Confederate Nationalism in Georgia, Louisiana, and Virginia During
... Savannah, the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond, and at the Historic New Orleans Collection and Tulane University in New Orleans. The Andrew W. Mellon Research Fellowship from the Virginia Historical Society and two graduate student Mellon research fellowships from the College of Arts and Scie ...
... Savannah, the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond, and at the Historic New Orleans Collection and Tulane University in New Orleans. The Andrew W. Mellon Research Fellowship from the Virginia Historical Society and two graduate student Mellon research fellowships from the College of Arts and Scie ...
“`REBELS AGAINST A REBELLION`: SOUTHERN UNIONISTS IN
... the war: the uncompromising, stalwart southern unionists. Upon reading this chapter of Horwitz’s fascinating tour of the former Confederacy, I puzzled over how despite his wellmeaning and dedicated attempts to come to grips with America’s Civil War, he had not found even one person in Salisbury or N ...
... the war: the uncompromising, stalwart southern unionists. Upon reading this chapter of Horwitz’s fascinating tour of the former Confederacy, I puzzled over how despite his wellmeaning and dedicated attempts to come to grips with America’s Civil War, he had not found even one person in Salisbury or N ...
ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: CONFEDERATE FEDERALISM: A
... state officials.20 The governor’s authority was reduced, however, by the Constitutions of 1845 and 1852. His appointive powers were limited, and ultimately, these powers were removed altogether. By the 1850s, Louisiana’s governor “retained the veto power but little else.” The cause for the governor ...
... state officials.20 The governor’s authority was reduced, however, by the Constitutions of 1845 and 1852. His appointive powers were limited, and ultimately, these powers were removed altogether. By the 1850s, Louisiana’s governor “retained the veto power but little else.” The cause for the governor ...
civil war generals of the union - Teaching American History -TAH2
... General-in-chief of the Union Army 1864-1865 Graduate of United States Military Academy at West Point Nickname ...
... General-in-chief of the Union Army 1864-1865 Graduate of United States Military Academy at West Point Nickname ...
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
... Press, 1990) contends that the Civil War was a truly revolutionary experience, and that Lincoln was an ideal revolutionary. A splendid book of essays is G. S. Boritt, ed., Lincoln the War ...
... Press, 1990) contends that the Civil War was a truly revolutionary experience, and that Lincoln was an ideal revolutionary. A splendid book of essays is G. S. Boritt, ed., Lincoln the War ...
The Battles for Chattanooga, 1863-1865
... battles at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, defeats that would leave the Union force in uncontested control of Chattanooga. Thus, the Confederacy would lose their last significant foothold in Tennessee while the Union would gain an entrance into Georgia. The cost in lives would be tragically ...
... battles at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, defeats that would leave the Union force in uncontested control of Chattanooga. Thus, the Confederacy would lose their last significant foothold in Tennessee while the Union would gain an entrance into Georgia. The cost in lives would be tragically ...
A Unique Hell in Southwestern Virginia: Confederate Guerrillas and
... and reveal how the railroad’s tonnages of transported foodstuffs comprised a large percentage of Confederate armies’ food requirements. This thesis will explore multiple questions about the role of guerrillas in southwestern Virginia. First, at a tactical level, how did Confederate guerrillas partic ...
... and reveal how the railroad’s tonnages of transported foodstuffs comprised a large percentage of Confederate armies’ food requirements. This thesis will explore multiple questions about the role of guerrillas in southwestern Virginia. First, at a tactical level, how did Confederate guerrillas partic ...
Listing of books in CSO Library
... Wearing of the Gray: Being Personal Portraits, Scenes and Adventures of the War Thunder Along the Mississippi: The River Battles that Split the Confederacy In & Out of Rebel Prisons I Take My Pen in Hand: Civil War Letters 100th NY Vols Jefferson Davis, American The Young Lions: Confederate Cadets a ...
... Wearing of the Gray: Being Personal Portraits, Scenes and Adventures of the War Thunder Along the Mississippi: The River Battles that Split the Confederacy In & Out of Rebel Prisons I Take My Pen in Hand: Civil War Letters 100th NY Vols Jefferson Davis, American The Young Lions: Confederate Cadets a ...
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 ...
Rules of Play
... be slave or free. The Republican party platform, as represented by Abraham Lincoln, was that slavery could continue where it already existed, but no expansion into the territories was tolerable. Finally, the Abolitionist position was that the institution should immediately be eliminated. It was the ...
... be slave or free. The Republican party platform, as represented by Abraham Lincoln, was that slavery could continue where it already existed, but no expansion into the territories was tolerable. Finally, the Abolitionist position was that the institution should immediately be eliminated. It was the ...
Something So Dim It Must Be Holy
... "crafted an image of the past suitable to their particular needs. For generations they had produced an intellectual paradigm that not only justified racial separation, but also stressed the virtues of an aristocratic South as contrasted to a degenerate and aggressive Yankee society." History texts, ...
... "crafted an image of the past suitable to their particular needs. For generations they had produced an intellectual paradigm that not only justified racial separation, but also stressed the virtues of an aristocratic South as contrasted to a degenerate and aggressive Yankee society." History texts, ...
THESIS CONFEDERATE MILITARY STRATEGY
... was not universal. In fact, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and General Lee shared the same military mentality in swift, aggressive movements to defeat the Union army in Virginia as quickly as possible. Generals P.G.T. Beauregard, Braxton Bragg, Joseph Johnston, and James Longstreet were less ...
... was not universal. In fact, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and General Lee shared the same military mentality in swift, aggressive movements to defeat the Union army in Virginia as quickly as possible. Generals P.G.T. Beauregard, Braxton Bragg, Joseph Johnston, and James Longstreet were less ...
Copyright Andrew Scott Bledsoe May 2012
... fairest of all opportunities; for all the soldiers fix their eyes on you: if they see you disheartened their courage will forsake them; but if you appear resolute yourselves and exhort them to do their duty, be assured they will follow you, and endeavour to imitate your example. It seems also reason ...
... fairest of all opportunities; for all the soldiers fix their eyes on you: if they see you disheartened their courage will forsake them; but if you appear resolute yourselves and exhort them to do their duty, be assured they will follow you, and endeavour to imitate your example. It seems also reason ...
Educational Resource Packet: Civil War Trail
... to face the Yankees. One notable exception occurred here at Missouri Ridge, now known as Highland Park. Missouri was a border state, producing soldiers who fought for both the Union and the Confederacy. A group of Missourians fighting on the Union side made their encampment here on this ridge. There ...
... to face the Yankees. One notable exception occurred here at Missouri Ridge, now known as Highland Park. Missouri was a border state, producing soldiers who fought for both the Union and the Confederacy. A group of Missourians fighting on the Union side made their encampment here on this ridge. There ...
How the Confederacy Came To Terms with the American Civil War
... and by examining soldiers, government officials, civilians and newspapers a larger comprehension of the way the Confederates viewed the American Civil War emerges. Dr. Kubler-Ross identified the five stages of grief as they applied to a person losing their society, their whole person, their entire b ...
... and by examining soldiers, government officials, civilians and newspapers a larger comprehension of the way the Confederates viewed the American Civil War emerges. Dr. Kubler-Ross identified the five stages of grief as they applied to a person losing their society, their whole person, their entire b ...
X Marks the Spot - Ames Plantation
... himself. It is true that the technology used to produce these maps was quite advanced, yet it all had to be processed by the one man heading the mapmaking team, and the man putting pen to paper. This produces many problems that are often overlooked by modern historians. These maps are incomplete, es ...
... himself. It is true that the technology used to produce these maps was quite advanced, yet it all had to be processed by the one man heading the mapmaking team, and the man putting pen to paper. This produces many problems that are often overlooked by modern historians. These maps are incomplete, es ...
A Nation at War, 1861-1865
... At the time, some people thought that Dr. Orie should not be a doctor because she was a woman. Have you ever been in a similar situation? What did you do to prove to others that you could do something they didn’t think you could? ...
... At the time, some people thought that Dr. Orie should not be a doctor because she was a woman. Have you ever been in a similar situation? What did you do to prove to others that you could do something they didn’t think you could? ...
Southern honor, Confederate warfare : southern
... did not traditionally command a battalion (colonels, lieutenant colonels, and brigadier generals held that responsibility), majors could take such commands in extenuating circumstances. Moreover, majors represented the lowest rung of field officers and were valuable members of any army’s general sta ...
... did not traditionally command a battalion (colonels, lieutenant colonels, and brigadier generals held that responsibility), majors could take such commands in extenuating circumstances. Moreover, majors represented the lowest rung of field officers and were valuable members of any army’s general sta ...
Biographies - Civil War Trust
... traded cotton yarn and shoes made in the hospital for fresh vegetables, fruit, chickens, and eggs – giving soldiers the first decent food they’d had in a while. In April 1865, when Union troops were soon to occupy Richmond, ill and wounded patients left any way they could to escape capture by the Ya ...
... traded cotton yarn and shoes made in the hospital for fresh vegetables, fruit, chickens, and eggs – giving soldiers the first decent food they’d had in a while. In April 1865, when Union troops were soon to occupy Richmond, ill and wounded patients left any way they could to escape capture by the Ya ...
January 2011
... McHenry near Baltimore, but by early 1864, he was transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland. During his imprisonment, friends and acquaintances in Britain made deposits in his name in a New York bank so that he was able to purchase needed supplies for himself and fellow prisoners. After nine months imp ...
... McHenry near Baltimore, but by early 1864, he was transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland. During his imprisonment, friends and acquaintances in Britain made deposits in his name in a New York bank so that he was able to purchase needed supplies for himself and fellow prisoners. After nine months imp ...
Guide to Civil War Sources - Maryland Historical Society
... 10 soldiers and as many civilians were killed in what some called the “Massacre at Baltimore”. Whether Maryland would have seceded after this if left to their own is still debated by historians. However, circumstances precluded such action. President Lincoln declared martial law, rescinded the right ...
... 10 soldiers and as many civilians were killed in what some called the “Massacre at Baltimore”. Whether Maryland would have seceded after this if left to their own is still debated by historians. However, circumstances precluded such action. President Lincoln declared martial law, rescinded the right ...
Harriet Tubman: Civil War Spy
... Tubman decided to help the Union Army because she wanted freedom for all of the people who were forced into slavery, not just the few she could help by herself. And she convinced many other brave African Americans to join her as spies, even at the risk of being hanged if they were caught. In one of ...
... Tubman decided to help the Union Army because she wanted freedom for all of the people who were forced into slavery, not just the few she could help by herself. And she convinced many other brave African Americans to join her as spies, even at the risk of being hanged if they were caught. In one of ...
Part II - Scott J. Winslow Associates, Inc.
... sixth-plate ambrotype of Turner’s wife, Anna S. Keller (Turner) taken in 1859 at Courtland, Alabama with a period pencil inscription beyond the image in the case. A brief biography of George P. Turner’s service is found on pages 255-256 of Ralph Donelly’s Confederate States Marine Corps. George Turn ...
... sixth-plate ambrotype of Turner’s wife, Anna S. Keller (Turner) taken in 1859 at Courtland, Alabama with a period pencil inscription beyond the image in the case. A brief biography of George P. Turner’s service is found on pages 255-256 of Ralph Donelly’s Confederate States Marine Corps. George Turn ...
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... country both forbid us.”3 Lincoln opposed slavery and the prospect of the western states becoming slave states. As the Civil War trudged on, Lincoln became more outspoken on his views of slavery. In 1864, Lincoln stated, “If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.”4 Lincoln felt his first responsibi ...
... country both forbid us.”3 Lincoln opposed slavery and the prospect of the western states becoming slave states. As the Civil War trudged on, Lincoln became more outspoken on his views of slavery. In 1864, Lincoln stated, “If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.”4 Lincoln felt his first responsibi ...