
Anaconda Plan, Union Strategy, and the Battlefield The North began
... The second depicts Pickett's Charge, the mile-wide Confederate assault against Union positions on July 3, 1863, the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg. The charge is named after the Confederate Maj. Gen. George Pickett and most of his men were from Virginia. Of the 14,000 Confederates who moved fo ...
... The second depicts Pickett's Charge, the mile-wide Confederate assault against Union positions on July 3, 1863, the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg. The charge is named after the Confederate Maj. Gen. George Pickett and most of his men were from Virginia. Of the 14,000 Confederates who moved fo ...
Civil War Lesson Objectives
... Review the war in the West including Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Know details of the Anaconda Plan. Cite the reasons why each side was willing to fight. Describe the problems President Lincoln had in finding the right commander for the Union army. Recognize the proble ...
... Review the war in the West including Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Know details of the Anaconda Plan. Cite the reasons why each side was willing to fight. Describe the problems President Lincoln had in finding the right commander for the Union army. Recognize the proble ...
Iowa at Vicksburg: Breaking Boundaries
... to advance towards South Fort, the southern fortifications of the city. Infantrymen from the 11th, 13th and 16th Iowa regiments were chosen as sharpshooters to protect the rest of the brigade as it moved forward. As they reached the South Fort area, they began to prepare to storm the enemy works. Bu ...
... to advance towards South Fort, the southern fortifications of the city. Infantrymen from the 11th, 13th and 16th Iowa regiments were chosen as sharpshooters to protect the rest of the brigade as it moved forward. As they reached the South Fort area, they began to prepare to storm the enemy works. Bu ...
1 1942-1961 March 1942 “Notes and Documents
... By Donald Day George W. Harris (1814-1869), a political writer and humorist, spent most of his life in Knoxville. His most famous character is Sut Lovingood, a backwoods Tennessee prankster. Within this article is information on Harris’s writing on the election of 1860 and subsequent Civil War. In a ...
... By Donald Day George W. Harris (1814-1869), a political writer and humorist, spent most of his life in Knoxville. His most famous character is Sut Lovingood, a backwoods Tennessee prankster. Within this article is information on Harris’s writing on the election of 1860 and subsequent Civil War. In a ...
A Brief History of Cedar Hill Cemetery
... County enlisted in the Confederate army and left their homes for war. During the first year of the war a training camp was established in Suffolk for new recruits from states farther south, and their presence was a comfort to the citizens who remained at home. On May 10, 1862, after the fall of Norf ...
... County enlisted in the Confederate army and left their homes for war. During the first year of the war a training camp was established in Suffolk for new recruits from states farther south, and their presence was a comfort to the citizens who remained at home. On May 10, 1862, after the fall of Norf ...
Chapter 16-17 Honors Study Guide
... Understanding these will help you succeed on the test Sec. 14-1 Understand early Battles, Strengths and Weaknesses of each side, the strategies, and the results of early Battles Sec. 16-2 Understand the armies of both sides of the Civil War including training, supplies, technology, hardships, and so ...
... Understanding these will help you succeed on the test Sec. 14-1 Understand early Battles, Strengths and Weaknesses of each side, the strategies, and the results of early Battles Sec. 16-2 Understand the armies of both sides of the Civil War including training, supplies, technology, hardships, and so ...
Chapter 16-17 Study Guide
... Understand the Anger and Discontent over the war, the war’s effects on the economy, and women in the war Sec. 17-3 Understand the importance of Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Sherman’s march to the coast, and Appomattox Courthouse Sec. 17-4 Understand the Costs and consequences of the Civil War, the importa ...
... Understand the Anger and Discontent over the war, the war’s effects on the economy, and women in the war Sec. 17-3 Understand the importance of Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Sherman’s march to the coast, and Appomattox Courthouse Sec. 17-4 Understand the Costs and consequences of the Civil War, the importa ...
American History
... Understand the Anger and Discontent over the war, the war’s effects on the economy, and women in the war Sec. 17-3 Understand the importance of Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Sherman’s march to the coast, and Appomattox Courthouse Sec. 17-4 Understand the Costs and consequences of the Civil War, the importa ...
... Understand the Anger and Discontent over the war, the war’s effects on the economy, and women in the war Sec. 17-3 Understand the importance of Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Sherman’s march to the coast, and Appomattox Courthouse Sec. 17-4 Understand the Costs and consequences of the Civil War, the importa ...
NC State Brochure cover-side
... T. Sherman completed his “March to the Sea” and captured Savannah, Georgia. He soon headed north through the Carolinas, planning ultimately to link his army with those that Union general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant accompanied in Virginia. Sherman marched into South Carolina on February 1, 1865. Confe ...
... T. Sherman completed his “March to the Sea” and captured Savannah, Georgia. He soon headed north through the Carolinas, planning ultimately to link his army with those that Union general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant accompanied in Virginia. Sherman marched into South Carolina on February 1, 1865. Confe ...
Renewed Vigor: How the Confederate retaliatory burning
... attack the enemy’s industries and centers of population inaccessible from their armies.17 Not until 1948 was the term first applied to the Civil War by John B. Walters’ article, “General William Tecumseh Sherman and Total War,” published in the Journal of Southern History.18 However, during this tim ...
... attack the enemy’s industries and centers of population inaccessible from their armies.17 Not until 1948 was the term first applied to the Civil War by John B. Walters’ article, “General William Tecumseh Sherman and Total War,” published in the Journal of Southern History.18 However, during this tim ...
North Alabama Civil War Generals
... was formed in line of battle along the Emmitsburg Road, and General Birney was forced to stretch his first division’s line over too much territory in order to occupy the ground between Devil’s Den and the Peach Orchard. He had no second line of troops and no reserve, so there was much ground to cove ...
... was formed in line of battle along the Emmitsburg Road, and General Birney was forced to stretch his first division’s line over too much territory in order to occupy the ground between Devil’s Den and the Peach Orchard. He had no second line of troops and no reserve, so there was much ground to cove ...
The Camden Expedition of 1864
... to have commented to Steele that "your men treat us better than our own men do." The Union forces remained encamped at Arkadelphia for two days awaiting the arrival of Thayer's column from Fort Smith. Steele however was concerned that he could not afford to wait indefinitely while consuming his limi ...
... to have commented to Steele that "your men treat us better than our own men do." The Union forces remained encamped at Arkadelphia for two days awaiting the arrival of Thayer's column from Fort Smith. Steele however was concerned that he could not afford to wait indefinitely while consuming his limi ...
The End is Near: The Civil War in 1864
... succeeding, making clear winners and losers unknown. Additionally, Abraham Lincoln’s reelection hung in the balance; a presidential change-up would alter the nature of war, especially if George B. McClellan were victorious. [excerpt] ...
... succeeding, making clear winners and losers unknown. Additionally, Abraham Lincoln’s reelection hung in the balance; a presidential change-up would alter the nature of war, especially if George B. McClellan were victorious. [excerpt] ...
Lesson Objectives - PDF
... Describe the problems President Lincoln had in finding the right commander for the Union army. Recognize the problems Lincoln faced with Congress and the American people. Recall brief details of the battles at Bull Run, Shiloh, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. Know details of the Anac ...
... Describe the problems President Lincoln had in finding the right commander for the Union army. Recognize the problems Lincoln faced with Congress and the American people. Recall brief details of the battles at Bull Run, Shiloh, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. Know details of the Anac ...
unionists in eastern west tennessee 1861-1865
... the war.22 If their assessment, admittedly made years after the war, bears any trust at all then the reasons some remained loyal must lie elsewhere. When Unionists recorded, either during or long after the war, their reasons for supporting the Federal government they usually gave “love of country” a ...
... the war.22 If their assessment, admittedly made years after the war, bears any trust at all then the reasons some remained loyal must lie elsewhere. When Unionists recorded, either during or long after the war, their reasons for supporting the Federal government they usually gave “love of country” a ...
Total War and the American Civil War
... the Civil War displays that make it a legitimate candidate for the total war label? A working definition of the term “total war” is required in order to frame the answer to whether the Civil War falls into this category. The characteristics attributed to total war have been debated by historians and ...
... the Civil War displays that make it a legitimate candidate for the total war label? A working definition of the term “total war” is required in order to frame the answer to whether the Civil War falls into this category. The characteristics attributed to total war have been debated by historians and ...
Chapter 4 section 4 notes
... Lee won the battle on the first day, but by the third day the Union was better positioned. The Union (blue) was located on high ground south of the town. Confederate (red) General George Pickett heroically led his men to roust the Union. They failed. ...
... Lee won the battle on the first day, but by the third day the Union was better positioned. The Union (blue) was located on high ground south of the town. Confederate (red) General George Pickett heroically led his men to roust the Union. They failed. ...
section 4
... Lee won the battle on the first day, but by the third day the Union was better positioned. The Union (blue) was located on high ground south of the town. Confederate (red) General George Pickett heroically led his men to roust the Union. They failed. ...
... Lee won the battle on the first day, but by the third day the Union was better positioned. The Union (blue) was located on high ground south of the town. Confederate (red) General George Pickett heroically led his men to roust the Union. They failed. ...
Cannon Game: Civil War
... A. Declared the Union was the winner of the Civil War B. Declared the slaves in the South were free. C. None of these ...
... A. Declared the Union was the winner of the Civil War B. Declared the slaves in the South were free. C. None of these ...
The Georgia Studies Book- Chapter 13 (The Civil War)
... they voted to form a new nation. Its official name was the Confederate States of America, though many people simply called it the Confederacy. Jefferson Davis was elected as its first president. He was a former military officer, U.S. senator from Mississippi, and U.S. secretary of war. Georgia’s Alexan ...
... they voted to form a new nation. Its official name was the Confederate States of America, though many people simply called it the Confederacy. Jefferson Davis was elected as its first president. He was a former military officer, U.S. senator from Mississippi, and U.S. secretary of war. Georgia’s Alexan ...
BrownfieldBioTranscription
... He was in active service almost continuously throughout the four years of the war. His first service was with Pope’s Expedition down the Mississippi River to Island No. 10. He and his comrades fought at New Madrid, Missouri, had a skirmish at Point Pleasant, and were in the Missouri campaign from Ma ...
... He was in active service almost continuously throughout the four years of the war. His first service was with Pope’s Expedition down the Mississippi River to Island No. 10. He and his comrades fought at New Madrid, Missouri, had a skirmish at Point Pleasant, and were in the Missouri campaign from Ma ...
the emancipation proclamation
... Shenandoah Valley where he scattered Union forces and forced Lincoln to send 20,000 reserves – Returned on June 25 after Seven Pines ©2006 Pearson Education, Inc. ...
... Shenandoah Valley where he scattered Union forces and forced Lincoln to send 20,000 reserves – Returned on June 25 after Seven Pines ©2006 Pearson Education, Inc. ...
TffiBAITLE OTANTIBILM: ATI]ruNG PIOINTIN THE WAR by East
... northern soil and into the Union. This battle, while the fighting lasted only one day, resulted in the loss of life of thousands of soldiers both for the North and the South. There is some cont ...
... northern soil and into the Union. This battle, while the fighting lasted only one day, resulted in the loss of life of thousands of soldiers both for the North and the South. There is some cont ...
- Office Mix
... text styles CivilWar.org, Clara Barton, http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/clara-barton.html, February 6,2016, Civil War Trust Historyplace.com, 1996, The History Place Presents A. Lincoln, http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/, January 30, 2016, The ...
... text styles CivilWar.org, Clara Barton, http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/clara-barton.html, February 6,2016, Civil War Trust Historyplace.com, 1996, The History Place Presents A. Lincoln, http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/, January 30, 2016, 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).