God Bless the South Commander Calvin Hart
... reported. “In the line were many young soldiers now serving in the regular army, grandsons of those who fought for the Confederacy and of those who fought for the Union. The Stars and Bars of the Confederacy were proudly borne at the head of the procession.… As the long line passed the reviewing sta ...
... reported. “In the line were many young soldiers now serving in the regular army, grandsons of those who fought for the Confederacy and of those who fought for the Union. The Stars and Bars of the Confederacy were proudly borne at the head of the procession.… As the long line passed the reviewing sta ...
Fort Henry and Donelson - Teach Tennessee History
... After slight delays, Johnston’s advance troops reached Grant’s advance troops, and the two forces skirmished on April 5 with a small handful of casualties. Grant did not take the Confederate threat seriously. With the element of surprise on his side Johnston sent his army charging at the Union line ...
... After slight delays, Johnston’s advance troops reached Grant’s advance troops, and the two forces skirmished on April 5 with a small handful of casualties. Grant did not take the Confederate threat seriously. With the element of surprise on his side Johnston sent his army charging at the Union line ...
Sectionalism and Civil War IFD presentation
... felt that the new President and Congress were against the interests of the South They felt that an abolitionist was now in the White House ...
... felt that the new President and Congress were against the interests of the South They felt that an abolitionist was now in the White House ...
From Kennesaw Mountain to the Chattahoochee River: General
... wagon train, shielded by Lieutenant General Joseph Wheeler's cavalry, and under heavy Federal artillery fire, succeeded in crossing the Chattahoochee on two hastily constructed pontoon bridges. Once across, the bridges were cut loose to float to the southern shore, though one of them was carried by ...
... wagon train, shielded by Lieutenant General Joseph Wheeler's cavalry, and under heavy Federal artillery fire, succeeded in crossing the Chattahoochee on two hastily constructed pontoon bridges. Once across, the bridges were cut loose to float to the southern shore, though one of them was carried by ...
Hello! Welcome to our unit on the Civil War!
... A series of Amendments. Ended slavery in Texas. Refused to adopt the 13th Amendment, making slavery illegal in the U.S. Also denied civil rights to African Americans. (Right to ...
... A series of Amendments. Ended slavery in Texas. Refused to adopt the 13th Amendment, making slavery illegal in the U.S. Also denied civil rights to African Americans. (Right to ...
This lithograph of the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee
... ter and due to President Abraham Lincoln’s call livestock, some agricultural produce, and, for volunteers, other Southern states—espeof course, cotton. Yet as soon as the U.S. cially Virginia—defected from the Union. The Navy entrapped the Southern ports with its secession of states was not a genera ...
... ter and due to President Abraham Lincoln’s call livestock, some agricultural produce, and, for volunteers, other Southern states—espeof course, cotton. Yet as soon as the U.S. cially Virginia—defected from the Union. The Navy entrapped the Southern ports with its secession of states was not a genera ...
Life for the Civil War Soldier Section Preview Section Preview
... it led to the California and Colorado gold fields. Chacon and his men harassed the Confederate troops and forced Sibley’s men to retreat away from the fort. A few days later, the real battle began at Valverde. During the battle, Chacon led an assault deep into enemy lines. When Union comrades called ...
... it led to the California and Colorado gold fields. Chacon and his men harassed the Confederate troops and forced Sibley’s men to retreat away from the fort. A few days later, the real battle began at Valverde. During the battle, Chacon led an assault deep into enemy lines. When Union comrades called ...
Antietam
... 2. Emancipation Proclamation - What did Lincoln consider in his decision to draft the Emancipation Proclamation and who was involved in the decision? How did the Emancipation Proclamation affect society in the short-term and the long-term? 3. Lincoln’s Cabinet - In the summer of 1862, Lincoln’s cabi ...
... 2. Emancipation Proclamation - What did Lincoln consider in his decision to draft the Emancipation Proclamation and who was involved in the decision? How did the Emancipation Proclamation affect society in the short-term and the long-term? 3. Lincoln’s Cabinet - In the summer of 1862, Lincoln’s cabi ...
The American Civil War
... when a fleet of Union ships with 15,000 men forces the surrender of rebel forts at Hilton Head, S.C., at the Battle of Port Royal. Plantation owners flee the region and leave the Union in possession of thousands of abandoned slaves. In the following months, the Northerners close ports from Charlesto ...
... when a fleet of Union ships with 15,000 men forces the surrender of rebel forts at Hilton Head, S.C., at the Battle of Port Royal. Plantation owners flee the region and leave the Union in possession of thousands of abandoned slaves. In the following months, the Northerners close ports from Charlesto ...
The Civil War and Reconstruction
... While most Texas soldiers fought in the Eastern United States during the war, some fought closer to home in the New Mexico Territory. General Henry H. Sibley took three Texas regiments to seize the southwest – from New Mexico to California – for the Confederacy. They hoped to profit from numerous go ...
... While most Texas soldiers fought in the Eastern United States during the war, some fought closer to home in the New Mexico Territory. General Henry H. Sibley took three Texas regiments to seize the southwest – from New Mexico to California – for the Confederacy. They hoped to profit from numerous go ...
A Nation Divided
... • On April 10, 1861, Brig. Gen. Beauregard, in command of the provisional Confederate forces at Charleston, South Carolina, demanded the surrender of the Union garrison of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Garrison commander Anderson refused. On April 12, Confederate batteries opened fire on the for ...
... • On April 10, 1861, Brig. Gen. Beauregard, in command of the provisional Confederate forces at Charleston, South Carolina, demanded the surrender of the Union garrison of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Garrison commander Anderson refused. On April 12, Confederate batteries opened fire on the for ...
The American Nation
... gave Union a staging ground for offensives against southern cities along the Mississippi ...
... gave Union a staging ground for offensives against southern cities along the Mississippi ...
Notable leaders from Texas
... Texans Battle West of the Mississippi ∂ Texans intended to seize the Southwest and California to give them access to gold and silver mines and ports on the Pacific Ocean ∂ they captured Albuquerque and Santa Fe ∂ the Union Army captured a supply train at Glorieta Pass, this caused them to retreat ba ...
... Texans Battle West of the Mississippi ∂ Texans intended to seize the Southwest and California to give them access to gold and silver mines and ports on the Pacific Ocean ∂ they captured Albuquerque and Santa Fe ∂ the Union Army captured a supply train at Glorieta Pass, this caused them to retreat ba ...
Admiral Franklin Buchanan, CSN
... the Mississippi Porter ferried Grant’s troops across to the east bank of the river, south of the fort Grant takes the fort from the rear ...
... the Mississippi Porter ferried Grant’s troops across to the east bank of the river, south of the fort Grant takes the fort from the rear ...
Lesson Plan in Rich Text Format
... changing the name from Fort Walker to Fort Welles in honor of Gideon Welles, United States Secretary of War. ...
... changing the name from Fort Walker to Fort Welles in honor of Gideon Welles, United States Secretary of War. ...
Spring 2010 issue
... Another lesser-known battlefield is at Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park located in the southeastern part of West Virginia, on U.S. Route 219, 27 miles north of Lewisburg, WV. Kathy and I visited in October, 2008, when the autumn foliage in the mountains was at its height. The battle was part of ...
... Another lesser-known battlefield is at Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park located in the southeastern part of West Virginia, on U.S. Route 219, 27 miles north of Lewisburg, WV. Kathy and I visited in October, 2008, when the autumn foliage in the mountains was at its height. The battle was part of ...
Ch. 20 The Civil War between the North and the
... 4. Fredericksburg: Replacing McClellan with the more aggressive General Ambrose Burnside, Lincoln discovered that a strategy of reckless attack could have even worse consequences that McClellan’s strategy of caution and inaction. a. Dec. 1862: a large Union army under Burnside attacked Lee’s army at ...
... 4. Fredericksburg: Replacing McClellan with the more aggressive General Ambrose Burnside, Lincoln discovered that a strategy of reckless attack could have even worse consequences that McClellan’s strategy of caution and inaction. a. Dec. 1862: a large Union army under Burnside attacked Lee’s army at ...
The Civil War - Issaquah Connect
... • Union Blockade of the South was starting to take its toll on supplies and weaken Lee’s Army by the spring of 1863. • With all of the Battles in Virginia, supplies there had become hard to find. • Lee decided to go find some in Pennsylvania. • He also hoped a Southern victory on Northern soil would ...
... • Union Blockade of the South was starting to take its toll on supplies and weaken Lee’s Army by the spring of 1863. • With all of the Battles in Virginia, supplies there had become hard to find. • Lee decided to go find some in Pennsylvania. • He also hoped a Southern victory on Northern soil would ...
Civil War White River Expedition
... In the spring of 1862, there also were number of battles between Union and Confederate navies in the east, the most noteworthy that between the Union USS Monitor and Confederate CSS Merrimack ironclads off Hampton Roads, Virginia. In the west, Union and Confederate navies clashed in the battle for a ...
... In the spring of 1862, there also were number of battles between Union and Confederate navies in the east, the most noteworthy that between the Union USS Monitor and Confederate CSS Merrimack ironclads off Hampton Roads, Virginia. In the west, Union and Confederate navies clashed in the battle for a ...
Civil War Test NAME____________________________
... ____ 13. Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction called for a. trying Confederate leaders for war crimes. b. guaranteeing African American voting rights. c. revolutionizing Southern institutions, habits, and manners. d. reconciling with the South rather than punishing it. ____ 14. Which of the following w ...
... ____ 13. Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction called for a. trying Confederate leaders for war crimes. b. guaranteeing African American voting rights. c. revolutionizing Southern institutions, habits, and manners. d. reconciling with the South rather than punishing it. ____ 14. Which of the following w ...
Texas in the Civil War Objective
... • Some Texas Unionists hid, but were later captured and arrested. Others were forced into the Confederate army. • Vigilantes, or citizens who act as an unauthorized police force, hanged about 40 suspected Unionists at Gainesville, Texas in 1862. ...
... • Some Texas Unionists hid, but were later captured and arrested. Others were forced into the Confederate army. • Vigilantes, or citizens who act as an unauthorized police force, hanged about 40 suspected Unionists at Gainesville, Texas in 1862. ...
Week 4 - Vanderbilt University
... him. It was a creation of beauty and invulnerability. It was a goddess, radiant, that bended its form with an imperious gesture to him. It was a woman, red and white, hating and loving, that called him with the voice of his hopes. Because no harm could come to it, he endowed it with power. He kept n ...
... him. It was a creation of beauty and invulnerability. It was a goddess, radiant, that bended its form with an imperious gesture to him. It was a woman, red and white, hating and loving, that called him with the voice of his hopes. Because no harm could come to it, he endowed it with power. He kept n ...
Battle of Island Number Ten
The Battle of Island Number Ten was an engagement at the New Madrid or Kentucky Bend on the Mississippi River during the American Civil War, lasting from February 28 to April 8, 1862. The position, an island at the base of a tight double turn in the course of the river, was held by the Confederates from the early days of the war. It was an excellent site to impede Union efforts to invade the South along the river, as vessels would have to approach the island bows on and then slow down to make the turns. For the defenders, it also had an innate weakness in that it depended on a single road for supplies and reinforcements, so that if an enemy force could cut that road, the garrison would be trapped.Union forces began the siege shortly after the Confederate Army abandoned their position at Columbus, Kentucky, in early March 1862. The first probes were made by the Union Army of the Mississippi under Brigadier General John Pope, which came overland through Missouri and occupied the town of Point Pleasant, Missouri, almost directly west of the island and south of New Madrid. From there, the Union army moved north and soon brought siege guns to bear on New Madrid. The Confederate commander, Brig. Gen. John P. McCown, decided to evacuate the town after enduring only one day of bombardment, removing most of his soldiers to Island No. 10 but abandoning much of his equipment, including his heavy artillery.Two days after the fall of New Madrid, Union gunboats and mortar rafts came down to attack Island No. 10 from the river. For the next three weeks, the defenders on the island and in nearby supporting batteries were subjected to bombardment by the vessels, mostly carried out by the mortars. While this was going on, the army at New Madrid was digging a canal across the neck of land to the east of the town; several transports were sent to the Army of the Mississippi by way of the canal when it was finished, providing the army with the means of crossing the river and attacking the Confederate troops on the Tennessee side.Pope persuaded Flag Officer Andrew Hull Foote to send a gunboat past the batteries, to aid him in the river crossing by warding off any Southern gunboats, and by suppressing Rebel artillery fire at the point of attack. This was accomplished by USS Carondelet, under Commander Henry Walke, on the night of April 4, 1862. This was followed by USS Pittsburg, under Lieutenant Egbert Thompson two nights later. With the support of these two gunboats, Pope was able to send his army across the river and trap the Confederates who were trying to flee. Outnumbered at least three to one, they felt their cause was hopeless, and decided to surrender.At about the same time, the garrison who had remained at the island decided that resistance was futile for them as well, so they surrendered to Flag Officer Foote and the Union flotilla.The Union victory marked the first time the Confederate Army lost a position on the Mississippi River in battle. The river was then open to the Union Navy as far as Fort Pillow, a short distance above Memphis. Only three weeks later, New Orleans fell to the Union fleet led by David G. Farragut, and the Confederacy was in danger of being cut in two along the line of the river.