November 6, 1860
... River and the Chesapeake Bay to the peninsular south of the Confederate Capital of Richmond, Virginia then begins an advance toward Richmond. President Lincoln temporarily relieves McClellan as general-in-chief and takes direct command of the Union Armies. Shiloh April 6/7, 1862 - Confederate surpri ...
... River and the Chesapeake Bay to the peninsular south of the Confederate Capital of Richmond, Virginia then begins an advance toward Richmond. President Lincoln temporarily relieves McClellan as general-in-chief and takes direct command of the Union Armies. Shiloh April 6/7, 1862 - Confederate surpri ...
Battle of Glorieta Maps
... Battle Map 1 • The fighting then ended as Slough retired first to Pigeon’s Ranch and then to Kozlowski’s Ranch. Scurry soon left the field also, thinking he had won the battle. Chivington’s men, how-ever, had destroyed all Scurry’s supplies and animals at Johnson’s Ranch, forcing him to retreat to ...
... Battle Map 1 • The fighting then ended as Slough retired first to Pigeon’s Ranch and then to Kozlowski’s Ranch. Scurry soon left the field also, thinking he had won the battle. Chivington’s men, how-ever, had destroyed all Scurry’s supplies and animals at Johnson’s Ranch, forcing him to retreat to ...
civil war trail
... encamped and fought skirmishes on Crescent Bend farmland. Originally the Union Army controlled Crescent Bend and built an earthen fortification around the house; began on the western side of the house, wrapped around the back of the house, and connected with Kingston Pike on the east. This defensive ...
... encamped and fought skirmishes on Crescent Bend farmland. Originally the Union Army controlled Crescent Bend and built an earthen fortification around the house; began on the western side of the house, wrapped around the back of the house, and connected with Kingston Pike on the east. This defensive ...
Read a brochure of this exhibit. - Academics
... enough armor to move the heavy C.S.S. Virginia up the James River towards Richmond but found that she could not be saved. He decided to destroy the ship rather than let it be captured by the Federals. On May 10, 1862, Tattnall ordered the C.S.S. Virgi ...
... enough armor to move the heavy C.S.S. Virginia up the James River towards Richmond but found that she could not be saved. He decided to destroy the ship rather than let it be captured by the Federals. On May 10, 1862, Tattnall ordered the C.S.S. Virgi ...
Civil War Fort at Boonesboro - Winchester
... There were only two bridges over the river, one at Frankfort and the other near Nicholasville at Camp Nelson. Between these bridges were some 50 fords and ferries. Mounted riders could often ford the river, a tactic the Confederate cavalry used to their advantage. Soldiers on foot, however, were con ...
... There were only two bridges over the river, one at Frankfort and the other near Nicholasville at Camp Nelson. Between these bridges were some 50 fords and ferries. Mounted riders could often ford the river, a tactic the Confederate cavalry used to their advantage. Soldiers on foot, however, were con ...
Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga
... The Gettysburg Campaign • After the Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, Virginia, Robert E. Lee led his army to a second invasion in the north. • Goals: • Collect supplies • Take fighting away from Virginia • Threaten Northern cities • Weaken the North's resolve • Strengthen the ...
... The Gettysburg Campaign • After the Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, Virginia, Robert E. Lee led his army to a second invasion in the north. • Goals: • Collect supplies • Take fighting away from Virginia • Threaten Northern cities • Weaken the North's resolve • Strengthen the ...
The Civil War - TheMattHatters
... Mississippi River vulnerable to attack. Grant continued south to the railroad center of Corinth, Mississippi. The bloody Battle of Shiloh was a Confederate loss, but there were over 23,000 total casualties. Grant realized the Union would be saved only by complete conquest. New Orleans fell to Admira ...
... Mississippi River vulnerable to attack. Grant continued south to the railroad center of Corinth, Mississippi. The bloody Battle of Shiloh was a Confederate loss, but there were over 23,000 total casualties. Grant realized the Union would be saved only by complete conquest. New Orleans fell to Admira ...
Ch 11 Civil War Powerpoint
... from disease and not battle wounds Poor nutrition and contaminated food led to dysentery and typhoid fever Malaria and pneumonia were also killers Union soldier was three times more likely to die in camp or in a hospital than he was to be killed on the battlefield One in five Union soldiers who was ...
... from disease and not battle wounds Poor nutrition and contaminated food led to dysentery and typhoid fever Malaria and pneumonia were also killers Union soldier was three times more likely to die in camp or in a hospital than he was to be killed on the battlefield One in five Union soldiers who was ...
Presentation
... defeated by Lee's much smaller forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia as a result of Lee's brilliant and daring tactics. Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson is mortally wounded by his own soldiers. Hooker retreats. Union losses are 17,000 killed, wounded and missing out of 130,000. The ...
... defeated by Lee's much smaller forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia as a result of Lee's brilliant and daring tactics. Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson is mortally wounded by his own soldiers. Hooker retreats. Union losses are 17,000 killed, wounded and missing out of 130,000. The ...
July 1861- Mar 1862
... • McClellan was going to leave Washington without leaving men behind to protect the capitol. Lincoln requested soldiers, but McClellan left very few – Lincoln then pulled McDowell’s Corps from McClellan to see to the defense of Washington ...
... • McClellan was going to leave Washington without leaving men behind to protect the capitol. Lincoln requested soldiers, but McClellan left very few – Lincoln then pulled McDowell’s Corps from McClellan to see to the defense of Washington ...
Third Winchester Driving Tour
... across the plain near the Berryville Pike, through the forested First Woods, across the Middle Field, and then on the Second Woods north of the Pike. Confederate artillery and counter-attacks from Gen. John Gordon’s and Gen. Robert Rodes’ divisions stopped the attacks. By mid-afternoon, Federal Gen. ...
... across the plain near the Berryville Pike, through the forested First Woods, across the Middle Field, and then on the Second Woods north of the Pike. Confederate artillery and counter-attacks from Gen. John Gordon’s and Gen. Robert Rodes’ divisions stopped the attacks. By mid-afternoon, Federal Gen. ...
Civil War Battle Chartrmar27rev.doc
... -The battle gets its name from the church -The battle of Shiloh begins in the Tennessee/Mississippi border -Confederate Troops were stationed in Mississippi. -The Union troops were in Shiloh -The Union troops wanted to move down and stop the Confederacy in the Mississippi area. -The Union plans were ...
... -The battle gets its name from the church -The battle of Shiloh begins in the Tennessee/Mississippi border -Confederate Troops were stationed in Mississippi. -The Union troops were in Shiloh -The Union troops wanted to move down and stop the Confederacy in the Mississippi area. -The Union plans were ...
Released 6/25/13 GETTYSBURG AT 150 (VICKSBURG, TOO): A
... In fact, a year after Gettysburg and Vicksburg, in the summer of 1864, it looked very much like the South had achieved that goal. The Union army under Grant and Meade, after absorbing huge casualties in Virginia, appeared stalled there. The progress of Sherman’s army in Georgia seemed very slow. Nor ...
... In fact, a year after Gettysburg and Vicksburg, in the summer of 1864, it looked very much like the South had achieved that goal. The Union army under Grant and Meade, after absorbing huge casualties in Virginia, appeared stalled there. The progress of Sherman’s army in Georgia seemed very slow. Nor ...
Antietam - NPS History eLibrary
... Kentucky, caused Great Britain to postpone recognition of the Confederate Government. Probably the greatest significance of Antietam in American history, therefore, lies in the fact t h a t if Lee had won a decisive victory it might have foreshadowed the final independence of the Confederacy. When L ...
... Kentucky, caused Great Britain to postpone recognition of the Confederate Government. Probably the greatest significance of Antietam in American history, therefore, lies in the fact t h a t if Lee had won a decisive victory it might have foreshadowed the final independence of the Confederacy. When L ...
Civil War Battle Chart
... indecisiveness allowed Lee to concentrate his forces and establish strong defensive positions on the hills behind Fredericksburg. Over 120,000 Union troops under Ambrose E. Burnside were met at Fredericksburg by an entrenched Confederate force of 78,000 under Robert E. Lee. The Union attack failed, ...
... indecisiveness allowed Lee to concentrate his forces and establish strong defensive positions on the hills behind Fredericksburg. Over 120,000 Union troops under Ambrose E. Burnside were met at Fredericksburg by an entrenched Confederate force of 78,000 under Robert E. Lee. The Union attack failed, ...
Sticking with the Confederacy Sticking with the Confederacy
... In addition, a nearby post, Fort Fisher, guarded the mouth of the river. Ironically, the coastline that had been such a disadvantage throughout North Carolina’s history was turned into an advantage for the South. The Confederates used the currents, tides, and shoals to outmaneuver the North’s ships. ...
... In addition, a nearby post, Fort Fisher, guarded the mouth of the river. Ironically, the coastline that had been such a disadvantage throughout North Carolina’s history was turned into an advantage for the South. The Confederates used the currents, tides, and shoals to outmaneuver the North’s ships. ...
The Battle of Droop Mountain The Battle of Droop Mountain
... Franklin Kelly, the commander of the Union forces in West Virginia, was determined to rid the state of rebel troops. Kelly had 32,000 troops under his command in West Virginia. He drew on these to post strong detachments along the tracks of the vital Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, from his headquarter ...
... Franklin Kelly, the commander of the Union forces in West Virginia, was determined to rid the state of rebel troops. Kelly had 32,000 troops under his command in West Virginia. He drew on these to post strong detachments along the tracks of the vital Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, from his headquarter ...
Chapter 16:2 Early Years of the War
... Merimack was kept in harbor because it could not get by the Monitor. Narrator 1: The ironclad ships marked a new age in naval warships. Today warships are made of metal. Scene Setter: After the Battle of Bull Run in July 1861, both sides spent time and effort turning civilians into soldiers. The Nor ...
... Merimack was kept in harbor because it could not get by the Monitor. Narrator 1: The ironclad ships marked a new age in naval warships. Today warships are made of metal. Scene Setter: After the Battle of Bull Run in July 1861, both sides spent time and effort turning civilians into soldiers. The Nor ...
Spring 2010 issue
... reach their enemy. The Confederates held off the Union attackers until midway through the day. About 1:30 PM the Union army attacked the Confederate left flank. After ninety minutes of vicious fighting on the mountain top they broke the enemy line. 140 Union and 275 Confederate soldiers became casua ...
... reach their enemy. The Confederates held off the Union attackers until midway through the day. About 1:30 PM the Union army attacked the Confederate left flank. After ninety minutes of vicious fighting on the mountain top they broke the enemy line. 140 Union and 275 Confederate soldiers became casua ...
American civil war 1861-1865 First battle of bull run (manassas)
... Union forces 1. How might a better commander have been able to use this strategy more effectively? 2. If you were Lincoln, how would you have handled the ineffectiveness of your army in the East? ...
... Union forces 1. How might a better commander have been able to use this strategy more effectively? 2. If you were Lincoln, how would you have handled the ineffectiveness of your army in the East? ...
Chapter One - University of South Carolina
... strengthening the works, for they were so meager that his men had to kneel or sit during the day. Any time they raised a hat on a stick above the parapet it was perforated by a Yankee bullet.19 The infantry manning this sector of the Confederate line belonged to Maj. Gen. Bushrod R. Johnson’s divisi ...
... strengthening the works, for they were so meager that his men had to kneel or sit during the day. Any time they raised a hat on a stick above the parapet it was perforated by a Yankee bullet.19 The infantry manning this sector of the Confederate line belonged to Maj. Gen. Bushrod R. Johnson’s divisi ...
Battles Featured in the Series
... Southern artillery attack a battalion of Northern troops inside Fort Sumter, off the coast of South Carolina in the first battle of the Civil War. When Union forces surrender, the South is jubilant. Walt Whitman writes, "all the past we leave behind with Sumter." Episode 1 Chapter 11 - Manassas (1st ...
... Southern artillery attack a battalion of Northern troops inside Fort Sumter, off the coast of South Carolina in the first battle of the Civil War. When Union forces surrender, the South is jubilant. Walt Whitman writes, "all the past we leave behind with Sumter." Episode 1 Chapter 11 - Manassas (1st ...
Civil War - harrisdrewcharter
... and the Confederate states Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas are cut off from the rest of the Confederacy. This battle, along with Gettysburg, becomes a turning point in the war. Battle of Chickamauga, September 1863: The Confederate Army, led by Tennessee General Braxton Brigg, fights the Union Army i ...
... and the Confederate states Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas are cut off from the rest of the Confederacy. This battle, along with Gettysburg, becomes a turning point in the war. Battle of Chickamauga, September 1863: The Confederate Army, led by Tennessee General Braxton Brigg, fights the Union Army i ...
Battle of Nashville - You Can Live History
... side-step Nashville and lead his army north, because Thomas would attack him on the flanks or rear, while his army on the march was vulnerable. He could not even retreat because he believed his demoralized army would probably melt away. [7] [CS troops work on building fortifications on a hill] The o ...
... side-step Nashville and lead his army north, because Thomas would attack him on the flanks or rear, while his army on the march was vulnerable. He could not even retreat because he believed his demoralized army would probably melt away. [7] [CS troops work on building fortifications on a hill] The o ...
Battle of Stones River
The Battle of Stones River or Second Battle of Murfreesboro (in the South, simply the Battle of Murfreesboro), was fought from December 31, 1862, to January 2, 1863, in Middle Tennessee, as the culmination of the Stones River Campaign in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Of the major battles of the Civil War, Stones River had the highest percentage of casualties on both sides. Although the battle itself was inconclusive, the Union Army's repulse of two Confederate attacks and the subsequent Confederate withdrawal were a much-needed boost to Union morale after the defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg, and it dashed Confederate aspirations for control of Middle Tennessee.Union Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Cumberland marched from Nashville, Tennessee, on December 26, 1862, to challenge General Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee at Murfreesboro. On December 31, each army commander planned to attack his opponent's right flank, but Bragg struck first. A massive assault by the corps of Maj. Gen. William J. Hardee, followed by that of Leonidas Polk, overran the wing commanded by Maj. Gen. Alexander M. McCook. A stout defense by the division of Brig. Gen. Philip Sheridan in the right center of the line prevented a total collapse and the Union assumed a tight defensive position backing up to the Nashville Turnpike. Repeated Confederate attacks were repulsed from this concentrated line, most notably in the cedar ""Round Forest"" salient against the brigade of Col. William B. Hazen. Bragg attempted to continue the assault with the corps of Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, but the troops were slow in arriving and their multiple piecemeal attacks failed.Fighting resumed on January 2, 1863, when Bragg ordered Breckinridge to assault the well-fortified Union position on a hill to the east of the Stones River. Faced with overwhelming artillery, the Confederates were repulsed with heavy losses. Aware that Rosecrans was receiving reinforcements, Bragg chose to withdraw his army on January 3 to Tullahoma, Tennessee.