Southern Democrats wanted their party to uphold the Dred Scott decision and defend slaveholders’ rights in the territories. Northern Democrats, led by Stephen Douglas, preferred to continue supporting popular sovereignty. When Northerners also rebuffed the idea of a federal slave ...
... The Democrats Split Southern Democrats wanted their party to uphold the Dred Scott decision and defend slaveholders’ rights in the territories. Northern Democrats, led by Stephen Douglas, preferred to continue supporting popular sovereignty. When Northerners also rebuffed the idea of a federal slave ...
... Irish immigration into America began as early as the seventeenth century and by 1720 it could have been deemed a mass emigration with some 150,000 to 200,000 Irish, mainly young Catholic men, having arrived. Most, being rootless and single, would swiftly be absorbed into the American way of life wit ...
The Encyclopedia of Civil War Battles
... little man who had grown a long and luxuriant mustache, which he twisted in upward points and coated with wax, earning him the sobriquet “Old Beeswax” from his loyal and affectionate crew members. Most of Semmes’ crew from the Sumter rejoined him, experienced sea fighters such as his former first ma ...
... little man who had grown a long and luxuriant mustache, which he twisted in upward points and coated with wax, earning him the sobriquet “Old Beeswax” from his loyal and affectionate crew members. Most of Semmes’ crew from the Sumter rejoined him, experienced sea fighters such as his former first ma ...
A Border City at War - Cincinnati History Library and Archives
... rial benefits to merchants, businessmen, and smugglers alike.4 As a result Louisville gained considerable strategic significance even though it was far from the major battlefields of the Civil War. For example, when Union General Don Carlos Buell occupied Nashville, Tennessee, in February 1862, he u ...
... rial benefits to merchants, businessmen, and smugglers alike.4 As a result Louisville gained considerable strategic significance even though it was far from the major battlefields of the Civil War. For example, when Union General Don Carlos Buell occupied Nashville, Tennessee, in February 1862, he u ...
The Long-Run Effects of Losing the Civil War: Evidence from Border
... economic costs were sustained by southern states. Social scientists have proposed a host of reasons why the South lagged behind the North by nearly any economic measure for a century after the conflict ended, beyond recovering from these losses. Scholars have highlighted low levels of human capital ...
... economic costs were sustained by southern states. Social scientists have proposed a host of reasons why the South lagged behind the North by nearly any economic measure for a century after the conflict ended, beyond recovering from these losses. Scholars have highlighted low levels of human capital ...
The Battle of Bull Run Curriculum-Based Readers Theatre Script
... So you’re saying both sides were confident? ...
... So you’re saying both sides were confident? ...
Touring Civil War Sites East Paulding, South Bartow West Cobb
... Introduction and Forward I love riding my bike. I think about little else. I also love reading about history and read about little else. One of the reasons I moved to the area around Kennesaw Mountain was because of its rich Civil War history. In reading the memoirs of Generals Sherman, Johnston, G ...
... Introduction and Forward I love riding my bike. I think about little else. I also love reading about history and read about little else. One of the reasons I moved to the area around Kennesaw Mountain was because of its rich Civil War history. In reading the memoirs of Generals Sherman, Johnston, G ...
April, 2015 - Stow Historical Society
... 1,537 at the time. According to research done by Marilyn Zavorski, 186 men with connections to Stow served in the Civil War. Their ages ranged from 15 to 52. The National Park Service is inviting churches, temples, schools, city halls, public buildings and historic sites to ring their bells at 3:15 ...
... 1,537 at the time. According to research done by Marilyn Zavorski, 186 men with connections to Stow served in the Civil War. Their ages ranged from 15 to 52. The National Park Service is inviting churches, temples, schools, city halls, public buildings and historic sites to ring their bells at 3:15 ...
Fauquier County Civil War Heritage Brochure
... www.emmanuel-delaplane.org • Built in 1858 just before the Civil War, Mosby’s men rode by this church many times. • Channing Smith, one of Mosby’s most able scouts, is buried in the churchyard. • Because of frequent occupation by Federal troops in the area, the Parish was unable to raise money to pa ...
... www.emmanuel-delaplane.org • Built in 1858 just before the Civil War, Mosby’s men rode by this church many times. • Channing Smith, one of Mosby’s most able scouts, is buried in the churchyard. • Because of frequent occupation by Federal troops in the area, the Parish was unable to raise money to pa ...
Fort Pulaski
... Army used the attack on Ft. Pulaski as a test of their newly developed rifled cannon, which could fire their shot with greater accuracy and a higher rate of speed than the older cannons. After just thirty hours of bombardment from positions on Tybee Island, the Confederates surrendered the fort and ...
... Army used the attack on Ft. Pulaski as a test of their newly developed rifled cannon, which could fire their shot with greater accuracy and a higher rate of speed than the older cannons. After just thirty hours of bombardment from positions on Tybee Island, the Confederates surrendered the fort and ...
Fort Fisher: Amphibious Victory in the American Civil War
... American experience with amphibious operations during the Civil War produced mixed results up to the final action at Fort Fisher in January 1865. Grant made good use of the Navy in maneuvering his army along the Cumberland, Mississippi, and Tennessee rivers in the first two years of the war. These d ...
... American experience with amphibious operations during the Civil War produced mixed results up to the final action at Fort Fisher in January 1865. Grant made good use of the Navy in maneuvering his army along the Cumberland, Mississippi, and Tennessee rivers in the first two years of the war. These d ...
Major Battles of the Civil War - sls
... down and the rest of the South practice closing ranks. Also, show them from where they can fire. The South will have to get over the fence and reform ranks before they can march. Have the commanders practice calling out firing times. Begin the recreation. 9. Afterwards, say: “What began as a small s ...
... down and the rest of the South practice closing ranks. Also, show them from where they can fire. The South will have to get over the fence and reform ranks before they can march. Have the commanders practice calling out firing times. Begin the recreation. 9. Afterwards, say: “What began as a small s ...
Meeting paper Feb 2002 - Grant – the uncaring drunken butcher?
... Illinois Volunteers. This regiment was known as “Yates’s Hellions” and was an unruly mob that had driven their previous commander into retirement. It was whilst commanding this regiment that Grant claimed he learnt a valuable lesson that was to be integral to his generalship during the War. Grant wa ...
... Illinois Volunteers. This regiment was known as “Yates’s Hellions” and was an unruly mob that had driven their previous commander into retirement. It was whilst commanding this regiment that Grant claimed he learnt a valuable lesson that was to be integral to his generalship during the War. Grant wa ...
George F. Root A civil war song
... This war would see about 75,000 orphans losing It had a small fleet, with many vessels not seaworthy! ...
... This war would see about 75,000 orphans losing It had a small fleet, with many vessels not seaworthy! ...
Economics - Deptford Township Schools
... • Prevented Maryland’s secession by arresting all disloyal members of the legislature • Put Kentucky under martial law to prevent its secession. Martial law is an emergency rule during which some guarantees under the Bill of Rights are suspended. • Suspended the writ of habeas corpus, which protects ...
... • Prevented Maryland’s secession by arresting all disloyal members of the legislature • Put Kentucky under martial law to prevent its secession. Martial law is an emergency rule during which some guarantees under the Bill of Rights are suspended. • Suspended the writ of habeas corpus, which protects ...
Civil War Lapbook - Monroe County Schools
... The American Civil War, which was also called the War Between the States, was a war between the United States of America (the Union) and the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy). The American Civil War lasted for four years and was fought by three million Americans. It began on April 12, ...
... The American Civil War, which was also called the War Between the States, was a war between the United States of America (the Union) and the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy). The American Civil War lasted for four years and was fought by three million Americans. It began on April 12, ...
The Civil War Infantry Doctrine
... the same infantry tactics, and had either no combat experience or shared the same experience in federal service. The military capability of the Union and Confederate armies was therefore as similar as it was limited.2 The large scale and advanced weaponry presented opportunities as well as challenge ...
... the same infantry tactics, and had either no combat experience or shared the same experience in federal service. The military capability of the Union and Confederate armies was therefore as similar as it was limited.2 The large scale and advanced weaponry presented opportunities as well as challenge ...
LEQ: What important battle in the West was
... Then Grant turned and fought his way back west to the outskirts of Vicksburg. ...
... Then Grant turned and fought his way back west to the outskirts of Vicksburg. ...
US Grant Trail - Southeast Missourian
... Price’s Army of Missouri approached from the south during its Fall, 1864 incursion into Missouri. This campaign, involving more than 12,000 mounted Confederate troops, is known DV3ULFH¶V([SHGLWLRQ2Q2FWREHU±3ULFH¶VHQWLUH army camped in Union as i ...
... Price’s Army of Missouri approached from the south during its Fall, 1864 incursion into Missouri. This campaign, involving more than 12,000 mounted Confederate troops, is known DV3ULFH¶V([SHGLWLRQ2Q2FWREHU±3ULFH¶VHQWLUH army camped in Union as i ...
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).