Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks
... Vessel armament also varied through time. The first armament listing is my best guess for the vessel at the time of sinking, with armaments from other sources listed in parentheses. Crew size or complement was another variable, depending on the vessel’s mission and modifications for combat or carg ...
... Vessel armament also varied through time. The first armament listing is my best guess for the vessel at the time of sinking, with armaments from other sources listed in parentheses. Crew size or complement was another variable, depending on the vessel’s mission and modifications for combat or carg ...
Boxing in the Union Blue: A Social History of American Boxing in the
... country, performing in sparring exhibitions at jam-packed halls and saloons throughout ...
... country, performing in sparring exhibitions at jam-packed halls and saloons throughout ...
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
... cladding. There are also several architect-designed buildings from prominent San Francisco late nineteenth and early twentieth-century architectural firms. Also present are modified waterfront structures inherent to shipbuilding and ship repair, including slipways, wharves, and floating dry docks, w ...
... cladding. There are also several architect-designed buildings from prominent San Francisco late nineteenth and early twentieth-century architectural firms. Also present are modified waterfront structures inherent to shipbuilding and ship repair, including slipways, wharves, and floating dry docks, w ...
Confederate Nationalism in Georgia, Louisiana, and Virginia During
... I can say with one hundred percent certainty this project would not have been completed without the support of my committee chair, Professor Alan Kraut. In life sometimes you really need to trust your instincts and your gut. Seven years ago, my instincts told me I could not find a better advisor and ...
... I can say with one hundred percent certainty this project would not have been completed without the support of my committee chair, Professor Alan Kraut. In life sometimes you really need to trust your instincts and your gut. Seven years ago, my instincts told me I could not find a better advisor and ...
Marines in Gray: The Birth, Life and Death of the Confederate States
... significant portion of the combat manpower of the navy and fought with a tenacity and courage that gained the recognition and respect of senior commanders. The issue of anonymity aside, Confederate Marines served the southern cause from its earliest actions through the last shots of the war: from th ...
... significant portion of the combat manpower of the navy and fought with a tenacity and courage that gained the recognition and respect of senior commanders. The issue of anonymity aside, Confederate Marines served the southern cause from its earliest actions through the last shots of the war: from th ...
“The Duties of Neutrality”: The Impact of the American Civil War on
... The diplomatic and political elements of this history emerge in my study of the colonial despatches and reports of United States Consul Allen Francis. I use this primary material to expand on the previous scholarship on diplomatic and political relations between Great Britain and the United States d ...
... The diplomatic and political elements of this history emerge in my study of the colonial despatches and reports of United States Consul Allen Francis. I use this primary material to expand on the previous scholarship on diplomatic and political relations between Great Britain and the United States d ...
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... One of the 11 states to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy, Florida’s role in this momentous struggle is often overlooked. While located far from the major theaters of the war, the state experienced considerable military activity. At one Florida battle alone, over 2,800 Confederate ...
... One of the 11 states to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy, Florida’s role in this momentous struggle is often overlooked. While located far from the major theaters of the war, the state experienced considerable military activity. At one Florida battle alone, over 2,800 Confederate ...
ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: CONFEDERATE FEDERALISM: A
... other words, what kind of federalism would be best suited for the United States? A commonly accepted definition of federalism, formulated by political scientist William Riker, holds that A constitution is federal if (1) two levels of government rule the same land and people, (2) each level has at le ...
... other words, what kind of federalism would be best suited for the United States? A commonly accepted definition of federalism, formulated by political scientist William Riker, holds that A constitution is federal if (1) two levels of government rule the same land and people, (2) each level has at le ...
Confederate States Navy
... 20 August 1861 Washington, N.C. to Samuel Barron at Richmond (nine days before Barron taken prisoner) letters of J.W. Cooke, CSS Edwards forwarded by Commandant of Navy Yard French Forrest with signature official letter requests coal supplies and private letter requesting a rifled artillery piece ...
... 20 August 1861 Washington, N.C. to Samuel Barron at Richmond (nine days before Barron taken prisoner) letters of J.W. Cooke, CSS Edwards forwarded by Commandant of Navy Yard French Forrest with signature official letter requests coal supplies and private letter requesting a rifled artillery piece ...
TO BEGIN ANEW: FEDERALISM AND POWER IN THE
... future. They did not desire to revolutionize, reject, or transform the government or the political culture of the American state, but to embrace its powers and cement slavery’s status as a vital elucidation of white liberty. They sought to conserve and control rather than to transform or revolutioni ...
... future. They did not desire to revolutionize, reject, or transform the government or the political culture of the American state, but to embrace its powers and cement slavery’s status as a vital elucidation of white liberty. They sought to conserve and control rather than to transform or revolutioni ...
Federalism and Power in the Confederate States of America
... future. They did not desire to revolutionize, reject, or transform the government or the political culture of the American state, but to embrace its powers and cement slavery’s status as a vital elucidation of white liberty. They sought to conserve and control rather than to transform or revolutioni ...
... future. They did not desire to revolutionize, reject, or transform the government or the political culture of the American state, but to embrace its powers and cement slavery’s status as a vital elucidation of white liberty. They sought to conserve and control rather than to transform or revolutioni ...
Driving Tour of the Civil War Sites of Cape Girardeau
... open base. The earthworks faced away from the river. Reportedly, Fort D housed both 24 and 32-pound cannons, which would easily control any upriver movement on the Mississippi. Soldiers who served at the fort reported that “Quaker” cannon (logs painted black) were used to enhance the appearance of t ...
... open base. The earthworks faced away from the river. Reportedly, Fort D housed both 24 and 32-pound cannons, which would easily control any upriver movement on the Mississippi. Soldiers who served at the fort reported that “Quaker” cannon (logs painted black) were used to enhance the appearance of t ...
Hawai`i at Home During the American Civil War
... of missionary Amos S. Cooke’s children failed to carry out assigned chores, he was kept home and not allowed to attend the “Wisely show as promised, but Amos and Clarence did.”18 For more serious news, there were no Hawai‘i reporters on the front lines or in Washington or Richmond. Hawai‘i news prov ...
... of missionary Amos S. Cooke’s children failed to carry out assigned chores, he was kept home and not allowed to attend the “Wisely show as promised, but Amos and Clarence did.”18 For more serious news, there were no Hawai‘i reporters on the front lines or in Washington or Richmond. Hawai‘i news prov ...
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 ...
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 ...
Competing Visions of America: The Fourth of July During the Civil
... Finally, Len Travers focused his study on late eighteenth- and early nineteenthcentury celebrations of Independence Day. He noted the vitality of public rituals in understanding American political society. These rituals have become so pervasive and ubiquitous that historians have taken them for gran ...
... Finally, Len Travers focused his study on late eighteenth- and early nineteenthcentury celebrations of Independence Day. He noted the vitality of public rituals in understanding American political society. These rituals have become so pervasive and ubiquitous that historians have taken them for gran ...
The Civil War Diary of Micajah A. Thomas
... defeat. When Sturgis finally arrived, he misread the situation before him and led his troops into a fully prepared, hidden, and reinforced Confederate army. Four hours later Union soldiers started the retreat up the same road on which they came. 11 General Forrest received word on July 13, 1864, tha ...
... defeat. When Sturgis finally arrived, he misread the situation before him and led his troops into a fully prepared, hidden, and reinforced Confederate army. Four hours later Union soldiers started the retreat up the same road on which they came. 11 General Forrest received word on July 13, 1864, tha ...
Confederate Wooden Gunboat Construction
... geographic region within the Confederacy, recounting naval activities in each. He described blockade running operations, commerce raiding, and naval technological innovations. Of special significance to Scharf were the joint military operations of the Union army and navy, arguing that their combined ...
... geographic region within the Confederacy, recounting naval activities in each. He described blockade running operations, commerce raiding, and naval technological innovations. Of special significance to Scharf were the joint military operations of the Union army and navy, arguing that their combined ...
Combat, Supply, and the Influence of Logistics During the Civil War
... moved south from Fort Gibson to engage the enemy. With Blunt was a mere 4,500 men. Federal troops struggled to maintain their supply lines which stretched over 160 miles from Fort Scott, Kansas, to Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation. As war stripped the territory of livestock and farms went untended, Unio ...
... moved south from Fort Gibson to engage the enemy. With Blunt was a mere 4,500 men. Federal troops struggled to maintain their supply lines which stretched over 160 miles from Fort Scott, Kansas, to Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation. As war stripped the territory of livestock and farms went untended, Unio ...
Allow Me to Call Your Attention to the Situation of the Forts
... Therefore, the Union could begin to reconquer the state by possessing these two key points, which it understood much more quickly than the Confederacy. Faced with the constant raiding of Union merchant shipping along the Outer Banks by Confederate privateers, federal authorities were quick to recogn ...
... Therefore, the Union could begin to reconquer the state by possessing these two key points, which it understood much more quickly than the Confederacy. Faced with the constant raiding of Union merchant shipping along the Outer Banks by Confederate privateers, federal authorities were quick to recogn ...
A Public History Project Atblakeley Historic Park, Alabama
... Six hours after General Robert E. Lee formally surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union commander General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, the last major battle of the Civil War was fought at Fort Blakely 1 , Alabama, ten miles northeast of Mobile on the bluffs overlooking the Ten ...
... Six hours after General Robert E. Lee formally surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union commander General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, the last major battle of the Civil War was fought at Fort Blakely 1 , Alabama, ten miles northeast of Mobile on the bluffs overlooking the Ten ...
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... Six hours after General Robert E. Lee formally surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union commander General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, the last major battle of the Civil War was fought at Fort Blakely 1 , Alabama, ten miles northeast of Mobile on the bluffs overlooking the Ten ...
... Six hours after General Robert E. Lee formally surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union commander General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, the last major battle of the Civil War was fought at Fort Blakely 1 , Alabama, ten miles northeast of Mobile on the bluffs overlooking the Ten ...
Claremont Colleges
... focused on the impact of war news on Confederate cotton bond prices trading in London. Brown and Burdekin (2000) estimate turning points in cotton bond prices. Although their analysis is limited by a relatively small sample size (109 observations), their results indicate that Atlanta was a turning p ...
... focused on the impact of war news on Confederate cotton bond prices trading in London. Brown and Burdekin (2000) estimate turning points in cotton bond prices. Although their analysis is limited by a relatively small sample size (109 observations), their results indicate that Atlanta was a turning p ...
Shapiro - Huntsville History Collection
... lumber trade between San Francisco and Port Blakely,” Washington. 1 T he U.S.S. Huntsville In late December 1860, South Carolina seceded from the United States of America. In January 1861, six other southern states followed, and by February the Confederate States of America had been formed. On March ...
... lumber trade between San Francisco and Port Blakely,” Washington. 1 T he U.S.S. Huntsville In late December 1860, South Carolina seceded from the United States of America. In January 1861, six other southern states followed, and by February the Confederate States of America had been formed. On March ...
the politics of command in the fort
... Braxton Bragg. One of its most valuable contributions is the final appendix aptly entitled “The Curious Behavior of Braxton Bragg,” in which Trotter seeks to explain the controversial commander‟s bungling and erratic behavior during the second battle of Fort Fisher. Point by point, the author discre ...
... Braxton Bragg. One of its most valuable contributions is the final appendix aptly entitled “The Curious Behavior of Braxton Bragg,” in which Trotter seeks to explain the controversial commander‟s bungling and erratic behavior during the second battle of Fort Fisher. Point by point, the author discre ...