Lesson Plan - Virtual Gettysburg
... northeast around the Army of the Potomac into Pennsylvania. This happened while Lee moved his Army of Northern Virginia up the Shenandoah Valley and into Maryland and Pennsylvania. Separated by about 80 miles, Lee had no way of telling where Stuart was. Nor could Stuart use his cavalry to be Lee’s “ ...
... northeast around the Army of the Potomac into Pennsylvania. This happened while Lee moved his Army of Northern Virginia up the Shenandoah Valley and into Maryland and Pennsylvania. Separated by about 80 miles, Lee had no way of telling where Stuart was. Nor could Stuart use his cavalry to be Lee’s “ ...
vocab units 13 n 14
... terattacked, regaining some of the ground they had lost. The battle in the surrounding area raged for over three ...
... terattacked, regaining some of the ground they had lost. The battle in the surrounding area raged for over three ...
Name - Wsfcs
... Follow-up Question: If you were an African American in the United States during the Civil War, would you still join the Union army after seeing Glory? Why or why not? ...
... Follow-up Question: If you were an African American in the United States during the Civil War, would you still join the Union army after seeing Glory? Why or why not? ...
Battle of Hanover - Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce
... army. Meanwhile, Stuart had captured a Union wagon train and was cutting around the right of Meade’s forces when he clashed with the troops of Major General Judson Kilpatrick and General George A. Custer of the Union cavalry at Hanover. The engagement lasted the best part of the day. In the evening, ...
... army. Meanwhile, Stuart had captured a Union wagon train and was cutting around the right of Meade’s forces when he clashed with the troops of Major General Judson Kilpatrick and General George A. Custer of the Union cavalry at Hanover. The engagement lasted the best part of the day. In the evening, ...
Confederate Generals - Ulster Scots Community Network
... late father-in-law’s affairs, Lieutenant Colonel Lee, wearing civilian clothes, assisted by Lieutenant J. E. B. Stuart (although some accounts credit Stuart with the rank of Major), suppressed the slave insurrection attempted by John Brown at Harpers Ferry. America’s foremost soldier at the outbreak ...
... late father-in-law’s affairs, Lieutenant Colonel Lee, wearing civilian clothes, assisted by Lieutenant J. E. B. Stuart (although some accounts credit Stuart with the rank of Major), suppressed the slave insurrection attempted by John Brown at Harpers Ferry. America’s foremost soldier at the outbreak ...
Civil War and Reconstruction PowerPoint
... Union Commander: Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman Confederate Commander: Gen. John Bell Hood Result (Who won? How many casualties? What was the lasting impact?): Union Victory. 22000 casualties. This was the beginning of the “Total War” the Union would wage on the Confederacy. General Sherman captured ...
... Union Commander: Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman Confederate Commander: Gen. John Bell Hood Result (Who won? How many casualties? What was the lasting impact?): Union Victory. 22000 casualties. This was the beginning of the “Total War” the Union would wage on the Confederacy. General Sherman captured ...
A Violent Choice: Civil War, 1861-1865
... in the overcrowded conditions. 2. In June 1861, Lincoln responded by creating the United States Sanitary Commission. 3. Nurses on both sides showed bravery and devotion. 4. Many surgeons at the front lines could do little more than amputate limbs to save lives. 5. Conditions were even worse in priso ...
... in the overcrowded conditions. 2. In June 1861, Lincoln responded by creating the United States Sanitary Commission. 3. Nurses on both sides showed bravery and devotion. 4. Many surgeons at the front lines could do little more than amputate limbs to save lives. 5. Conditions were even worse in priso ...
Confederate Spies: Loreta Velazquez,Union Spies: Elizabeth Van
... 13 expeditions, including her three other brothers, Henry, Ben, and Robert, their wives and some of their children. She also provided specific instructions for about 50 to 60 other fugitives who escaped to the north. In 1858, Harriet Tubman met and joined with John Brown. She recruited supporters wh ...
... 13 expeditions, including her three other brothers, Henry, Ben, and Robert, their wives and some of their children. She also provided specific instructions for about 50 to 60 other fugitives who escaped to the north. In 1858, Harriet Tubman met and joined with John Brown. She recruited supporters wh ...
Echoes from the Blue and Gray
... Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union (short excerpt) The people of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, on the 26th day of April, A.D. 1852, declared that the frequent violations of the Constitution of t ...
... Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union (short excerpt) The people of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, on the 26th day of April, A.D. 1852, declared that the frequent violations of the Constitution of t ...
Echoes from the Blue and Gray
... Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union (short excerpt) The people of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, on the 26th day of April, A.D. 1852, declared that the frequent violations of the Constitution of t ...
... Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union (short excerpt) The people of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, on the 26th day of April, A.D. 1852, declared that the frequent violations of the Constitution of t ...
Jackson and Lee Strike Back (Ch. 15)
... • Jackson turned east again and found that another division of Banks’s joined McDowell’s for the expected meet with McClellan • Jackson immediately attacked the union division to prevent further progress for them • Banks retreated down valley turnpike • Jackson went east to meet up with Ewell’s divi ...
... • Jackson turned east again and found that another division of Banks’s joined McDowell’s for the expected meet with McClellan • Jackson immediately attacked the union division to prevent further progress for them • Banks retreated down valley turnpike • Jackson went east to meet up with Ewell’s divi ...
From the American Revolution through the American Civil War
... Clearly, this isn't your typical class. For one thing, we meet all day on Fridays. For another, we will spend most of our class time "on-site" at museums, battlefields, or historic buildings. This class will concentrate on the period from the end of the American Revolution through the end of the Ame ...
... Clearly, this isn't your typical class. For one thing, we meet all day on Fridays. For another, we will spend most of our class time "on-site" at museums, battlefields, or historic buildings. This class will concentrate on the period from the end of the American Revolution through the end of the Ame ...
9. Secession, the EU, and Lessons from the U.S.
... why the Civil War ended once and for all. It shows that the favorable circumstances the U.S. faced are unlikely to recur in the future. If the EU were to split into large, hostile blocs, warfare might well occur (Sweeney 2003), but this paper makes clear from examining the U.S. case that battlefield ...
... why the Civil War ended once and for all. It shows that the favorable circumstances the U.S. faced are unlikely to recur in the future. If the EU were to split into large, hostile blocs, warfare might well occur (Sweeney 2003), but this paper makes clear from examining the U.S. case that battlefield ...
REV: Wexler on McPherson, `War on the Waters: The Union - H-Net
... Confederate ports and smaller rivers and inlets. Du Pont’s November 1861 capture of Port Royal provided the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron a forward base situated between Savannah and Charleston to allow their ships to remain on station without returning North for resupply. The acquisition and c ...
... Confederate ports and smaller rivers and inlets. Du Pont’s November 1861 capture of Port Royal provided the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron a forward base situated between Savannah and Charleston to allow their ships to remain on station without returning North for resupply. The acquisition and c ...
November - Old Baldy Civil War Round Table
... This was Election Day, one of the few you can call "one of the most important elections in the history of the United States of America" without fear of exaggeration. The contestants were the Republican incumbent Abraham Lincoln, who had replaced his somewhat lackluster vice president Hannibal Hamlin ...
... This was Election Day, one of the few you can call "one of the most important elections in the history of the United States of America" without fear of exaggeration. The contestants were the Republican incumbent Abraham Lincoln, who had replaced his somewhat lackluster vice president Hannibal Hamlin ...
Could the South have won the War?
... Myth of the Lost Cause, an interpretation that, even today, still sustains some Southerners and neoConfederates, worldwide. The “disparity of resources” explanation for the inevitable outcome of the War, however, is not restricted to Southern historians or apologists. Writing at the time of the War’ ...
... Myth of the Lost Cause, an interpretation that, even today, still sustains some Southerners and neoConfederates, worldwide. The “disparity of resources” explanation for the inevitable outcome of the War, however, is not restricted to Southern historians or apologists. Writing at the time of the War’ ...
the press reports the battle of gettysburg
... Robert E. Rodes's division of Richard S. Ewell's corps constituted the first echelon of the invasion, but it was not until a week later that the main body of Lee's army crossed into Maryland and advanced up the Cumberland Valley to Charnbersburg. The Savannah Republican reporter, V. A. S. Parks, who ...
... Robert E. Rodes's division of Richard S. Ewell's corps constituted the first echelon of the invasion, but it was not until a week later that the main body of Lee's army crossed into Maryland and advanced up the Cumberland Valley to Charnbersburg. The Savannah Republican reporter, V. A. S. Parks, who ...
Grierson Raid
... It was the spring of 1863 and Federal troops were just beginning to recoil from the staggering losses and defeats at the hands of southern Confederates in the past two years. Union General Ulysses S. Grant, and future president, embarked on a campaign to capture the “Gibraltar of the Confederacy” – ...
... It was the spring of 1863 and Federal troops were just beginning to recoil from the staggering losses and defeats at the hands of southern Confederates in the past two years. Union General Ulysses S. Grant, and future president, embarked on a campaign to capture the “Gibraltar of the Confederacy” – ...
Chapter 11 Section One Battles
... Significance: Burnside orders his men to advance across a narrow bridge, leading to thousands of Union casualties. Lee was successful in stopping the Union advance into Virginia. Burnside resigned following his defeat. Battle of Chancellorsville: USA General: Hooker CSA General: Lee/Jackson Signific ...
... Significance: Burnside orders his men to advance across a narrow bridge, leading to thousands of Union casualties. Lee was successful in stopping the Union advance into Virginia. Burnside resigned following his defeat. Battle of Chancellorsville: USA General: Hooker CSA General: Lee/Jackson Signific ...
UNIT 111 THE CIVIL WAR
... the nearby Tennessee River. The South choose not to name the battle Pittsburg Landing after the nearby town. 2) The Battle of Stones River was referred to by both sides as the Battle of Murfreesboro the nearby town. 3) Civil War battles names were the ones the North selected because they were the wi ...
... the nearby Tennessee River. The South choose not to name the battle Pittsburg Landing after the nearby town. 2) The Battle of Stones River was referred to by both sides as the Battle of Murfreesboro the nearby town. 3) Civil War battles names were the ones the North selected because they were the wi ...
Union Success in the Civil War and Lessons for Strategic Leaders
... his top subordinate, General Sherman, formed their operational plans based on previous experiences, including trying to avoid frontal attacks such as Fredericksburg or Sherman’s unsuccessful assault on the Chickasaw Bluffs near Vicksburg. The defeat at Chickamauga led to heightened concerns that the ...
... his top subordinate, General Sherman, formed their operational plans based on previous experiences, including trying to avoid frontal attacks such as Fredericksburg or Sherman’s unsuccessful assault on the Chickasaw Bluffs near Vicksburg. The defeat at Chickamauga led to heightened concerns that the ...
Salt, Lead and the fight for
... bombarded Kelley with telegraphs to the point where Kelley felt that he had to offer up some move to placate him. A planned move against Southwestern Virginia had previously been ruled out as too risky but now seemed the only possibility to relieve the pressure from Washington. The troops that had p ...
... bombarded Kelley with telegraphs to the point where Kelley felt that he had to offer up some move to placate him. A planned move against Southwestern Virginia had previously been ruled out as too risky but now seemed the only possibility to relieve the pressure from Washington. The troops that had p ...
Battle of Wyse Fork
... In the predawn hours of March 8th, Hoke pulled three brigades out of the entrenchments and marched to the southwest around Jackson’s Millpond and crossed the Southwest Creek swamp undetected by the Union advance. To mask Hoke’s movement, Hill’s infantry and artillery fired on the Union soldiers in t ...
... In the predawn hours of March 8th, Hoke pulled three brigades out of the entrenchments and marched to the southwest around Jackson’s Millpond and crossed the Southwest Creek swamp undetected by the Union advance. To mask Hoke’s movement, Hill’s infantry and artillery fired on the Union soldiers in t ...
1 - UMW Blogs
... commanding officers. Similar to Stewart, in 1963 Shelby Foote wrote a monumental text, The Civil War – A Narrative: Fredericksburg to Meridian, painstakingly detailing every aspect of the Gettysburg campaign from start to finish. Through the usage of anecdotes from not only the exceptional heroes, b ...
... commanding officers. Similar to Stewart, in 1963 Shelby Foote wrote a monumental text, The Civil War – A Narrative: Fredericksburg to Meridian, painstakingly detailing every aspect of the Gettysburg campaign from start to finish. Through the usage of anecdotes from not only the exceptional heroes, b ...
The Civil War - Leon County Schools
... For the first time, the North realized they were in a very difficult struggle (Lincoln called for over a million Union soldiers to be lead by Union Gen. George McClellan in the “Army of the Potomac”) The Union Navy concentrated on blockading the Southern ports (to “strangle” them), referring to this ...
... For the first time, the North realized they were in a very difficult struggle (Lincoln called for over a million Union soldiers to be lead by Union Gen. George McClellan in the “Army of the Potomac”) The Union Navy concentrated on blockading the Southern ports (to “strangle” them), referring to this ...