- Cornerstone - Minnesota State University, Mankato
... half of the war. Starting with the Battle at Manassas (First Bull Run) in 1861, the Southern army proved they were a force to be reckoned with and the realization that this war was not going to end in a few weeks began to sink in for both armies. One of the critical issues facing the Union was the l ...
... half of the war. Starting with the Battle at Manassas (First Bull Run) in 1861, the Southern army proved they were a force to be reckoned with and the realization that this war was not going to end in a few weeks began to sink in for both armies. One of the critical issues facing the Union was the l ...
Staff Ride Handbook for the Battle of Perryville, 8
... install a Confederate governor. They initially met success and captured the state capital, simultaneously shifting the war in the west from northern Mississippi and Alabama to Kentucky. In response the North raised additional forces to protect Cincinnati and Louisville while MG Don Carlos Buell halt ...
... install a Confederate governor. They initially met success and captured the state capital, simultaneously shifting the war in the west from northern Mississippi and Alabama to Kentucky. In response the North raised additional forces to protect Cincinnati and Louisville while MG Don Carlos Buell halt ...
The Project Gutenberg EBook of History of the United States
... The two gates of this line were Forts Henry and Donelson, on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, respectively, just over the Tennessee border. If these forts could be taken the Confederates must give up Kentucky. ...
... The two gates of this line were Forts Henry and Donelson, on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, respectively, just over the Tennessee border. If these forts could be taken the Confederates must give up Kentucky. ...
22676-doc - Project Gutenberg
... The two gates of this line were Forts Henry and Donelson, on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, respectively, just over the Tennessee border. If these forts could be taken the Confederates must give up Kentucky. ...
... The two gates of this line were Forts Henry and Donelson, on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, respectively, just over the Tennessee border. If these forts could be taken the Confederates must give up Kentucky. ...
The Isolation Factor - Marshall Digital Scholar
... Broad Turnpike. Numerous families from the Deep South would spend their summers there and bring their slaves with them, which roughly doubled the slave population. As a result, it was natural for Buncombe residents to identify with the Confederate cause. Watauga County was much more isolated, and ev ...
... Broad Turnpike. Numerous families from the Deep South would spend their summers there and bring their slaves with them, which roughly doubled the slave population. As a result, it was natural for Buncombe residents to identify with the Confederate cause. Watauga County was much more isolated, and ev ...
Understanding the Intentions, Details, and
... claims that it was done because of his wanting to help the Southern cause through support from pro- southern sympathizing groups. Reed describes that Morgan rose swiftly through the ranks, and he became restless with “timid tactics” and wanted to do more for the Confederate cause than he was being a ...
... claims that it was done because of his wanting to help the Southern cause through support from pro- southern sympathizing groups. Reed describes that Morgan rose swiftly through the ranks, and he became restless with “timid tactics” and wanted to do more for the Confederate cause than he was being a ...
Nathan Bedford Forrest - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... in the business of trading livestock, land and slaves. Commissioned a Lieutenant Colonel in 1861 he raised the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry regiment. In his first major engagement at Fort Donnelson in February 1862 Forrest refused to surrender along with the rest of the Confederate garrison and led 4,000 m ...
... in the business of trading livestock, land and slaves. Commissioned a Lieutenant Colonel in 1861 he raised the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry regiment. In his first major engagement at Fort Donnelson in February 1862 Forrest refused to surrender along with the rest of the Confederate garrison and led 4,000 m ...
From Reform to Revolution: The Transformation of Confederate
... primarily by the compromises at the Constitution’s heart, that Confederates believed had allowed for the Black Republican revolution to corrupt the founding document in the first place. Many of the most influential advocates of secession, as well as proponents and founders of the Confederacy, helped ...
... primarily by the compromises at the Constitution’s heart, that Confederates believed had allowed for the Black Republican revolution to corrupt the founding document in the first place. Many of the most influential advocates of secession, as well as proponents and founders of the Confederacy, helped ...
Mifflinburg`s Union County Press - Union County Historical Society
... new boot and shoe shop where he would make boots and shoes to order. His wife, Priscilla née Loudenslager, in 1859, was the proprietress of the Traveler’s Hotel. Both businesses were located at the east end of Main Street in Mifflinburg. While the men, far from home, were sick, wounded and dying on ...
... new boot and shoe shop where he would make boots and shoes to order. His wife, Priscilla née Loudenslager, in 1859, was the proprietress of the Traveler’s Hotel. Both businesses were located at the east end of Main Street in Mifflinburg. While the men, far from home, were sick, wounded and dying on ...
Library Company of Philadelphia McA MSS 024 CIVIL WAR
... the Mexican War, and ran unsuccessfully for vice president in the 1852 and 1856 elections. His part in the Confederate loss of Fort Donelson in February 1862 resulted his being assigned administrative duties through the end of the war, including commander of the Volunteer and Conscription Bureau ...
... the Mexican War, and ran unsuccessfully for vice president in the 1852 and 1856 elections. His part in the Confederate loss of Fort Donelson in February 1862 resulted his being assigned administrative duties through the end of the war, including commander of the Volunteer and Conscription Bureau ...
A Brief Look at Nashville before, during and after
... By 1860 Nashville had grown to a city of about 16,000 people. Its position as a transportation hub had spurred industry and commerce providing a port for export and import of goods of all kinds. Nashville developed as a transportation hub by virtue of its location and because the surrounding planter ...
... By 1860 Nashville had grown to a city of about 16,000 people. Its position as a transportation hub had spurred industry and commerce providing a port for export and import of goods of all kinds. Nashville developed as a transportation hub by virtue of its location and because the surrounding planter ...
BrownfieldBioTranscription
... He was in active service almost continuously throughout the four years of the war. His first service was with Pope’s Expedition down the Mississippi River to Island No. 10. He and his comrades fought at New Madrid, Missouri, had a skirmish at Point Pleasant, and were in the Missouri campaign from Ma ...
... He was in active service almost continuously throughout the four years of the war. His first service was with Pope’s Expedition down the Mississippi River to Island No. 10. He and his comrades fought at New Madrid, Missouri, had a skirmish at Point Pleasant, and were in the Missouri campaign from Ma ...
Plans and Early Battles
... Terms and People (continued) • Stonewall Jackson – Confederate military hero who refused to yield to the Union army at Bull Run • George B. McClellan – second leader of the Union army • Ulysses S. Grant – successful Union general who eventually became the leader of the Union army ...
... Terms and People (continued) • Stonewall Jackson – Confederate military hero who refused to yield to the Union army at Bull Run • George B. McClellan – second leader of the Union army • Ulysses S. Grant – successful Union general who eventually became the leader of the Union army ...
Chapter 9: The Civil War, 1861-1865
... would force the Union to spend its resources until it became tired of the war and agreed to negotiate. The idea of a defensive war of attrition, however, outraged many Southerners. Believing themselves superior fighters, they scorned the idea of defensive warfare. “The idea of waiting for blows, ins ...
... would force the Union to spend its resources until it became tired of the war and agreed to negotiate. The idea of a defensive war of attrition, however, outraged many Southerners. Believing themselves superior fighters, they scorned the idea of defensive warfare. “The idea of waiting for blows, ins ...
Rocky Mountain Civil War Round Table 2013 Study Group The
... Williams Canal. (c) Confederate defensive plans at Vicksburg, 1861 to July, 1862. March 21 First Efforts – Ray Polster (a) Fall, 1862 – Halleck tells Grant to move downriver to Vicksburg (b) Command structure of Confederate forces (c) Grant’s initial plan to attack Vicksburg using two prongs (1) One ...
... Williams Canal. (c) Confederate defensive plans at Vicksburg, 1861 to July, 1862. March 21 First Efforts – Ray Polster (a) Fall, 1862 – Halleck tells Grant to move downriver to Vicksburg (b) Command structure of Confederate forces (c) Grant’s initial plan to attack Vicksburg using two prongs (1) One ...
A State Divided: A State Divided:
... and except this very institution of slavery? What is it that we hold most dear amongst us? Our own liberty and prosperity. What has ever threatened our liberty and prosperity save and except this institution of Slavery?”14 In April 1816, an escaped slave notice appeared in the Western Courier newspa ...
... and except this very institution of slavery? What is it that we hold most dear amongst us? Our own liberty and prosperity. What has ever threatened our liberty and prosperity save and except this institution of Slavery?”14 In April 1816, an escaped slave notice appeared in the Western Courier newspa ...
Third section images-captions and credits
... was born on the plantation of Henry Toler in Lynchburg, Virginia around 1837. He was living in Cincinnati, Ohio when this photo was taken in 1937. Ohio Historical Society Virginia Washington and Charles Green photos to be printed out original size on photo paper to be mounted separately on desk. 3-2 ...
... was born on the plantation of Henry Toler in Lynchburg, Virginia around 1837. He was living in Cincinnati, Ohio when this photo was taken in 1937. Ohio Historical Society Virginia Washington and Charles Green photos to be printed out original size on photo paper to be mounted separately on desk. 3-2 ...
The Importance of Kentucky in the Civil War
... the Constitutional Union party. It has been declared by many that the Kentuckians of 1860 and 1861 were the most peaceable and most Constitution-abiding Americans. ...
... the Constitutional Union party. It has been declared by many that the Kentuckians of 1860 and 1861 were the most peaceable and most Constitution-abiding Americans. ...
Chapter Preview Chapter 16
... case war came. But through the early spring, many Georgians did not believe that war would follow secession. Some wanted a speedy reunion with the Union if some agreements could be made with the North. Others simply hoped that they would remain independent and that the North would let them go. Those ...
... case war came. But through the early spring, many Georgians did not believe that war would follow secession. Some wanted a speedy reunion with the Union if some agreements could be made with the North. Others simply hoped that they would remain independent and that the North would let them go. Those ...
Chapter 16: The Civil War, 1861-1865
... the important Northern city of Philadelphia. Maryland, perhaps the most important of the border states, was close to Richmond. Vital railroad lines passed through Maryland. Most significantly, Washington, D.C., lay within the state. If Maryland seceded, the North’s government would be surrounded. Ma ...
... the important Northern city of Philadelphia. Maryland, perhaps the most important of the border states, was close to Richmond. Vital railroad lines passed through Maryland. Most significantly, Washington, D.C., lay within the state. If Maryland seceded, the North’s government would be surrounded. Ma ...
Chapter 16: The Civil War, 1861-1865
... the important Northern city of Philadelphia. Maryland, perhaps the most important of the border states, was close to Richmond. Vital railroad lines passed through Maryland. Most significantly, Washington, D.C., lay within the state. If Maryland seceded, the North’s government would be surrounded. Ma ...
... the important Northern city of Philadelphia. Maryland, perhaps the most important of the border states, was close to Richmond. Vital railroad lines passed through Maryland. Most significantly, Washington, D.C., lay within the state. If Maryland seceded, the North’s government would be surrounded. Ma ...
The Battle of Baton Rouge
... exhaustion. When they returned to Baton Rouge in late July, the town looked more like a hospital than a military camp. In the meanwhile, Confederate General John C. Breckinridge, a former vice president of the United States and presidential contender in 1860, had received orders to re-take Baton Rou ...
... exhaustion. When they returned to Baton Rouge in late July, the town looked more like a hospital than a military camp. In the meanwhile, Confederate General John C. Breckinridge, a former vice president of the United States and presidential contender in 1860, had received orders to re-take Baton Rou ...
I.CH 20 PPn - NOHS Teachers
... of Southern seaports • The call for troops aroused the South • Lincoln was now waging war—from the Southern view an aggressive war—on the Confederacy • Virginia, Arkansas Tennessee reluctantly joined Confederacy, as did North Carolina (see Map 20.1) ...
... of Southern seaports • The call for troops aroused the South • Lincoln was now waging war—from the Southern view an aggressive war—on the Confederacy • Virginia, Arkansas Tennessee reluctantly joined Confederacy, as did North Carolina (see Map 20.1) ...
Ch 20 The North & The South
... of Southern seaports • The call for troops aroused the South • Lincoln was now waging war—from the Southern view an aggressive war—on the Confederacy • Virginia, Arkansas Tennessee reluctantly joined Confederacy, as did North Carolina (see Map 20.1) ...
... of Southern seaports • The call for troops aroused the South • Lincoln was now waging war—from the Southern view an aggressive war—on the Confederacy • Virginia, Arkansas Tennessee reluctantly joined Confederacy, as did North Carolina (see Map 20.1) ...
Chapter 16 - Your History Site
... the important Northern city of Philadelphia. Maryland, perhaps the most important of the border states, was close to Richmond. Vital railroad lines passed through Maryland. Most significantly, Washington, D.C., lay within the state. If Maryland seceded, the North’s government would be surrounded. Ma ...
... the important Northern city of Philadelphia. Maryland, perhaps the most important of the border states, was close to Richmond. Vital railroad lines passed through Maryland. Most significantly, Washington, D.C., lay within the state. If Maryland seceded, the North’s government would be surrounded. Ma ...
Kentucky in the American Civil War
Kentucky was a border state of key importance in the American Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln recognized the importance of the Commonwealth when he declared ""I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky."" In a September 1861 letter to Orville Browning, Lincoln wrote:I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game. Kentucky gone, we cannot hold Missouri, nor Maryland. These all against us, and the job on our hands is too large for us. We would as well consent to separation at once, including the surrender of this capitol.Kentucky, being a border state, was among the chief places where the ""Brother against brother"" scenario was prevalent. Kentucky was officially neutral at the beginning of the war, but after a failed attempt by Confederate General Leonidas Polk to take the state of Kentucky for the Confederacy, the legislature petitioned the Union for assistance, and thereafter became solidly under Union control.Kentucky was the site of fierce battles, such as Mill Springs and Perryville. It was host to such military leaders as Ulysses S. Grant on the Union side, who first encountered serious Confederate gunfire coming from Columbus, Kentucky, and Nathan Bedford Forrest on the Confederate side. Forrest proved to be a scourge to the Union Army in such places as the towns of Sacramento and Paducah, where he conducted guerrilla warfare against Union forces.Kentucky was the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, his wife Mary Todd, and his southern counterpart, Confederate President Jefferson Davis.