Special Edition - Civil War Digital Home
... (No. 2) Map of the battlefield of Antietam.jpg [Map of the defeat of the Confederate ship Alabama by the U.S. steamer Kearsarge on June 19, 1864, off Cherbourg, France].jpg 1862 map of the James River.jpg 2nd attack on Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee River, Georgia.jpg A complete map of Richmond and ...
... (No. 2) Map of the battlefield of Antietam.jpg [Map of the defeat of the Confederate ship Alabama by the U.S. steamer Kearsarge on June 19, 1864, off Cherbourg, France].jpg 1862 map of the James River.jpg 2nd attack on Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee River, Georgia.jpg A complete map of Richmond and ...
Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks
... name is listed first, and its previous names or nicknames are listed in parentheses. Some vessel names are pre–Civil War, and a few names were post–Civil War names, in cases in which the vessel was raised and refitted. Some vessels served in both the Union and Confederate navies or as commercial ves ...
... name is listed first, and its previous names or nicknames are listed in parentheses. Some vessel names are pre–Civil War, and a few names were post–Civil War names, in cases in which the vessel was raised and refitted. Some vessels served in both the Union and Confederate navies or as commercial ves ...
civil war prisons in american memory
... created by the shock of what capture and imprisonment meant. And from the 1880s on, the controversy over the prison legacy began to develop more complexity. While much of the sectional bitterness and penchant for accusation remained, these decades also saw the rise of organizations like the Grand Ar ...
... created by the shock of what capture and imprisonment meant. And from the 1880s on, the controversy over the prison legacy began to develop more complexity. While much of the sectional bitterness and penchant for accusation remained, these decades also saw the rise of organizations like the Grand Ar ...
Civil War prisons in American memory
... created by the shock of what capture and imprisonment meant. And from the 1880s on, the controversy over the prison legacy began to develop more complexity. While much of the sectional bitterness and penchant for accusation remained, these decades also saw the rise of organizations like the Grand Ar ...
... created by the shock of what capture and imprisonment meant. And from the 1880s on, the controversy over the prison legacy began to develop more complexity. While much of the sectional bitterness and penchant for accusation remained, these decades also saw the rise of organizations like the Grand Ar ...
Mercer Museum and Spruance Library of the Bucks
... The first letter, dated December 12, 1860, was written by businessman Ridgeway Jenks to his father. In the letter, Jenks alludes to the fact that his business is suffering due “to the troubles in the South.” He also refers to the strong presence of “Black Republicans” in St. Paul and comments that m ...
... The first letter, dated December 12, 1860, was written by businessman Ridgeway Jenks to his father. In the letter, Jenks alludes to the fact that his business is suffering due “to the troubles in the South.” He also refers to the strong presence of “Black Republicans” in St. Paul and comments that m ...
a PDF version of the guide to Virginia`s Civil War.
... prisoner of war at Johnson's Island, Ohio; a letter, 1861, to Aylett from J. B. Ferguson regarding the rising price of Confederate-supplied overcoats; a letter, 1861, from Achilles G. Garnett of the 53d Virginia concerning his inability to perform his duties because of physical disability; letters, ...
... prisoner of war at Johnson's Island, Ohio; a letter, 1861, to Aylett from J. B. Ferguson regarding the rising price of Confederate-supplied overcoats; a letter, 1861, from Achilles G. Garnett of the 53d Virginia concerning his inability to perform his duties because of physical disability; letters, ...
"The Naples of America," Pensacola during the Civil War
... Reconstruction and attracted a large following. Most of the works produced by the “Dunning school” examine state histories, and Davis falls directly in this category. This school of thought portrays carpetbaggers and Radical Republicans as wretched characters only looking to take advantage of the So ...
... Reconstruction and attracted a large following. Most of the works produced by the “Dunning school” examine state histories, and Davis falls directly in this category. This school of thought portrays carpetbaggers and Radical Republicans as wretched characters only looking to take advantage of the So ...
this Thesis or Dissertation
... PREFACE In October 1863 the United States Army launched the Rio Grande Expedition from New Orleans. The third of four Federal campaigns against Confederate Texas, this expedition was led by Major General Nathaniel P. Banks. He had been ordered by President Abraham Lincoln to plant the flag in Texas ...
... PREFACE In October 1863 the United States Army launched the Rio Grande Expedition from New Orleans. The third of four Federal campaigns against Confederate Texas, this expedition was led by Major General Nathaniel P. Banks. He had been ordered by President Abraham Lincoln to plant the flag in Texas ...
The Lincoln Assassination Conspirators
... talented artist Adalbert Johann Volck, who secretly published scathing antiLincoln etchings and discreetly shared them with like-minded friends. But a more dangerous local dissident went on to rant to friends in taverns and theater dressing rooms, warning anyone who would listen that Lincoln’s despo ...
... talented artist Adalbert Johann Volck, who secretly published scathing antiLincoln etchings and discreetly shared them with like-minded friends. But a more dangerous local dissident went on to rant to friends in taverns and theater dressing rooms, warning anyone who would listen that Lincoln’s despo ...
Dark Fields of the Republic: Alexander Gardner Photographs, 1859
... AG017 Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln ...
... AG017 Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln ...
civil war civil war
... 6, but were repulsed. Following their defeat, the Federal land force returned to the coast. The Union ships were also unsuccessful in their efforts to reach the Confederate fort at St. Marks. The Confederate victory at Natural Bridge ...
... 6, but were repulsed. Following their defeat, the Federal land force returned to the coast. The Union ships were also unsuccessful in their efforts to reach the Confederate fort at St. Marks. The Confederate victory at Natural Bridge ...
Trowel Marks - The University of Oklahoma
... Order handbooks, point guides, memoirs, and other publications of The Society from Mary McHard, ...
... Order handbooks, point guides, memoirs, and other publications of The Society from Mary McHard, ...
Belle Isle, Point Lookout, the Press and the Government: The Press
... respectively and recorded their remembrances to tell the story of life inside those prison camps. Prisoners at Belle Isle in the capital of the Confederacy, and Point Lookout in the Union lived with untold suffering on a daily basis while imprisoned, and their suffering was compounded by the decisio ...
... respectively and recorded their remembrances to tell the story of life inside those prison camps. Prisoners at Belle Isle in the capital of the Confederacy, and Point Lookout in the Union lived with untold suffering on a daily basis while imprisoned, and their suffering was compounded by the decisio ...
Unionist Sentiment in Frederick, Maryland 1860-1865
... he also wrote that many of the stores remained open for the soldiers of the Army of Northern Virginia and, after two days of occupation, Frederick merchants had nothing left to sell.20 At first glance this may seem to be a handful of merchants trying to make money from the soldiers who had no choice ...
... he also wrote that many of the stores remained open for the soldiers of the Army of Northern Virginia and, after two days of occupation, Frederick merchants had nothing left to sell.20 At first glance this may seem to be a handful of merchants trying to make money from the soldiers who had no choice ...
Soldiers of Long Odds: Confederate Operatives Combat the United
... President Davis in February. The strategy focused on a military campaign in the North by a new Rebel field army composed of Copperheads and liberated Confederate prisoners of war incarcerated in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. The operation was designed to establish anarchy in the Union rear, replace se ...
... President Davis in February. The strategy focused on a military campaign in the North by a new Rebel field army composed of Copperheads and liberated Confederate prisoners of war incarcerated in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. The operation was designed to establish anarchy in the Union rear, replace se ...
the rhetoric of destruction: racial identity and
... approximation. With important exceptions, the destruction of the Civil War cannot be compared to the devastation of that later conflict. Yet the analogy between Sherman’s March and the “strategic bombing” campaigns of Japan and Germany is often, and erroneously, made. Historians have usually viewed ...
... approximation. With important exceptions, the destruction of the Civil War cannot be compared to the devastation of that later conflict. Yet the analogy between Sherman’s March and the “strategic bombing” campaigns of Japan and Germany is often, and erroneously, made. Historians have usually viewed ...
doc - Kansas Humanities Council
... addition, Price had the added advantage of being familiar with the neighboring free state of Kansas and its well-stocked military fortifications at Leavenworth and Fort Scott. As a colonel in the Mexican-American War, Price had assembled his Missouri infantry regiment at Fort Leavenworth before depa ...
... addition, Price had the added advantage of being familiar with the neighboring free state of Kansas and its well-stocked military fortifications at Leavenworth and Fort Scott. As a colonel in the Mexican-American War, Price had assembled his Missouri infantry regiment at Fort Leavenworth before depa ...
AtkinsThesis
... effects of desertion on the Confederacy’s ability to wage war and demonstrating the need for innovative analysis of desertion which utilizes untapped resources. The first major study of Civil War desertion was published in 1928. Regardless of its age, Ella Lonn’s Desertion during the Civil War has ...
... effects of desertion on the Confederacy’s ability to wage war and demonstrating the need for innovative analysis of desertion which utilizes untapped resources. The first major study of Civil War desertion was published in 1928. Regardless of its age, Ella Lonn’s Desertion during the Civil War has ...
ShoemakerSpring08
... Company E of the 1st, displaying great excitement and patriotism. Inspired by his brother, Isaac traveled west and enlisted in the 1st along with his brother, eventually being lucky enough to be assigned into the same company as his brother. Throughout the war, Isaac, along with his brother, partici ...
... Company E of the 1st, displaying great excitement and patriotism. Inspired by his brother, Isaac traveled west and enlisted in the 1st along with his brother, eventually being lucky enough to be assigned into the same company as his brother. Throughout the war, Isaac, along with his brother, partici ...
America`s Last Civil War Veterans and Participants
... proportion of babies died very young. Life expectancy was low; work and living conditions were usually horrendous and puritanical mores ruled. Few lived in the mansions or rested on porches that so much of our culture depicts. Tenements were usually noisy, filthy and cramped. Work hours were long; w ...
... proportion of babies died very young. Life expectancy was low; work and living conditions were usually horrendous and puritanical mores ruled. Few lived in the mansions or rested on porches that so much of our culture depicts. Tenements were usually noisy, filthy and cramped. Work hours were long; w ...
The Ports of Halifax and Saint John and the American Civil War
... Brunswick and Nova Scotia sailing vessels fell into the hands of the USN. Saint John saddler Hen ry Horton invested his life savings in the Maine schooner Adelso, which was chartered to a Boston firm to car ry naval stores from Confederate No rt h Carolina. The American captain reached Cape Fear, en ...
... Brunswick and Nova Scotia sailing vessels fell into the hands of the USN. Saint John saddler Hen ry Horton invested his life savings in the Maine schooner Adelso, which was chartered to a Boston firm to car ry naval stores from Confederate No rt h Carolina. The American captain reached Cape Fear, en ...
Henry Wirz and Andersonville: The Career of
... unfit for use and increasing dysentery and other bowel complaints" and recommended that the flour be sifted to remove impurities. He built a bake house, so more cooked food would be available, and he got the prisoners to brew a crude beer made from com mash and molasses to control scurvy. Wirz also ...
... unfit for use and increasing dysentery and other bowel complaints" and recommended that the flour be sifted to remove impurities. He built a bake house, so more cooked food would be available, and he got the prisoners to brew a crude beer made from com mash and molasses to control scurvy. Wirz also ...
A History of Jefferson County, Texas
... It is unlikely that either of the other two militia companies were formally inducted into a Texas regiment as intact units, but certainly many of these men individually went on to join up in companies formed in other counties. For instance, at least ten men from the Jefferson County Mounted Rangers ...
... It is unlikely that either of the other two militia companies were formally inducted into a Texas regiment as intact units, but certainly many of these men individually went on to join up in companies formed in other counties. For instance, at least ten men from the Jefferson County Mounted Rangers ...