Upper Rappahannock River Front: The Dare Mark Line Clark B. Hall
... the Hudson, the Potomac and the Father of Waters; and yet their beauty and sublimity do not equal the Rappahannock… over which thousands of armed men crossed, and whose clear surface was crimsoned by the blood of heroes wrestling for supremacy along its banks.”1 While General Fitz Lee’s assertion th ...
... the Hudson, the Potomac and the Father of Waters; and yet their beauty and sublimity do not equal the Rappahannock… over which thousands of armed men crossed, and whose clear surface was crimsoned by the blood of heroes wrestling for supremacy along its banks.”1 While General Fitz Lee’s assertion th ...
unionists in eastern west tennessee 1861-1865
... war. Ten of the eleven Union veterans from Carroll County who answered Civil War questionnaires denied that economic or social disharmony existed in their neighborhoods before the war.22 If their assessment, admittedly made years after the war, bears any trust at all then the reasons some remained l ...
... war. Ten of the eleven Union veterans from Carroll County who answered Civil War questionnaires denied that economic or social disharmony existed in their neighborhoods before the war.22 If their assessment, admittedly made years after the war, bears any trust at all then the reasons some remained l ...
The Boys from Calhoun
... Nathan Bedford Forrest did much of the same thing while working out of Bowling Green and Russellville. Two of his officers signed a Union requisition form one day with the name of General Crittenden and delivered it to the Union Commander in Owensboro. They left town with a large number of Union hor ...
... Nathan Bedford Forrest did much of the same thing while working out of Bowling Green and Russellville. Two of his officers signed a Union requisition form one day with the name of General Crittenden and delivered it to the Union Commander in Owensboro. They left town with a large number of Union hor ...
Chapter 20 Notes
... II. South Carolina Assails Fort Sumter – Issue of divided Union came to a head over matter of federal forts in South: • As seceding states left, they seized U.S. arsenals, mints, and other public property within their borders • Fort Sumter, in Charleston harbor – With fort low on supplies, Lincoln ...
... II. South Carolina Assails Fort Sumter – Issue of divided Union came to a head over matter of federal forts in South: • As seceding states left, they seized U.S. arsenals, mints, and other public property within their borders • Fort Sumter, in Charleston harbor – With fort low on supplies, Lincoln ...
shot all to pieces - Lone Jack Historical Society
... from Richmond. On August 1 Cockrell and his small command moved out, accompanied by Colonel Dewitt C. Hunter and his seven hundred and fifty soldiers. The advance guard of the expedition consisted of roughly seventy troopers led by Captain Joseph O. Shelby. With Cockrell in overall command of the ex ...
... from Richmond. On August 1 Cockrell and his small command moved out, accompanied by Colonel Dewitt C. Hunter and his seven hundred and fifty soldiers. The advance guard of the expedition consisted of roughly seventy troopers led by Captain Joseph O. Shelby. With Cockrell in overall command of the ex ...
Across the Etowah and into the Hell-Hole
... Sweeney’s men crossed the Oostanaula River at Lay’s Ferry. 10 The fighting at Resaca was intense. Johnston’s men were able to break up each attack, and even attempted to counterattack the Union left. According to historian Earl J. Hess, the fighting around Resaca turned into a “slugging match” betwe ...
... Sweeney’s men crossed the Oostanaula River at Lay’s Ferry. 10 The fighting at Resaca was intense. Johnston’s men were able to break up each attack, and even attempted to counterattack the Union left. According to historian Earl J. Hess, the fighting around Resaca turned into a “slugging match” betwe ...
The Archaeology of Civil War Naval Operations in Charleston
... feet of overburden five miles offshore. There are also several Federal batteries including the “Swamp Angel,” with portions remaining visible in the marsh, and Battery Shaw and the Surf Battery, both of which potentially exist, but are now inundated off Morris Island. ...
... feet of overburden five miles offshore. There are also several Federal batteries including the “Swamp Angel,” with portions remaining visible in the marsh, and Battery Shaw and the Surf Battery, both of which potentially exist, but are now inundated off Morris Island. ...
Hallowed Ground the Civil War in Arkansas Lesson Plan 2016
... industrial North than in the rural South. When Abraham Lincoln, whose political party was against slavery, was elected President of the United States in 1860, seven Southern states seceded. They left the United States of America and formed their own country: the Confederate States of America. Arkans ...
... industrial North than in the rural South. When Abraham Lincoln, whose political party was against slavery, was elected President of the United States in 1860, seven Southern states seceded. They left the United States of America and formed their own country: the Confederate States of America. Arkans ...
Play Civil War Jeopardy
... The hero of Bull Run who was later accidentally shot by one of his own men People ...
... The hero of Bull Run who was later accidentally shot by one of his own men People ...
North Alabama Civil War Generals
... leader of Morgan's Raiders, known as the “Thunderbolt of the Confederacy” for his bravery and daring exploits. He is best known for a daring attack north of the Ohio River referred to as Morgan's Raid when, in 1863, he and his men rode more than 1,000 miles covering a region from Tennessee, up throu ...
... leader of Morgan's Raiders, known as the “Thunderbolt of the Confederacy” for his bravery and daring exploits. He is best known for a daring attack north of the Ohio River referred to as Morgan's Raid when, in 1863, he and his men rode more than 1,000 miles covering a region from Tennessee, up throu ...
Ulysses S. Grant
... To win the Civil War, the Union needed to take control of the South, including all of its cities and roads. Nobody in the North expected this to be so difficult. The Union had more than a million men in uniform. 10 By the end of the Civil War, one out of every ten Union soldiers was African American ...
... To win the Civil War, the Union needed to take control of the South, including all of its cities and roads. Nobody in the North expected this to be so difficult. The Union had more than a million men in uniform. 10 By the end of the Civil War, one out of every ten Union soldiers was African American ...
ECWC TOPIC Environment Essay
... helped stop Union Major General George Brinton McClellan’s Army of the Potomac at the gates of Richmond in 1862, and it exacerbated the intensity, confusion, and carnage at the Wilderness in 1864. Terrain in the Civil War, historian Mark Fiege has argued, represented a “weapon, shield, and prize.”5 ...
... helped stop Union Major General George Brinton McClellan’s Army of the Potomac at the gates of Richmond in 1862, and it exacerbated the intensity, confusion, and carnage at the Wilderness in 1864. Terrain in the Civil War, historian Mark Fiege has argued, represented a “weapon, shield, and prize.”5 ...
Major General George G. Meade
... commanders of United States forces during the American Civil War. He commanded the Army of the Potomac, the main Federal army in the Eastern Theater of war, from June 1863 to the end of the war in April 1865, serving longer than any other commander. He is perhaps best known for his crucial victory i ...
... commanders of United States forces during the American Civil War. He commanded the Army of the Potomac, the main Federal army in the Eastern Theater of war, from June 1863 to the end of the war in April 1865, serving longer than any other commander. He is perhaps best known for his crucial victory i ...
Antietam: A Failure To Achieve Victory
... The Confederate troops were in poor condition. Beyond supply and food issues, the Army ofNorthern Virginia was improperly equipped. Lee himself stated that the army "lacks much of the material ofwar, is feeble in transportation, the animals being much reduced, and the men are poorly provided with cl ...
... The Confederate troops were in poor condition. Beyond supply and food issues, the Army ofNorthern Virginia was improperly equipped. Lee himself stated that the army "lacks much of the material ofwar, is feeble in transportation, the animals being much reduced, and the men are poorly provided with cl ...
Rob The Banks! The Missouri Guerrilla War 1860
... In March 1861, the new state Governor of Missouri, the majority of the legislature, and the State Militia were all pro-secessionist. They demanded the turn-over of the Federal arsenal in St. Louis, which was refused. Street fighting broke out in St. Louis between radical Republican "Wide Awakes" (mo ...
... In March 1861, the new state Governor of Missouri, the majority of the legislature, and the State Militia were all pro-secessionist. They demanded the turn-over of the Federal arsenal in St. Louis, which was refused. Street fighting broke out in St. Louis between radical Republican "Wide Awakes" (mo ...
CW Bugle PDF page - The Kentucky Civil War Bugle
... Henry on the opposite (Tennesse) shore. Heiman, Henry and Donelson were three “sister" Civil War forts guarding the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers and a key rail line. Heiman is near Murray and just over the Kentucky line, some 20 miles from Fort Donelson. Heiman is linear in shape and has two sets ...
... Henry on the opposite (Tennesse) shore. Heiman, Henry and Donelson were three “sister" Civil War forts guarding the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers and a key rail line. Heiman is near Murray and just over the Kentucky line, some 20 miles from Fort Donelson. Heiman is linear in shape and has two sets ...
The Civil War ~ Webquest
... 15. What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allow these two territories to decide? 16. What nickname did Kansas receive during the fighting? 17. How did antislavery forces hide their guns when they shipped them from the Northeast to Kansas? 18. How many people did John Brown and his followers kill ...
... 15. What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allow these two territories to decide? 16. What nickname did Kansas receive during the fighting? 17. How did antislavery forces hide their guns when they shipped them from the Northeast to Kansas? 18. How many people did John Brown and his followers kill ...
Chapter 9: The Civil War, 1861-1865
... governments of Europe in a difficult position. The United States did not want the Europeans interfering in the war and expected them to respect the North’s blockade of Southern ports. Confederate leaders, on the other hand, wanted the Europeans, particularly the British, to recognize the Confederate ...
... governments of Europe in a difficult position. The United States did not want the Europeans interfering in the war and expected them to respect the North’s blockade of Southern ports. Confederate leaders, on the other hand, wanted the Europeans, particularly the British, to recognize the Confederate ...
WHO WAS THE CIVIL WAR`S PREMIER CAVALRY COMMANDER?
... The first of the Stuarts landed in America in 1726, his forebears fighting in the Revolutionary war and his father in the War of 1812. His father was a representative in the Virginia Legislature who married Elizabeth Letcher Pannill, a descendant of the distinguished Letcher family; actually Letcher ...
... The first of the Stuarts landed in America in 1726, his forebears fighting in the Revolutionary war and his father in the War of 1812. His father was a representative in the Virginia Legislature who married Elizabeth Letcher Pannill, a descendant of the distinguished Letcher family; actually Letcher ...
FINDING YOUR CIVIL WAR ANCESTOR
... This index to pension files includes some Civil War veterans, but only if they were serving in the Regular Army, Navy or Marine Corps before the Civil War. It is available on microfilm at NARA and online at: https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1979425 You may not find a pension (Union or ...
... This index to pension files includes some Civil War veterans, but only if they were serving in the Regular Army, Navy or Marine Corps before the Civil War. It is available on microfilm at NARA and online at: https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1979425 You may not find a pension (Union or ...
the museum of the confederacy
... 8. The Union army laid siege to a small town on the Mississippi River cutting it off from all supply for forty-seven days from May through July 4of 1863. What is the name of this ...
... 8. The Union army laid siege to a small town on the Mississippi River cutting it off from all supply for forty-seven days from May through July 4of 1863. What is the name of this ...
Fort Fisher 1865 - SlapDash Publishing
... Beaufort, North Carolina were typical of the antebellum masonry forts built along both the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. By the 1860s, however, such forts had been made obsolete by improved weaponry. Heavy artillery bombardments could pound such defenses into rubble, as was the case when Union forces at ...
... Beaufort, North Carolina were typical of the antebellum masonry forts built along both the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. By the 1860s, however, such forts had been made obsolete by improved weaponry. Heavy artillery bombardments could pound such defenses into rubble, as was the case when Union forces at ...
Wilmer McLean`s Civil War odyssey Enid News and Eagle
... Virginia militia too old to return to active duty and assist the South on the battlefield. Yet, the Civil War could be said to have gravitated to this man in his very backyard. Leading up to the first great battle of the war, on July 18, 1861, along a creek known as Bull Run near the rail crossroads ...
... Virginia militia too old to return to active duty and assist the South on the battlefield. Yet, the Civil War could be said to have gravitated to this man in his very backyard. Leading up to the first great battle of the war, on July 18, 1861, along a creek known as Bull Run near the rail crossroads ...
Nathan Bedford Forrest Primary Sources
... William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (1805-1877) was an influential East Tennessee minister, journalist, and governor. On the eve of the Civil War, his newspaper, popularly known as Brownlow's Whig, reached nearly eleven thousand subscribers across the nation. The Parson was a prominent spokesperson f ...
... William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (1805-1877) was an influential East Tennessee minister, journalist, and governor. On the eve of the Civil War, his newspaper, popularly known as Brownlow's Whig, reached nearly eleven thousand subscribers across the nation. The Parson was a prominent spokesperson f ...
Chapter 7: The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
... distances. This meant that troops charging at enemy lines would be fired upon with more accuracy, producing much higher casualties. At the same time, instead of standing in a line, troops defending positions in the Civil War began to use trenches and barricades to protect themselves. The combination ...
... distances. This meant that troops charging at enemy lines would be fired upon with more accuracy, producing much higher casualties. At the same time, instead of standing in a line, troops defending positions in the Civil War began to use trenches and barricades to protect themselves. The combination ...
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.