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Articles on the American Civil War and the principle figures involved. Includes timelines and detailed descriptions.
Articles on the American Civil War and the principle figures involved. Includes timelines and detailed descriptions.
The Battle of Mechanicsville casualties piled up at the start of the Seven-Day Campaign during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865. BATTLE OF MECHANICSVILLE CASUALTIES/BEAVER DAM CREEK (June 26, 1862) Source Confederate Union Burton, Extraordinary Circumstances c. 1,400* 361* Current, Encyclopedia 1,484* 361* 49 killed 207 wounded 105 missing…
The Revolutionary War may have answered the question of whether America would become an independent nation, but the Civil War answered the question of what kind of nation it would be. Political Change The American government became more centralized. New constitutional amendments increased American power. Northerners held more political power…
Winners write the history of wars. So it is said. Confederate Major General Patrick Cleburne agreed: “Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy; that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers; will learn from Northern school books their version of…
In his January 1, 1863, Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln permanently freed all slaves in all areas then in rebellion against the United States. Often overlooked is an additional provision in that proclamation by which Lincoln specifically authorized the use of freed slaves in Union military service: “And I further declare and…
Union Abraham Lincoln Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, only four days after Lee’s surrender. He was 56. After a long funeral procession, he was buried near his home in Springfield, IL. He is widely considered to be one of our greatest presidents, if not our greatest. Ulysses…
An aspect of the Civil War that few know about is the naval war. Learn how battles occurred on American Rivers, gulfs, shorelines, and even as far away as Alaska. Background The Union Navy and its Strategy At the start of the war, the U. S. Navy only had…
As the Civil War came to an end, a big question remained for the North and eventually the reunited United States. What would become of its African-American residents? Would they be given full legal rights or only partial? This question was largely answered by the contributions of African-Americans in uniform.…
It's 1864. Lincoln is re-elected, and Sherman's March to the Sea obliterated the Confederacy's industrial base. But work remains for General Grant. He must contend with his greatest foe, Robert E. Lee. Now that Grant was directing the operations of the Army of the Potomac, Northern expectations were high. Southern…
From November to December 1864, Gen. Sherman led over 60,000 soldiers from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia in a scorched earth campaign to completely demoralized the Southern war effort. Sherman explained that they needed to “make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war.” Excursus: The…
CASUALTIES IN LEE’S BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS In their Attack and Die, McWhiney and Jamieson provided incomplete statistics on soldiers killed and wounded (not missing or captured) in Lee’s army and its opponents. In the Civil War Casualties they included, Lee’s army killed and wounded 134,602 (15.4%) of the enemy while having 121,042 (20.2%)…
