A Mainer From Rockland: Adelbert Ames in the Civil War.
... navy continued to bombard Fort Fisher, half the landing force, a division from the TwentyFourth Corps, captured the Fourth and Eighth North Carolina reserve battalions and a battery of Confederate artillery, then quickly established a defensive line, while moving a brigade forward to attack. However ...
... navy continued to bombard Fort Fisher, half the landing force, a division from the TwentyFourth Corps, captured the Fourth and Eighth North Carolina reserve battalions and a battery of Confederate artillery, then quickly established a defensive line, while moving a brigade forward to attack. However ...
gettysburg to appomattox: the south`s critical
... and I found them at the battle of Gettysburg. My studies led me to analyze the elements which clearly showed the failure mode of the Confederacy, and place them in my book. The battle of Gettysburg was only part of the series of failures for the Confederates. Other battles, near the conclusion of th ...
... and I found them at the battle of Gettysburg. My studies led me to analyze the elements which clearly showed the failure mode of the Confederacy, and place them in my book. The battle of Gettysburg was only part of the series of failures for the Confederates. Other battles, near the conclusion of th ...
“`REBELS AGAINST A REBELLION`: SOUTHERN UNIONISTS IN
... Salisbury military prison cemetery, he did not mention others who were imprisoned there during the war: the uncompromising, stalwart southern unionists. Upon reading this chapter of Horwitz’s fascinating tour of the former Confederacy, I puzzled over how despite his wellmeaning and dedicated attemp ...
... Salisbury military prison cemetery, he did not mention others who were imprisoned there during the war: the uncompromising, stalwart southern unionists. Upon reading this chapter of Horwitz’s fascinating tour of the former Confederacy, I puzzled over how despite his wellmeaning and dedicated attemp ...
Confederate Nationalism in Georgia, Louisiana, and Virginia During
... “The ordinance of secession was passed yesterday afternoon and was made public to day at 12. The excitement is intense. The mildest joy seems to prevail. All is war and bloodshed is the way of talk.” 1 Robert A. Granniss, a clerk at Kent, Paine, and Company in Richmond, wrote in his journal about th ...
... “The ordinance of secession was passed yesterday afternoon and was made public to day at 12. The excitement is intense. The mildest joy seems to prevail. All is war and bloodshed is the way of talk.” 1 Robert A. Granniss, a clerk at Kent, Paine, and Company in Richmond, wrote in his journal about th ...
Meeting paper Feb 2002 - Grant – the uncaring drunken butcher?
... This paper has been prepared as the basis for a presentation to the New South Wales Chapter of the American Civil War Round Table of Australia and will be given at one of its regular meetings in 2002. The paper seeks to examine the life of General Ulysses S Grant including bringing together of a nu ...
... This paper has been prepared as the basis for a presentation to the New South Wales Chapter of the American Civil War Round Table of Australia and will be given at one of its regular meetings in 2002. The paper seeks to examine the life of General Ulysses S Grant including bringing together of a nu ...
civil war civil war
... took place in the Manatee River area, and the southern region was also home to thousands of cattle that ranged the scrublands and swamps, awaiting shipment to Cuba or elsewhere. By the early-to-mid 1800s, sectional disputes over slavery along with economic and political differences threatened nation ...
... took place in the Manatee River area, and the southern region was also home to thousands of cattle that ranged the scrublands and swamps, awaiting shipment to Cuba or elsewhere. By the early-to-mid 1800s, sectional disputes over slavery along with economic and political differences threatened nation ...
General Daniel Edgar Sickles, Storm at the Peach Orchard
... least, a success in Pennsylvania would offset any failure at Vicksburg. At the most, a great victory on enemy soil might put peace within Richmond’s reach. Secretary Of State for the Confederacy, James Seddon said it well: Such a movement by the Army of Northern Virginia “is indispensable to our saf ...
... least, a success in Pennsylvania would offset any failure at Vicksburg. At the most, a great victory on enemy soil might put peace within Richmond’s reach. Secretary Of State for the Confederacy, James Seddon said it well: Such a movement by the Army of Northern Virginia “is indispensable to our saf ...
Marines in Gray: The Birth, Life and Death of the Confederate States
... operations tactics. Therefore, Confederate Marines came to be considered an essential component of such operations, and leaders of raids actively sought out their service for the most difficult of tasks. In general, the CSMC became an innovative military unit and its leaders were willing to think ou ...
... operations tactics. Therefore, Confederate Marines came to be considered an essential component of such operations, and leaders of raids actively sought out their service for the most difficult of tasks. In general, the CSMC became an innovative military unit and its leaders were willing to think ou ...
America`s Last Civil War Veterans and Participants
... used idealised images of past wars and heroism as part of their appeal. Slavery is dead and buried in the United States and hopefully racism will soon lie next to it. At Appomattox when troops told Lee they would fight on he told them to return peacefully to their farms and rebuild. When in 1869 the ...
... used idealised images of past wars and heroism as part of their appeal. Slavery is dead and buried in the United States and hopefully racism will soon lie next to it. At Appomattox when troops told Lee they would fight on he told them to return peacefully to their farms and rebuild. When in 1869 the ...
The Union Army Had Something to Do With It
... Union lines (within the spirit of his orders or against them, depending on your view), General Lee was blind, and, having learned of the nearby presence of the Army of the Potomac from a scout of Longstreet's, hurried to call his widely scattered units, which were raiding far and wide to collect sup ...
... Union lines (within the spirit of his orders or against them, depending on your view), General Lee was blind, and, having learned of the nearby presence of the Army of the Potomac from a scout of Longstreet's, hurried to call his widely scattered units, which were raiding far and wide to collect sup ...
GEORGE G. MEADE AND HIS ROLE IN THE GETTYSBURG
... tlressing. Then, too, the victory at Gettysburg was a defensive one. With the army commander playing, supposedly, a somewhat passive if not torpid role. 1\Ieade had been in command of the army for only three days prior to the opening of this pivotal engagement, and the first day's combat-which went ...
... tlressing. Then, too, the victory at Gettysburg was a defensive one. With the army commander playing, supposedly, a somewhat passive if not torpid role. 1\Ieade had been in command of the army for only three days prior to the opening of this pivotal engagement, and the first day's combat-which went ...
General US Grant`s Effective Use of the Leadership
... environment did not allow for a pull-back. This inventive maneuver was the only way the Union was going to be able to attack Vicksburg successfully. The scheme of maneuver to capture Vicksburg was not the only example of General Grant’s inventive thinking. After successfully landing at Bruinsburg, ...
... environment did not allow for a pull-back. This inventive maneuver was the only way the Union was going to be able to attack Vicksburg successfully. The scheme of maneuver to capture Vicksburg was not the only example of General Grant’s inventive thinking. After successfully landing at Bruinsburg, ...
The Knight in Shining Armor Joshua Lawrence
... The Knight in Shining Armor Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the American Civil War Kalon Tsang The lion of Little Round Top ducked as another shell screamed by overhead, fired by one of the Confederate batteries nestled atop an advanced artillery position. At a distance, he saw his Corps Commander, ...
... The Knight in Shining Armor Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the American Civil War Kalon Tsang The lion of Little Round Top ducked as another shell screamed by overhead, fired by one of the Confederate batteries nestled atop an advanced artillery position. At a distance, he saw his Corps Commander, ...
Soldiers of Long Odds: Confederate Operatives Combat the United
... Squadron.” Within the first week, Hines had engaged over fifty escaped prisoners to fill out his military command. He also made trips to Montreal to recruit, but felt ill-at-ease in that city due to the large contingent of Union detectives present. Richmond, sensing that the scope of duties for the ...
... Squadron.” Within the first week, Hines had engaged over fifty escaped prisoners to fill out his military command. He also made trips to Montreal to recruit, but felt ill-at-ease in that city due to the large contingent of Union detectives present. Richmond, sensing that the scope of duties for the ...
naylonMaurice - Georgetown University
... that outsiders can never fully understand an individual's motives for action; even when people leave behind personal memoirs, their stated rationale must be questioned as self-serving. People seek to rationalize decisions with reasoning that represents personal biases. Furthermore, when first-hand ...
... that outsiders can never fully understand an individual's motives for action; even when people leave behind personal memoirs, their stated rationale must be questioned as self-serving. People seek to rationalize decisions with reasoning that represents personal biases. Furthermore, when first-hand ...
Rules of Play
... The future of slavery in the territories caused a series of political crises. These crises drove a series of legislative compromises designed to assuage Southern fear that slavery would be abolished. These compromises were designed to maintain a tentative Southern equality in the Senate. The South b ...
... The future of slavery in the territories caused a series of political crises. These crises drove a series of legislative compromises designed to assuage Southern fear that slavery would be abolished. These compromises were designed to maintain a tentative Southern equality in the Senate. The South b ...
Southern honor, Confederate warfare : southern
... than their Union counterparts. However, to separate this cultural aggression from Confederate commanders’ expected aggressiveness in the context of battlefield maneuver, the thesis also explores European tactics and more orthodox battlefield maneuver. While honor is the primary focus of this work, ...
... than their Union counterparts. However, to separate this cultural aggression from Confederate commanders’ expected aggressiveness in the context of battlefield maneuver, the thesis also explores European tactics and more orthodox battlefield maneuver. While honor is the primary focus of this work, ...
Something So Dim It Must Be Holy
... Let us celebrate their glory in poetry and song, remembering that while we have our faces to the front, their holiest memories are swept back into the past."viii Of course, celebrating the Confederate soldier and what he fought for meant forgetting the destruction caused by the war for southern nati ...
... Let us celebrate their glory in poetry and song, remembering that while we have our faces to the front, their holiest memories are swept back into the past."viii Of course, celebrating the Confederate soldier and what he fought for meant forgetting the destruction caused by the war for southern nati ...
Staff Ride Handbook for the Battle of Perryville, 8
... of the battle, all of the invading Southern forces retired from the state. Kentucky remained firmly in the Union and secure from Confederate invasion for the war’s duration. Despite its importance to the course of the war in the west, Perryville does not benefit from the high visibility accorded th ...
... of the battle, all of the invading Southern forces retired from the state. Kentucky remained firmly in the Union and secure from Confederate invasion for the war’s duration. Despite its importance to the course of the war in the west, Perryville does not benefit from the high visibility accorded th ...
DURING THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN
... books on Gettysburg continue to sell and the topic continues to fascinate serious scholars as well as antiquarians and Civil War buffs.2 Yet despite the still fervent interest in the Gettysburg Campaign, it has become much more difficult for interested parties to carve out a niche significant enoug ...
... books on Gettysburg continue to sell and the topic continues to fascinate serious scholars as well as antiquarians and Civil War buffs.2 Yet despite the still fervent interest in the Gettysburg Campaign, it has become much more difficult for interested parties to carve out a niche significant enoug ...
1 - Petersburg Area Regional Tourism
... By the spring of 1865, the last remaining supply line into Petersburg was the South Side Railroad. On March 29, 1865, Grant sent his forces on a westward movement to cut this major artery, knowing that it would cause Lee to abandon Petersburg and Richmond. Countering this move, Lee sent 10,000 troop ...
... By the spring of 1865, the last remaining supply line into Petersburg was the South Side Railroad. On March 29, 1865, Grant sent his forces on a westward movement to cut this major artery, knowing that it would cause Lee to abandon Petersburg and Richmond. Countering this move, Lee sent 10,000 troop ...
A Public History Project Atblakeley Historic Park, Alabama
... Six hours after General Robert E. Lee formally surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union commander General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, the last major battle of the Civil War was fought at Fort Blakely 1 , Alabama, ten miles northeast of Mobile on the bluffs overlooking the Ten ...
... Six hours after General Robert E. Lee formally surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union commander General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, the last major battle of the Civil War was fought at Fort Blakely 1 , Alabama, ten miles northeast of Mobile on the bluffs overlooking the Ten ...
heading one
... Six hours after General Robert E. Lee formally surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union commander General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, the last major battle of the Civil War was fought at Fort Blakely 1 , Alabama, ten miles northeast of Mobile on the bluffs overlooking the Ten ...
... Six hours after General Robert E. Lee formally surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union commander General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, the last major battle of the Civil War was fought at Fort Blakely 1 , Alabama, ten miles northeast of Mobile on the bluffs overlooking the Ten ...
Grant - Reading Community Schools
... of Illinois volunteers, and later Brigadier General of Volunteers. Forces under Grant quickly won victories at Ft. Henry and Ft. Donellson, where he told the Confederates that no terms would be accepted except “unconditional surrender”, which matched his initials and became a nickname. Grant’s super ...
... of Illinois volunteers, and later Brigadier General of Volunteers. Forces under Grant quickly won victories at Ft. Henry and Ft. Donellson, where he told the Confederates that no terms would be accepted except “unconditional surrender”, which matched his initials and became a nickname. Grant’s super ...
Killer Angels notes
... 16. Describe some of Longstreet’s thoughts about Lee when Fremantle is talking to him. 17. When Fremantle refers to General Lee as “devious” explain Longstreet’s reaction. 18. How does Longstreet characterize the Confederates’ chances in the next day’s battle? 19. To whom is Longstreet referring whe ...
... 16. Describe some of Longstreet’s thoughts about Lee when Fremantle is talking to him. 17. When Fremantle refers to General Lee as “devious” explain Longstreet’s reaction. 18. How does Longstreet characterize the Confederates’ chances in the next day’s battle? 19. To whom is Longstreet referring whe ...