Camp 1220 May 2014
... Historians have long debated the causes of the war and the Southern perspective differs greatly from the Northern perspective. Based upon the study of original documents of the War Between the States era and facts and information published by Confederate Veterans, Confederate Chaplains, Southern Wri ...
... Historians have long debated the causes of the war and the Southern perspective differs greatly from the Northern perspective. Based upon the study of original documents of the War Between the States era and facts and information published by Confederate Veterans, Confederate Chaplains, Southern Wri ...
View PDF - Cincinnati History Library and Archives
... sword of vengeance" would be a factor in motivating the inspired volunteers to flock to the colors. The Civil War bore out Clausewitz' predictions. In 1861, in spite of the war against the Indians in the Northwest Territory, the War of 1812, and the Mexican War, no serious efforts had yet been made ...
... sword of vengeance" would be a factor in motivating the inspired volunteers to flock to the colors. The Civil War bore out Clausewitz' predictions. In 1861, in spite of the war against the Indians in the Northwest Territory, the War of 1812, and the Mexican War, no serious efforts had yet been made ...
The Collapse of the Confederacy: Class Dissent, Unionism, and
... owners within these communities. These rural communities had a hard time relating to the large plantation owners, who owned many slaves, who did most of the work on their plantations. Those who opposed secession also resented the fact that a relatively small group of slave owners held the political ...
... owners within these communities. These rural communities had a hard time relating to the large plantation owners, who owned many slaves, who did most of the work on their plantations. Those who opposed secession also resented the fact that a relatively small group of slave owners held the political ...
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’ ...
1 Civil War Lithograph Of The First Refreshment Saloon
... Military History of Ulysses S. Grant, from April 1861 to April 1865. New York, 1881. Three volumes. Thick octavo, contemporary three-quarter dark green morocco. $4500. First edition, mixed issue set of aide-de-camp Badeau’s important “eyewitness estimation of Grant’s performance during the war,” wi ...
... Military History of Ulysses S. Grant, from April 1861 to April 1865. New York, 1881. Three volumes. Thick octavo, contemporary three-quarter dark green morocco. $4500. First edition, mixed issue set of aide-de-camp Badeau’s important “eyewitness estimation of Grant’s performance during the war,” wi ...
A Study of Civil War Leadership: Gettysburg
... T. Harry Williams wrote the classic work on the Union leadership entitled Lincoln and his Generals. He tracks leadership from the start of the war until the Battle of Appomattox. He writes about Lincoln’s Generals in a light that exemplifies their character, their strengths, their weaknesses, and h ...
... T. Harry Williams wrote the classic work on the Union leadership entitled Lincoln and his Generals. He tracks leadership from the start of the war until the Battle of Appomattox. He writes about Lincoln’s Generals in a light that exemplifies their character, their strengths, their weaknesses, and h ...
Civil War Communications and Cryptology
... Kilpatrick, Sherman’s chief of cavalry was operating in the vicinity of Macon, Georgia. In accordance with Sherman’s standing order, he cut down Confederate telegraph lines. One line was left open and Union personnel tapped it, intercepting a message from General Hardee to theater coordinator Gener ...
... Kilpatrick, Sherman’s chief of cavalry was operating in the vicinity of Macon, Georgia. In accordance with Sherman’s standing order, he cut down Confederate telegraph lines. One line was left open and Union personnel tapped it, intercepting a message from General Hardee to theater coordinator Gener ...
Northern and Southern Intentionality in the Civil War
... that arise in the debate over why the South lost the Civil War include: Was the Southern defeat inevitable given the North's statistical advantages? Did the North win the Civil War by numbers alone? Was the Southern defeat, or Northern victory inevitable? Could the South have won under other circums ...
... that arise in the debate over why the South lost the Civil War include: Was the Southern defeat inevitable given the North's statistical advantages? Did the North win the Civil War by numbers alone? Was the Southern defeat, or Northern victory inevitable? Could the South have won under other circums ...
The Long-Run Effects of Losing the Civil War: Evidence from Border
... treatment of Union and Confederate veterans themselves. Nothing in the existing literature has tracked comparable individuals from both the Union and Confederate sides in order to observe di↵erences in long-run outcomes at the individual level.2 For the most part, this is due to data unavailability ...
... treatment of Union and Confederate veterans themselves. Nothing in the existing literature has tracked comparable individuals from both the Union and Confederate sides in order to observe di↵erences in long-run outcomes at the individual level.2 For the most part, this is due to data unavailability ...
Was the Civil War a Total War?
... a later work in which he hedged a bit on calling the Civil War a total war: "Trite it may be to say that the Civil War was the first of the modern wars, but this is a truth that needs to be repeated. If the Civil War was not quite total, it missed totality by only a narrow margin." Modernity is not ...
... a later work in which he hedged a bit on calling the Civil War a total war: "Trite it may be to say that the Civil War was the first of the modern wars, but this is a truth that needs to be repeated. If the Civil War was not quite total, it missed totality by only a narrow margin." Modernity is not ...
The Political Situation (cont.)
... • As the Civil War began, there were many Republicans and Northern Democrats who challenged Lincoln’s policies. • Lincoln’s goal was to preserve the Union, even if that meant allowing slavery to continue. • The War Democrats supported the Civil War and restoring the Union. They opposed ending sl ...
... • As the Civil War began, there were many Republicans and Northern Democrats who challenged Lincoln’s policies. • Lincoln’s goal was to preserve the Union, even if that meant allowing slavery to continue. • The War Democrats supported the Civil War and restoring the Union. They opposed ending sl ...
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 ...
American Civil War - Yesterday`s Muse Books
... alphabetical reference of field officers under Lee’s command during the American Civil War, with brief accounts of service. Includes appendix of other Confederate field officers in armies other the Northern Virginia, and a list of regiments and battalions in the Army of Northern Virginia. Near fine ...
... alphabetical reference of field officers under Lee’s command during the American Civil War, with brief accounts of service. Includes appendix of other Confederate field officers in armies other the Northern Virginia, and a list of regiments and battalions in the Army of Northern Virginia. Near fine ...
1864-1865: Bringing the War to an End
... American liberty, with which Abraham Lincoln has discharged, under circumstances of unparalleled difficulty, the great duties and responsibilities of the presidential office; that we approve and indorse, as demanded by the emergency and essential to the preservation of the nation, and as within the ...
... American liberty, with which Abraham Lincoln has discharged, under circumstances of unparalleled difficulty, the great duties and responsibilities of the presidential office; that we approve and indorse, as demanded by the emergency and essential to the preservation of the nation, and as within the ...
Origins of the Lost Cause: Pollard to the Present
... military loss was due to the “massive Northern manpower and material,” not any martial ability on the part of Union officers or men. Finally, Northern military leaders were viewed as butchers, specifically William Tecumseh Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant, or blundering, such as George B. McClellan; mea ...
... military loss was due to the “massive Northern manpower and material,” not any martial ability on the part of Union officers or men. Finally, Northern military leaders were viewed as butchers, specifically William Tecumseh Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant, or blundering, such as George B. McClellan; mea ...
kentucky`s civil war heritage guide
... Hwy. 1920, Perryville, 859/332-8631. Kentucky’s largest Civil War battle raged around the village of Perryville on October 8, 1862. It was the Confederacy’s last attempt to take possession of Kentucky. The site features a 300-acre battlefield and a museum featuring artifacts and displays related to ...
... Hwy. 1920, Perryville, 859/332-8631. Kentucky’s largest Civil War battle raged around the village of Perryville on October 8, 1862. It was the Confederacy’s last attempt to take possession of Kentucky. The site features a 300-acre battlefield and a museum featuring artifacts and displays related to ...
1864–1865: Bringing the War to an End
... American liberty, with which Abraham Lincoln has discharged, under circumstances of unparalleled difficulty, the great duties and responsibilities of the presidential office; that we approve and indorse, as demanded by the emergency and essential to the preservation of the nation, and as within the ...
... American liberty, with which Abraham Lincoln has discharged, under circumstances of unparalleled difficulty, the great duties and responsibilities of the presidential office; that we approve and indorse, as demanded by the emergency and essential to the preservation of the nation, and as within the ...
From Reform to Revolution: The Transformation of Confederate
... Fitzhugh’s rhetoric was convincing, and it was also supported at even the highest levels of the Confederate administration. The most prominent source of this perspective of the Confederacy as a conservative project comes from President Jefferson Davis’s first inaugural address, given on February 18t ...
... Fitzhugh’s rhetoric was convincing, and it was also supported at even the highest levels of the Confederate administration. The most prominent source of this perspective of the Confederacy as a conservative project comes from President Jefferson Davis’s first inaugural address, given on February 18t ...
Donovan Civil War Webquest
... http://webquest.ipower.com//Archive/BrotherAgainstBrother2/index.htm “Union: ...
... http://webquest.ipower.com//Archive/BrotherAgainstBrother2/index.htm “Union: ...
Balloon Operations on the Peninsula in 1862
... to the Union, and although the Confederacy tried to use their own balloons, they were not as successful. During the first two years of the war, Lowe worked with many generals. They all used the balloon tactics differently; some utilized the information heavily and some did not care for the balloons ...
... to the Union, and although the Confederacy tried to use their own balloons, they were not as successful. During the first two years of the war, Lowe worked with many generals. They all used the balloon tactics differently; some utilized the information heavily and some did not care for the balloons ...
Desertion in the Confederate Army: A Disease that Crippled Dixie
... exemption or with subordinate military officers for assignment to easy duties.5 Many soldiers who enlisted amid the excitement during the beginning of the war in 1861 believed they could go home after they completed one year of duty. In April 1862, the Confederate Congress passed the first of two co ...
... exemption or with subordinate military officers for assignment to easy duties.5 Many soldiers who enlisted amid the excitement during the beginning of the war in 1861 believed they could go home after they completed one year of duty. In April 1862, the Confederate Congress passed the first of two co ...
Background Guide
... University of Pennsylvania, Florida State University, and other universities. I am extremely passionate about competing and directing crisis committees and am thrilled to delve into the alluring topic that is the American Civil War. However, this committee offers a twist on the conventional study of ...
... University of Pennsylvania, Florida State University, and other universities. I am extremely passionate about competing and directing crisis committees and am thrilled to delve into the alluring topic that is the American Civil War. However, this committee offers a twist on the conventional study of ...
ECWC TOPIC Environment Essay
... recognize his clear numerical superiority—extended the war’s length and devastation. The Union Army of the Potomac took refuge near Washington until forced from their slumber into battle at Antietam. Terrain had consistently been a shaping force for both Federals and Confederates, but it would even ...
... recognize his clear numerical superiority—extended the war’s length and devastation. The Union Army of the Potomac took refuge near Washington until forced from their slumber into battle at Antietam. Terrain had consistently been a shaping force for both Federals and Confederates, but it would even ...
the museum of the confederacy
... Find the case on “Substitutions and Making Do: Ersatz in the Confederacy.” List two items that southern women made because they could no longer purchase them. Name the material from which each was made. ...
... Find the case on “Substitutions and Making Do: Ersatz in the Confederacy.” List two items that southern women made because they could no longer purchase them. Name the material from which each was made. ...
The Civil War ~ Webquest
... 39. What problems did the similarities between the Union and Confederate flags cause on the battlefields? **Click on the LeMat Revolver 40. How was the LeMat Revolver different from other pistols of the Civil War? **Click on Confederate Enlisted Man’s Kepi 41. What color was the typical Confederate ...
... 39. What problems did the similarities between the Union and Confederate flags cause on the battlefields? **Click on the LeMat Revolver 40. How was the LeMat Revolver different from other pistols of the Civil War? **Click on Confederate Enlisted Man’s Kepi 41. What color was the typical Confederate ...