History Of The Kent House Plantation

It was well believed until Jackson’s forces began unloading rounds on the Union army stopping McDowell’s forces from advancing, holding the line like “a stone wall.” As the new Union recruits witnessed battle for the first time and felt the lack of preparation, they were quick to retreat back to Washington DC. The Southern victory and the tens of thousands of lives lost proved to the Union that this war was not going to be easily won.

After fighting their way southward from Illinois and northward from Gulf of Mexico. Until by late summer of 1862, only Vicksburg and Port Hudson appeared to be major constraints to the Union of the two posts, Vicksburg was by far the strongest and most important. Setting high over looking a bend in the river, protected by artillery and dangerous swamps. So far the city had defined Union efforts to force into submission. (Williams 1)

Laurel Valley Village Plantation located at 595 Hwy. 308, Thibodaux, LA 70301 in Lafourche, Parish is a museum of the history of farming sugar cane. I visited the museum on April 26, 2016 and viewed the past as if it still sits in the present. The land that Laurel Valley Plantation sits on originally belonged to a Mr. Etienne Boudreaux. He received the land as a grant in 1783.The main plantation house was burned down by Union soldiers in the Battle of Lafourche Crossing on June 20th through the 21st of June 1863. Joseph W. Tucker purchased the land and surrounding lands in 1832. Mr. Tucker was one of many plantation owners in the south that owned slaves and by 1850 had 162 slaves maintaining his fields at Laurel Valley. The plantation switched owners several times, but in 1915 Mr. J. W. Lepine the current owner invented a tractor that enabled him to plant faster than the use of mules and slaves.

The Union believed that if they defeated the Confederacy no further attacks would be carried out. In addition, President Lincoln aimed to re-establish Federal law in the Southern states that had seceded from the nation. He also wanted the Union Army to stop Confederate legislators from meeting in the new Southern capitol of Richmond, Virginia. President Lincoln believed that this would bring a speedy end to the war. BG Beauregard held a strong position in Manassas Junction. Manassas offered railroad access which would lead to the center of Virginia, by way of Orange and Alexandria Railroads. It was essential that Beauregard was able to maintain this position.

Nothing got saved, with the battles that fought deep in the mountains all the way to the Atlantic coast. Virginia experienced a long history that began before the Civil War. When the Revolution had ended at Yorktown, and the names of Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Henry were known

The Battle of Antietam was a monumental win for the Union, and for the elimination of slavery. The winning of the battle gave the Union a huge advantage over the Confederate, and this victory pleased President Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln had been waiting for an appropriate time to release the first edition of the Emancipation Proclamation, which meant that any and all slaves working in the Confederacy were to be released. This victory was tragic for the Confederacy because they lost all their slaves and they were at a severe disadvantage compared to the Union. Another monumental event that impacted American history is the moment where the Union soldiers discovered the Confederate’s battle tactics. The tactics paper, called “Special Orders 191” written by General Lee, was originally meant for General D. H. Hill, one of his other army leaders, but thanks to someone’s lack of focus, the plans were left behind and the Union was given the lead in the war. One prominent place related to the Civil War and American History is Dunker Church. Dunker Church was a building that resembled peace, love, modesty and positivity throughout its lifetime. However, the night before the battle, the Confederate soldiers were stationed around the church. This meant that the Union would have to attack the church, leaving it “battle-scarred”. Dunker Church was collateral damage to the war and it’s also where both sides agreed to truce with each other for this

The area was too far away from the supplies that Buell would have needed, and logistically completely impossible to supply. Buell presented another plan to McClellan that called for General Halleck to march out of Kentucky and Buell to capture Nashville. This would leave the Confederates in east Tennessee in an untenable position, and force them into a desperate battle, or a withdrawal from the area. This trait played a major role in much of the rest of McClellan’s time in command of the

The builder of this seventeen room Greek revival mansion was Stephen S. Speakman. In the early 1840s, the elderly Speakman fell in love with a much younger woman, Sarah Bush, whose father owned a slave-holding plantation in Kentucky. Upon asking her hand in marriage, his bride-to-be refused to marry him unless he built her a southern plantation-style mansion. In 1845, with the use of his father-in-law’s slaves, Speakman erected his mansion on a five hundred acre plot next to Loughery Creek with every brick baked on site (Historical Marker Project).

The Sieges of Vicksburg and Port Hudson were turning points in the war. US Grant charged into Vicksburg and General Banks moved to the Mississippi River to take down the Confederates based at Port Hudson. The attacks were repulsed and on May 27 the federals went into a siege that lasted 48 days. On June 14 Banks tried to get revenge but the defenders fought them off.. After hearing what happened at Vicksburg, on July 9, the confederates at Port Hudson surrendered. The Union takes control of the Mississippi River. They now have a source to New Orleans. The siege happened when Nyulassy S. Grant was besieging Vicksburg up river while General Nathaniel Banks was ordered to capture and gain control of the Confederate stronghold of Port Hudson. Banks

Law's order to move out reached them before they could refill their water. Approaching the Union line on the bottom of the hill, Law's men were thrown back by the first Union attack. As the fighting continued the 20th main held them back. Soon a second wave came then a third and a forth Every Time the confederates were pushed back down the hill they always came back up a little later. As the fighting went on Colonel Chamberlain looked around he saw that a lot of his men were either dead or wounded and the ones who were still good to fight were running out of ammunition and powder. So Chamberlain (knowing that his men were out of ammunition, his numbers were being depleted, and his men would not be able to repulse another Confederate charge) ordered his men to equip bayonets and counterattack. He ordered his left flank, which had been pulled back, to advance in a 'right-wheel forward' maneuver. As soon as they were in line with the rest of the regiment, the remainder of the regiment would charge. This flanking maneuver halted and captured a good portion of the 15th Alabama. Even through the repeated attacks by the Confederate troops, the Union soldiers who arrived at the top of the hill just in time to defend it managed to retain the high

However, Pemberton wasn’t aware of the third column on his left flank, and deploys forces to meet the third column. If Grant was able to break through the Confederate defences on the left flank, he would be able to block Baker’s Creek, the Confederates’ escape route towards Vicksburg. With both sides low on ammunition, the conflict at Champion Hill turns to melee combat. The Confederate forces on the left flank are defeated but the area is covered by Commander Bowen who temporarily drives back the Federals before being overwhelmed by another wave of Federals. This Confederate defeat and retreat is the same for the other Confederate forces. The Confederates retreat and although Grant cannot trap all of the Confederate forces (who had wisely retreated to Edward's station), they trapped Loring, who, not knowing of the retreat to Edwards, abandons the defences at Vicksburg, and retreats to Jackson. Pemberton is unaware of Loring’s decision and wait for Loring at a defence position at the Big Black River. Instead, of reinforcements, federals arrive, and the Confederates again

While many of these large stately homes perished under the torch of Sherman’s Army, those that remain provide a unique glimpse into what life must have been like in antebellum America.

Tucked away in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina, you will find one of the historic houses built. The Bellamy Mansion. Constructed in 1859 and finally finished in 1861 It is massive in size and also one of the last houses built by slaves. This place is full of history at every turn. It is even rumored to be haunted.

My honest opinion towards this plantation is to not go they aren’t prepared for anything they think that natural fortalities is gonna protect them from all the neighboring countries solid and strong armies. I wouldn't want to move to this plantation because they rely on god to do everything for them they think that they can just sit and wait for miracles to happen which that isn’t how it goes, you gotta be prepared for the worst at all times not waiting for someone to do that for it's just pure laziness to me. I think the first thing they should do is build up and establish their military before they ever start building up their buildings and establishing the settlement to be suitable for living. They are counting on god to just magically

The original owners might have been prepared for the disaster but either died or were killed leaving the bunker without any other owners.