Unit: The Civil War 1861-1865
... Primarily Southern States/Territories Opposed Election of Lincoln ...
... Primarily Southern States/Territories Opposed Election of Lincoln ...
Edward G Eggeling - NC in the Civil War Home Page
... particularly with the principles and officers of the three major banks of Richmond, who handled all the banking needs for the entire city and indeed for the whole state. This included the elderly John BROCKENBROUGH, President of the Bank of Virginia. He had also become friends with the famous James ...
... particularly with the principles and officers of the three major banks of Richmond, who handled all the banking needs for the entire city and indeed for the whole state. This included the elderly John BROCKENBROUGH, President of the Bank of Virginia. He had also become friends with the famous James ...
`THAT MYSTIC CLOUD` Civil War Memory in the Tennessee
... Recollections of the Civil War —through what Warren termed the ‘mystic cloud’ of memory—have often been an imperfect representation of history. As David W. Blight has observed, Americans’ fascination with the war has more often focused on its “music and pathos” than “its enduring challenges, the the ...
... Recollections of the Civil War —through what Warren termed the ‘mystic cloud’ of memory—have often been an imperfect representation of history. As David W. Blight has observed, Americans’ fascination with the war has more often focused on its “music and pathos” than “its enduring challenges, the the ...
“`REBELS AGAINST A REBELLION`: SOUTHERN UNIONISTS IN
... commemorated fallen Confederate soldiers of “the war.” I next walked through the UGA Arch, symbol of America’s oldest state chartered institution of higher education, and then by the site of the famed Robert Toombs Oak tree, where the future Confederate statesmen allegedly delivered an antebellum sp ...
... commemorated fallen Confederate soldiers of “the war.” I next walked through the UGA Arch, symbol of America’s oldest state chartered institution of higher education, and then by the site of the famed Robert Toombs Oak tree, where the future Confederate statesmen allegedly delivered an antebellum sp ...
THE PATRIOTISM OF RICHMOND`S GERMAN
... I appreciate the intellectual and financial support of Virginia Tech’s History Department. Foremost among its faculty, Crandall Shifflett guided and encouraged me in approaching this topic. In addition, Professor Shifflett establishes, for his students, high expectations of study that, when met, giv ...
... I appreciate the intellectual and financial support of Virginia Tech’s History Department. Foremost among its faculty, Crandall Shifflett guided and encouraged me in approaching this topic. In addition, Professor Shifflett establishes, for his students, high expectations of study that, when met, giv ...
Competing Visions of America: The Fourth of July During the Civil
... Southern point of view, this was the time to stress the principles of the Founding Fathers. Rather than celebrating the Union, Southerners recognized constitutional rights and ideas of independence. This interpretation of Northern and Southern cultures falls in line with David M. Potter’s theory tha ...
... Southern point of view, this was the time to stress the principles of the Founding Fathers. Rather than celebrating the Union, Southerners recognized constitutional rights and ideas of independence. This interpretation of Northern and Southern cultures falls in line with David M. Potter’s theory tha ...
The latent enmity of Georgia
... Bailey argues that for Georgians during the Savannah Campaign, the march represented an episode “unparalleled in their immediate past.”13 Bailey presents the culture and development of Savannah, arguing that the city’s inhabitants lived in an almost naïve isolation from the war prior to Sherman’s a ...
... Bailey argues that for Georgians during the Savannah Campaign, the march represented an episode “unparalleled in their immediate past.”13 Bailey presents the culture and development of Savannah, arguing that the city’s inhabitants lived in an almost naïve isolation from the war prior to Sherman’s a ...
America`s Last Civil War Veterans and Participants
... self-sufficient and independent. This concept remains a great part of the American dream. The image of being in a quiet, orderly world where people could tranquilly rock on the porch at the end of a healthy workday or on Sunday, while enjoying a natural view breathing fresh air, still appeals. It wa ...
... self-sufficient and independent. This concept remains a great part of the American dream. The image of being in a quiet, orderly world where people could tranquilly rock on the porch at the end of a healthy workday or on Sunday, while enjoying a natural view breathing fresh air, still appeals. It wa ...
Honors Thesis - Emory University
... discussing how the seceded states would successfully break away from the North and cement their independence. Southerners knew that European recognition, particularly by Britain and France, would be essential to the security of the Confederate nation. Most Southerners, including Confederate Presiden ...
... discussing how the seceded states would successfully break away from the North and cement their independence. Southerners knew that European recognition, particularly by Britain and France, would be essential to the security of the Confederate nation. Most Southerners, including Confederate Presiden ...
Confederate Nationalism in Georgia, Louisiana, and Virginia During
... which established the supremacy of the individual states over the federal government. 7 The Selection of Georgia, Louisiana, and Virginia The South was a section of the nation, but divided into regions that were distinct and often defined by differing climates, topographies, and economic interests. ...
... which established the supremacy of the individual states over the federal government. 7 The Selection of Georgia, Louisiana, and Virginia The South was a section of the nation, but divided into regions that were distinct and often defined by differing climates, topographies, and economic interests. ...
“Victory is Our Only Road to Peace”: Texas, Wartime Morale, and
... points out that dissent, division, and conflict were just as prevalent, if not more so, in the wartime North as in the South. If those elements existed in the Union (and they most certainly did), why, then, did the Union still win the war? The basis of his query hinges upon the contention that event ...
... points out that dissent, division, and conflict were just as prevalent, if not more so, in the wartime North as in the South. If those elements existed in the Union (and they most certainly did), why, then, did the Union still win the war? The basis of his query hinges upon the contention that event ...
Soldiers of Long Odds: Confederate Operatives Combat the United
... factions and a behind-the-lines campaign based upon sabotage and subversion. Confederate congressional approval for the campaign of sabotage against “the enemy’s property, by land or sea” was given in February of 1864 along with a $5 million appropriation to finance the effort. 1 As a base of opera ...
... factions and a behind-the-lines campaign based upon sabotage and subversion. Confederate congressional approval for the campaign of sabotage against “the enemy’s property, by land or sea” was given in February of 1864 along with a $5 million appropriation to finance the effort. 1 As a base of opera ...
Published version
... free-trading Britain. Speculation regarding the tariff ’s possible economic and diplomatic consequences peppered the editorial pages of England, Ireland, and Scotland. Along with the northern blockade of the South, British recognition of southern belligerency in May 1861, the Trent Affair in Novemb ...
... free-trading Britain. Speculation regarding the tariff ’s possible economic and diplomatic consequences peppered the editorial pages of England, Ireland, and Scotland. Along with the northern blockade of the South, British recognition of southern belligerency in May 1861, the Trent Affair in Novemb ...
The Ports of Halifax and Saint John and the American Civil War
... but returned having visited Cherrystone, Virginia. A number of less fortunate New Brunswick and Nova Scotia sailing vessels fell into the hands of the USN. Saint John saddler Hen ry Horton invested his life savings in the Maine schooner Adelso, which was chartered to a Boston firm to car ry naval st ...
... but returned having visited Cherrystone, Virginia. A number of less fortunate New Brunswick and Nova Scotia sailing vessels fell into the hands of the USN. Saint John saddler Hen ry Horton invested his life savings in the Maine schooner Adelso, which was chartered to a Boston firm to car ry naval st ...
Allow Me to Call Your Attention to the Situation of the Forts
... The state lost the “key to the Albemarle” by not prioritizing it, and while it would learn from its mistakes, the greater Confederacy would not in the face of an even larger Union invasion.47 With the capture of Hatteras, Union officials saw the importance of seizing Roanoke Island as a springboard ...
... The state lost the “key to the Albemarle” by not prioritizing it, and while it would learn from its mistakes, the greater Confederacy would not in the face of an even larger Union invasion.47 With the capture of Hatteras, Union officials saw the importance of seizing Roanoke Island as a springboard ...
Southern honor, Confederate warfare : southern
... aggressiveness, courage, and masculinity. It also examines commanders’ efforts to avoid actions that might gain them the moniker of coward and how such concerns changed the way they led their men. The last of these points is particularly enlightening for understanding the role of southern culture in ...
... aggressiveness, courage, and masculinity. It also examines commanders’ efforts to avoid actions that might gain them the moniker of coward and how such concerns changed the way they led their men. The last of these points is particularly enlightening for understanding the role of southern culture in ...
Confederate Wooden Gunboat Construction
... for four years. The discrepancy between Union North versus Confederate South’s naval strength compelled Scharf to write a history explaining the Confederate States Navy’s overlooked, and outmatched, contributions to “the cause.” Scharf’s study was comprehensive and generally praiseworthy. He detaile ...
... for four years. The discrepancy between Union North versus Confederate South’s naval strength compelled Scharf to write a history explaining the Confederate States Navy’s overlooked, and outmatched, contributions to “the cause.” Scharf’s study was comprehensive and generally praiseworthy. He detaile ...
Judah Benjamin - Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation
... rather than revealing the true weakness of Southern forces, Benjamin, as Davis’s loyal Secretary of War, took the blame and resigned. Anti-Semitism was an unpleasant fact – North and South – during the Civil War years and Benjamin was falsely defamed as having weakened the Confederacy by transferrin ...
... rather than revealing the true weakness of Southern forces, Benjamin, as Davis’s loyal Secretary of War, took the blame and resigned. Anti-Semitism was an unpleasant fact – North and South – during the Civil War years and Benjamin was falsely defamed as having weakened the Confederacy by transferrin ...
THESIS CONFEDERATE MILITARY STRATEGY
... caused Bragg to be a constant target for criticisms, which affected the military strategy of the Army of Tennessee. Johnston, on the other hand, received much praise from soldiers. Johnston’s relationship with Davis hampered his success, and the success of the Confederate army in the West. Longstree ...
... caused Bragg to be a constant target for criticisms, which affected the military strategy of the Army of Tennessee. Johnston, on the other hand, received much praise from soldiers. Johnston’s relationship with Davis hampered his success, and the success of the Confederate army in the West. Longstree ...
A Vigorous blockade at every point: The Union Blockade
... Geography and communications determined Wilmington's growth and importance. Wilmington had rail connections to both Charleston and Richmond, which linked it to two of the Confederacy's most important cities. Wilmington lay on the banks of the Cape Fear River, twenty miles from the river’s mouth and ...
... Geography and communications determined Wilmington's growth and importance. Wilmington had rail connections to both Charleston and Richmond, which linked it to two of the Confederacy's most important cities. Wilmington lay on the banks of the Cape Fear River, twenty miles from the river’s mouth and ...
ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: CONFEDERATE FEDERALISM: A
... Investigating a topic as broad the Confederate governors’ perspective on federalism could not have been accomplished without help from others. Having visited libraries and state archives throughout the former Confederate states and beyond, I was fortunate to have encountered many dedicated archivist ...
... Investigating a topic as broad the Confederate governors’ perspective on federalism could not have been accomplished without help from others. Having visited libraries and state archives throughout the former Confederate states and beyond, I was fortunate to have encountered many dedicated archivist ...
Something So Dim It Must Be Holy
... like trumpeting the Confederate cause. The state was a socially, economically, psychologically and politically shattered entity. One Arkansas diarist noted at the end of the Civil War that the Confederate army and its citizens were left "defeated and scattered, our resources nearly exhausted, and ou ...
... like trumpeting the Confederate cause. The state was a socially, economically, psychologically and politically shattered entity. One Arkansas diarist noted at the end of the Civil War that the Confederate army and its citizens were left "defeated and scattered, our resources nearly exhausted, and ou ...
Understanding the War Between The States Downloadable pdf
... Sumter “First Shot Strategy” to Launch the Subjugation of Democrat Border States and Proceed with the Invasion, by Howard Ray White of N. C., S.I.S.H. Chapter 20: In Response to Lincoln’s War Proclamation, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas Secede, and the Civilized Native American Nat ...
... Sumter “First Shot Strategy” to Launch the Subjugation of Democrat Border States and Proceed with the Invasion, by Howard Ray White of N. C., S.I.S.H. Chapter 20: In Response to Lincoln’s War Proclamation, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas Secede, and the Civilized Native American Nat ...
American Civil War Postage Due
... the North and the South, especially from soldiers in the field or in prisoner of war camps. The mail was the major form of communication for individuals and businesses in the United States (and the world for that matter) during this time period. After the start of secession on December 20, 1860 in S ...
... the North and the South, especially from soldiers in the field or in prisoner of war camps. The mail was the major form of communication for individuals and businesses in the United States (and the world for that matter) during this time period. After the start of secession on December 20, 1860 in S ...
Nationalism and Internationalism in the Era of the Civil War
... Jörg Nagler: One of the great opportunities made available by studying the American Civil War from a transnational and/or global perspective is the chance to de-provincialize one of the central events in American history, put it into new contexts and see connections we have neglected. Antebellum Ame ...
... Jörg Nagler: One of the great opportunities made available by studying the American Civil War from a transnational and/or global perspective is the chance to de-provincialize one of the central events in American history, put it into new contexts and see connections we have neglected. Antebellum Ame ...
Confederate States of America
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The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was a confederation of secessionist American states existing from 1861 to 1865. It was originally formed by seven slave states in the Lower South region of the United States whose regional economy was mostly dependent upon agriculture, particularly cotton, and a plantation system that relied upon the enslavement of African Americans.Each state declared its secession from the United States following the November 1860 election of Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln to the U.S. presidency on a platform which opposed the expansion of slavery. A new Confederate government was proclaimed in February 1861 before Lincoln took office in March, but was considered illegal by the government of the United States. After civil war began in April, four slave states of the Upper South also declared their secession and joined the Confederacy. The Confederacy later accepted Missouri and Kentucky as members, although neither officially declared secession nor were they ever fully controlled by Confederate forces; Confederate shadow governments attempted to control the two states but were later exiled from them.The government of the United States (the Union) rejected the claims of secession and considered the Confederacy illegitimate. The American Civil War began with the April 12, 1861 Confederate attack upon Fort Sumter, a Union fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. In spring 1865, after very heavy fighting, largely on Confederate territory, all the Confederate forces surrendered and the Confederacy vanished. No foreign government officially recognized the Confederacy as an independent country, although Great Britain and France granted it belligerent status. While the war lacked a formal end, Jefferson Davis later lamented that the Confederacy had ""disappeared"" in 1865.