My will is absolute law“ General Robert H. Milroy and
... proclamation at Winchester during the early days of January 1863. Without a doubt Milroy stood as one among a handful of Union generals who initially supported Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Northerners, for the most part, opposed freeing the slaves as a primary war aim. News of Lincoln’s proc ...
... proclamation at Winchester during the early days of January 1863. Without a doubt Milroy stood as one among a handful of Union generals who initially supported Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Northerners, for the most part, opposed freeing the slaves as a primary war aim. News of Lincoln’s proc ...
A Mainer From Rockland: Adelbert Ames in the Civil War.
... On the morning of December 25, the first Union troops landed ashore. As the Federal 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 qu ...
... On the morning of December 25, the first Union troops landed ashore. As the Federal 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 qu ...
Conflict and Controversy in the Confederate High Command
... Administration, Louis Wigfall, and his wife, among others. As a consequence he claimed that offensive operations were hazardous under the circumstances. His post-war memoir articulated the same theme throughout. Further, his record during the war provides evidence of only two successful offensive st ...
... Administration, Louis Wigfall, and his wife, among others. As a consequence he claimed that offensive operations were hazardous under the circumstances. His post-war memoir articulated the same theme throughout. Further, his record during the war provides evidence of only two successful offensive st ...
Nathan Bedford Forrest: The Confederacy`s Self
... [Forrest] was amenable to no known rules of procedure, was a law unto himself for all military acts, and was constantly doing the unexpected at all times and places." 6 Forrest gained his reputation through extraordinary ·accomplishments, some examples of which are impressive. ...
... [Forrest] was amenable to no known rules of procedure, was a law unto himself for all military acts, and was constantly doing the unexpected at all times and places." 6 Forrest gained his reputation through extraordinary ·accomplishments, some examples of which are impressive. ...
a strong mind: a clausewitzian biography of u
... Many biographers of Grant, as many of his acquaintances and contemporaries during the war, found little in his early life to recommend him to the heights to which he rose. Before the war Grant was exceptional chiefly due to his unexceptionality among his fellow graduates from West Point. A few of Gr ...
... Many biographers of Grant, as many of his acquaintances and contemporaries during the war, found little in his early life to recommend him to the heights to which he rose. Before the war Grant was exceptional chiefly due to his unexceptionality among his fellow graduates from West Point. A few of Gr ...
Jenkins` Ferry Pres plan Draft.indd
... Edmund Kirby Smith’s Confederate army caught Gen. Frederick Steele’s Union army south of Leola, Arkansas. The Union forces held off the Confederates that day, allowing the Union army to escape into the Saline River bottom. On April 30, 1864, Union infantry repulsed a succession of Confederate attack ...
... Edmund Kirby Smith’s Confederate army caught Gen. Frederick Steele’s Union army south of Leola, Arkansas. The Union forces held off the Confederates that day, allowing the Union army to escape into the Saline River bottom. On April 30, 1864, Union infantry repulsed a succession of Confederate attack ...
View - OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
... The essay’s organizational structure follows a chorological progression inspired by the work of David Blight, Timothy B. Smith, and Thomas J. Brown. The remainder of the introduction presents a brief account of the battle itself, its significance in the war, and early efforts at reporting and commem ...
... The essay’s organizational structure follows a chorological progression inspired by the work of David Blight, Timothy B. Smith, and Thomas J. Brown. The remainder of the introduction presents a brief account of the battle itself, its significance in the war, and early efforts at reporting and commem ...
John Bell Hood: Extracting Truth from History
... Historian Stanley F. Horn accuses Hood of lashing “out viciously at his subordinates, placing blame everywhere but where it belonged─himself.”5 As this study will show, Hood had good reason for being angry with some of his officers following failure at Spring Hill, but he also accepted responsibilit ...
... Historian Stanley F. Horn accuses Hood of lashing “out viciously at his subordinates, placing blame everywhere but where it belonged─himself.”5 As this study will show, Hood had good reason for being angry with some of his officers following failure at Spring Hill, but he also accepted responsibilit ...
gettysburg to appomattox: the south`s critical
... 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 the war, such as Fort Steadman, Five Forks, Sailor's Creek, Cumberland Church, and finally ...
... 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 the war, such as Fort Steadman, Five Forks, Sailor's Creek, Cumberland Church, and finally ...
A Southerner for the Union: Major General George Henry Thomas
... “third of the triumvirate who won the war for the Union,” ranking him right up there with Grant and Sherman. 1 Those two names are often heard in sequence, as they worked closely together and greatly favored each other’s opinions; however, Thomas is not usually listed with them because Sherman and G ...
... “third of the triumvirate who won the war for the Union,” ranking him right up there with Grant and Sherman. 1 Those two names are often heard in sequence, as they worked closely together and greatly favored each other’s opinions; however, Thomas is not usually listed with them because Sherman and G ...
`THAT MYSTIC CLOUD` Civil War Memory in the Tennessee
... when it became clear that cataclysmic changes – industrialization, urbanization, as well as war and its attendant consequences – were taking the past out of the present, producing a need to claim past experience through political action and to manipulate it to fit presentday identities.7 The terribl ...
... when it became clear that cataclysmic changes – industrialization, urbanization, as well as war and its attendant consequences – were taking the past out of the present, producing a need to claim past experience through political action and to manipulate it to fit presentday identities.7 The terribl ...
doc - Kansas Humanities Council
... wildly and fatally optimistic plan,” a view with which most contemporary scholars and many historical participants have agreed. 3 To lead this mission, General Smith chose Sterling Price, a former Missouri governor who had previously led Missouri soldiers in combat during the Mexican-American War, a ...
... wildly and fatally optimistic plan,” a view with which most contemporary scholars and many historical participants have agreed. 3 To lead this mission, General Smith chose Sterling Price, a former Missouri governor who had previously led Missouri soldiers in combat during the Mexican-American War, a ...
Soldiers of Long Odds: Confederate Operatives Combat the United
... congressional approval for the campaign of sabotage against “the enemy’s property, by land or sea” was given in February of 1864 along with a $5 million appropriation to finance the effort. 1 As a base of operations for the irregular offensive, the Confederates selected the city of Toronto, Canada. ...
... congressional approval for the campaign of sabotage against “the enemy’s property, by land or sea” was given in February of 1864 along with a $5 million appropriation to finance the effort. 1 As a base of operations for the irregular offensive, the Confederates selected the city of Toronto, Canada. ...
survey of civil war battlefields for the i-66
... The Battle of Buckland Mills (030-5152) After fighting to a stalemate at the Battle of Auburn on October 13−14, 1863, J.E.B Stuart and Fitzhugh Lee orchestrated one of the most famous routs of the Union army during the American Civil War at Buckland Mills. It was the last victory for the Confederat ...
... The Battle of Buckland Mills (030-5152) After fighting to a stalemate at the Battle of Auburn on October 13−14, 1863, J.E.B Stuart and Fitzhugh Lee orchestrated one of the most famous routs of the Union army during the American Civil War at Buckland Mills. It was the last victory for the Confederat ...
The Ingenuity, Proficiency, and Versatility of Union Citizen Soldiers
... Marla R. Miller, Graduate Program Director Department of History ...
... Marla R. Miller, Graduate Program Director Department of History ...
Yazoo County Civil War History - Visit Yazoo County, Mississippi
... perfect shape. The Union fleet reversed engines and tried to back away into the broader Mississippi. The Condeferate ironclad continued to forge straight for the enemy. There were two reasons for this: (1) because despite her weaknesses she was a first class fighting ship and (2) because she couldn ...
... perfect shape. The Union fleet reversed engines and tried to back away into the broader Mississippi. The Condeferate ironclad continued to forge straight for the enemy. There were two reasons for this: (1) because despite her weaknesses she was a first class fighting ship and (2) because she couldn ...
A MOST UNPLEASANT PART OF YOUR DUTIES: MILITARY
... policies resulted in a lack of leadership from Washington and left each military governor on his own. However, despite different commanders with different policies, the outcomes were virtually the same in each area. Military occupation began in each of these four cities with the same assumption on L ...
... policies resulted in a lack of leadership from Washington and left each military governor on his own. However, despite different commanders with different policies, the outcomes were virtually the same in each area. Military occupation began in each of these four cities with the same assumption on L ...
Veterans at Rest
... service of the individual. The 7th Tennessee Mounted Infantry, USA, was raised in Athens late in the war, and no records have been found to indicate they left the city. They guarded the railroad and the town, which was by then Unionoccupied. On January 29, 1865, the Confederate Cavalry of General Jo ...
... service of the individual. The 7th Tennessee Mounted Infantry, USA, was raised in Athens late in the war, and no records have been found to indicate they left the city. They guarded the railroad and the town, which was by then Unionoccupied. On January 29, 1865, the Confederate Cavalry of General Jo ...
Southern honor, Confederate warfare : southern
... demonstrates the ways that violence, militarism, elitism, and masculinity affected the strategies, operations, and tactics of Confederate commanders. It evaluates the concept of southern cultural uniqueness and the ways that combat reflected cultural paradigms specific to the region. By concentratin ...
... demonstrates the ways that violence, militarism, elitism, and masculinity affected the strategies, operations, and tactics of Confederate commanders. It evaluates the concept of southern cultural uniqueness and the ways that combat reflected cultural paradigms specific to the region. By concentratin ...
THE BATTLE OF SAILOR`S CREEK: A STUDY IN LEADERSHIP A
... his forces south and west of Lee’s Army trapping it between Sheridan’s cavalry and George Meade’s Army of the Potomac. After fighting a brutal, close quarters engagement, Union forces captured or killed the majority of two of Lee’s corps, commanded by Richard H. Anderson and Richard S. Ewell, and se ...
... his forces south and west of Lee’s Army trapping it between Sheridan’s cavalry and George Meade’s Army of the Potomac. After fighting a brutal, close quarters engagement, Union forces captured or killed the majority of two of Lee’s corps, commanded by Richard H. Anderson and Richard S. Ewell, and se ...
James Garfield - Capitol Square Foundation
... miles (3 km) from Prestonsburg, Kentucky, on the road to Virginia. Garfield attacked on January 9, 1862. At the end of the day's fighting the Confederates withdrew from the field, but Garfield did not pursue them, opting instead to withdraw to Prestonsburg so he could resupply his men. His victory b ...
... miles (3 km) from Prestonsburg, Kentucky, on the road to Virginia. Garfield attacked on January 9, 1862. At the end of the day's fighting the Confederates withdrew from the field, but Garfield did not pursue them, opting instead to withdraw to Prestonsburg so he could resupply his men. His victory b ...
The Battles for Chattanooga, 1863-1865
... battles at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, defeats that would leave the Union force in uncontested control of Chattanooga. Thus, the Confederacy would lose their last significant foothold in Tennessee while the Union would gain an entrance into Georgia. The cost in lives would be tragically ...
... battles at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, defeats that would leave the Union force in uncontested control of Chattanooga. Thus, the Confederacy would lose their last significant foothold in Tennessee while the Union would gain an entrance into Georgia. The cost in lives would be tragically ...
Mapping a Soldier`s Journey through the American Civil War
... The American Civil War (1861-1865) can be considered the first modern war in world history, with military trained generals and educated enlisted men, along with the change from Napoleonic war tactics to mechanized warfare. These changes are often observed to be a major reason for the massive loss of ...
... The American Civil War (1861-1865) can be considered the first modern war in world history, with military trained generals and educated enlisted men, along with the change from Napoleonic war tactics to mechanized warfare. These changes are often observed to be a major reason for the massive loss of ...
His Leadership During the 1864 Tennessee Campaign
... Hood said the nature of the position was such that a flanking movement was “inexpedient” and decided to attack before Schofield could “make himself strong.”29 He told his troops that if they could defeat Schofield at Franklin nothing would prevent them from going to the Ohio River.30 Hood said later ...
... Hood said the nature of the position was such that a flanking movement was “inexpedient” and decided to attack before Schofield could “make himself strong.”29 He told his troops that if they could defeat Schofield at Franklin nothing would prevent them from going to the Ohio River.30 Hood said later ...
Second Battle of Corinth
The Second Battle of Corinth (which, in the context of the American Civil War, is usually referred to as the Battle of Corinth, to differentiate it from the Siege of Corinth earlier the same year) was fought October 3–4, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi. For the second time in the Iuka-Corinth Campaign, Union Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans defeated a Confederate army, this time one under Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn.After the Battle of Iuka, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price marched his army to meet with Van Dorn's. The combined force, under the command of the more senior Van Dorn, moved in the direction of Corinth, a critical rail junction in northern Mississippi, hoping to disrupt Union lines of communications and then sweep into Middle Tennessee. The fighting began on October 3 as the Confederates pushed the Federal army from the rifle pits originally constructed by the Confederates for the Siege of Corinth. The Confederates exploited a gap in the Union line and continued to press the Union troops until they fell back to an inner line of fortifications.On the second day of battle, the Confederates moved forward to meet heavy Union artillery fire, storming Battery Powell and Battery Robinett, where desperate hand-to-hand fighting occurred. A brief incursion into the town of Corinth was repulsed. After a Federal counterattack recaptured Battery Powell, Van Dorn ordered a general retreat. Rosecrans did not pursue immediately and the Confederates escaped destruction.