History in the Making
... and economic advantages helped it to secure victory. Soldiers, according to historian James McPherson, fought for cause and comrades. They battled one another to preserve American values: to preserve liberty and freedom in a democratic nation. They also fought because they felt a sense of loyalty to ...
... and economic advantages helped it to secure victory. Soldiers, according to historian James McPherson, fought for cause and comrades. They battled one another to preserve American values: to preserve liberty and freedom in a democratic nation. They also fought because they felt a sense of loyalty to ...
A Study of Civil War Leadership: Gettysburg
... The Civil War was a pivotal and tragic period in our country’s history. The years that spanned from 1860-1865 were years that were paved with the blood of American men, and what determined whether these men lived or died was the men who led them. Civil War leadership on both sides of the battlefiel ...
... The Civil War was a pivotal and tragic period in our country’s history. The years that spanned from 1860-1865 were years that were paved with the blood of American men, and what determined whether these men lived or died was the men who led them. Civil War leadership on both sides of the battlefiel ...
American Civil War - Yesterday`s Muse Books
... alphabetical reference of field officers under Lee’s command during the American Civil War, with brief accounts of service. Includes appendix of other Confederate field officers in armies other the Northern Virginia, and a list of regiments and battalions in the Army of Northern Virginia. Near fine ...
... alphabetical reference of field officers under Lee’s command during the American Civil War, with brief accounts of service. Includes appendix of other Confederate field officers in armies other the Northern Virginia, and a list of regiments and battalions in the Army of Northern Virginia. Near fine ...
The Encyclopedia of Civil War Battles
... Semmes had weeks earlier heard a report that Union forces were to attempt to retake the city by storming ashore from transports. He sailed to Galveston with the intent of destroying the transports before they could unload their human cargoes. The report Semmes had received, however, was wrong. The t ...
... Semmes had weeks earlier heard a report that Union forces were to attempt to retake the city by storming ashore from transports. He sailed to Galveston with the intent of destroying the transports before they could unload their human cargoes. The report Semmes had received, however, was wrong. The t ...
Winchester Front Matter.vp
... father, John, worked as a laborer on the National Road but still struggled to support his wife Mary Meenagh and their children. There were no servants at the Sheridan home so “Little Phil,” as he became known, performed daily chores around the family’s modest three-room log cabin. With his father aw ...
... father, John, worked as a laborer on the National Road but still struggled to support his wife Mary Meenagh and their children. There were no servants at the Sheridan home so “Little Phil,” as he became known, performed daily chores around the family’s modest three-room log cabin. With his father aw ...
Fauquier County Civil War Heritage Brochure
... on his way to the Second Battle of Manassas. • In August 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee spent the evening at the nearby home of Mrs. John Marshall, daughter-in-law of the famous Chief Justice. Gen. Lee narrowly escaped capture by Federal troops here. • Col. Mosby’s Rangers roamed this area extensively. Th ...
... on his way to the Second Battle of Manassas. • In August 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee spent the evening at the nearby home of Mrs. John Marshall, daughter-in-law of the famous Chief Justice. Gen. Lee narrowly escaped capture by Federal troops here. • Col. Mosby’s Rangers roamed this area extensively. Th ...
Part II - Scott J. Winslow Associates, Inc.
... sixth-plate ambrotype of Turner’s wife, Anna S. Keller (Turner) taken in 1859 at Courtland, Alabama with a period pencil inscription beyond the image in the case. A brief biography of George P. Turner’s service is found on pages 255-256 of Ralph Donelly’s Confederate States Marine Corps. George Turn ...
... sixth-plate ambrotype of Turner’s wife, Anna S. Keller (Turner) taken in 1859 at Courtland, Alabama with a period pencil inscription beyond the image in the case. A brief biography of George P. Turner’s service is found on pages 255-256 of Ralph Donelly’s Confederate States Marine Corps. George Turn ...
the berminghams of the irish brigade
... approval, Meagher began a speaking campaign to encourage th enlistment in the new 69 New York Volunteers. The response was overwhelming. Meagher worked with many influential Irishmen and eventually recruited an entire brigade made up of three regiments of infantry and two artillery batteries (the Fi ...
... approval, Meagher began a speaking campaign to encourage th enlistment in the new 69 New York Volunteers. The response was overwhelming. Meagher worked with many influential Irishmen and eventually recruited an entire brigade made up of three regiments of infantry and two artillery batteries (the Fi ...
Joshua L. Chamberlain
... officers in order to improve his knowledge of military strategy and other subjects. “I study . . . every military work I can find and it is no small labor to master the evolutions of a battalion and brigade,” he said in a letter to his wife. “I am bound [determined] to understand everything.” Joshua ...
... officers in order to improve his knowledge of military strategy and other subjects. “I study . . . every military work I can find and it is no small labor to master the evolutions of a battalion and brigade,” he said in a letter to his wife. “I am bound [determined] to understand everything.” Joshua ...
George E. Pickett - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... that he had come to believe in as a cadet at West Point. At the Battle of Williamsburg, Pickett complained of “dastardly subterfuges of an enemy pretending to surrender in order to stop fire to allow their reinforcements to come up and enable them to pour in a deadly volley upon an honorable and too ...
... that he had come to believe in as a cadet at West Point. At the Battle of Williamsburg, Pickett complained of “dastardly subterfuges of an enemy pretending to surrender in order to stop fire to allow their reinforcements to come up and enable them to pour in a deadly volley upon an honorable and too ...
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CIVIL WAR BATTLES 63
... back to the breaking point, and simply surround the Confederate army, forcing Lee to surrender. Lee was not ignorant of this plan. McClellan had as much as told him about it on Sept. 16 when advance elements of Hooker’s corps, at about 3:30 p.m., crossed Antietam Creek and began attacking Jackson’s ...
... back to the breaking point, and simply surround the Confederate army, forcing Lee to surrender. Lee was not ignorant of this plan. McClellan had as much as told him about it on Sept. 16 when advance elements of Hooker’s corps, at about 3:30 p.m., crossed Antietam Creek and began attacking Jackson’s ...
Camp 1220 May 2014
... “themed” Flag from his truck on campus, Superintendent James Parla said. 17-year-old Greg Vied told a local news agency he had been suspended from the school after refusing to comply with a Vice Principal’s order to take the flag down, drawing the ire of the American Civil Liberties Union (ALCU). "T ...
... “themed” Flag from his truck on campus, Superintendent James Parla said. 17-year-old Greg Vied told a local news agency he had been suspended from the school after refusing to comply with a Vice Principal’s order to take the flag down, drawing the ire of the American Civil Liberties Union (ALCU). "T ...
April, 2015 - Stow Historical Society
... supplies, first at Amelia Station and then at the Railroad Station southwest of the village of Appomattox Court House. Finding no supplies at Amelia Station, Lee delayed a day to send out foragers, which would prove very costly. As they headed on to Appomattox Station, almost a fourth of his troops ...
... supplies, first at Amelia Station and then at the Railroad Station southwest of the village of Appomattox Court House. Finding no supplies at Amelia Station, Lee delayed a day to send out foragers, which would prove very costly. As they headed on to Appomattox Station, almost a fourth of his troops ...
Renewed Vigor: How the Confederate retaliatory burning
... resulted in extreme casualties due to their belief that advancing in close ordered lines in mass towards the enemy would break the lines. An excellent example of ‘old’ principles being applied with new military weaponry is General Robert E. Lee’s decision to override a division commander’s advice an ...
... resulted in extreme casualties due to their belief that advancing in close ordered lines in mass towards the enemy would break the lines. An excellent example of ‘old’ principles being applied with new military weaponry is General Robert E. Lee’s decision to override a division commander’s advice an ...
Across the Etowah and into the Hell-Hole
... much of the South’s ability to wage war as possible, weakening both Johnston’s and Robert E. Lee’s ability to continue fighting.7 Sherman knew that attacking Johnston in his fortified positions was a futile effort, so from the beginning he followed a strategy of flanking the Confederate forces and f ...
... much of the South’s ability to wage war as possible, weakening both Johnston’s and Robert E. Lee’s ability to continue fighting.7 Sherman knew that attacking Johnston in his fortified positions was a futile effort, so from the beginning he followed a strategy of flanking the Confederate forces and f ...
Vicksburg Campaign Essay - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... Southern Railroad of Mississippi. James McPherson’s Corps marched to the right of McClernand and near Raymond on May 12 met a Confederate brigade led by Brigadier General John Gregg. Gregg did not realized he faced an entire Union corps, and he attacked. His outnumbered troops fought well, but the n ...
... Southern Railroad of Mississippi. James McPherson’s Corps marched to the right of McClernand and near Raymond on May 12 met a Confederate brigade led by Brigadier General John Gregg. Gregg did not realized he faced an entire Union corps, and he attacked. His outnumbered troops fought well, but the n ...
A Change in Tactics: Hard War in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
... wanted to be left alone. Unfortunately, the new commander of the Union armies had a different plan for the inhabitants of the Shenandoah Valley. From Lexington in the south, to Harrisonburg in the center, and northward another forty miles to Woodstock, in two separate campaigns, Hunter and Sheridan ...
... wanted to be left alone. Unfortunately, the new commander of the Union armies had a different plan for the inhabitants of the Shenandoah Valley. From Lexington in the south, to Harrisonburg in the center, and northward another forty miles to Woodstock, in two separate campaigns, Hunter and Sheridan ...
Sacrificed to the Bad Management...of Others
... and his “splendid brigade of South Carolinians” joined Major General James Longstreet’s division in Virginia in early 1862. Anderson lead this brigade, and at times the division, through numerous actions during the Peninsula Campaign and the Seven Days battles. His excellent leadership and “gallant” ...
... and his “splendid brigade of South Carolinians” joined Major General James Longstreet’s division in Virginia in early 1862. Anderson lead this brigade, and at times the division, through numerous actions during the Peninsula Campaign and the Seven Days battles. His excellent leadership and “gallant” ...
shot all to pieces - Lone Jack Historical Society
... lighting, without making any stop, amid the wild cheers of the men… half enveloped in sparks of fire, [the train] seemed to be whirling to Hell.” 8 The following day Totten ordered newly promoted Brigadier General Fitz Henry Warren and his 1st Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, supported by a section of artill ...
... lighting, without making any stop, amid the wild cheers of the men… half enveloped in sparks of fire, [the train] seemed to be whirling to Hell.” 8 The following day Totten ordered newly promoted Brigadier General Fitz Henry Warren and his 1st Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, supported by a section of artill ...
- Explore Georgia
... Cumberland. Most recruiting took control, and enslaved Georgians place in summer 1864, when the began making their way to 44th USCI was stationed in Rome, Union lines. On April 7, 1862, Ga., and its ranks grew to approximately 800 black Abraham Murchison, an escaped slave and preacher enlisted men c ...
... Cumberland. Most recruiting took control, and enslaved Georgians place in summer 1864, when the began making their way to 44th USCI was stationed in Rome, Union lines. On April 7, 1862, Ga., and its ranks grew to approximately 800 black Abraham Murchison, an escaped slave and preacher enlisted men c ...
Leadership Lessons from a Civil War Colonel
... in the face of likely death. In the end, he gave them a choice to fight or stay behind. All but a few picked up their arms and fought alongside the 20th Maine. The fight at Gettysburg was the last obstacle for General Lee as he marched to Washington. Convinced that if he could approach Washington fr ...
... in the face of likely death. In the end, he gave them a choice to fight or stay behind. All but a few picked up their arms and fought alongside the 20th Maine. The fight at Gettysburg was the last obstacle for General Lee as he marched to Washington. Convinced that if he could approach Washington fr ...
Study Guide - Moore Public Schools
... 54. For what two primary reasons did Tom find humor in his conversation with the three Confederate prisoners regarding their reasons for fighting? 55. What part of Meade’s message bothered Chamberlain? Why was this the case? 56. Chamberlain recalls an encounter among himself and a minister and a pr ...
... 54. For what two primary reasons did Tom find humor in his conversation with the three Confederate prisoners regarding their reasons for fighting? 55. What part of Meade’s message bothered Chamberlain? Why was this the case? 56. Chamberlain recalls an encounter among himself and a minister and a pr ...
The Role of Confederate Nationalism and Popular Will
... government, and the elimination of the major sectional distinctions in this country. Confederate nationalism and popular will were clearly major parts of the Confederate war effort, but there is not a historical consensus as to how decisive these factors were. To gain perspective on the influence of ...
... government, and the elimination of the major sectional distinctions in this country. Confederate nationalism and popular will were clearly major parts of the Confederate war effort, but there is not a historical consensus as to how decisive these factors were. To gain perspective on the influence of ...