"The Naples of America," Pensacola during the Civil War
... Union’s occupation of Fort Pickens located on Santa Rosa Island and evaluates the North’s strategy in occupying the position. To illustrate the fort’s strengths, the thesis provides accounts of the battle of Santa Rosa Island and the following artillery duels. Because of its limited importance durin ...
... Union’s occupation of Fort Pickens located on Santa Rosa Island and evaluates the North’s strategy in occupying the position. To illustrate the fort’s strengths, the thesis provides accounts of the battle of Santa Rosa Island and the following artillery duels. Because of its limited importance durin ...
The Mob from Massac
... only an adherence to duty and oath. As the scene develops, and particularly when he speaks about the centrality of “the law,” Judge Priest makes starkly clear that he will not back away, even if it means acting in ways that go against his own self-interest (268). By insisting that “the law” must be ...
... only an adherence to duty and oath. As the scene develops, and particularly when he speaks about the centrality of “the law,” Judge Priest makes starkly clear that he will not back away, even if it means acting in ways that go against his own self-interest (268). By insisting that “the law” must be ...
A History of Jefferson County, Texas
... by several Native American tribes. Atakapas were found east of the lower Neches River, and two subgroups of the Atakapas (the Dedoses and the Akokisas) lived west of the lower Neches. These peoples had lived as hunter-gatherers in the area for several thousands of years before the arrival of Europea ...
... by several Native American tribes. Atakapas were found east of the lower Neches River, and two subgroups of the Atakapas (the Dedoses and the Akokisas) lived west of the lower Neches. These peoples had lived as hunter-gatherers in the area for several thousands of years before the arrival of Europea ...
Issue 1 - Library
... This has been a very painful story for me to write. War fought on the grounds one walks on everyday for reasons that the Great Rebellion was fought, seems to not only have been useless but so very ridiculous. I have always, because I was born and raised in the South, seen myself as a Confederate her ...
... This has been a very painful story for me to write. War fought on the grounds one walks on everyday for reasons that the Great Rebellion was fought, seems to not only have been useless but so very ridiculous. I have always, because I was born and raised in the South, seen myself as a Confederate her ...
Allow Me to Call Your Attention to the Situation of the Forts
... indicated its lack of understanding about Hatteras’ role in defending eastern North Carolina and its repeated mismanagement culminated in major defeat. When a naval fleet appeared on August 27, Confederate Colonel William Martin had not nearly enough men to both work the cannons and “successfully re ...
... indicated its lack of understanding about Hatteras’ role in defending eastern North Carolina and its repeated mismanagement culminated in major defeat. When a naval fleet appeared on August 27, Confederate Colonel William Martin had not nearly enough men to both work the cannons and “successfully re ...
Driving Tour of the Civil War Sites of Cape Girardeau
... battle, mostly the battle consisted of an artillery duel in which the Confederates were easily outgunned. The battle began in the morning as a Union skirmish line south of this point retreated from the Confederate forces. Most of the engaged Union forces were from the 1st Nebraska Infantry. The Unio ...
... battle, mostly the battle consisted of an artillery duel in which the Confederates were easily outgunned. The battle began in the morning as a Union skirmish line south of this point retreated from the Confederate forces. Most of the engaged Union forces were from the 1st Nebraska Infantry. The Unio ...
WaLton ReLationS - Walton County Heritage Museum
... area, at their womenfolk’s urging, joined what would be known as the Walton Guards. In early April 1861, about a month later, these men met again, organized, and elected their company officers, who were: ...
... area, at their womenfolk’s urging, joined what would be known as the Walton Guards. In early April 1861, about a month later, these men met again, organized, and elected their company officers, who were: ...
A Public History Project Atblakeley Historic Park, Alabama
... Northern Virginia to Union commander General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, the last major battle of the Civil War was fought at Fort Blakely 1 , Alabama, ten miles northeast of Mobile on the bluffs overlooking the Tensaw River. On April 9, 1865, after an eight-day siege, 16,000 Union tro ...
... Northern Virginia to Union commander General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, the last major battle of the Civil War was fought at Fort Blakely 1 , Alabama, ten miles northeast of Mobile on the bluffs overlooking the Tensaw River. On April 9, 1865, after an eight-day siege, 16,000 Union tro ...
heading one
... Northern Virginia to Union commander General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, the last major battle of the Civil War was fought at Fort Blakely 1 , Alabama, ten miles northeast of Mobile on the bluffs overlooking the Tensaw River. On April 9, 1865, after an eight-day siege, 16,000 Union tro ...
... Northern Virginia to Union commander General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, the last major battle of the Civil War was fought at Fort Blakely 1 , Alabama, ten miles northeast of Mobile on the bluffs overlooking the Tensaw River. On April 9, 1865, after an eight-day siege, 16,000 Union tro ...
The Wealthiest Slave in Savannah - B
... high. Anderson’s nephew Hardy Smith also refused to buy the slaves. As Sherman’s army closed in on Savannah, Rachel’s family must have felt particularly vulnerable. Charles Brownfield was ...
... high. Anderson’s nephew Hardy Smith also refused to buy the slaves. As Sherman’s army closed in on Savannah, Rachel’s family must have felt particularly vulnerable. Charles Brownfield was ...
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 ...
the politics of command in the fort
... it has come to be viewed cynically (though often justifiably) as a tool by which politicians or political groups extend or promote their agendas. Historians have done a superb job of exposing war as a tool of politics, but they have neglected one important area: the analysis and understanding of the ...
... it has come to be viewed cynically (though often justifiably) as a tool by which politicians or political groups extend or promote their agendas. Historians have done a superb job of exposing war as a tool of politics, but they have neglected one important area: the analysis and understanding of the ...
Sabine Pass in the Civil War
... E. I. KeIlie, founder in 1865 of the Jasper Newsboy and long-time steamboat captain and politician, confirmed in his memoirs that Sabine Pass was a boomtown in 1861, and estimated its population at 3,000. He was a sixteen-yearold printer's devil for the Sabine Times when its publisher, J. T. Fuller, ...
... E. I. KeIlie, founder in 1865 of the Jasper Newsboy and long-time steamboat captain and politician, confirmed in his memoirs that Sabine Pass was a boomtown in 1861, and estimated its population at 3,000. He was a sixteen-yearold printer's devil for the Sabine Times when its publisher, J. T. Fuller, ...
Fort Fisher: Amphibious Victory in the American Civil War
... American experience with amphibious operations during the Civil War produced mixed results up to the final action at Fort Fisher in January 1865. Grant made good use of the Navy in maneuvering his army along the Cumberland, Mississippi, and Tennessee rivers in the first two years of the war. These d ...
... American experience with amphibious operations during the Civil War produced mixed results up to the final action at Fort Fisher in January 1865. Grant made good use of the Navy in maneuvering his army along the Cumberland, Mississippi, and Tennessee rivers in the first two years of the war. These d ...
Ironclads and Gunboats - Villages Civil War Study Group
... David G. Farragut's fleet, which did not contain any ironclads, was able to defeat a confederate naval force of thirteen ships, including two ironclads, the CSS Mannasas and CSS Louisiana, both of which were falling apart before the engagement, and did little to stifle Farragut's fleet. The last bat ...
... David G. Farragut's fleet, which did not contain any ironclads, was able to defeat a confederate naval force of thirteen ships, including two ironclads, the CSS Mannasas and CSS Louisiana, both of which were falling apart before the engagement, and did little to stifle Farragut's fleet. The last bat ...
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 ...
Civil War Comes to Pulaski County
... he effects of the Civil War that began with the Confederate firing on Fort Sumter on April 12 had been felt some in Pulaski County as early as that spring of 1861. Many Pulaski Countians were from Tennessee, North Carolina, and Kentucky. Their sentiments were with the South. Lincoln only received se ...
... he effects of the Civil War that began with the Confederate firing on Fort Sumter on April 12 had been felt some in Pulaski County as early as that spring of 1861. Many Pulaski Countians were from Tennessee, North Carolina, and Kentucky. Their sentiments were with the South. Lincoln only received se ...
The Archaeology of Civil War Naval Operations in Charleston
... successful combat submarine in history, which sunk the USS Housatonic on 17 February 1864. Blockade runners evading the Union gauntlet provided a tenuous lifeline with the outside world by exporting cotton, rice, and naval stores in exchange for needed military supplies, as well as luxury goods. On ...
... successful combat submarine in history, which sunk the USS Housatonic on 17 February 1864. Blockade runners evading the Union gauntlet provided a tenuous lifeline with the outside world by exporting cotton, rice, and naval stores in exchange for needed military supplies, as well as luxury goods. On ...
- Explore Georgia
... Cumberland. Most recruiting took control, and enslaved Georgians place in summer 1864, when the began making their way to 44th USCI was stationed in Rome, Union lines. On April 7, 1862, Ga., and its ranks grew to approximately 800 black Abraham Murchison, an escaped slave and preacher enlisted men c ...
... Cumberland. Most recruiting took control, and enslaved Georgians place in summer 1864, when the began making their way to 44th USCI was stationed in Rome, Union lines. On April 7, 1862, Ga., and its ranks grew to approximately 800 black Abraham Murchison, an escaped slave and preacher enlisted men c ...
1 From Civil War Fort to State Park: A History of Fort Pillow By Colin
... fort. A large sandbar in the middle of the river forced all traffic to pass within close proximity to the Tennessee shore at this point, so all river traffic could be regulated from this position on the bluff. Fulton, just downriver, served as an important center for receiving goods to be used at th ...
... fort. A large sandbar in the middle of the river forced all traffic to pass within close proximity to the Tennessee shore at this point, so all river traffic could be regulated from this position on the bluff. Fulton, just downriver, served as an important center for receiving goods to be used at th ...
Fort Pulaski
... As part of the Union’s Anaconda Plan to defeat the South, Fort 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 ...
... As part of the Union’s Anaconda Plan to defeat the South, Fort 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 ...
1 Apache Wickiup (Temporary Shelter) APACHE PASS Apache
... the immediate reaction was that the raiding had been accomplished by the Chiricahua Apaches under Cochise. Lt. George Bascom and 54 men of the 7th Infantry were sent to Apache Pass to recover the Ward boy and the stock. John Ward accompanied t he column as an interpreter. Lt Bascom arrived in Apache ...
... the immediate reaction was that the raiding had been accomplished by the Chiricahua Apaches under Cochise. Lt. George Bascom and 54 men of the 7th Infantry were sent to Apache Pass to recover the Ward boy and the stock. John Ward accompanied t he column as an interpreter. Lt Bascom arrived in Apache ...
Rivers and Rifles: The Role of Fort Heiman in the Western Theater of
... a significant portion of his force arrived on the 12th, as did the USS Carondelet, whose crew probed Fort Donelson’s defenses before the impending naval battle (Cooling 1987; Gott 2003:144). On February 13, small skirmishes and probing attacks commenced against the Confederate forces, despite Genera ...
... a significant portion of his force arrived on the 12th, as did the USS Carondelet, whose crew probed Fort Donelson’s defenses before the impending naval battle (Cooling 1987; Gott 2003:144). On February 13, small skirmishes and probing attacks commenced against the Confederate forces, despite Genera ...
Florida`s Long War by sfcdan (Formatted Word
... The Judah Affair The tense atmosphere at Pensacola finally erupted in the early morning hours of September 14, 1861. At 0330 about 100 sailors and marines from the USS Colorado boarded four of the ship’s boats and rowed quietly across the harbor toward the schooner Judah. The Confederate vessel was ...
... The Judah Affair The tense atmosphere at Pensacola finally erupted in the early morning hours of September 14, 1861. At 0330 about 100 sailors and marines from the USS Colorado boarded four of the ship’s boats and rowed quietly across the harbor toward the schooner Judah. The Confederate vessel was ...
Adolphus Heiman, a Brief Biography Ft. Heiman, Calloway County
... disabling the Undine, forcing the Venus to surrender, and causing the J. W. Cheeseman to be abandoned. Thereafter, the Confederates took a Union vessel and headed up river where they engaged the Union navy. Eventually Forrest burned all the seized ships once they had been stripped of their cargoes o ...
... disabling the Undine, forcing the Venus to surrender, and causing the J. W. Cheeseman to be abandoned. Thereafter, the Confederates took a Union vessel and headed up river where they engaged the Union navy. Eventually Forrest burned all the seized ships once they had been stripped of their cargoes o ...
Siege of Fort Pulaski
The Siege of Fort Pulaski (or the Siege and Reduction of Fort Pulaski) concluded with the Battle of Fort Pulaski fought April 10–11, 1862, during the American Civil War. Union forces on Tybee Island and naval operations conducted a 112-day siege, then captured the Confederate-held Fort Pulaski after a 30-hour bombardment. The siege and battle are important for innovative use of rifled guns which made existing coastal defenses obsolete. The Union initiated large scale amphibious operations under fire.The fort's surrender strategically closed Savannah as a port. The Union extended its blockade and aids to navigation down the Atlantic coast, then redeployed most of its 10,000 troops. The Confederate army-navy defense blocked Federal advance for over three months, secured the city, and prevented any subsequent Union advance from seaward during the war. Coastal rail connections were extended to blockaded Charleston, South Carolina.Fort Pulaski is located on Cockspur Island, Georgia, near the mouth of the Savannah River. The fort commanded seaward approaches to the City of Savannah. It was commercially and industrially important as a cotton exporting port, railroad center and the largest manufacturing center in the state, including a state arsenal and private shipyards. Two southerly estuaries led to the Savannah River behind the fort. Immediately east of Pulaski, and in sight of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, lay Tybee Island with a lighthouse station.