DOCSLIB.ORG

The Kentucky Campaign, the Battle of Antietam, the War in Virginia and the West, 1862-1863

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The Kentucky Campaign, the Battle of Antietam, the War in Virginia and the West, 1862-1863 THE KENTUCKY CAMPAIGN, THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM, THE WAR IN VIRGINIA AND THE WEST, 1862-1863 Created by Morgan Fleming 1st period IB HL History of the Americas What is the Kentucky Campaign? • Was a series of maneuvers and battles in East Tennessee and Kentucky in 1862 during the American Civil War. • Also know as Confederate Heartland Offensive. • Kentucky Campaign was confederacy trying to take Kentucky from confederacy from being a border state • Issued on September 22, 1862. • South wanted Kentucky: North wanted to make sure they didn’t get it so they followed the South prepared for battle States during the Kentucky Campaign (Orange with green lines are border states) Battle in the Kentucky Campaign in Main Western Theater • There were series of battles: • Perryville (Battle of Chaplin Hills) • Battle of Corinth • Camp Wildcat • Munfordville • Mill Springs • Middle Creek • Richmond • Chattanooga I • Murfreesboro I Battles in The Kentucky Campaign • Munfordville - September 14-17, 1862. Result: Confederate victory • Perryville - October 8, 1862. Result: Union strategic victory • Battle of Corinth - October 3-4, 1862. Result: Union Victory • Camp Wildcat - October 21, 1861. Result: Union victory • Middle Creek - January 10, 1862. Result: Union victory (indecisive) • Mill Springs - January 19, 1862. Result: Union victory Battle of Perryville • Also known as the Battle of Chaplin Hills • October 8, 1862 • Perryville, Boyle County Kentucky • Outcome was inconclusive • Union: Don Carlos Buell vs. Confederate: Braxton Bragg • Largest Battle fought in the state of Kentucky Munfordville • Also known as Battle of Green River Bridge • September 14 - 17, 1862 • Confederate : Colonel Wilder vs. Union : General Buell • Estimated Casualties: 4,862 total (Union 4,148; Confederate 714) Virginia Battles1862-1863 -1862 • May: General McClellan's troops invaded Yorktown and awaited more troops in Williamsburg in Hampton Roads. • May: Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson defeated Union forces in the Shenandoah Valley, forcing them to retreat across the Potomac. • June: The Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks), included the Confederate army attacking federal forces. Last-minute reinforcements saved the Union from a serious defeat. Command of the Army of Northern Virginia fell to Robert E. Lee Virginia Battles1862-1863 - 1862 • July: The Seven Days' Battles, between June 26 and July 2 includes the sites of Mechanicsville, Gaines's Mill, Savage's Station, Frayser's Farm and Malvern Hill. On July 2, the Confederates withdrew to Richmond, ending the Peninsula Campaign. • August : The Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas resulted in a Southern victory. • December: The Battle of Fredericksburg resulted in a Southern victory. Virginia Battles1862-1863 -1863 • May: The Battle of Chancellorsville resulted in more casualties than any other engagement ever fought on Virginia soil. It also has been called General Lee's greatest victory. • June: The Gettysburg Campaign. Confederate General Lee decided to take the war to the enemy. On June 13, he defeated Union forces at Winchester. Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks) • Took place on May 31 - June 1, 1862 in Henrico County, Virginia • George B. McClellan vs. Joseph E. Johnston G.W. Smith • Largest Battle in Eastern Theatre (second only to Shiloh in terms of casualties) • Marked the closest Union forces came to Richmond in the offensive • An inconclusive outcome • Part of General George McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign Second Battle of Bull Run • Fought on August 28-30, 1862 in Prince William County, Virginia • Also known as “First Manassas” • Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia against Union Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia • Confederate Victory Seven Days Battle • Battle of six major battles over 7 days from June 25 to July 1, 1862 near Richmond, Virginia • Robert E. Lee vs. General George B. McClellan • Lee drove back McClellan’s forces and attempted to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, VA • Confederate victory Battle of Fredericksburg • Fought on December 11-15, 1862 around Fredericksburg, Virginia • Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia vs. Union Army of the Potomac • This specific war hosted largest group of soldiers to participate in the Civil War battle • A field where Gibbon’s men in the “open fields” is now known as “The Slaughter Pen” which is now the most expensive private battlefield preservation Battle of Chancellorsville • April 30 - May 6, 1863 in Spotslynvania County, Virginia • Confederate victory • Union General Joseph Hooker vs. Confederate • On conclusion it was know as one of the most bloodiest battle in the Civil War • Was a daring battle and came with high costs: both militarily, personally, and costly Battle of Antietam • The Battle of Antietam was one of the bloodiest battles ever. • The Battle of Antietam occurred on September 17, 1862 • Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg. • In just one day 23,000 men were killed, wounded, missing, or captured. • With the American Revolutionary War, War with Mexico, and the War of 1812 combined, the Battle of Antietam had more casualties in just one day. • This battle was near Maryland's Antietam Creek (hence the name) • Led to Emancipation Proclamation Battle of Antietam • Robert E. Lee thought that by fighting in Maryland, he could win support from the people of Maryland, as well as feeds his troops • Most of the fighting was done at close range (bloodiest one-day battles) • Important Generals were killed on both sides of the battlefield: Union Generals Joseph Mansfield and Isaac Rodman and Confederate Generals Lawrence Branch and William Starke Who against who? • Confederate Robert. E. Lee vs. Major General George B. McClellan. • Lee had 44,000 men against McClellan’s 65,000 men • Lee had just won (what war) and he still had momentum to fight another. His army was already tired but he pushed them to gather the fire that they needed to win one more. • (England and France wanted them to battle it out before they officially recognized that they were an independent nation) George B. McClellan • December 3, 1826 - October 29, 1885 • Graduate of West Point • Was an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician • Removed from command in November after the Battle of Antietam and he never received another field command Robert E. Lee • January 29, 1807 - October 12, 1870 • Considered the “Heroic hero of the South” • Also graduated from West Point (graduated without a single demerit 1/6) • Resigned from the Army when the state of viginia seceded on April 17, saying that he could not fight against his own people • Accepted General’s commission in the newly formed Confederate Army Emancipation Proclamation • Why was it so important? • Was only aimed to the states in rebellion. Led the way to total abomination of slavery. Changed the aim of the war. • The Emancipation Proclamation was the attempt to stop the South from seceding from U.S. because the South wanted slaves. Lincoln wanted to keep his border states. • In the EP, Lincoln declares that “That all persons held as slaves” (within rebellious states) “are, and henceforward shall be free” • Main reason was because of slavery: North disagreed with South about slavery. Emancipation Proclamation President issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. The emancipation was a valuable tactic to for the North to use to end the war. Lincoln's original intention of the Emancipation Proclamation was to stop the south from rebelling, not to free the slaves from slavery. “My paramount object in this struggle is to save the union, and is not either to save nor destroy slavery.” - Abraham Lincoln Why didn't the Emancipation Proclamation end all slavery? • The Civil War was fought to reunite the Union, not to establish equality. • Mission of the war was to reunite the states and EVENTUALLY end all slavery but it was complicated. Lincoln knew slavery was wrong, but he believed it shouldn't stop. • Science felt whites were superior and anyone other than that was “of the lesser class”. • Lincoln belief is showed how he handled situations: he used reason. He didn't make this decision morally. What happened because of the Emancipation Proclamation • When Lincoln passed the Emancipation Proclamation, he freed the slaves only in the rebelling territories. With the freed slaves, the Army encouraged them to enlist. Soon the whites started to loose interest in joining the Army and this gave blacks more of a fire to join. Because of the Emancipation Proclamation.. • This was the start for African-Americans to fight for their freedom • The Emancipation Proclamation was the START to abolish all of slavery • The 13th Amendment in 1865 abolished all slavery (except for punishment) Battle of Shilo • Also known as Battle of Pittsburg Landing • April 6 - April 7, 1862 • Union Ulysses S. Grant vs. Confederate Albert Sidney Johnston" •! Union victory" •! Played a relatively important role in Union progress in the western theater and the Union victory gave Tennessee to the North" Battle of Shilo Union: Confederate: Soldiers engaged - 66,000 Soldiers engaged - 44,700 Casualties - 13,000 Casualties - 10,700 Union Commanders: Confederate Commanders: Don Carlos Buell Albert Sydney Johnson Ulysses S. Grant P. G. T. Beauregard Western Theater •! The Western Theater was an area defined by both geography and the sequence of campaigning. It originally represented the area east of the Mississippi River and west of the Appalachian Mountains. •!
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The Anaconda Plan Questions
    Name: edHelper The Anaconda Plan The first shots of the Civil War were fired on April 12, 1861. Within a week, President Lincoln proclaimed a blockade of Southern ports. This was the key to the North's strategy to win the war. The South's livelihood depended on selling its cash crops, mostly cotton and tobacco. If all Southern ports were blocked, it would stop the South's income from its export of crops. It would also keep the South from importing products it needed, including war supplies, medicine, and household goods. The North knew that the South had few factories and couldn't manufacture its own supplies. General Winfield Scott was the commander of the Union Army. His plan to defeat the Confederacy had three main parts: 1) Blockade all Eastern and Southern ports in the Confederate States. 2) Divide the South by taking control of the Mississippi River. 3) Control the Tennessee Valley and march through Georgia to the coast. Scott's "Anaconda Plan", as the press called it, was not well received at the time. Newspapers named the plan after a South American constricting snake. The anaconda kills by surrounding its victim and slowly crushing the life out of it. Newspapers and the public wanted an aggressive plan that would bring a quick end to the war. Scott's plan would take time. It was thought to be too passive. The press said that Scott wanted "to squeeze the South to military death." It was thought that the blockade would be an impossible task for the North to carry out.
    [Show full text]
  • The Civil War Differences Between the North and South Geography of The
    Differences Between the North and The Civil War South Geography of the North Geography of the South • Climate – frozen winters; hot/humid summers • Climate – mild winters; long, hot, humid summers • Natural features: • Natural features: − coastline: bays and harbors – fishermen, − coastline: swamps and shipbuilding (i.e. Boston) marshes (rice & sugarcane, − inland: rocky soil – farming hard; turned fishing) to trade and crafts (timber for − inland: indigo, tobacco, & shipbuilding) corn − Towns follow rivers inland! Economy of the North Economy of the South • MORE Cities & Factories • Agriculture: Plantations and Slaves • Industrial Revolution: Introduction of the Machine − White Southerners made − products were made cheaper and faster living off the land − shift from skilled crafts people to less skilled − Cotton Kingdom – Eli laborers Whitney − Economy BOOST!!! •cotton made slavery more important •cotton spread west, so slavery increases 1 Transportation of the North Transportation of the South • National Road – better roads; inexpensive way • WATER! Southern rivers made water travel to deliver products easy and cheap (i.e. Mississippi) • Ships & Canals – river travels fast; steamboat • Southern town sprang up along waterways (i.e. Erie Canal) • Railroad – steam-powered machine (fastest transportation and travels across land ) Society of the North – industrial, urban Society of the South – life agrarian, rural life • Maine to Iowa • Black Northerners − free but not equal (i.e. segregation) • Maryland to Florida & west to Texas − worked
    [Show full text]
  • Teaching Speculative Fiction in College: a Pedagogy for Making English Studies Relevant
    Georgia State University ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University English Dissertations Department of English Summer 8-7-2012 Teaching Speculative Fiction in College: A Pedagogy for Making English Studies Relevant James H. Shimkus Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/english_diss Recommended Citation Shimkus, James H., "Teaching Speculative Fiction in College: A Pedagogy for Making English Studies Relevant." Dissertation, Georgia State University, 2012. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/english_diss/95 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of English at ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in English Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. TEACHING SPECULATIVE FICTION IN COLLEGE: A PEDAGOGY FOR MAKING ENGLISH STUDIES RELEVANT by JAMES HAMMOND SHIMKUS Under the Direction of Dr. Elizabeth Burmester ABSTRACT Speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy, and horror) has steadily gained popularity both in culture and as a subject for study in college. While many helpful resources on teaching a particular genre or teaching particular texts within a genre exist, college teachers who have not previously taught science fiction, fantasy, or horror will benefit from a broader pedagogical overview of speculative fiction, and that is what this resource provides. Teachers who have previously taught speculative fiction may also benefit from the selection of alternative texts presented here. This resource includes an argument for the consideration of more speculative fiction in college English classes, whether in composition, literature, or creative writing, as well as overviews of the main theoretical discussions and definitions of each genre.
    [Show full text]
  • Chapter 11: the Civil War, 1861-1865
    The Civil War 1861–1865 Why It Matters The Civil War was a milestone in American history. The four-year-long struggle determined the nation’s future. With the North’s victory, slavery was abolished. During the war, the Northern economy grew stronger, while the Southern economy stagnated. Military innovations, including the expanded use of railroads and the telegraph, coupled with a general conscription, made the Civil War the first “modern” war. The Impact Today The outcome of this bloody war permanently changed the nation. • The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery. • The power of the federal government was strengthened. The American Vision Video The Chapter 11 video, “Lincoln and the Civil War,” describes the hardships and struggles that Abraham Lincoln experienced as he led the nation in this time of crisis. 1862 • Confederate loss at Battle of Antietam 1861 halts Lee’s first invasion of the North • Fort Sumter fired upon 1863 • First Battle of Bull Run • Lincoln presents Emancipation Proclamation 1859 • Battle of Gettysburg • John Brown leads raid on federal ▲ arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia Lincoln ▲ 1861–1865 ▲ ▲ 1859 1861 1863 ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ 1861 1862 1863 • Russian serfs • Source of the Nile River • French troops 1859 emancipated by confirmed by John Hanning occupy Mexico • Work on the Suez Czar Alexander II Speke and James A. Grant City Canal begins in Egypt 348 Charge by Don Troiani, 1990, depicts the advance of the Eighth Pennsylvania Cavalry during the Battle of Chancellorsville. 1865 • Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse • Abraham Lincoln assassinated by John Wilkes Booth 1864 • Fall of Atlanta HISTORY • Sherman marches ▲ A.
    [Show full text]
  • Military Challenges in the Union Army and Lincoln's Call for a Militia
    Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History Volume 10 Issue 1 Article 2 4-2020 An Unguaranteed Victory: Military Challenges in the Union Army and Lincoln’s Call for a Militia Madelaine Setiawan Lee University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/aujh Part of the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Setiawan, Madelaine (2020) "An Unguaranteed Victory: Military Challenges in the Union Army and Lincoln’s Call for a Militia," Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History: Vol. 10 : Iss. 1 , Article 2. DOI: 10.20429/aujh.2020.100102 Available at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/aujh/vol10/iss1/2 This article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Setiawan: An Unguaranteed Victory An Unguaranteed Victory: Military Challenges in the Union Army and Lincoln’s Call for a Militia Madelaine Setiawan Lee University (Cleveland, Tennessee) At the outbreak of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) called for 75,000 volunteers to suppress the Confederacy. The secession of eleven southern states and the bombardment of Fort Sumter officially began the Civil War. Because of the United States’ reliance on an expandable army during wartime, Lincoln was mandated to release a proclamation calling for volunteers. Most men who called southern states home had withdrawn from the Union to fight against it, and while each Confederate soldier had different motives for their enlistment, their withdrawal meant that the Union lacked men to fight for their army.
    [Show full text]
  • The Importance of Civil Military Relations in Complex Conflicts: Success And
    THE UNIVERSITY OF HULL The Importance of Civil Military Relations in Complex Conflicts: Success and Failure in the Border States, Civil War Kentucky and Missouri, 1860-62. Being a Thesis submitted for the Degree of PhD, Department of Politics and International Studies In the University of Hull By Carl William Piper, BA (Lancs),MA June, 2011 Contents Introduction, p.1 Literary Review, p.60 The Border States in the Secession Crisis, p115 Case Study 1: Missouri April to September, 1861, p.160 Case Study 2: Kentucky April to September, 1861, p.212 Case Study 3: Forts Henry and Donelson, p.263 Case Study 4: The Perryville Campaign June to November, 1862, p.319 Conclusion, p.377 Bibliography, p.418 Introduction Despite taking place in the mid-nineteenth century the U.S. Civil War still offers numerous crucial insights into modern armed conflicts. A current or future federation or new ‘nation’ may face fundamental political differences, even irreconcilable difficulties, which can only be settled by force. In future states will inevitably face both separatist issues and polarised argument over the political development of their nation. It is probable that a civil war may again occur where the world may watch and consider forms of intervention, including military force, but be unwilling to do so decisively. This type of Civil War therefore remains historically significant, offering lessons for approaching the problems of strategy in a politically complex environment. Equally it offers insights into civil-military relations in highly complex conflicts where loyalties are not always clear. Success and ultimate triumph in the U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • HST261 the American Civil War 1848-1865
    WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE DIVISION GENERAL COURSE OUTLINE HST 261 The American Civil War 1848-1865 3-0 3 Course Course Course Title Lec-Lab Credit Prefix Number Hours COURSE DESCRIPTION Focuses on the causes, events, and immediate outcomes of the American Civil War during the period of 1848-1865. Political, military, and social history is presented so that students receive a comprehensive understanding of this seminal event in American history. TOPICAL OUTLINE I. Causes and Events Leading to the Civil War A. Why are Americans so Fascinated with the Civil War? 1. How does the Civil War live today? B. Causes of the Civil War 1. The political school of interpretation 2. The economic school of interpretation 3. The “irrepressible conflict” theory 4. The “repressible conflict” theory C. Events Leading to the Civil War 1. Differing interpretations of the Declaration of Independence 2. Differing views on the Constitution 3. The growth of slavery in the nineteenth century 4. The Missouri Compromise 5. The nullification crisis 6. The rise of the abolitionist movement 7. The increase in the proslavery movement 8. The Mexican War 9. The Wilmot Proviso 10. The Compromise of 1850 11. The 1850s: domestic conflict and violence over slavery 12. The publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin 13. Bleeding Kansas 14. The Dred Scott decision 15. John Brown’s raid 16. Abraham Lincoln and the election of 1860 17. The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter II. On the Road to Total War, 1861-1862 A. Advantages and Disadvantages in the Resources of War 1.
    [Show full text]
  • Anaconda Plan/Union Blockade/Confederate Blockade Runners
    Anaconda Plan/Union Blockade/Confederate Blockade Runners By:Elishah and Gavin Interesting facts about The Anaconda plan Interesting facts about The Anaconda Plan ● The Anaconda plan is a name applied to a union Army outline strategy for suppressing the confederacy at the beginning of the American Civil War. ● The main purpose of the Anaconda plan was to defeat the rebellion by blockading southern parts and controlling the Mississippi river.This would isolate the south from the outside world. ● 90% was the confederate ships. They were able to break through the blockade in 1801 ● The plan had 3 Parts: ● Blockade of southern coastline. ● Take control of Mississippi river. ● Take richmond Virginia Interesting facts about The Union Blockade Interesting facts about The Union Blockade ● The Union blockade began just a few weeks after the start of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln announced it on April 19, 1861. ● the Union continued to blockade the South throughout the Civil War until the war ended in 1865. ● The blockade idea was instituted by the Federal government just days after the firing on Fort Sumter which official started the Civil War. ● The Union Navy captured or destroyed around 1,500 blockade runner ships during the course of the Civil War. ● The blockade covered around 3,500 miles of coastline and 180 ports. Interesting facts about The Confederate Blockade Runners Interesting facts about The Confederate Blockade Runners ● On April 19, 1861, one week after Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln ordered the blockade. ● During the first two years of the Civil War, the blockade had very limited success.
    [Show full text]
  • 2010 Civil War Treasures
    The North Platte Public Library Foundation Presents... Thursday, September 16, 2010 7:00pm - 9:00pm Non-Walking Cemetery Tour North Platte Community College South Campus Theater, 601 W State Farm Rd Sunday, September 19, 2010 1:00pm - 5:00pm North Platte Cemetery, Rodeo Rd Civil War Treasures cemetery tour This Cemetery Tour is dedicated to the memory of our favorite Library researcher and North Platte Family Historian, Charlene M. Rowley. We will miss her greatly. Ghost Actor Page The North, The South, and Nebraska ................................................... 3 Civil War Timeline (continues on page 16) ............................................. 4 Alonzo Church ................................ Joel Bennett ................................ 6 Julia Casey ..................................... Ila Smith .................................... 7 Franklin Peale ................................. Tristen Winder ............................ 8 Rueben Peale.................................. Kevin Winder ............................. 9 Isabel Nixon ................................... Cynamon Eshleman .................... 10 Frederick Nash Dick ........................ Jason Gale ................................. 11 Major Leicester Walker .................... Martin Gutschenritter ................. 12 Rohanna Klein ................................ Teresa Smith ............................. 13 George Donehower ......................... George Haws ............................. 14 Grand Army of the Republic .............................................................
    [Show full text]
  • 1860 Stephen Douglas John Breckinridge Abraham Lincoln John
    1860 Circle the winner ______________, Stephen Douglas , Northern Democrat __________________John Breckinridge , Abraham________________ Lincoln , ____________John Bell Southern Democrat Republican Constitutional Union Platform: Platform: Platform: Platform: • enforce the Fugitive Slave • unrestricted • no expansion of slavery • preserve the Union Act expansion of slavery • protective tariffs • allow territories to vote on • annexation of Cuba • internal improvements practice of slavery CRITTENDEN COMPROMISE, December 1860 • In an attempt to ____________________________________________________,keep the nation together Senator John J. Crittenden proposed a compromise that ___________________________________________________offered concessions to the South including: • ________________________________Guaranteeing the existence of slavery in the South • Extending the ______________________________Missouri Compromise to the western territories • The compromise _______________failed • December 20, 1860 - _______________________South Carolina voted to secede from the Union • Many Southerners in ______________________________________President Buchanan’s cabinet resigned and his administration fell apart. • When Buchanan became president, there were _______32 states in the Union. • When he left, there were ______.25 Jefferson Davis, 1861 CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA • ______________________________________________________________________Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas joined South Carolina in voting to secede. • Together
    [Show full text]
  • Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter History
    Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter History 9-2016 Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Sept. 2016) Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Western Kentucky University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/civil_war Part of the Military History Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Sept. 2016)" (2016). Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter. Paper 10. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/civil_war/10 This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1 Founded March 2011 – Bowling Green, Kentucky President –Tom Carr; Vice President - Jonathan Jeffrey; Secretary – Carol Crowe-Carraco; Treasurer – Robert Dietle; Advisors – Glenn LaFantasie and - Greg Biggs (Program Chair and President-Clarksville CWRT) The Bowling Green, KY Civil War Round Table meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month (except June, July, and December). Email: [email protected] We meet at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 20th in Cherry Hall 125 on the Campus of Western Kentucky University. Our meetings are always open to the public. Members please bring a friend or two – new recruits are always welcome. Our Program for September 20th 2016: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Spotsylvania Court House – perhaps the most forgotten major battle of the Civil War. Over 150,000 soldiers struggled for 13-days along a six-mile front in central Virginia in May 1864, leaving over 30,000 casualties on the battleground of Spotsylvania Court House.
    [Show full text]
  • The Rewritten War Alternate Histories of the American Civil War
    Title The Rewritten War Alternate Histories of the American Civil War By Renee de Groot Supervised by Dr. George Blaustein Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the History: American Studies Program Faculty of Humanities University of Amsterdam 22 August 2016 Declaration I declare that I have read the UvA regulations regarding fraud and plagiarism, and that the following thesis is my original work. Renee de Groot August 22, 2016 Abstract The American Civil War (1861-1865) has provided food for counterfactual speculation for historians, journalists, critics, and writers of all stripes for over a century. What if the Confederacy had won? What if the South had abolished slavery? What if Lincoln had lived? What if…? This thesis offers an anatomy of Civil War alternate history as a distinct though eclectic cultural form. It takes apart the most interesting manifestations and reassembles them to show four intriguing functions of this form: as a platform for challenges to narratives of Civil War memory, for counterintuitive socio-economic criticism, for intricate reflections on history writing and on historical consciousness. It shows the many paradoxes that rule Civil War alternate history: its insularity and global outlook, its essential un-creativity, its ability to attract strange bedfellows and to prod the boundaries between fact and fiction. Most importantly, this thesis demonstrates the marriage of sophistication and banality that characterizes this form that is ultimately the
    [Show full text]