unionists in eastern west tennessee 1861-1865
... or less compared with nearly half of Confederate families whose real estate was valued at $1001 or more. The census value of Confederate real estate averaged $2,427 while that of Unionists a mere $812. Only one Union soldier owned real estate worth $10,000 or more ($10,110) while twelve Confederate ...
... or less compared with nearly half of Confederate families whose real estate was valued at $1001 or more. The census value of Confederate real estate averaged $2,427 while that of Unionists a mere $812. Only one Union soldier owned real estate worth $10,000 or more ($10,110) while twelve Confederate ...
Latter-day Saints and the Civil War - BYU ScholarsArchive
... several States unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.4 Three days later, on July 25, 1861, the Senate adopted a similar resolution.5 It is likewise generally accepted that the Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when General Robert E. Lee surrendered ...
... several States unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.4 Three days later, on July 25, 1861, the Senate adopted a similar resolution.5 It is likewise generally accepted that the Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when General Robert E. Lee surrendered ...
A Change in Tactics: Hard War in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
... By the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, the Shenandoah Valley was a melting pot of immigrants, primarily farmers who were raising wheat, had few slaves, and were not part of the slave-owning aristocracy of eastern Virginia. There were many people supportive of the Union who did not favor secession ...
... By the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, the Shenandoah Valley was a melting pot of immigrants, primarily farmers who were raising wheat, had few slaves, and were not part of the slave-owning aristocracy of eastern Virginia. There were many people supportive of the Union who did not favor secession ...
Stand Watie Confederate General
... Samuel Maxey began to rebuild Confederate Indian forces in the Territory and Watie was ordered to increase his raids to force a Union withdrawal from Fort Gibson. From his bases south of the Canadian River in 1864, he captured hundreds of horses from Fort Gibson and deprived the Union cavalry of fre ...
... Samuel Maxey began to rebuild Confederate Indian forces in the Territory and Watie was ordered to increase his raids to force a Union withdrawal from Fort Gibson. From his bases south of the Canadian River in 1864, he captured hundreds of horses from Fort Gibson and deprived the Union cavalry of fre ...
chapter 16 - apel slice
... “... wild to be off to Virginia. He so fears that the fighting will be over before he can get there.” Soldiers came from every region and all walks of life. Most, though, came from farms. Almost half of the North's troops and more than 60 percent of the South's had owned or worked on farms. The Unio ...
... “... wild to be off to Virginia. He so fears that the fighting will be over before he can get there.” Soldiers came from every region and all walks of life. Most, though, came from farms. Almost half of the North's troops and more than 60 percent of the South's had owned or worked on farms. The Unio ...
Give Me Liberty 3rd Edition
... enemy lines, and even primitive hand grenades and submarines. Perhaps most important, a revolution in arms manufacturing had replaced the traditional musket, accurate at only a short range, with the more modern rifle, deadly at 600 yards or more because of its grooved (or “rifled”) barrel. This deve ...
... enemy lines, and even primitive hand grenades and submarines. Perhaps most important, a revolution in arms manufacturing had replaced the traditional musket, accurate at only a short range, with the more modern rifle, deadly at 600 yards or more because of its grooved (or “rifled”) barrel. This deve ...
Biography President Ulysses S. Grant
... victory at the city of Vicksburg, a Confederate stronghold. This victory helped to split the South's forces in two and gave the Union considerable momentum. He became a famous war hero and in 1864 President Abraham Lincoln made him General-in-Chief of the entire Union Army. Grant then led the Union ...
... victory at the city of Vicksburg, a Confederate stronghold. This victory helped to split the South's forces in two and gave the Union considerable momentum. He became a famous war hero and in 1864 President Abraham Lincoln made him General-in-Chief of the entire Union Army. Grant then led the Union ...
Joshua Chamberlain Lesson Plan
... The 20th Maine had been organized under President Abraham Lincoln’s second call for troops on July 2, 1862. The regiment initially fielded a total complement of 1,621 men, but by the time of the Battle of Gettysburg the stress of campaigning had reduced the regiment’s ranks to some 266 soldiers, and ...
... The 20th Maine had been organized under President Abraham Lincoln’s second call for troops on July 2, 1862. The regiment initially fielded a total complement of 1,621 men, but by the time of the Battle of Gettysburg the stress of campaigning had reduced the regiment’s ranks to some 266 soldiers, and ...
Civil War Strategy 1861-1865 Essay
... most far reaching of American strategic plans for prosecuting a war. It called for offensive action against a variety of points of the Confederacy at the same time, and even urged the consideration of assistance from Mexico. McClellan hoped to end the war in one campaign—after properly preparing. Th ...
... most far reaching of American strategic plans for prosecuting a war. It called for offensive action against a variety of points of the Confederacy at the same time, and even urged the consideration of assistance from Mexico. McClellan hoped to end the war in one campaign—after properly preparing. Th ...
The Gettysburg Campaign: Birth of the Operational Art?
... the south was unable to use its relatively ample Trans-Mississippi supply base to reinforce its forces. Confederate forces had been more successful in the east. Since December’s battle at Fredericksburg, the Army of Northern Virginia and its rival Army of the Potomac had been in a standoff along the ...
... the south was unable to use its relatively ample Trans-Mississippi supply base to reinforce its forces. Confederate forces had been more successful in the east. Since December’s battle at Fredericksburg, the Army of Northern Virginia and its rival Army of the Potomac had been in a standoff along the ...
LEBANON COUNTY AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
... It had become obvious by June 6 to Hooker, who had been in relative ignorance concerning the plans of Lee, that the Army of Northern Virginia was on the move in a northerly direction; however, the Union general was still uncertain as to the objective Lee wished to reach. To Hooker it was not improba ...
... It had become obvious by June 6 to Hooker, who had been in relative ignorance concerning the plans of Lee, that the Army of Northern Virginia was on the move in a northerly direction; however, the Union general was still uncertain as to the objective Lee wished to reach. To Hooker it was not improba ...
Rocky Mountain Civil War Round Table 2013 Study Group The
... War on the Mississippi: Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign (Time-Life Civil War series) – Jerry Korn Ninety-Eight Days: A Geographer’s View of the Civil War – Warren E. Grabau The Campaign for Vicksburg (very expensive three-volume set): Volume I, Vicksburg Is the Key; Volume II, Grant Strikes a Fatal Blow; ...
... War on the Mississippi: Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign (Time-Life Civil War series) – Jerry Korn Ninety-Eight Days: A Geographer’s View of the Civil War – Warren E. Grabau The Campaign for Vicksburg (very expensive three-volume set): Volume I, Vicksburg Is the Key; Volume II, Grant Strikes a Fatal Blow; ...
military intelligence during america`s civil war
... result of judgments made, ALL intelligence should be open to challenge. Furthermore, it is most unlikely that intelligence will ever be complete, viz.; there will always be some unanswered questions. In the 19th Century, however, no such distinction was made with the term ‘intelligence’ being given ...
... result of judgments made, ALL intelligence should be open to challenge. Furthermore, it is most unlikely that intelligence will ever be complete, viz.; there will always be some unanswered questions. In the 19th Century, however, no such distinction was made with the term ‘intelligence’ being given ...
ECWC TOPIC Environment Essay
... the swollen, icy stream in late December, those on horses could not help but feel for their infantry comrades who “had to hold their guns at arm’s length above their heads . . . the water being up to their armpits.” Just as much as difficult terrain shaped large armies, battles, and campaigns, it of ...
... the swollen, icy stream in late December, those on horses could not help but feel for their infantry comrades who “had to hold their guns at arm’s length above their heads . . . the water being up to their armpits.” Just as much as difficult terrain shaped large armies, battles, and campaigns, it of ...
1864-1865: Bringing the War to an End
... American liberty, with which Abraham Lincoln has discharged, under circumstances of unparalleled difficulty, the great duties and responsibilities of the presidential office; that we approve and indorse, as demanded by the emergency and essential to the preservation of the nation, and as within the ...
... American liberty, with which Abraham Lincoln has discharged, under circumstances of unparalleled difficulty, the great duties and responsibilities of the presidential office; that we approve and indorse, as demanded by the emergency and essential to the preservation of the nation, and as within the ...
Chapter 16 File
... Abraham Lincoln becam e president on the eve of a four-year national nightmare. Furious at Lincoln's election and feari ng a federal invasion, seven southern states had seceded. The new commander in chief tried desperately to save the Union. In his inaugural address, Lincoln promised not to end slav ...
... Abraham Lincoln becam e president on the eve of a four-year national nightmare. Furious at Lincoln's election and feari ng a federal invasion, seven southern states had seceded. The new commander in chief tried desperately to save the Union. In his inaugural address, Lincoln promised not to end slav ...
Civil War Notes
... Based on slides 23 and 24, what percentage of farmland did the North have? What percentage did 2. South have? 65% North, 35% South the What percentage of workers in industry did the North have? What about the South? 92% North, 8% South ...
... Based on slides 23 and 24, what percentage of farmland did the North have? What percentage did 2. South have? 65% North, 35% South the What percentage of workers in industry did the North have? What about the South? 92% North, 8% South ...
"Young Bloods of the South:" The Confederate Use and Efficacy of
... forces, and did not exist permanently in their irregular status, though units like John Hunt Morgan’s and Nathan Bedford Forrest’s troopers “specialized” in these operations, and preferred them to standard cavalry duties. They were thus the most conventional of all irregular categories, and also the ...
... forces, and did not exist permanently in their irregular status, though units like John Hunt Morgan’s and Nathan Bedford Forrest’s troopers “specialized” in these operations, and preferred them to standard cavalry duties. They were thus the most conventional of all irregular categories, and also the ...
Chapter 13: The Civil War
... ships and had a larger and more efficient railway network. The North also faced disadvantages. Bringing the Southern states back into the Union would be difficult. The North would have to invade the South—a large area filled with a hostile population. To win the war, the North had to occupy the Conf ...
... ships and had a larger and more efficient railway network. The North also faced disadvantages. Bringing the Southern states back into the Union would be difficult. The North would have to invade the South—a large area filled with a hostile population. To win the war, the North had to occupy the Conf ...
1 Civil War Lithograph Of The First Refreshment Saloon
... Gurney & Son, and 35 folding maps (6 in rear pockets). Volume II with tipped-in autograph card inscribed by Grant, “Yours Truly U.S. Grant, New York City, Febr. 2nd, 1882.” A contemporary of Ulysses S. Grant once described him as “the concentration of all that is American” (Theodore Lyman). This imp ...
... Gurney & Son, and 35 folding maps (6 in rear pockets). Volume II with tipped-in autograph card inscribed by Grant, “Yours Truly U.S. Grant, New York City, Febr. 2nd, 1882.” A contemporary of Ulysses S. Grant once described him as “the concentration of all that is American” (Theodore Lyman). This imp ...
This Hallowed Ground - Lewis
... (in my opinion, very appropriately) begins his history of the Civil War with the critical events of May 1856--"Bleeding Sumner" and "Bleeding Kansas," two powerful symbols of the coming conflict--instead of beginning with the Confederates firing on Ft. Sumter. The reason is that Ft. Sumter is not wh ...
... (in my opinion, very appropriately) begins his history of the Civil War with the critical events of May 1856--"Bleeding Sumner" and "Bleeding Kansas," two powerful symbols of the coming conflict--instead of beginning with the Confederates firing on Ft. Sumter. The reason is that Ft. Sumter is not wh ...
Get Ebooks The 10 Biggest Civil War Battles
... fates of the battles and the war itself hung in the balance. Shiloh, Stones River and Chickamauga would all feature Union heroes like Ulysses S. Grant and George H. Thomas preserving Federal control over Tennessee and Kentucky. But during those same periods of time, Robert E. Lee was leading the Arm ...
... fates of the battles and the war itself hung in the balance. Shiloh, Stones River and Chickamauga would all feature Union heroes like Ulysses S. Grant and George H. Thomas preserving Federal control over Tennessee and Kentucky. But during those same periods of time, Robert E. Lee was leading the Arm ...
Upper Rappahannock River Front: The Dare Mark Line Clark B. Hall
... the period 1861-1865. By and large, this historic piedmont landscape is largely unchanged since the war ended.5 Any Civil War soldier, Blue or Gray, who fought, camped and marched in western Fauquier and eastern Culpeper Counties would today instantly recognize his regiment's fighting or camping pos ...
... the period 1861-1865. By and large, this historic piedmont landscape is largely unchanged since the war ended.5 Any Civil War soldier, Blue or Gray, who fought, camped and marched in western Fauquier and eastern Culpeper Counties would today instantly recognize his regiment's fighting or camping pos ...
CHAPTER 11 The Civil War
... gold and silver from the sale of bonds, the government could not pay its suppliers and troops. To solve this problem, Congress passed the Legal Tender Act in February 1862. This act created a national currency and allowed the government to issue paper money. The paper money came to be known as green ...
... gold and silver from the sale of bonds, the government could not pay its suppliers and troops. To solve this problem, Congress passed the Legal Tender Act in February 1862. This act created a national currency and allowed the government to issue paper money. The paper money came to be known as green ...
matt barber epq
... when the Union blockade truly became effecEve towards the end of the war, the Confederacy suffered.5 So we can see that a lack of industry before the start of the war was recEfied during the war to create the bare necessiEes to be able to fight the war, however as well as industry we must also look at t ...
... when the Union blockade truly became effecEve towards the end of the war, the Confederacy suffered.5 So we can see that a lack of industry before the start of the war was recEfied during the war to create the bare necessiEes to be able to fight the war, however as well as industry we must also look at t ...
Cavalry in the American Civil War
Cavalry in the American Civil War was a branch of army service in a process of transition. It suffered from emerging technology threats, difficult logistics, and sometimes misguided or inept commanders. Nevertheless, it played important roles in many Civil War campaigns and earned its place alongside the infantry and artillery combat arms.