The Boys from Calhoun
... transported to Evansville by train while others walked to the nearest navigable river where boats could ferry them the rest of the way. According to memoirs, at least some of these men had walked from Fort Wayne or Terre Haute to a river. This could have been the Wabash but more likely was the Ohio. ...
... transported to Evansville by train while others walked to the nearest navigable river where boats could ferry them the rest of the way. According to memoirs, at least some of these men had walked from Fort Wayne or Terre Haute to a river. This could have been the Wabash but more likely was the Ohio. ...
the politics of command in the fort
... spit of land at the mouth of the Cape Fear River twenty miles south of Wilmington, North Carolina. It was here, in the cold evening hours of January 15, 1865, that Union forces captured Fort Fisher, effectively sealing Wilmington from the importation of desperately needed foreign supplies, without w ...
... spit of land at the mouth of the Cape Fear River twenty miles south of Wilmington, North Carolina. It was here, in the cold evening hours of January 15, 1865, that Union forces captured Fort Fisher, effectively sealing Wilmington from the importation of desperately needed foreign supplies, without w ...
Meeting paper Feb 2002 - Grant – the uncaring drunken butcher?
... justification, as there was the potential for Albert Sidney Johnston to surround and defeat Grant’s forces if the Confederate commander took the battle to Grant. It was only when Halleck heard on January 29 that Beauregard was coming west with 15 regiments to reinforce the forts, a rumour that prove ...
... justification, as there was the potential for Albert Sidney Johnston to surround and defeat Grant’s forces if the Confederate commander took the battle to Grant. It was only when Halleck heard on January 29 that Beauregard was coming west with 15 regiments to reinforce the forts, a rumour that prove ...
April, 2015 - Stow Historical Society
... At Stow Town Hall The five 3rd grade classes will be walking to Stow's Town Hall to learn more about Stow's history. The multifaceted program features projected photos with discussion, reenactment by students, and several smaller-group, hands-on activities for the students. Extra hands from the comm ...
... At Stow Town Hall The five 3rd grade classes will be walking to Stow's Town Hall to learn more about Stow's history. The multifaceted program features projected photos with discussion, reenactment by students, and several smaller-group, hands-on activities for the students. Extra hands from the comm ...
Lincoln and the Outbreak of War, 1861
... faced the worst crisis in its history. A number of slave states had recently “seceded” from the national union, the United States of America (in order of secession - South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas). Those states had formed a new government and nation, th ...
... faced the worst crisis in its history. A number of slave states had recently “seceded” from the national union, the United States of America (in order of secession - South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas). Those states had formed a new government and nation, th ...
Fort Pulaski
... Pulaski was attacked on April 11th, 1862. The fort with its 7-1/2foot solid brick walls, most of which were made in Savannah, was thought impregnable to the Union’s cannons. However the Union Army used the attack on Ft. Pulaski as a test of their newly developed rifled cannon, which could fire their ...
... Pulaski was attacked on April 11th, 1862. The fort with its 7-1/2foot solid brick walls, most of which were made in Savannah, was thought impregnable to the Union’s cannons. However the Union Army used the attack on Ft. Pulaski as a test of their newly developed rifled cannon, which could fire their ...
General US Grant`s Effective Use of the Leadership
... 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, General Grant took a completely unorthodox step, cutting his own supply line, for his mov ...
... 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, General Grant took a completely unorthodox step, cutting his own supply line, for his mov ...
Teacher`s Guide - Missouri State Parks
... Pilot Knob Iron Co. and they built a narrow gauge railroad, the first west of the Mississippi River, to connect the mines with foundries in St. Louis. The rail was called the Iron Mountain Railroad. Completed in 1858, it began in downtown St. Louis and terminated at the iron mine at Pilot Knob Mount ...
... Pilot Knob Iron Co. and they built a narrow gauge railroad, the first west of the Mississippi River, to connect the mines with foundries in St. Louis. The rail was called the Iron Mountain Railroad. Completed in 1858, it began in downtown St. Louis and terminated at the iron mine at Pilot Knob Mount ...
General History of Fort Jackson
... Oglethorpe, to name the river and town “Savannah,” meaning a treeless plain or relatively flat, open region. When early Indians built large ceremonial mounds near the river, they could not find dry land to build on closer than a mile from the river. One set of these mounds was located ...
... Oglethorpe, to name the river and town “Savannah,” meaning a treeless plain or relatively flat, open region. When early Indians built large ceremonial mounds near the river, they could not find dry land to build on closer than a mile from the river. One set of these mounds was located ...
The Project Gutenberg EBook of History of the United States
... Attitude just after War.--Toward Negroes.--XIVth Amendment.--Rejected by Southern States.--Iron Law of 1867.--Carried through.--Antagonism between President Johnson and Congress.--Attempt to Impeach Johnson.--Fails. ...
... Attitude just after War.--Toward Negroes.--XIVth Amendment.--Rejected by Southern States.--Iron Law of 1867.--Carried through.--Antagonism between President Johnson and Congress.--Attempt to Impeach Johnson.--Fails. ...
22676-doc - Project Gutenberg
... Attitude just after War.--Toward Negroes.--XIVth Amendment.--Rejected by Southern States.--Iron Law of 1867.--Carried through.--Antagonism between President Johnson and Congress.--Attempt to Impeach Johnson.--Fails. ...
... Attitude just after War.--Toward Negroes.--XIVth Amendment.--Rejected by Southern States.--Iron Law of 1867.--Carried through.--Antagonism between President Johnson and Congress.--Attempt to Impeach Johnson.--Fails. ...
MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE HENRY THOMAS
... history as the most innovative and daring general in the Civil War. Another is mostly forgotten but his fame came largely in one battle in his stubborn defence of Snodgrass Hill at the Battle of Chickamauga, earning him the nickname of “The Rock of Chickamauga.” His name, George Henry Thomas, is obs ...
... history as the most innovative and daring general in the Civil War. Another is mostly forgotten but his fame came largely in one battle in his stubborn defence of Snodgrass Hill at the Battle of Chickamauga, earning him the nickname of “The Rock of Chickamauga.” His name, George Henry Thomas, is obs ...
Dudley on Lepa, `Vicksburg and Chattanooga: The Battles that
... This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. ...
... This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. ...
1 1942-1961 March 1942 “Notes and Documents
... Although most of this article deals with his accomplishments as a builder, Prussian-born Adolphus Heiman was a hero of the Mexican War. He was elected colonel in the Tenth Tennessee Regiment, the “Sons of Erin,” which organized at Fort Donelson on May 29, 1861. Heisman helped build Fort Henry, altho ...
... Although most of this article deals with his accomplishments as a builder, Prussian-born Adolphus Heiman was a hero of the Mexican War. He was elected colonel in the Tenth Tennessee Regiment, the “Sons of Erin,” which organized at Fort Donelson on May 29, 1861. Heisman helped build Fort Henry, altho ...
Civil War - Department of Anthropology
... rolling mill, caves with an unlimited supply of niter, lead, and saltpeter (Seymour 1982). The railroads from Virginia to Georgia were also vital for the Confederate war strategy (Bergeron et al. 1999; Smith and Nance 2003). These railroads were crucial for the movement of troops and supplies (Lepa ...
... rolling mill, caves with an unlimited supply of niter, lead, and saltpeter (Seymour 1982). The railroads from Virginia to Georgia were also vital for the Confederate war strategy (Bergeron et al. 1999; Smith and Nance 2003). These railroads were crucial for the movement of troops and supplies (Lepa ...
Nathan Bedford Forrest Primary Sources
... how long. The Confederate authorities have determined upon my arrest and I am to be indicted before the grand jury of the Confederate court which commenced its session in Nashville on Monday last. I would have awaited the indictment and arrest before announcing the remarkable event to the word but a ...
... how long. The Confederate authorities have determined upon my arrest and I am to be indicted before the grand jury of the Confederate court which commenced its session in Nashville on Monday last. I would have awaited the indictment and arrest before announcing the remarkable event to the word but a ...
A Brief Look at Nashville before, during and after
... Cumberland Patriots Cumberland Light Horse Cavalry Nashville remained “the excited center of military operations”. General Albert Sidney Johnston arrived in the city to take command of the Western theater with headquarters across the Cumberland at Edgefield. xv ...
... Cumberland Patriots Cumberland Light Horse Cavalry Nashville remained “the excited center of military operations”. General Albert Sidney Johnston arrived in the city to take command of the Western theater with headquarters across the Cumberland at Edgefield. xv ...
Fort Fisher 1865 - SlapDash Publishing
... of the Confederacy Museum at Carolina Beach, North Carolina. The privately owned and operated museum, which opened in 1967, was the dream of the late John H. Foard. A native of Wilmington, North Carolina, Mr. Foard had always been fascinated with the role his hometown played as the Confederacy’s mos ...
... of the Confederacy Museum at Carolina Beach, North Carolina. The privately owned and operated museum, which opened in 1967, was the dream of the late John H. Foard. A native of Wilmington, North Carolina, Mr. Foard had always been fascinated with the role his hometown played as the Confederacy’s mos ...
Chris E. Fonvielle Jr.
... Title typefaces: No. 2 Type, No. 1 Type (The Civil War Press, The Walden Font Company) Body typefaces: Adobe Caslon, Adobe Caslon Pro and Gotham Software: Adobe InDesign CC, Photoshop, Illustrator and other Adobe products Apple Macintosh computers and Canon imaging products were used in the proofing ...
... Title typefaces: No. 2 Type, No. 1 Type (The Civil War Press, The Walden Font Company) Body typefaces: Adobe Caslon, Adobe Caslon Pro and Gotham Software: Adobe InDesign CC, Photoshop, Illustrator and other Adobe products Apple Macintosh computers and Canon imaging products were used in the proofing ...
The Civil War (1861–1865)
... • The ensuing bombardment last an unbelievable 34 hours before Anderson, satisfied that he had done his duty, surrendered. • It would be the first battle of the Civil War. ...
... • The ensuing bombardment last an unbelievable 34 hours before Anderson, satisfied that he had done his duty, surrendered. • It would be the first battle of the Civil War. ...
1 Apache Wickiup (Temporary Shelter) APACHE PASS Apache
... Apache Pass and was heading for the spring to replenish their water supplies when they had an unpleasant surprise. Instead of Confederate soldiers, they were met by 500 Apache warriors led by Mangas Colorado and Cochise. Captain Roberts was badly outnumbered but he had one advantage, he had brought ...
... Apache Pass and was heading for the spring to replenish their water supplies when they had an unpleasant surprise. Instead of Confederate soldiers, they were met by 500 Apache warriors led by Mangas Colorado and Cochise. Captain Roberts was badly outnumbered but he had one advantage, he had brought ...
84 ARMY March 2009
... him, forced him into issuing his series of ‘Military Orders.’ … [Lincoln] did not know but they were all wrong, and did know that some of them were. All [Lincoln] wanted or had ever wanted was someone who would take the responsibility and act, and call on him for all the assistance needed, pledging ...
... him, forced him into issuing his series of ‘Military Orders.’ … [Lincoln] did not know but they were all wrong, and did know that some of them were. All [Lincoln] wanted or had ever wanted was someone who would take the responsibility and act, and call on him for all the assistance needed, pledging ...
Chapter Preview Chapter 16
... war. Although slavery and states’ rights had been the issues that led to the South’s secession, the immediate concern for Abraham Lincoln when he took office was not slavery, but keeping the United States together. He was not willing, however, to give in on the national government’s right to forbid sl ...
... war. Although slavery and states’ rights had been the issues that led to the South’s secession, the immediate concern for Abraham Lincoln when he took office was not slavery, but keeping the United States together. He was not willing, however, to give in on the national government’s right to forbid sl ...
Ulysses S. Grant and the Meaning of Appomattox
... nearby Fort Donelson, where they awaited the expected Federal assault.4 After some delay, Grant’s troops, supported by the ironclads, attacked the more strategically important and strongly defended Fort Donelson on the Tennessee side of the Cumberland River. Sharp fighting in freezing weather gave t ...
... nearby Fort Donelson, where they awaited the expected Federal assault.4 After some delay, Grant’s troops, supported by the ironclads, attacked the more strategically important and strongly defended Fort Donelson on the Tennessee side of the Cumberland River. Sharp fighting in freezing weather gave t ...
Rocky Mountain Civil War Round Table 2013 Study Group The
... War on the Mississippi: Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign (Time-Life Civil War series) – Jerry Korn Ninety-Eight Days: A Geographer’s View of the Civil War – Warren E. Grabau The Campaign for Vicksburg (very expensive three-volume set): Volume I, Vicksburg Is the Key; Volume II, Grant Strikes a Fatal Blow; ...
... War on the Mississippi: Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign (Time-Life Civil War series) – Jerry Korn Ninety-Eight Days: A Geographer’s View of the Civil War – Warren E. Grabau The Campaign for Vicksburg (very expensive three-volume set): Volume I, Vicksburg Is the Key; Volume II, Grant Strikes a Fatal Blow; ...
Battle of Fort Donelson
The Battle of Fort Donelson was fought from February 11 to 16, 1862, in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The Union capture of the Confederate fort near the Tennessee–Kentucky border opened the Cumberland River, an important avenue for the invasion of the South. The Union's success also elevated Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant from an obscure and largely unproven leader to the rank of major general, and earned him the nickname of ""Unconditional Surrender"" Grant.The battle followed the Union capture of Fort Henry on February 6. Grant moved his army 12 miles (19 km) overland to Fort Donelson on February 12 and 13 and conducted several small probing attacks. (Although the name was not yet in use, the troops serving under Grant were the nucleus of the Union's Army of the Tennessee.) On February 14, Union gunboats under Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote attempted to reduce the fort with gunfire, but were forced to withdraw after sustaining heavy damage from Fort Donelson's water batteries.On February 15, with the fort surrounded, the Confederates, commanded by Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd, launched a surprise attack against Grant's army in an attempt to open an escape route to Nashville, Tennessee. Grant, who was away from the battlefield at the start of the attack, arrived to rally his men and counterattack. Despite achieving partial success and opening the way for a retreat, Floyd lost his nerve and ordered his men back to the fort. The following morning, Floyd and his second-in-command, Brig. Gen. Gideon J. Pillow, relinquished command to Brig. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner (later Governor of Kentucky), who agreed to accept Grant's terms of unconditional surrender.