Commanders of the Confederacy
... of the Confederate States of America and he was inaugurated on February 18. In meetings of his own Mississippi legislature, Davis had argued against secession; but when a majority of the delegates opposed him, he gave in. In conformity with a resolution of the Confederate Congress, Davis immediately ...
... of the Confederate States of America and he was inaugurated on February 18. In meetings of his own Mississippi legislature, Davis had argued against secession; but when a majority of the delegates opposed him, he gave in. In conformity with a resolution of the Confederate Congress, Davis immediately ...
2011 Fall - Alexandria Historical Society
... At the very beginning of the Civil War in Virginia 150 years ago, the Union army invaded Alexandria. As we have just seen, on May 24, 1861, Colonel Elmer Ellsworth led the 11th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, known as the Fire Zouaves, across the Potomac River and into Alexandria. A short time ...
... At the very beginning of the Civil War in Virginia 150 years ago, the Union army invaded Alexandria. As we have just seen, on May 24, 1861, Colonel Elmer Ellsworth led the 11th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, known as the Fire Zouaves, across the Potomac River and into Alexandria. A short time ...
Across the Etowah and into the Hell-Hole
... Hood and Polk directly to Cassville and dispatched Hardee and Wheeler’s cavalry to Cassville via Kingston, a move that forced Sherman to split his forces. 12 With Sherman’s forces split, Johnston had a chance to strike out on the offensive himself. He planned for Hardee to quickly swing back to Cass ...
... Hood and Polk directly to Cassville and dispatched Hardee and Wheeler’s cavalry to Cassville via Kingston, a move that forced Sherman to split his forces. 12 With Sherman’s forces split, Johnston had a chance to strike out on the offensive himself. He planned for Hardee to quickly swing back to Cass ...
American Civil War - Yesterday`s Muse Books
... Confederate States Army (1862-1865) Banner Press, 1987. First edition. 120 pp., plus unit roster, bibliography, and index. Also includes several photographs, and maps of the Battle of Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Campaign. Devil’s Den refers to the Union sharpshooter location the 44th Alabama Volun ...
... Confederate States Army (1862-1865) Banner Press, 1987. First edition. 120 pp., plus unit roster, bibliography, and index. Also includes several photographs, and maps of the Battle of Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Campaign. Devil’s Den refers to the Union sharpshooter location the 44th Alabama Volun ...
Part II - Scott J. Winslow Associates, Inc.
... that cost Turner his commission. He was dismissed from the Corps on December 11, 1862. As if to prove himself Turner made his way to Chattanooga and three weeks later enlisted as a private in Company B., 1st Kentucky Cavalry on January 1, 1863. In March 1863 his sister’s Hennrietta Turner’s correspo ...
... that cost Turner his commission. He was dismissed from the Corps on December 11, 1862. As if to prove himself Turner made his way to Chattanooga and three weeks later enlisted as a private in Company B., 1st Kentucky Cavalry on January 1, 1863. In March 1863 his sister’s Hennrietta Turner’s correspo ...
The Civil War Infantry Doctrine
... systematic analysis of Civil War tactics that integrates such factors as technology, terrain, weather, and leadership and traces tactical evolutions over four years of conflict.’4 A systematic analysis of Civil War tactics, as proposed by McPherson and Cooper, is therefore the starting point to ans ...
... systematic analysis of Civil War tactics that integrates such factors as technology, terrain, weather, and leadership and traces tactical evolutions over four years of conflict.’4 A systematic analysis of Civil War tactics, as proposed by McPherson and Cooper, is therefore the starting point to ans ...
Gettysburg: an exhibit for the First
... Oil-paintings of the battle were necessarily created after the fact, often long after the fact, but because of the previous tradition of heroic narrative paintings, and the artist's academic training in figure-drawing, they often include more close-up human-scale fighting than the newspaper engravin ...
... Oil-paintings of the battle were necessarily created after the fact, often long after the fact, but because of the previous tradition of heroic narrative paintings, and the artist's academic training in figure-drawing, they often include more close-up human-scale fighting than the newspaper engravin ...
The Role of Confederate Nationalism and Popular Will
... slavery, their economic life's blood. When the war effort demanded sacrifices from them, the planters proved unwilling to infringe in any way upon their personal interests. From secession to the end of the war, the planter class in general acted out of their own financial interest, and this lack of ...
... slavery, their economic life's blood. When the war effort demanded sacrifices from them, the planters proved unwilling to infringe in any way upon their personal interests. From secession to the end of the war, the planter class in general acted out of their own financial interest, and this lack of ...
Camp 1220 May 2014
... Yankee Myths! This series is dedicated to questions and statements that you might hear while doing a program for the public or talking to the media. Of course there can be more in-depth and complete answers, but you may not have time for that. So along with the statements, below are some suggested a ...
... Yankee Myths! This series is dedicated to questions and statements that you might hear while doing a program for the public or talking to the media. Of course there can be more in-depth and complete answers, but you may not have time for that. So along with the statements, below are some suggested a ...
Trans-Mississippi Southerners in the Union Army, 1862-1865
... by a first lieutenant and a second lieutenant. Between sixty and eighty enlisted men completed the company, including five sergeants, eight corporals and at least sixty-four privates.7 Cavalry companies frequently operated independent of their regiment, and single companies or battalions of several ...
... by a first lieutenant and a second lieutenant. Between sixty and eighty enlisted men completed the company, including five sergeants, eight corporals and at least sixty-four privates.7 Cavalry companies frequently operated independent of their regiment, and single companies or battalions of several ...
Trans-Mississippi Southerners in the Union Army, 1862-1865
... by a first lieutenant and a second lieutenant. Between sixty and eighty enlisted men completed the company, including five sergeants, eight corporals and at least sixty-four privates.7 Cavalry companies frequently operated independent of their regiment, and single companies or battalions of several ...
... by a first lieutenant and a second lieutenant. Between sixty and eighty enlisted men completed the company, including five sergeants, eight corporals and at least sixty-four privates.7 Cavalry companies frequently operated independent of their regiment, and single companies or battalions of several ...
the berminghams of the irish brigade
... to leave the field. The Irish men maintained their formation until they reached the Stone Bridge over Bull Run. There Colonel Sherman called out that it was every man for himself before galloping away. Despite Colonel Corcoran's appeals, the regiment dissolved into a mass of men struggling to cross ...
... to leave the field. The Irish men maintained their formation until they reached the Stone Bridge over Bull Run. There Colonel Sherman called out that it was every man for himself before galloping away. Despite Colonel Corcoran's appeals, the regiment dissolved into a mass of men struggling to cross ...
Ulysses S. Grant
... After the war, Grant was promoted to General in Chief. He served a short stint as the Secretary of War under President Andrew Johnson. In 1868, Grant was a presidential candidate, representing the Republican Party. The victorious general easily was elected president in an America where only parts of ...
... After the war, Grant was promoted to General in Chief. He served a short stint as the Secretary of War under President Andrew Johnson. In 1868, Grant was a presidential candidate, representing the Republican Party. The victorious general easily was elected president in an America where only parts of ...
The Gettysburg Campaign: Birth of the Operational Art?
... Army doctrine may have been late in formally recognizing the existence and significance of the operational level of war and its supporting art, it may have appeared very early in our military history. Indeed, without being named as such, the concept may have been placed into effect as early as the A ...
... Army doctrine may have been late in formally recognizing the existence and significance of the operational level of war and its supporting art, it may have appeared very early in our military history. Indeed, without being named as such, the concept may have been placed into effect as early as the A ...
The Long-Run Effects of Losing the Civil War: Evidence from Border
... statistics).5 Another possibility is to assume that all Union or Confederate soldiers with phonetically identical names are the same person, as illustrated in panel B of table 1; this reduces the number of soldiers in table 1 to 5, and it reduces the number of records in the complete sample to 64,30 ...
... statistics).5 Another possibility is to assume that all Union or Confederate soldiers with phonetically identical names are the same person, as illustrated in panel B of table 1; this reduces the number of soldiers in table 1 to 5, and it reduces the number of records in the complete sample to 64,30 ...
Winchester Front Matter.vp
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... please contact Special Sales, P.O. Box 4527, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762, or you may e-mail us at [email protected], or visit our website at www.savasbeatie.com for ...
April, 2015 - Stow Historical Society
... 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 were captured at Sayler’s Creek by General Sheridan’s cavalry on ...
... 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 were captured at Sayler’s Creek by General Sheridan’s cavalry on ...
Little Rock, AR 72221 • Email: g.hendershott
... The Last Confederate Commander to leave Richmond as it was burning At General Robert E. Lee’s side during the surrender at Appomattox A very rare Confederate General’s uniform worn by one of Lee’s top commanders at the surrender of Appomattox. General Walter Husted Stevens graduated fourth in his cl ...
... The Last Confederate Commander to leave Richmond as it was burning At General Robert E. Lee’s side during the surrender at Appomattox A very rare Confederate General’s uniform worn by one of Lee’s top commanders at the surrender of Appomattox. General Walter Husted Stevens graduated fourth in his cl ...
the civil war comes to yazoo - 1862
... On May 24, Colonel Johnson and his blue coats rode out of Snyder's Bluff and the next day they rode right back in again. They had encountered Confederate Colonel W. WirtAdams' Mississippi Cavalry and after a brief skirmish had withdrawn. Upon his return to his base, Colonel Johnson made the wildly e ...
... On May 24, Colonel Johnson and his blue coats rode out of Snyder's Bluff and the next day they rode right back in again. They had encountered Confederate Colonel W. WirtAdams' Mississippi Cavalry and after a brief skirmish had withdrawn. Upon his return to his base, Colonel Johnson made the wildly e ...
THE BATTLE OF SAILOR`S CREEK: A STUDY IN LEADERSHIP A
... That same month Lee wrote Confederate Secretary of War, James A. Seddon, requesting immediately “five thousand Negroes for thirty days to labor on the fortifications.”12 By March 1865, the Confederate Congress, unable to ignore the shortage of manpower within the Confederate army, passed a law suppo ...
... That same month Lee wrote Confederate Secretary of War, James A. Seddon, requesting immediately “five thousand Negroes for thirty days to labor on the fortifications.”12 By March 1865, the Confederate Congress, unable to ignore the shortage of manpower within the Confederate army, passed a law suppo ...
MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE HENRY THOMAS
... In November 1861, Sherman was deposed from the command of this Department and replaced by General Don Carlos Buell. If the authorities had wished to replace Sherman with an officer with more interest in an offensive campaign, then Thomas would have been selected as leader of the Army of the Cumberl ...
... In November 1861, Sherman was deposed from the command of this Department and replaced by General Don Carlos Buell. If the authorities had wished to replace Sherman with an officer with more interest in an offensive campaign, then Thomas would have been selected as leader of the Army of the Cumberl ...
Chapter 22: The Civil War - Mr. Graham`s Web Page
... a series of powerful assaults against Robert E. Lee’s forces near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862. The morning assault and vicious Confederate counterattacks swept back and forth through Miller’s Cornfield and the West Woods. Later, towards the center of the battlefield, Union assaults a ...
... a series of powerful assaults against Robert E. Lee’s forces near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862. The morning assault and vicious Confederate counterattacks swept back and forth through Miller’s Cornfield and the West Woods. Later, towards the center of the battlefield, Union assaults a ...
The Encyclopedia of Civil War Battles
... who had ostensibly ordered the ship built in Glasgow for commercial purposes, but who had been in league with White to make the vessel available for Confederate blockade running. Refitted for its secret missions, the ship was rechristened A. D. Vance (a play upon Gov. Vance’s name) and came to be kn ...
... who had ostensibly ordered the ship built in Glasgow for commercial purposes, but who had been in league with White to make the vessel available for Confederate blockade running. Refitted for its secret missions, the ship was rechristened A. D. Vance (a play upon Gov. Vance’s name) and came to be kn ...
The Project Gutenberg EBook of History of the United States
... Grant marched at once to invest Donelson, and sat down before it on the 12th with 15,000 men. The stronghold stood upon a bluff 100 feet high. On the east it was protected by the Cumberland River; on the north and south by two flooded creeks. Along a crest back of the fort a mile or two ran a semici ...
... Grant marched at once to invest Donelson, and sat down before it on the 12th with 15,000 men. The stronghold stood upon a bluff 100 feet high. On the east it was protected by the Cumberland River; on the north and south by two flooded creeks. Along a crest back of the fort a mile or two ran a semici ...
The Key to Victory - NPS History eLibrary
... avail. The bombardment was ineffective and Farragut's fleet, wracked with sickness and plagued by rapidly falling waters, withdrew to New Orleans and deeper waters.5 It was then and there realized by both Union and Confederate high commands that if Vicksburg were going to fall it would be at the han ...
... avail. The bombardment was ineffective and Farragut's fleet, wracked with sickness and plagued by rapidly falling waters, withdrew to New Orleans and deeper waters.5 It was then and there realized by both Union and Confederate high commands that if Vicksburg were going to fall it would be at the han ...