"The Naples of America," Pensacola during the Civil War
... Tallahassee and Pensacola. Miles and miles pass with nothing except trees and the occasional farm. After traveling west across the Panhandle, one will start to see hints of civilization as they drive through Milton and Pace, and eventually the scenery turns into a small metropolis as they enter Pens ...
... Tallahassee and Pensacola. Miles and miles pass with nothing except trees and the occasional farm. After traveling west across the Panhandle, one will start to see hints of civilization as they drive through Milton and Pace, and eventually the scenery turns into a small metropolis as they enter Pens ...
You Can Have No Conflict Without Being Yourselves the Aggressors
... Seward evidently wished the motto of the administration to be, “The King reigns, but does not govern.”3 He told a European diplomat that there “exists no great difference between an elected president of the United States and a hereditary monarch. The latter is called to the throne through the accide ...
... Seward evidently wished the motto of the administration to be, “The King reigns, but does not govern.”3 He told a European diplomat that there “exists no great difference between an elected president of the United States and a hereditary monarch. The latter is called to the throne through the accide ...
The Positive Contributions of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of
... to the bold example given by an enthusiastic young Confederate named Brigadier General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Wade, Chandler, and Senator George Riddle of Delaware attempted, rifle in hand, to reverse the route on their own side. 7 They had seen, first hand, a battle where the deciding factor c ...
... to the bold example given by an enthusiastic young Confederate named Brigadier General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Wade, Chandler, and Senator George Riddle of Delaware attempted, rifle in hand, to reverse the route on their own side. 7 They had seen, first hand, a battle where the deciding factor c ...
Driving Tour of the Civil War Sites of Cape Girardeau
... formed a skirmish line opposite the Confederate line in this area, then reformed, with reinforcements, at the relative safety of the line of hills due east. Note that the present hospital hill had at least rifle pits on it, and two pieces of artillery later in the battle as well. Near this spot, per ...
... formed a skirmish line opposite the Confederate line in this area, then reformed, with reinforcements, at the relative safety of the line of hills due east. Note that the present hospital hill had at least rifle pits on it, and two pieces of artillery later in the battle as well. Near this spot, per ...
heading one
... Civil War battlefield. The major feature of the battlefield is the two-mile long arc of Confederate rifle pits that connect nine earthen redoubts (forts), which are spaced along the defensive line. Also remaining are large portions of the opposing Union rifle pits, artillery emplacements, and saps ( ...
... Civil War battlefield. The major feature of the battlefield is the two-mile long arc of Confederate rifle pits that connect nine earthen redoubts (forts), which are spaced along the defensive line. Also remaining are large portions of the opposing Union rifle pits, artillery emplacements, and saps ( ...
A Public History Project Atblakeley Historic Park, Alabama
... Civil War battlefield. The major feature of the battlefield is the two-mile long arc of Confederate rifle pits that connect nine earthen redoubts (forts), which are spaced along the defensive line. Also remaining are large portions of the opposing Union rifle pits, artillery emplacements, and saps ( ...
... Civil War battlefield. The major feature of the battlefield is the two-mile long arc of Confederate rifle pits that connect nine earthen redoubts (forts), which are spaced along the defensive line. Also remaining are large portions of the opposing Union rifle pits, artillery emplacements, and saps ( ...
Issue 1 - Library
... deserves a place of honor that has heretofore not been bestowed on it in the history of the United States of America. It was in Fort Smith, October 30,1863, that the first meeting was held in any seceded Confederate state to attempt to bring that revolting state back to the union.1 This mass meeting ...
... deserves a place of honor that has heretofore not been bestowed on it in the history of the United States of America. It was in Fort Smith, October 30,1863, that the first meeting was held in any seceded Confederate state to attempt to bring that revolting state back to the union.1 This mass meeting ...
Nathan Bedford Forrest - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... It has been said that Bedford Forrest was the most effective cavalry commander produced by the Civil War. It has also been said that Forrest is the most controversial figure produced by the war. Born in 1821, by 1860 Forrest had amassed a fortune of $1.5 million in the business of trading livestock, ...
... It has been said that Bedford Forrest was the most effective cavalry commander produced by the Civil War. It has also been said that Forrest is the most controversial figure produced by the war. Born in 1821, by 1860 Forrest had amassed a fortune of $1.5 million in the business of trading livestock, ...
the politics of command in the fort
... the Confederacy‟s principal blockade running port after 1863—more than any other major seaport including Charleston, South Carolina; Savannah, Georgia; and Mobile, Alabama. The increasing number of scholarly publications on the Fort Fisher campaign in the past fifteen years is impressive when one co ...
... the Confederacy‟s principal blockade running port after 1863—more than any other major seaport including Charleston, South Carolina; Savannah, Georgia; and Mobile, Alabama. The increasing number of scholarly publications on the Fort Fisher campaign in the past fifteen years is impressive when one co ...
Fort Pulaski
... South. Confederate General Robert E. Lee, invading the North for a second time, had hoped that a victory would persuade Northern politicians to seek a peace agreement. Though by the end of the first day of fighting things looked promising for the South, the tide of battle quickly turned in favor of ...
... South. Confederate General Robert E. Lee, invading the North for a second time, had hoped that a victory would persuade Northern politicians to seek a peace agreement. Though by the end of the first day of fighting things looked promising for the South, the tide of battle quickly turned in favor of ...
Sabine Pass in the Civil War
... For some months, Magruder had planned to rebuild Sabine's defenses. In March, 1863, he ordered Kcllersberger and a work force of 500 slaves to begin construction on a new Fort Sabine, later renamed Fort Griffin. The engineer recorded in his memoirs that, upon arrival there, he found Sabine City "a d ...
... For some months, Magruder had planned to rebuild Sabine's defenses. In March, 1863, he ordered Kcllersberger and a work force of 500 slaves to begin construction on a new Fort Sabine, later renamed Fort Griffin. The engineer recorded in his memoirs that, upon arrival there, he found Sabine City "a d ...
Civil War - Department of Anthropology
... Unfortunately however, most of these sites have succumb to urban development. Surveys of military sites in West, Middle and East Tennessee were carried out by the Tennessee Division of Archaeology over a period of eleven years. These surveys were conducted to record all locations of possible Civil W ...
... Unfortunately however, most of these sites have succumb to urban development. Surveys of military sites in West, Middle and East Tennessee were carried out by the Tennessee Division of Archaeology over a period of eleven years. These surveys were conducted to record all locations of possible Civil W ...
Teacher`s Guide - Missouri State Parks
... Bloody Bill Anderson. They had an excellent publicist by the name of John N. Edwards. The ones he did not write about go unknown, but yet, even around Pilot Knob, these partisan fighters had the U.S. Cavalry so compromised that a new fort was built at Pilot Knob in 1863, called Fort Davidson, named ...
... Bloody Bill Anderson. They had an excellent publicist by the name of John N. Edwards. The ones he did not write about go unknown, but yet, even around Pilot Knob, these partisan fighters had the U.S. Cavalry so compromised that a new fort was built at Pilot Knob in 1863, called Fort Davidson, named ...
George Washington, the West, and the Union
... to the Great Kanawha as he had done in 1770. On his return from the frontier, however, he single-mindedly and almost single-handedly mounted a campaign to have a company formed for developing a water passage up the Potomac, over to the Ohio, and from there to Lake Erie beyond. Here in 1784, as in 17 ...
... to the Great Kanawha as he had done in 1770. On his return from the frontier, however, he single-mindedly and almost single-handedly mounted a campaign to have a company formed for developing a water passage up the Potomac, over to the Ohio, and from there to Lake Erie beyond. Here in 1784, as in 17 ...
CW Bugle PDF page - The Kentucky Civil War Bugle
... Donelson were three “sister" Civil War forts guarding the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers and a key rail line. Heiman is near Murray and just over the Kentucky line, some 20 miles from Fort Donelson. Heiman is linear in shape and has two sets of earthworks totaling 648 yards in length and which are ...
... Donelson were three “sister" Civil War forts guarding the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers and a key rail line. Heiman is near Murray and just over the Kentucky line, some 20 miles from Fort Donelson. Heiman is linear in shape and has two sets of earthworks totaling 648 yards in length and which are ...
Fort Fisher: Amphibious Victory in the American Civil War
... United States had undertaken only one significant amphibious action. During the Mexican-American War, U.S. forces conducted an important joint amphibious operation under the command of Gen. Winfield Scott and Commodore David Conner. Using specially designed landing craft and tactical deception, Scot ...
... United States had undertaken only one significant amphibious action. During the Mexican-American War, U.S. forces conducted an important joint amphibious operation under the command of Gen. Winfield Scott and Commodore David Conner. Using specially designed landing craft and tactical deception, Scot ...
George Washington`s Birthday Celebrations
... Fanny Kemble, wrote in 1832, “Comparatively no observances of tides and times punctuated the American years.” New Year’s Day and Christmas were celebrated by some in specific areas or by different nationalities but were not country-wide celebrations. Valentine’s Day [refer the archived “Virginia’s V ...
... Fanny Kemble, wrote in 1832, “Comparatively no observances of tides and times punctuated the American years.” New Year’s Day and Christmas were celebrated by some in specific areas or by different nationalities but were not country-wide celebrations. Valentine’s Day [refer the archived “Virginia’s V ...
1 From Civil War Fort to State Park: A History of Fort Pillow By Colin
... On March 25, 1862, the Confederate high command ordered John B. Villepigue, an officer praised for “industry, ability, and professional skill,”14 to assume control over Fort Pillow. These orders required him to make a detailed report on the condition of the fort. He observed that the river battery ...
... On March 25, 1862, the Confederate high command ordered John B. Villepigue, an officer praised for “industry, ability, and professional skill,”14 to assume control over Fort Pillow. These orders required him to make a detailed report on the condition of the fort. He observed that the river battery ...
H A R F O R D C E C I L K E N T Q U E E N A N N E`S
... March 22, 1862, to coordinate regional military activities. After the Battle of Antietam on September 17, during the first Confederate invasion of the North, the city received thousands of wounded, transforming parks, warehouses, churches, and hotels into hospitals. Fort McHenry became a prisoner-of ...
... March 22, 1862, to coordinate regional military activities. After the Battle of Antietam on September 17, during the first Confederate invasion of the North, the city received thousands of wounded, transforming parks, warehouses, churches, and hotels into hospitals. Fort McHenry became a prisoner-of ...
160 Spring 2011 - American Civil War Society
... Surprise at Ball's Bluff The Battle of Ball's Bluff, initiated by a telegram from Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, commander of U.S. armies in the Washington area, to Maj. Gen. George P. Stone, commander of troops along the Potomac River in Maryland. McClellan told Stone to "keep a good lookout upon L ...
... Surprise at Ball's Bluff The Battle of Ball's Bluff, initiated by a telegram from Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, commander of U.S. armies in the Washington area, to Maj. Gen. George P. Stone, commander of troops along the Potomac River in Maryland. McClellan told Stone to "keep a good lookout upon L ...
Men and Machines: The Psychological Impact of Gunboats on the
... squeeze it into submission, a crucial part of the plan was to control the Mississippi River and cut the Confederacy in half. 3 To do so, the Department of the Navy began to consider the possibility of ironclad gunboats to conquer and control the river. The Department sent orders to Captain John Rodg ...
... squeeze it into submission, a crucial part of the plan was to control the Mississippi River and cut the Confederacy in half. 3 To do so, the Department of the Navy began to consider the possibility of ironclad gunboats to conquer and control the river. The Department sent orders to Captain John Rodg ...
Waul`s Texas Legion: Towards Vicksburg
... The swampy conditions of the land around Fort Pemberton also precluded an approach from the land side as General Ross’s men discovered when the federal transports attempted to disembark his men46. Several of the Federal transports had landed troops a mile or more above Fort Pemberton earlier in the ...
... The swampy conditions of the land around Fort Pemberton also precluded an approach from the land side as General Ross’s men discovered when the federal transports attempted to disembark his men46. Several of the Federal transports had landed troops a mile or more above Fort Pemberton earlier in the ...
Lincoln and the Outbreak of War, 1861
... In March 1861, when Lincoln came to the Presidency, the United States faced the worst crisis in its history. A number of slave states had recently “seceded” from the national union, the United States of America (in order of secession - South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisian ...
... In March 1861, when Lincoln came to the Presidency, the United States faced the worst crisis in its history. A number of slave states had recently “seceded” from the national union, the United States of America (in order of secession - South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisian ...
The Civil War Started Here (Almost) - H-Net
... them occupied. While Northern regiments chafed under the primitive conditions and constant boredom, residents of Pensacola and its surrounding areas had to adjust to living under Northern occupation. While Union control was hardly draconian, Southern sympathizers who stayed behind in Pensacola under ...
... them occupied. While Northern regiments chafed under the primitive conditions and constant boredom, residents of Pensacola and its surrounding areas had to adjust to living under Northern occupation. While Union control was hardly draconian, Southern sympathizers who stayed behind in Pensacola under ...
US History Fort Burrows Review Semester Exam II Chapter 11 1
... We think the people of African ancestry are…..not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word “citizens” in the Constitution, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States. ...
... We think the people of African ancestry are…..not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word “citizens” in the Constitution, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States. ...
Fort Stanton (Washington, D.C.)
Fort Stanton was a Civil War-era fortification constructed in the hills above Anacostia in the District of Columbia, USA, and was intended to prevent Confederate artillery from threatening the Washington Navy Yard. It also guarded the approach to the bridge that connected Anacostia (then known as Uniontown) with Washington. Built in 1861, the fort was expanded throughout the war and was joined by two subsidiary forts: Fort Ricketts and Fort Snyder. Following the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, it was dismantled and the land returned to its original owner. It never saw combat. Abandoned after the war, the site of the fort was planned to be part of a grand ""Fort Circle"" park system encircling the city of Washington. Though this system of interconnected parks never was fully implemented, the site of the fort is today a park maintained by the National Park Service, and a historical marker stands near the fort's original location.