Areas of the Valley – Part 2
... Interpretive signage: Here in March 1862 Stonewall Jackson ordered his engineer Jedediah Hotchkiss to “make me a map of the Valley…” Hotchkiss would go on to be one of the most prolific and valuable mapmakers of the war—his maps are still studied by historians today. US 11 south of Woodstock ...
... Interpretive signage: Here in March 1862 Stonewall Jackson ordered his engineer Jedediah Hotchkiss to “make me a map of the Valley…” Hotchkiss would go on to be one of the most prolific and valuable mapmakers of the war—his maps are still studied by historians today. US 11 south of Woodstock ...
THE ORIGINS OF THE MISSISSIPPI MARINE BRIGADE: THE FIRST
... the shallow waters at Hampton Roads. In return for this carnage, Virginia suffered only light damage, returning to port at nightfall.10 The next day March 9, 1862, she was back but this time faced a Union ironclad, the Monitor, which had made a rapid, dangerous ocean trip down from New York during ...
... the shallow waters at Hampton Roads. In return for this carnage, Virginia suffered only light damage, returning to port at nightfall.10 The next day March 9, 1862, she was back but this time faced a Union ironclad, the Monitor, which had made a rapid, dangerous ocean trip down from New York during ...
The Civil War in Kentucky
... resolution ordering the withdraw of Confederate, but not Union, troops. • Gov. Magoffin vetoes the resolution but the Assembly easily overrides it. • The Assembly orders the American flag to once again fly over the State Capitol, officially ending Kentucky ...
... resolution ordering the withdraw of Confederate, but not Union, troops. • Gov. Magoffin vetoes the resolution but the Assembly easily overrides it. • The Assembly orders the American flag to once again fly over the State Capitol, officially ending Kentucky ...
“Union and Confederate Soldiers` Stationery: Their Designs and
... an informational purpose, providing people back home with news and information about specific conflicts, sometimes including battles overlooked by east coast magazines like Harper’s Weekly. William G. Ray’s letters provide detailed descriptions of the Union capture of both forts Henry and Dona ...
... an informational purpose, providing people back home with news and information about specific conflicts, sometimes including battles overlooked by east coast magazines like Harper’s Weekly. William G. Ray’s letters provide detailed descriptions of the Union capture of both forts Henry and Dona ...
Union College Connections to the Civil War Era A Glossary of
... and the Lincoln assassination. A total of 577 alumni from the classes 1813 to 1870 served in the Union Army (507), Union Navy (23) or the Confederate Army (47). War deaths totaled 61 for the Union and six for the Confederacy. (To put this in some perspective, West Point graduates serving in the war ...
... and the Lincoln assassination. A total of 577 alumni from the classes 1813 to 1870 served in the Union Army (507), Union Navy (23) or the Confederate Army (47). War deaths totaled 61 for the Union and six for the Confederacy. (To put this in some perspective, West Point graduates serving in the war ...
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 ...
Part II - Scott J. Winslow Associates, Inc.
... tumult of the Atlanta fighting Turner found time to marry Miss Anna Keller at Courtland, Alabama on July 14, 1864, then behind fluid Union lines. At the close of the war Turner surrendered and was paroled as a Lt. Colonel serving on Wheeler’s staff and it is entirely likely that his Regular Army com ...
... tumult of the Atlanta fighting Turner found time to marry Miss Anna Keller at Courtland, Alabama on July 14, 1864, then behind fluid Union lines. At the close of the war Turner surrendered and was paroled as a Lt. Colonel serving on Wheeler’s staff and it is entirely likely that his Regular Army com ...
Conflict and Courage in Fairfax County
... Vienna, on the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad (today’s W&OD bike trail). • Confederate Generals P.G.T. Beauregard, Joseph E. Johnston and Quartermaster General William L. Cabell met in Fairfax Court House in September 1861 and approved the first Confederate battle flag: a square red flag ...
... Vienna, on the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad (today’s W&OD bike trail). • Confederate Generals P.G.T. Beauregard, Joseph E. Johnston and Quartermaster General William L. Cabell met in Fairfax Court House in September 1861 and approved the first Confederate battle flag: a square red flag ...
Civil War Comes to Pulaski County
... Union general killed in the Civil War. The ferocity of the fighting and the passion of the participants led many observers to question the most common belief that it would only be a ninetyday war, which was the term of enlistment for most of the volunteers. The Union soldiers who had retreated to Ro ...
... Union general killed in the Civil War. The ferocity of the fighting and the passion of the participants led many observers to question the most common belief that it would only be a ninetyday war, which was the term of enlistment for most of the volunteers. The Union soldiers who had retreated to Ro ...
The Civil War - Wando High School
... To take and control the Mississippi River, the USA needed to take New Orleans, Vicksburg, and Memphis. Another part of this was to take control of the railroad centers in the CSA like Chattanooga and Atlanta to stop the flow of goods throughout the region. All this will “choke” the CSA to death like ...
... To take and control the Mississippi River, the USA needed to take New Orleans, Vicksburg, and Memphis. Another part of this was to take control of the railroad centers in the CSA like Chattanooga and Atlanta to stop the flow of goods throughout the region. All this will “choke” the CSA to death like ...
From Reform to Revolution: The Transformation of Confederate
... protect slavery and the integrity of the Constitution, claiming, “the people of South Carolina…declared that the frequent violations of the Constitution of the United States [by the North], fully justified…withdrawing from the Federal Union.”3 This appeal to tradition echoed the Declaration of Indep ...
... protect slavery and the integrity of the Constitution, claiming, “the people of South Carolina…declared that the frequent violations of the Constitution of the United States [by the North], fully justified…withdrawing from the Federal Union.”3 This appeal to tradition echoed the Declaration of Indep ...
I.CH 20 PPn - NOHS Teachers
... Fort Sumter—a move the South regarded as an act of aggression • On April 12, 1861 cannon of the Carolinians opened fire on the fort • After a 34 hour bombardment, no lives taken, the dazed garrison surrendered • The North was electrified and provoked to fighting: – The fort was lost, but the Union w ...
... Fort Sumter—a move the South regarded as an act of aggression • On April 12, 1861 cannon of the Carolinians opened fire on the fort • After a 34 hour bombardment, no lives taken, the dazed garrison surrendered • The North was electrified and provoked to fighting: – The fort was lost, but the Union w ...
Ch 20 The North & The South
... Fort Sumter—a move the South regarded as an act of aggression • On April 12, 1861 cannon of the Carolinians opened fire on the fort • After a 34 hour bombardment, no lives taken, the dazed garrison surrendered • The North was electrified and provoked to fighting: – The fort was lost, but the Union w ...
... Fort Sumter—a move the South regarded as an act of aggression • On April 12, 1861 cannon of the Carolinians opened fire on the fort • After a 34 hour bombardment, no lives taken, the dazed garrison surrendered • The North was electrified and provoked to fighting: – The fort was lost, but the Union w ...
Balloon Operations on the Peninsula in 1862
... Constitution. The Intrepid was based in Yorktown, where it became a “familiar sight” in the air. The Constitution’s camp was at Warwick Court House.xi The Confederacy was frightened by these balloon sightings, and they knew that the Union was able to spy on them and their movements. Many soldiers wr ...
... Constitution. The Intrepid was based in Yorktown, where it became a “familiar sight” in the air. The Constitution’s camp was at Warwick Court House.xi The Confederacy was frightened by these balloon sightings, and they knew that the Union was able to spy on them and their movements. Many soldiers wr ...
Lincoln and the Secession Crisis in Missouri
... secessionist brigade and restore order to Missouri; he simply never took the chances that were presented to him. One such chance came to him as General Price made a slow advance toward the Missouri town of Lexington. Fremont did send a small garrison of troops to the town, but never made any other a ...
... secessionist brigade and restore order to Missouri; he simply never took the chances that were presented to him. One such chance came to him as General Price made a slow advance toward the Missouri town of Lexington. Fremont did send a small garrison of troops to the town, but never made any other a ...
Chapter 22: The Civil War - Mr. Graham`s Web Page
... 3. “Stonewall” Jackson and his men refused to give way to the Union attack and held “like a stonewall”. • Huge victory for South. • Shocking blow for the North. ...
... 3. “Stonewall” Jackson and his men refused to give way to the Union attack and held “like a stonewall”. • Huge victory for South. • Shocking blow for the North. ...
Background Guide
... world history class, and it is likely you are familiar with this general topic. It remains a pivotal point in our nation’s history, and is especially noteworthy due to fact such a bloody event occurred so early in the course of a nation. Moreover, the Civil War and the miscalculations of the Confede ...
... world history class, and it is likely you are familiar with this general topic. It remains a pivotal point in our nation’s history, and is especially noteworthy due to fact such a bloody event occurred so early in the course of a nation. Moreover, the Civil War and the miscalculations of the Confede ...
Battle of Glorieta Pass - Arizona Civil War Council
... launched an attack, hitting the Texans around 11:00 am about a half mile from Pigeon's Ranch. A provisional battalion of four companies from the 1st Colorado under Lt. Col. Samuel Tappan, supported by both batteries, deployed across the trail.[16] The Confederates dismounted and deployed in a line a ...
... launched an attack, hitting the Texans around 11:00 am about a half mile from Pigeon's Ranch. A provisional battalion of four companies from the 1st Colorado under Lt. Col. Samuel Tappan, supported by both batteries, deployed across the trail.[16] The Confederates dismounted and deployed in a line a ...
The Long-Run Effects of Losing the Civil War: Evidence from Border
... levels of human capital, relatively high fertility rates, over-reliance on cotton, and political institutions as factors that led to stalled economic development in the U.S. South (Wright 1986; Margo 1990; Naidu 2012; Sokolo↵ and Engerman 2000). The literature has typically focused on the aggregate, ...
... levels of human capital, relatively high fertility rates, over-reliance on cotton, and political institutions as factors that led to stalled economic development in the U.S. South (Wright 1986; Margo 1990; Naidu 2012; Sokolo↵ and Engerman 2000). The literature has typically focused on the aggregate, ...
Notes on the Civil War - Garrett Academy Of Technology
... Monitor v. Virginia (Merrimack) March 9, 1862 battle between two ironclad ships - new technology -CSA wanted to use it to destroy the Union Blockade - a draw New Orleans May 30, 1862 USA Admiral David Farragut and General Benjamin Butler CSA General Mansfield Lovell This give the USA control of the ...
... Monitor v. Virginia (Merrimack) March 9, 1862 battle between two ironclad ships - new technology -CSA wanted to use it to destroy the Union Blockade - a draw New Orleans May 30, 1862 USA Admiral David Farragut and General Benjamin Butler CSA General Mansfield Lovell This give the USA control of the ...
Davids museum
... General Irvin McDowell, the commander, was not ready for this fight. He needed more time to prepare, because the troops that volunteered were only training for 90 days. On July 16, McDowell marched his poorly trained army to Virginia. The Confederates were camped along Bull Run, and that is how this ...
... General Irvin McDowell, the commander, was not ready for this fight. He needed more time to prepare, because the troops that volunteered were only training for 90 days. On July 16, McDowell marched his poorly trained army to Virginia. The Confederates were camped along Bull Run, and that is how this ...
Little Rock, AR 72221 • Email: g.hendershott
... Confederate General Walter Husted Stevens, General Robert E. Lee’s Staff Chief Engineer of the Confederacy, Army of Northern Virginia 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’ ...
... Confederate General Walter Husted Stevens, General Robert E. Lee’s Staff Chief Engineer of the Confederacy, Army of Northern Virginia 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’ ...
Jeopardy - PRC4thGrade
... Civil War in Mississippi By the summer of 1862, the ______ Army controlled all of the Mississippi River except for four miles near Vicksburg. ...
... Civil War in Mississippi By the summer of 1862, the ______ Army controlled all of the Mississippi River except for four miles near Vicksburg. ...
The Dare Mark Line - Civil War in Fauquier
... chronically misunderstood; and yet to comprehend the importance of the Rappahannock as a defining military barrier, we must examine these complex, chess game-‐like maneuvers along the Rappahannock as Generals ...
... chronically misunderstood; and yet to comprehend the importance of the Rappahannock as a defining military barrier, we must examine these complex, chess game-‐like maneuvers along the Rappahannock as Generals ...
Stand Watie Confederate General
... Brigadier General and Cherokee Chief Stand Watie fought to the bitter end. Brigadier General Watie was the last Confederate general to surrender, undaunted and unvanquished, on June 23, 1865, nearly three months after Appomattox. He was the only Indian to achieve the rank of general in the Civil War ...
... Brigadier General and Cherokee Chief Stand Watie fought to the bitter end. Brigadier General Watie was the last Confederate general to surrender, undaunted and unvanquished, on June 23, 1865, nearly three months after Appomattox. He was the only Indian to achieve the rank of general in the Civil War ...
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.