Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks
... that collided with another vessel or object and sank, or one that was generally made unusable without salvage and substantial repairs. Vessels temporarily grounded or beached have generally been excluded. For several vessels it was difficult to decide whether or not they were shipwrecks. Some blocka ...
... that collided with another vessel or object and sank, or one that was generally made unusable without salvage and substantial repairs. Vessels temporarily grounded or beached have generally been excluded. For several vessels it was difficult to decide whether or not they were shipwrecks. Some blocka ...
Conflict and Controversy in the Confederate High Command
... action. Rather, P. G. T. Beauregard and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson garnered most of the praise for Confederate victory. Johnston's assault on the Federal left at the battle of Resaca, while successful in driving the enemy from their immediate position, did not result in a great victory and the army ...
... action. Rather, P. G. T. Beauregard and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson garnered most of the praise for Confederate victory. Johnston's assault on the Federal left at the battle of Resaca, while successful in driving the enemy from their immediate position, did not result in a great victory and the army ...
James Garfield - Capitol Square Foundation
... upon by Lincoln and Rosecrans's commander, Gen. Halleck.[49] Garfield conceived a plan to conduct a cavalry raid behind Bragg's line (similar to that Bragg was employing against Rosecrans) which Rosecrans approved; the raid, led by Abel Streight, failed, due in part to poor execution and weather.[5 ...
... upon by Lincoln and Rosecrans's commander, Gen. Halleck.[49] Garfield conceived a plan to conduct a cavalry raid behind Bragg's line (similar to that Bragg was employing against Rosecrans) which Rosecrans approved; the raid, led by Abel Streight, failed, due in part to poor execution and weather.[5 ...
Confederate Nationalism in Georgia, Louisiana, and Virginia During
... the Confederacy and each one faced somewhat unique circumstances which may or may not have shaped the way Confederate nationalism developed in each location. In the state of Louisiana, one theme of Confederate nationalism rested upon the institution of slavery in spite of the large free African Amer ...
... the Confederacy and each one faced somewhat unique circumstances which may or may not have shaped the way Confederate nationalism developed in each location. In the state of Louisiana, one theme of Confederate nationalism rested upon the institution of slavery in spite of the large free African Amer ...
ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: CONFEDERATE FEDERALISM: A
... constitutional system defined by dual federalism that characterized the expanded powers of the governors. Furthermore, as executives of the respective states, the Confederate governors participated in a grand experiment: creating the second confederation in the American experience. Just as in Ameri ...
... constitutional system defined by dual federalism that characterized the expanded powers of the governors. Furthermore, as executives of the respective states, the Confederate governors participated in a grand experiment: creating the second confederation in the American experience. Just as in Ameri ...
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 ...
" Between Two Fires": War and Reunion in Middle America, 1860
... Unionism was often compatible with free soil principles, but strongly favored the flexibility of antislavery reform over the uncompromising moral agenda of abolitionism. This conservative and Unionist wartime coalition, especially in the lower reaches of the Middle West, espoused antebellum politica ...
... Unionism was often compatible with free soil principles, but strongly favored the flexibility of antislavery reform over the uncompromising moral agenda of abolitionism. This conservative and Unionist wartime coalition, especially in the lower reaches of the Middle West, espoused antebellum politica ...
`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 ...
Untitled - TCU Digital Repository
... When word reached the North that rebels in Charleston had bombarded and forced the surrender of Fort Sumter on April 14, 1861, the nation was galvanized for war in a way it had never been before. The next day President Abraham Lincoln issued a call for 75,000 volunteers to put down the insurrection, ...
... When word reached the North that rebels in Charleston had bombarded and forced the surrender of Fort Sumter on April 14, 1861, the nation was galvanized for war in a way it had never been before. The next day President Abraham Lincoln issued a call for 75,000 volunteers to put down the insurrection, ...
A Preservation Plan for the Tebbs Bend Civil War Battlefield Taylor
... The Tebbs Bend battlefield is located in south central Taylor County about seven miles south of Campbellsville, Kentucky (Map 1). The battlefield where forces commanded by Union Col. Orlando Moore and Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan clashed on July 4, 1863, lies within a bend of the Green River ca ...
... The Tebbs Bend battlefield is located in south central Taylor County about seven miles south of Campbellsville, Kentucky (Map 1). The battlefield where forces commanded by Union Col. Orlando Moore and Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan clashed on July 4, 1863, lies within a bend of the Green River ca ...
A MOST UNPLEASANT PART OF YOUR DUTIES: MILITARY
... This dissertation examines Union army military government in four Southern cities and the implications of its failures and successes for the conduct of the war and for post-war Reconstruction. President Lincoln’s flexibility with respect to occupation policies resulted in a lack of leadership from W ...
... This dissertation examines Union army military government in four Southern cities and the implications of its failures and successes for the conduct of the war and for post-war Reconstruction. President Lincoln’s flexibility with respect to occupation policies resulted in a lack of leadership from W ...
Rosecrans Essay - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... cavalry units did not have horses—or weapons for that matter—and even mail delivery was very lax. The enemy cavalry were operating with impunity on his supply lines, and there were only rations enough for a few days, let alone sufficient supplies to support an offensive campaign. Within a reasonable ...
... cavalry units did not have horses—or weapons for that matter—and even mail delivery was very lax. The enemy cavalry were operating with impunity on his supply lines, and there were only rations enough for a few days, let alone sufficient supplies to support an offensive campaign. Within a reasonable ...
America`s Last Civil War Veterans and Participants
... repression and atrocious behaviour. In many instances the Confederates were even worse, but not one such book about such matters ever seems to appear on these lists. Such selective blindness indicates political extremism and manipulating deceit. These people also give an impression that they are usi ...
... repression and atrocious behaviour. In many instances the Confederates were even worse, but not one such book about such matters ever seems to appear on these lists. Such selective blindness indicates political extremism and manipulating deceit. These people also give an impression that they are usi ...
Nathan Bedford Forrest: The Confederacy`s Self
... Forrest responded: General Wheeler , I advised you against this attack, and said all a subordinate officer should have said against it, and nothing you can now say or do will bring back my brave men laying dead or wounded and freezing around that fort tonight, I mean no disrespect to you; you know m ...
... Forrest responded: General Wheeler , I advised you against this attack, and said all a subordinate officer should have said against it, and nothing you can now say or do will bring back my brave men laying dead or wounded and freezing around that fort tonight, I mean no disrespect to you; you know m ...
Southern honor, Confederate warfare : southern
... either argument. Instead, it shows how southern antebellum cultural patterns shaped the Confederate war effort. This discussion does not seek to answer whether the Confederacy conducted the war in a manner that maximized its armies’ effectiveness, but instead asks how cultural values ultimately imp ...
... either argument. Instead, it shows how southern antebellum cultural patterns shaped the Confederate war effort. This discussion does not seek to answer whether the Confederacy conducted the war in a manner that maximized its armies’ effectiveness, but instead asks how cultural values ultimately imp ...
The Civil War in the United States
... called Germany: Revolution and Counter-revolution. This work, though written by Engels, was for a long time attributed to Marx. However, ideologically it represented the combined expression of their views. For over a decade Marx kept the Daily Tribune readers informed of European developments, espec ...
... called Germany: Revolution and Counter-revolution. This work, though written by Engels, was for a long time attributed to Marx. However, ideologically it represented the combined expression of their views. For over a decade Marx kept the Daily Tribune readers informed of European developments, espec ...
Kentucky Resources
... 1763 – The French and Indian War ended. The area that includes Kentucky was transferred from the French to the British and included as part of Virginia. 1767 – Daniel Boone traveled into Kentucky went as far as what is now Floyd County. 1769 – John Finley and Daniel Boone were hired to find the Cher ...
... 1763 – The French and Indian War ended. The area that includes Kentucky was transferred from the French to the British and included as part of Virginia. 1767 – Daniel Boone traveled into Kentucky went as far as what is now Floyd County. 1769 – John Finley and Daniel Boone were hired to find the Cher ...
A Struggle Within: The Rise and Fall of Kentucky
... versus Confederacy, states versus Federal government. The war itself wrenched the Commonwealth apart, creating a political landscape of both Unionists and ...
... versus Confederacy, states versus Federal government. The war itself wrenched the Commonwealth apart, creating a political landscape of both Unionists and ...
Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People
... be able to supply arms to blacks in the north. They would then send out individual raids into the south to start slave uprisings in hopes of scaring the south to disband slavery. The raid took place in October of 1859 and was quickly put down by General Robert E. Lee. The whereabouts of Tubman at th ...
... be able to supply arms to blacks in the north. They would then send out individual raids into the south to start slave uprisings in hopes of scaring the south to disband slavery. The raid took place in October of 1859 and was quickly put down by General Robert E. Lee. The whereabouts of Tubman at th ...
Best Little Stories from the Civil War, 2E
... than historical accounts. But also because in most cases, they focus more on the individual person at, say, Gettysburg, rather than simply report the size of the armies, who won the battle and how they did so. Rather than write a straightforward, fact-filled—but potentially dull—short biography of U ...
... than historical accounts. But also because in most cases, they focus more on the individual person at, say, Gettysburg, rather than simply report the size of the armies, who won the battle and how they did so. Rather than write a straightforward, fact-filled—but potentially dull—short biography of U ...
John Bennett Walters, Total War, and the Raid on
... a trail of burned houses, needless destruction of the necessities of life, and the wholesale theft of private property.” According to Walters, upon arriving in South Carolina, Sherman “resumed his campaign of terror on a more extensive scale.” Wherever Sherman went, Walters wrote, “wanton waste, ars ...
... a trail of burned houses, needless destruction of the necessities of life, and the wholesale theft of private property.” According to Walters, upon arriving in South Carolina, Sherman “resumed his campaign of terror on a more extensive scale.” Wherever Sherman went, Walters wrote, “wanton waste, ars ...
"The greatest evil that can befall us" : Unionism in
... Defending a Union that tolerated slavery, however, was a different objective than preserving a Union that sought to eradicate it. Kentucky had managed to perform a balancing act to meet its own self-interest in each of these negotiations. During the secession crisis of 1860-61, Kentucky state legisl ...
... Defending a Union that tolerated slavery, however, was a different objective than preserving a Union that sought to eradicate it. Kentucky had managed to perform a balancing act to meet its own self-interest in each of these negotiations. During the secession crisis of 1860-61, Kentucky state legisl ...
“Tentative Relations: Secession and War in the Central Ohio River
... as the proverbial boundary between slavery and freedom and between North and South. This has influenced the writing of Ohio Valley history. Many scholars have concentrated on the history of one side of the river or the other and in so doing, Gruenwald argues, they have ignored how the Ohio River bou ...
... as the proverbial boundary between slavery and freedom and between North and South. This has influenced the writing of Ohio Valley history. Many scholars have concentrated on the history of one side of the river or the other and in so doing, Gruenwald argues, they have ignored how the Ohio River bou ...
Border State, Divided Loyalties - ScholarWorks@UNO
... about women in the North and the South will help to establish an appreciation for the unique perspective of border‐state women during the Civil War. To further this process, this thesis will focus on the wartime experiences of one woman in Kentucky. Examining her life and political environment wi ...
... about women in the North and the South will help to establish an appreciation for the unique perspective of border‐state women during the Civil War. To further this process, this thesis will focus on the wartime experiences of one woman in Kentucky. Examining her life and political environment wi ...
Divided Loyalties: A Socioeconomic Comparison of East Tennessee
... leading to widespread death and property destruction. The Civil War and the atrocities that resulted from it deeply affected East Tennessee; yet the question remains: what conditions could foster such profound division between men as close as neighbors? This study will examine the issue from a socio ...
... leading to widespread death and property destruction. The Civil War and the atrocities that resulted from it deeply affected East Tennessee; yet the question remains: what conditions could foster such profound division between men as close as neighbors? This study will examine the issue from a socio ...
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.