Confederate states

In late April, after the beginning of hostilities at Fort Sumter, Lincoln ordered a naval blockade of the states that has succeeded so far. Knowing that the South could not match the Union 's navy, the Secretary of the Confederacy 's navy Stephen Mallory, at the time being and advocate for more armor on ships, decided that instead of trying to match the production power of the north, they would build ships that were superior to the North 's individually. Mallory hired a group of men to help him

Throughout the 1850’s a division in the country between North and South widened. However, in spite of the rising rhetoric, the state of Georgia was far from becoming a “war machine.” In Marietta, the Georgia Military Institute went to the state for funds only three times between 1852 and 1863. Throughout the state, railroads were being built up for economic reasons, not reasons of war. Atlanta was concerned about fighting equipment for its newly formed fire department, not for some secret military

Famed Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s legacy is hardly easy to define. His is most remembered for cunning speed and brutality in battle and many consider him without equal. The same strategies Jackson used in the Shenandoah Valley campaign were scrutinized by both Rommel and Patton for inspiration in WWII. Jackson’s personal discipline carried over into his command. Although his men were often barefoot and near starvation, he pushed them forward into battle, not wishing to sacrifice

for the Mexican-American War from 1846-1848. During this time, Stonewall earned two field [brevet] promotions and a regular Army promotion to first lieutenant.2 It was also in Mexico that Stonewall first met Robert E. Lee, future commander of the Confederate Army. During the war, Stonewall displayed incredible strength of character by refusing to obey what he correctly identified as a “bad order.”2 In other events, he demonstrated his prowess in the strategic mind of the battlefield and earned another

Beauregard received the missive in time and was able to strategically rearrange his troops. Rose is credited as a crucial component to the Confederate victory at the first Battle of Bull Run. Isabelle Buchanan Edmondson, nicknamed Belle, was an uncontrollable, wild young woman living with her family in Elm Ridge, Tennessee. Searching for an outlet for her restless energy she began

Section 1: Identification and Evaluation of Sources This investigation will explore the question: How did technological advancements help to shape the Northern victory in the U. S. Civil War? The time frame for the investigation will range from the 1830s to 1865 when the Civil war ended; many technologies were created far prior to the Civil war, but were improved upon or finally put to work beginning around this period. The first source to be evaluated is called “Mr. Lincoln 's High-tech War: How

controversy in the 1850s. Nevertheless, believing that he owed his first loyalty to his own state, he declined an offer to command the Federal army, resigned his commission in the U.S. Army, and offered his services to Virginia when it seceded in April 1861.6 Virginia was Lee's first priority and for him, Virginia was the Confederacy, and he was involved in the war on the Confederate side only because his home state of Virginia chose to leave the Union. His decisions of where to attack and why were most

1862-63 (Smith, p. 7, 1998). That winter Union General (GEN) Ambrose Burnside Commander of the Army of the Potomac attempted a mid-December assault and river crossing on Fredericksburg. The assault ended miserably terrain, weather, and entrenched Confederate Soldiers, worked against the Union Army (p. 7). Due to this outcome Gen. Burnside was relieved of command. On January 26, 1983 President Abraham Lincoln replaced Gen. Ambrose Burnside with Major General (MG) Hooker. A commander must be able to balance

regiment. Once I looked at the array of flags on left wall I focused my attention back to the glass cases again. The further down the wall I progressed the more personal items I came across. Uniforms and tokens given to soldiers from both the Confederates and the Union soldiers were on display with plaques inside giving biographical information on the

structure, speech patterns, and native language, however each man is fighting for the same thing. The northern troops were fighting the Rebels to regain a country and the confederate were troops fighting to build a new nation. The novel begins by introducing the men of the 14th Brooklyn, which was the 14th Regiment New York State Militia during the Civil War. The main characters were men named Newt, Burridge, Tiger, and Lyman. Some of these men were heroes trying to bring glory for themselves and