Fort Fisher: Amphibious Victory in the American Civil War
... The first attack, in December 1864, failed utterly, and it provides many good examples of bad planning and execution. The second effort, during January 1865, succeeded magnificently; it stands as a sterling example upon which to build an amphibious tradition. In the second attack, commandGary Ohls, ...
... The first attack, in December 1864, failed utterly, and it provides many good examples of bad planning and execution. The second effort, during January 1865, succeeded magnificently; it stands as a sterling example upon which to build an amphibious tradition. In the second attack, commandGary Ohls, ...
Civil War - Department of Anthropology
... Unfortunately however, most of these sites have succumb to urban development. Surveys of military sites in West, Middle and East Tennessee were carried out by the Tennessee Division of Archaeology over a period of eleven years. These surveys were conducted to record all locations of possible Civil W ...
... Unfortunately however, most of these sites have succumb to urban development. Surveys of military sites in West, Middle and East Tennessee were carried out by the Tennessee Division of Archaeology over a period of eleven years. These surveys were conducted to record all locations of possible Civil W ...
Fauquier County Civil War Heritage Brochure
... Col. Mosby’s Rangers roamed this area extensively. The area along Salem Avenue was an open field in April 1865, and is known locally as “the disbandment site”. On the morning of April 21, 1865, twelve days after Lee’s surrender to Grant at Appomattox, Mosby’s Rangers lined up in this Salem field. Co ...
... Col. Mosby’s Rangers roamed this area extensively. The area along Salem Avenue was an open field in April 1865, and is known locally as “the disbandment site”. On the morning of April 21, 1865, twelve days after Lee’s surrender to Grant at Appomattox, Mosby’s Rangers lined up in this Salem field. Co ...
April, 2015 - Stow Historical Society
... Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia, signaling the unescapable defeat of the Confederacy. Just five days later, President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford Theater in Washington. See the next newsletter for more on the second. On the night of April 2, 1865 Lee led his d ...
... Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia, signaling the unescapable defeat of the Confederacy. Just five days later, President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford Theater in Washington. See the next newsletter for more on the second. On the night of April 2, 1865 Lee led his d ...
The Isolation Factor - Marshall Digital Scholar
... Many mountaineers were men of moderation. They had very little reliance on slavery, and had deep ties to the Union along with long standing political differences with the eastern planter classes that began before the American Revolution. Many living in the more isolated parts of the region despised ...
... Many mountaineers were men of moderation. They had very little reliance on slavery, and had deep ties to the Union along with long standing political differences with the eastern planter classes that began before the American Revolution. Many living in the more isolated parts of the region despised ...
The Role of Confederate Nationalism and Popular Will
... large degree to the inability of the Davis government to adequately address the economic and social disparity between the classes. "The greatest failure of Jefferson Davis's leadership lay in the domestic arena, in his inability to create the internal unity and spirit essential for the growth of Co ...
... large degree to the inability of the Davis government to adequately address the economic and social disparity between the classes. "The greatest failure of Jefferson Davis's leadership lay in the domestic arena, in his inability to create the internal unity and spirit essential for the growth of Co ...
Allow Me to Call Your Attention to the Situation of the Forts
... Virginia front more than its coast. As for artillery, the two batteries built on the island to protect Hatteras Inlet, Forts Hatteras and Clark, were only partially armed, with ten cannons in the former out of a capacity for twenty and seven in the latter out of an estimated eighteen possible.38 Yet ...
... Virginia front more than its coast. As for artillery, the two batteries built on the island to protect Hatteras Inlet, Forts Hatteras and Clark, were only partially armed, with ten cannons in the former out of a capacity for twenty and seven in the latter out of an estimated eighteen possible.38 Yet ...
Fort Pulaski
... Sherman, and two columns of Union troops began marching out of Atlanta, Georgia towards the port city of Savannah. The two columns, which stayed between twenty and sixty miles within each other, faced little resistance as they moved southward towards the coast. Burning and pillaging as they went, th ...
... Sherman, and two columns of Union troops began marching out of Atlanta, Georgia towards the port city of Savannah. The two columns, which stayed between twenty and sixty miles within each other, faced little resistance as they moved southward towards the coast. Burning and pillaging as they went, th ...
1 notes – strategies, leaders
... Old John Brown’s body lies moldering in the grave, While weep the sons of bondage whom he ventured all to save; But tho he lost his life while struggling for the slave, His soul is marching on. John Brown was a hero, undaunted, true and brave, And Kansas knows his valor when he fought her rights to ...
... Old John Brown’s body lies moldering in the grave, While weep the sons of bondage whom he ventured all to save; But tho he lost his life while struggling for the slave, His soul is marching on. John Brown was a hero, undaunted, true and brave, And Kansas knows his valor when he fought her rights to ...
LEQ: What important battle in the West was
... This image shows the canal planned by Major General Ulysses S. Grant and his staff to enable them to capture 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 strate ...
... This image shows the canal planned by Major General Ulysses S. Grant and his staff to enable them to capture 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 strate ...
Teacher`s Guide - Missouri State Parks
... commanding officer of the Illinois troops stationed in Ironton, then, was Ulysses S. Grant, who stayed for just a couple of weeks and then went on to his wartime career. Southeast Missouri suffered at the hands of Confederate partisans (guerrillas) as much as other parts of the state. Nearly all Civ ...
... commanding officer of the Illinois troops stationed in Ironton, then, was Ulysses S. Grant, who stayed for just a couple of weeks and then went on to his wartime career. Southeast Missouri suffered at the hands of Confederate partisans (guerrillas) as much as other parts of the state. Nearly all Civ ...
American Civil War - Yesterday`s Muse Books
... Athens, The University of Georgia Press, 1990. First edition. xiv, 303 pp. From the jacket flap: “Brigadier General James Johnston Pettigrew is best known as the unwavering leader of the North Carolina brigade in Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg. Before he ever donned a Confederate uniform, however, P ...
... Athens, The University of Georgia Press, 1990. First edition. xiv, 303 pp. From the jacket flap: “Brigadier General James Johnston Pettigrew is best known as the unwavering leader of the North Carolina brigade in Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg. Before he ever donned a Confederate uniform, however, P ...
kentucky`s rebel press: the jackson purchase newspapers in 1861
... lives of the Southern people." And he further char~ed that .the two Unionists "did not care whowent under, so that their dumplings boiled peacefully in the pot." 17 In late April, after Federal troops occupied Cairo, Illinois at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, Noble trumpeted for ...
... lives of the Southern people." And he further char~ed that .the two Unionists "did not care whowent under, so that their dumplings boiled peacefully in the pot." 17 In late April, after Federal troops occupied Cairo, Illinois at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, Noble trumpeted for ...
A Brief Look at Nashville before, during and after
... were James Robertson, founder of Nashville and Andrew Jackson, the first “western” President. One planter of particular interest was also a distinguished Judge. This was Judge John Overton, said to be the richest man in Tennessee in 1861. Judge Overton lived with his wife Harriet Maxwell Overton at ...
... were James Robertson, founder of Nashville and Andrew Jackson, the first “western” President. One planter of particular interest was also a distinguished Judge. This was Judge John Overton, said to be the richest man in Tennessee in 1861. Judge Overton lived with his wife Harriet Maxwell Overton at ...
Two Immigrants for the Union.` Their Civil War Letters
... since we came to Island No. 10, and now there are 6 of them in the hospital, and also about 10 men are still unable to work. Our company, along with Co. K, moved from the island on May 19 to the other side of the Mississippi River. We are about one mile from the other companies that have remained he ...
... since we came to Island No. 10, and now there are 6 of them in the hospital, and also about 10 men are still unable to work. Our company, along with Co. K, moved from the island on May 19 to the other side of the Mississippi River. We are about one mile from the other companies that have remained he ...
KentucKy`s civil War Heritage guide
... don’t want to glorify war. We want to remember the Kentuckians who fought and died in the conflict, the suffering of its people and the changes brought by the war, especially the freedom of AfricanAmerican slaves.” Today, through the development of more and better visitor opportunities in a combinat ...
... don’t want to glorify war. We want to remember the Kentuckians who fought and died in the conflict, the suffering of its people and the changes brought by the war, especially the freedom of AfricanAmerican slaves.” Today, through the development of more and better visitor opportunities in a combinat ...
A Border City at War - Cincinnati History Library and Archives
... into Kentucky had provided evidence of strong secessionist sentiment within the state. On July 16, 1862, for example, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan wired a report from Georgetown, Kentucky, to Smith, in Knoxville, Tennessee, informing him that twenty-five to thirty thousand men stood ready to ...
... into Kentucky had provided evidence of strong secessionist sentiment within the state. On July 16, 1862, for example, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan wired a report from Georgetown, Kentucky, to Smith, in Knoxville, Tennessee, informing him that twenty-five to thirty thousand men stood ready to ...
History in the Making
... inauguration, people in the South and the North openly questioned how to respond to the formation of the Confederate States of America. Some people favored preserving the Union at any cost, while others seemed more inclined to let the Union fall apart. Ultimately, secession did lead to the Civil War ...
... inauguration, people in the South and the North openly questioned how to respond to the formation of the Confederate States of America. Some people favored preserving the Union at any cost, while others seemed more inclined to let the Union fall apart. Ultimately, secession did lead to the Civil War ...
Major Battles of the Civil War - sls
... Civil War. Lee was so close to DC, but so far away from ultimate victory. Southern armies would never attack in the North again. The South was on the defensive for the rest of the war. Happening at the same time as the Battle of Gettysburg was a battle on the Mississippi River in a town called Vicks ...
... Civil War. Lee was so close to DC, but so far away from ultimate victory. Southern armies would never attack in the North again. The South was on the defensive for the rest of the war. Happening at the same time as the Battle of Gettysburg was a battle on the Mississippi River in a town called Vicks ...
Was the Civil War a Total War?
... of the term, it was quickly adopted by T. Harry Williams, whose influential book Lincoln and His Generals, published in 1952, began with this memorable sentence: "The Civil War was the first of the modern total wars, and the American democracy was almost totally unready to fight it." Among the more ...
... of the term, it was quickly adopted by T. Harry Williams, whose influential book Lincoln and His Generals, published in 1952, began with this memorable sentence: "The Civil War was the first of the modern total wars, and the American democracy was almost totally unready to fight it." Among the more ...
8th grade worksheets for reference maps
... D. Generals Johnston and Beauregard tried to defeat Grant near _______, a county meeting house in TN. E. _______, the capital of the confederacy, fell to the Union troops on April 1865. F. On September 17, 1862, McCLellan and Lee clashed at______, marking one of the bloodiest days in the war. G. At ...
... D. Generals Johnston and Beauregard tried to defeat Grant near _______, a county meeting house in TN. E. _______, the capital of the confederacy, fell to the Union troops on April 1865. F. On September 17, 1862, McCLellan and Lee clashed at______, marking one of the bloodiest days in the war. G. At ...
The Encyclopedia of Civil War Battles
... Most of Semmes’ crew from the Sumter rejoined him, experienced sea fighters such as his former first mate, First Lt. John McIntosh Kell, and lieutenants Richard M. Armstrong, Joseph D. Wilson, Arthur Sinclair and John Lowe. Ship surgeons were Francis L. Galt and assistant surgeon David H. Llewellyn, ...
... Most of Semmes’ crew from the Sumter rejoined him, experienced sea fighters such as his former first mate, First Lt. John McIntosh Kell, and lieutenants Richard M. Armstrong, Joseph D. Wilson, Arthur Sinclair and John Lowe. Ship surgeons were Francis L. Galt and assistant surgeon David H. Llewellyn, ...
The Collapse of the Confederacy: Class Dissent, Unionism, and
... these states, Unionists groups formed guerrilla units whose hit and run style of attack opened a second front and forced the Confederate government to take troops from the frontlines where they were needed in order to hunt down these guerrillas. When Union troops moved into Confederate territory the ...
... these states, Unionists groups formed guerrilla units whose hit and run style of attack opened a second front and forced the Confederate government to take troops from the frontlines where they were needed in order to hunt down these guerrillas. When Union troops moved into Confederate territory the ...
William C - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... River. Secretary of War Edwin McMasters Stanton promised to do whatever he could to help Rosecrans in the future. “Your country owes you an immense debt,” wrote Chase. “God grant that you may quadruple the obligation.”8 Congratulations for the successful army commander continued to pour in from acro ...
... River. Secretary of War Edwin McMasters Stanton promised to do whatever he could to help Rosecrans in the future. “Your country owes you an immense debt,” wrote Chase. “God grant that you may quadruple the obligation.”8 Congratulations for the successful army commander continued to pour in from acro ...
by Nick Bolash - College of William and Mary
... foot on the land that would become the town of Broadway Landing. Later in the seventeenth century, a man named Thomas Broadway moved to the area, and named his land along the Appomattox River after himself2. It is quite possible that the town he established consisted of no more than simply his home ...
... foot on the land that would become the town of Broadway Landing. Later in the seventeenth century, a man named Thomas Broadway moved to the area, and named his land along the Appomattox River after himself2. It is quite possible that the town he established consisted of no more than simply his home ...
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.