lew wallace and the civil war: politics and
... have provided an example for the Army in supervising elections in the South during Reconstruction, but such later positions were reserved mostly for West Pointers, and evidently with little thought to what had been done in similar circumstances during the war. While Wallace was stationed in Baltimor ...
... have provided an example for the Army in supervising elections in the South during Reconstruction, but such later positions were reserved mostly for West Pointers, and evidently with little thought to what had been done in similar circumstances during the war. While Wallace was stationed in Baltimor ...
a strong mind: a clausewitzian biography of u
... At the time of his death Clausewitz left notes stipulating his satisfaction with only the first chapter of book I of On War (the work contains 8 books comprised of some 139 chapters).12 Raymond Aron devotes much of his Clausewitz: Philosopher of War, to clarification of the treatise based on Clausew ...
... At the time of his death Clausewitz left notes stipulating his satisfaction with only the first chapter of book I of On War (the work contains 8 books comprised of some 139 chapters).12 Raymond Aron devotes much of his Clausewitz: Philosopher of War, to clarification of the treatise based on Clausew ...
Stories Behind the Civil War 150 HistoryMobile
... Horn, but before 1876, he was a captain in the Union army. Throughout the war, he made his way up the ranks, becoming a general (despite graduating last in his class at West Point). Custer is pictured here with Confederate Lt. James B. Washington from Virginia. Washington was Custer’s pre-war friend ...
... Horn, but before 1876, he was a captain in the Union army. Throughout the war, he made his way up the ranks, becoming a general (despite graduating last in his class at West Point). Custer is pictured here with Confederate Lt. James B. Washington from Virginia. Washington was Custer’s pre-war friend ...
Civil War 150 HistoryMobile Teachers` Guide
... The third room of the HistoryMobile introduces the concept of slavery and freedom. The proximity of the Union army brought opportunities for freedom. Virginia’s enslaved people gained emancipation after the war, but also sometimes seized the opportunity for freedom at great risk to themselves and th ...
... The third room of the HistoryMobile introduces the concept of slavery and freedom. The proximity of the Union army brought opportunities for freedom. Virginia’s enslaved people gained emancipation after the war, but also sometimes seized the opportunity for freedom at great risk to themselves and th ...
The Impact of Media Coverage on the Election of 1864
... American populace to a great extent because many Americans at the time viewed the enemy combatants as an inferior race (McPherson, 1988). The Civil War is the only war in which Americans passionately fought Americans with tremendous successes and crushing defeats for both the North and the South. Th ...
... American populace to a great extent because many Americans at the time viewed the enemy combatants as an inferior race (McPherson, 1988). The Civil War is the only war in which Americans passionately fought Americans with tremendous successes and crushing defeats for both the North and the South. Th ...
General William T. Sherman: Total Warrior
... bleeding Lee’s army to the point where he would no longer fight), Sherman’s operations in Georgia and South Carolina resulted in relatively few Confederate soldiers killed since it aimed at destroying the infrastructure in the South that allowed them to stay in the fight. In Columbia alone, military ...
... bleeding Lee’s army to the point where he would no longer fight), Sherman’s operations in Georgia and South Carolina resulted in relatively few Confederate soldiers killed since it aimed at destroying the infrastructure in the South that allowed them to stay in the fight. In Columbia alone, military ...
Rediscovering Abraham Lincoln
... But judging from the thrust and emphasis of more recent books, historians and biographers of Lincoln now consider Lincoln’s role as commander in chief less salient than other aspects of his career. The best reference work on Lincoln, Mark E. Neely’s The Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia, published in 198 ...
... But judging from the thrust and emphasis of more recent books, historians and biographers of Lincoln now consider Lincoln’s role as commander in chief less salient than other aspects of his career. The best reference work on Lincoln, Mark E. Neely’s The Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia, published in 198 ...
the underappreciated strategic genius of george b. mcclellan
... the expense of thirty days delay we can gain a decisive victory which will probably end the war, it is far cheaper than to gain a battle tomorrow that produces no final results, & may require years of warfare & expenditure to follow up.”7 McClellan’s early experiences were reinforced by the enginee ...
... the expense of thirty days delay we can gain a decisive victory which will probably end the war, it is far cheaper than to gain a battle tomorrow that produces no final results, & may require years of warfare & expenditure to follow up.”7 McClellan’s early experiences were reinforced by the enginee ...
Rosecrans Essay - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... incompetent subordinates. Rosecrans defeated the incomparable Lee in a campaign of maneuver, which helped pave the way for West Virginia to secede from Virginia and return to the Union as its newest state. The following year Rosecrans commanded forces in Major General Henry Halleck’s army during the ...
... incompetent subordinates. Rosecrans defeated the incomparable Lee in a campaign of maneuver, which helped pave the way for West Virginia to secede from Virginia and return to the Union as its newest state. The following year Rosecrans commanded forces in Major General Henry Halleck’s army during the ...
THE BATTLE OF SAILOR`S CREEK: A STUDY IN LEADERSHIP A
... desperate and decisive battle of the Civil War, has been all but forgotten in American history, overshadowed by the devastation in Richmond and Petersburg and even more so by Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, three days later. In his memoirs, General Philip H. Sheridan, the rankin ...
... desperate and decisive battle of the Civil War, has been all but forgotten in American history, overshadowed by the devastation in Richmond and Petersburg and even more so by Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, three days later. In his memoirs, General Philip H. Sheridan, the rankin ...
LEQ: What United States general captured Atlanta
... outside of Atlanta, Georgia in September, 1864. Notice the metal wheels on the tracks. The wooden box cars had been burned. This image is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. ...
... outside of Atlanta, Georgia in September, 1864. Notice the metal wheels on the tracks. The wooden box cars had been burned. This image is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. ...
TAV Chapter 11 Adv Org - Holdens
... _______________, captured New Orleans and gained control of the lower Mississippi River in April 1862. (pages 358–360) Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. ...
... _______________, captured New Orleans and gained control of the lower Mississippi River in April 1862. (pages 358–360) Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. ...
READ-ALOUD PLAYS ABOUT
... Discussion questions The discussion questions are designed to be used immediately after the play has been read. The questions allow the students to process and reflect on what they have just read and also reinforce the themes and historical facts that have been presented. They also help set the stag ...
... Discussion questions The discussion questions are designed to be used immediately after the play has been read. The questions allow the students to process and reflect on what they have just read and also reinforce the themes and historical facts that have been presented. They also help set the stag ...
Untitled - TCU Digital Repository
... majority of the southern population to be either secretly Unionist or politically neutral, but deliberately misled and manipulated into supporting a separate “slaveocracy” by an elite minority of aristocratic plantation owners. Throughout the initial campaigns, invading Union forces attempted as muc ...
... majority of the southern population to be either secretly Unionist or politically neutral, but deliberately misled and manipulated into supporting a separate “slaveocracy” by an elite minority of aristocratic plantation owners. Throughout the initial campaigns, invading Union forces attempted as muc ...
McCLELLAN - National Paralegal College
... Northern shops and factories were producing guns, ammunition, wagons, uniforms, shoes, and countless ...
... Northern shops and factories were producing guns, ammunition, wagons, uniforms, shoes, and countless ...
X Marks the Spot - Ames Plantation
... research, much of which is done by the University of Tennessee. The plantation maintains a detailed historical resource program, allowing for Civil War era landmarks, many of which are featured on the Ames Map to be geo-referenced and compared to its modern day landscape. This comparison will allow ...
... research, much of which is done by the University of Tennessee. The plantation maintains a detailed historical resource program, allowing for Civil War era landmarks, many of which are featured on the Ames Map to be geo-referenced and compared to its modern day landscape. This comparison will allow ...
America`s Land
... • What happened at the Battle of Antietam? • Union Army stopped General Lee from invading North. Armies suffered 22,000 combined casualties • Why was Vicksburg the only major Confederate town left to capture on the Mississippi River? • Vicksburg sat on cliffs where Confederates could shoot at Union ...
... • What happened at the Battle of Antietam? • Union Army stopped General Lee from invading North. Armies suffered 22,000 combined casualties • Why was Vicksburg the only major Confederate town left to capture on the Mississippi River? • Vicksburg sat on cliffs where Confederates could shoot at Union ...
naylonMaurice - Georgetown University
... aims to determine the role each plays in a commander's decision-making process over the course of a campaign. Though I initially viewed each of Clausewitz's peculiarities and operational-level logistics as four competing hypotheses for explaining commander decision making, using two Civil War campai ...
... aims to determine the role each plays in a commander's decision-making process over the course of a campaign. Though I initially viewed each of Clausewitz's peculiarities and operational-level logistics as four competing hypotheses for explaining commander decision making, using two Civil War campai ...
Chapter Opener
... The Civil War was in many respects the first modern war. Both sides fielded large armies, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers were killed. Following the war, the nation faced major problems. American leaders had to find a way to reconcile Northerners and Southerners, restore Southern governments, ...
... The Civil War was in many respects the first modern war. Both sides fielded large armies, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers were killed. Following the war, the nation faced major problems. American leaders had to find a way to reconcile Northerners and Southerners, restore Southern governments, ...
Fort Fisher: Amphibious Victory in the American Civil War
... relationship between army and naval commanders. In the era before the existence of joint doctrine, nothing required greater attention than cooperation be9 tween service leaders. No one in the Civil War could do that better than Grant. Unfortunately, Grant’s subordinate commanders did not always prov ...
... relationship between army and naval commanders. In the era before the existence of joint doctrine, nothing required greater attention than cooperation be9 tween service leaders. No one in the Civil War could do that better than Grant. Unfortunately, Grant’s subordinate commanders did not always prov ...
Teacher`s Guide
... General Grant eventually assumed control of the Union army and won a major victory with the surrender of Vicksburg by Confederate forces on the very day of the final victory at Gettysburg. Grant’s victory at Vicksburg was of great importance as it meant the northern army had severed the spinal cord ...
... General Grant eventually assumed control of the Union army and won a major victory with the surrender of Vicksburg by Confederate forces on the very day of the final victory at Gettysburg. Grant’s victory at Vicksburg was of great importance as it meant the northern army had severed the spinal cord ...
Chapter 21 - BFHS
... around his army on reconnaissance. Then General Robert E. Lee launched a devastating counterattack— the Seven Days’ Battles—June 26–July 2, 1862. The Confederates slowly drove McClellan back to the sea. The Union forces abandoned the Peninsula Campaign as a costly failure, and Lincoln temporarily ab ...
... around his army on reconnaissance. Then General Robert E. Lee launched a devastating counterattack— the Seven Days’ Battles—June 26–July 2, 1862. The Confederates slowly drove McClellan back to the sea. The Union forces abandoned the Peninsula Campaign as a costly failure, and Lincoln temporarily ab ...
The Civil War - Wando High School
... wanted to take Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, as a symbolic strategy. They also used TOTAL WAR late in the war. This was Grant’s plan to bring the CSA to its knees. It was put into effect most notably by Sherman in his March to the Sea – he and his men destroyed all that they could not us ...
... wanted to take Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, as a symbolic strategy. They also used TOTAL WAR late in the war. This was Grant’s plan to bring the CSA to its knees. It was put into effect most notably by Sherman in his March to the Sea – he and his men destroyed all that they could not us ...
LEQ: What important battle in the West was
... city of Vicksburg. It was to alter the course of the Mississippi River and bypass the Confederate guns at Vicksburg. It was also a way to keep Grant’s men busy as he decided on a clear strategy to take the city. Sunstroke and disease took a tool on the soldiers and African Americans that were employ ...
... city of Vicksburg. It was to alter the course of the Mississippi River and bypass the Confederate guns at Vicksburg. It was also a way to keep Grant’s men busy as he decided on a clear strategy to take the city. Sunstroke and disease took a tool on the soldiers and African Americans that were employ ...
Ulysses S. Grant and the American Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant, was the most acclaimed Union general during the American Civil War and was twice elected President. Grant began his military career as a cadet at the West Point military academy in 1839. After graduation he went on to serve with distinction as a lieutenant in the Mexican–American War. Grant was a keen observer of the war and learned battle strategies serving under Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott. After the war Grant served at various posts especially in the Pacific Northwest; he retired from the service in 1854. On the onset of the Civil War in 1861 Grant was working as a clerk in his father's leather goods store in Galena, Illinois.Grant trained Union military recruits and was promoted to Colonel in June 1861. Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont, who viewed in Grant an ""iron will"" to win, appointed Grant to commander of the District of Cairo. Grant became famous around the nation after capturing Fort Donelson in February 1862 and promoted to Major General by President Abraham Lincoln. After a series of decisive yet costly battles and victories at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga, Grant was promoted to Lieutenant General by President Lincoln in 1864 and given charge of all the Union Armies. Grant went on to defeat Robert E. Lee after another series of costly battles in the Overland Campaign, Petersburg, and Appomattox. After the Civil War, Grant was given his final promotion of General of the Armed Forces in 1866 and served until 1869. Grant's popularity as a Union war general enabled him to be elected two terms as the 18th President of the United States.Some historians have viewed Grant as a ""butcher"" commander who in 1864 used attrition without regard to the lives of his own soldiers in order to kill off the enemy which could no longer replenish its losses. Throughout the Civil War Grant's armies incurred approximately 154,000 casualties, while having inflicted 191,000 casualties on his opposing Confederate armies. In terms of success, Grant was the only general during the Civil War who received the surrender of three Confederate armies. Although Grant maintained high casualties during the Overland Campaign in 1864, his aggressive fighting strategy was in compliance with the U.S. government's strategic war aims. Grant has recently been praised by historians for his ""military genius"", and viewed as a decisive general who emphasized movement and logistics.