DOCSLIB.ORG

Hitchcock's Chronological Record of the American Civil War, Giving Every

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Hitchcock's Chronological Record of the American Civil War, Giving Every Class. n^ Book / MRAf d.d.poptf:!- . HITCHCOCK'S CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, GIVING EVERY EVENT IN THE ORDER OF ITS OCCURRENCE, FEOM IS'OVEMBER 8th, 1860, TO JUNE 3d, 1865. ALSO, A COMPLETE LIST OF VESSELS CAPTURED BY THE CONFEDERATE NAVY. NEW YORK: BENJAMIN W. HITCHCOCK, 14 CHAMBERS S T R !•: E T 18G8. CHKONOLOGY. 1860. mington, Del., in honor of Major Anderson Nov. 8. Tlic flection of Abraliam Lin- and liis men. coln iiiul IlaiiuilKil Ilamliri, as President 29. John B.Floyd resigned his position anil Viec I're.siileiit of the United States, as Secretar}^ of War. was aiinonnci'd at \\'ashington. 30. South Carolina troops took posses- 9-11. James ('liesnut, Jr., and James 11. sion of the U.S. Arsenal at Charleston, con- Hammond, U. S. Senators from South Car- taining numy thousand stand of arms and olina, resii^ned their seals in the Senate. valuable military stores. Dec. 3. Tlie Second Session of the 36th 18G1. Conj^'ress opened at Washington. Jan. 2. Gov. Ellis, of North Carolina, 10. U. S. Ilonse of Representatives ap- dispatched troops to seize Fort Macon, the pointed a Committee of 33 on the State of forts at Wilmington, and the U.S. Arsenal the Union. at Fayette vi lie. 10. Howell Cobb, of Geor<;-ia, Secretary 3. Fort Pulaski, at Savannah, Ga., taken of the U, S. Treasurj', resigned his oflice. possession of by Georgia troops, by order Jolin A. Dix, of N^ew York, was appointed of the Governor. his successor. 3. South Carolina Commissioners left 14. Lewis Cass, of Michigan, Secretary Washington for Charleston, the President of State, resigned. declining to receive any official comnjuni- 17. Meeting of the South Carolina Stat« cation from them. Convention at Columbus, and adjournment 4. United States Arsenal at lilobile seized to Charleston. by secessionists. No defence. 20. The South Carolina " Ordinance of 4. Fast day, by prcjclanuition of Presi- Secession " passed. dent Buchanan, 23. Discovery of a large embezzlement 4. Fort Morgan, at the entrance of Mo- of the Indian Trust Funds, in charge of bile Bay, taken and garrisoned by 200 Al. Jacob Thompson. Secretary of the Depart- abama troops. ment of the interior. 5. Steamship Star of the West sailed 24. Resignation of the South Carolina from New York with troops and provisions Representatives in Congress. for Fort Sumter. 25. Intervention of citizens of Pitts- 7. Meeting of Alabama State Conven- burg'u, PiX., to prevent the removal to the tion. Soutii of ordmince in Alleghany Arsenal. 7. Meeting of Mississippi State Conven- 26. Major Anderson removed his com- tion. mand from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter. 7. Meeting of Virginia Legislature. 26. Messrs. Barnwell, Orr, and Adams, 7. Meeting of Tennessee Legislature. Conmiissioners appointed by South Caro- 8. Jacob Thompson resigned his place in lina to treat with the Federal Goverimient, the Cabinet, as Secretary of the Interior. arrived at Washington. 8. Unite(l States sub-Treasury at Char- 27. Ca])tain N. L. Coste, U.S.R. service, leston seized. in command of the cutter William Aiken, 9. Mississippi Ordinance of Secession betrayed his vessel into the hands of the passed. State authorities of Soutli Carolina. 9. Steamship Star of the West, with 28. The i)almetto flag was raised over supplies for Fort Sumter, tired into from the custom-Iiouse and post-office in Charles- Moriis' Island and Fort Moultrie, ;ind driv- ton, S. C, and Castle Pinckney and Fort en from Charleston harbor. Moidtrie were occupied by the South Car- 11. Louisiana State tri^ps, under Cap- olina military. tain Bradford, took possession of the U.S. 28. Enthusiastic Union meeting at Mem- marine hospital, two miles below New Or- phis, Tenn. leans, and ordered the removal of the pa 28. Twenty-one guns were fired at Wil- tients, 216 in number. THE AVAR FOE THE UNION. Feb. 18G1. Jan. 11. Florida Convention adopted an with 9,000 stand ot arms and 40 cannon, Ordinance of Secession l)j' a vote of 02 to 7. Ac, was surrendered to State authorities. 11. Alabama Convention adopted an Or- 13. The election of Lincoln and Hamlin, dinance of Secession bj- a vote of 61 to 39. as President and Y. President of the U. S., 11. Abolition meeting at Rochester, N. formally declared in the Senate by John C. Y., broken up by a mob. Breckinridge. Y. President. 1 2. Senator Seward's great Union speech 18. Jefferson Davis inaugurated as Pres- in the U.S. Senate. ident of the Southern Confederacy. 12. Fort Barrancas and the Navy Yard 22. John Ross, principal Cherokee Chief, at Pensacola, Fla., seized by rebel troops. rejected a proposition of Gov. H. M. Rec- 15. Col. Ilayne, Commissioner from tor, of Ark., to entice his nation to take South Carolina to Washington, demanded part m the rebellion. the withdrawal of the garrison of Fort 23. Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President Sumter. elect, arrived in Washington. 15. U. S. coast survey schooner Dana 23. U. S. property to a great amount, seized b\- Florida State authorities. together with the various armj' posts in 18. Massachusetts Legislature unani- Texas, surrendered to the rebels by Gene- mously tendered to the President of the U.S. ral Twiggs. Property valued at $1,500,000, such aid in men and money as he might re- besides buildings. quest to maintain the authority of the gen- 27. Peace Convention, at Washington, eral government. submitted to the Senate a ])lan of adjust- 19. Convention of Georgia adopted a se- ment «f the national difficulties, involving cession ordinance bj' a vote of 208 to 89. seven amendments to the Constitution. 21. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, with- March 1. General Twiggs expelled drew from U.S. Senate. from the army of the United States. 24. U. S. arsenal at Augusta, Ga., sur- 2. Revenue cutter Dodge seized in Gal- rendered to the State authorities. veston Bay by Texas authorities. 26. Louisiana Convention passed an or- 4. Abraham Lincoln inaiigm-atcd 16th dinance of secession by a vote of 113 to 1*7. President of the U. S., at Washington. The popular vote afterwards taken was 4. A State Convention declared Texas 20,448 for; 17,296 against. out of the Union. 29. L'. S. revenue cutter Robert McClel- 5. Gen. P. T. Beauregard took command land, Captain Breshwood, surrendered to of the forces investing Fort Sumter, S. C. State of Louisiana. 6. Fort Brown, Texas, surrendered to 29. Secretary Dix's dispatch to Hemphill State troops. Jones at New Orleans, " If any one attempts 18. Suj)plies cut off from Fort Pickens to haul down the American flag, shoot hiiii and the i'ederal fleet in the Gulf of Mexico, on the spot." by rebel authorities at Pensacola. 31. South Carolina authorities offered to 20. Sloop Isabel, at Pensacola, with pro- buy Fort Sumter. vision for the P'ederal fleet, was seized by 31. U. S. branch mint and custom-house the rebels. at New Orleans seized by State authorities. 21. Great speech of A. II. Stephens, V. Feb. 1. Texas Convention at Galveston President of the Southern Confederacy, at passed an ordinance of secession, to be Savannah, Ga. voted on by the peojile on the 23d of Feb- 30. Mississippi State Convention ratified ruary, and to take elfeet March 2. the Constitution of the C. S.,' by a vote of 1. U. S. I'evenue cutter Lewis Cass, Capt. 78 to 7. Morrison, surrendered to the State of Lou- April 3. South Carolina Convention isiana. ratified the Constitution of the C. S. by a 4. A convention of delegates from the se- vote of 114 to 16. ceded States cn-ganized at Montgomery', Al- 10. Militia organized in District of Col- capital. abama ; Howell Cobb, President, J. F. umbia for defence of the Hooper, Secretary. 11. Steamship Coatzacoalcos arrived in N. 6. Peace Convention at "Washington or- York, bringing Federal troops from Texas. Commissioners left ganized ; John Tyler, of Va., Chairman, J. 11. Confederate States C. Wright, of Ohio, Secretary. Washington. 8. Congress at Montgomery adopted a 12. Attack on Fort Sumter. Constitution for a provisional government, 12. Reinforcement of Fort Pickens. to go into immediate operation ; Jefferson 14. Evacuation of Fort Sumter. Davis, President, Alex. H. Stephens, Vice 15. Seventeen vessels from Southern President. ports, without U. S. clearances, were seized 8 U. S. arsenal at Little Rock, Ark., at New York and fined $100 each. 2 April, 18GI. CHUOXOLOGY. 15. President's proclamiition, calling for K)lte. N. C, seized by order of the Gover- VS.UOO volunteers to suppress insurrection, nor of that State. iuul also calling an extra session of U. S. 21. Philadelphia and Baltimore railway CcngrciS on July i. taken possession of by U.S. government. 10. The government of the Southern Con- 21. The N. Y. fith. Pith, and 71st, and federacy called for 32,UO0 men. one K. 1. and one Mass. regiment, with a 1(). New York Legislatui'e appropriated battery, left New York on transports for ^.'J,UO(i,(MHt lor war purposes. the Chesapeake. 1(). At New York, I'liiladelphia, Trenton 21. Fourth Mass. regiment arrived at and otiicr j>la'es, journals were eoiiipelled Fort res* Monroe. to display the American Hag. 21. Andrew Johnson, U. S. Senator from 17. State Convention of Va., in secret Tennessee, mobbed at Lynchburg. Va. session, passed an ordinance of secession. 22. U. S. arsenal at Fayetteville, N. C, 18. 500 voluntcei-s from I'entisylvania, containing 37,000 stand of arms, 3,000 kegs and 300 regulars, arri\ed at AVashington.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Index to Black Horse Cavalry Defend Our Beloved Country, by Lewis Marshall Helm
    Index to Black Horse Cavalry Defend Our Beloved Country, by Lewis Marshall Helm http://innopac.fauquiercounty.gov/record=b1117236 Index courtesy of Fauquier County Public Library (http://fauquierlibrary.org) Name Subject Page Abel, Charles T. a prisoner dies of illness 225 Abel, Charles T. BH brief biography / service record 263 Abel, George W. enlists with BH 67 Abel, George W. was captured and sent to Old Capitol Prison 140 Abel, George W. BH brief biography / service record 263 Abell, Charles T. Gerardis captured Alexander in Culpeper sold it to Gen. 172 Abingdon Washington 15 Accotink Run BH engages Union troops 62 Payne memo, speculates on Jackson had Achilles he lived in the past 301 Adams (Mr.) Turner diary mentions 100 see also Slaves and Negros (terms were African Americans indexed as they appeared in the text) African-Americans Mosby blamed for support of 248 home state of Private Wilburn relative of Alabama Robert Smith 245 Albemarle Cavalry diarist describes 41 Albemarle County Union sends in cavalry raids 192 Aldie Turner describes Union advance toward 145 Aldie Stuart's cavalry fights around 164 Aldie road "guide" claims Jackson is moving along 116 sold Alexander home, Abingdon, to Gen. Alexander, Gerard Washington 15 family settled along banks of Potomac in Alexander, John IV 1659 15 Alexander, Mark hijinks w/William Payne 3 Alexandria is being bombarded, topic of chapter 14, 15 Alexandria Artillery is formed and attracts volunteers 15 Alexandria Light Artillery fires first round 30 Alexandria Light Artillery takes out Cub Run bridge 35 Alexandria Pike BH does picket duty along 13 Alexandria Railroad trains are commandeered 19 Alexandria Rifles Alexander Hunter is transferred to BH 160 Alexandria Sentinel issues call to arms 15 Alexandria Turnpike its importance is noted 4 Alexandria Turnpike Jackson to arrive at 104 Alexandria Turnpike section from Waterloo to Amissville 153 Name Subject Page Allen (Col.) Payne memo, recalls attack let by 298 Alrich Union moves toward Richmond from 200 Alston, Harold exchanged from Ft.
    [Show full text]
  • Civil War Generals Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery by James Barnett
    Spring Grove Cemetery, once characterized as blending "the elegance of a park with the pensive beauty of a burial-place," is the final resting- place of forty Cincinnatians who were generals during the Civil War. Forty For the Union: Civil War Generals Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery by James Barnett f the forty Civil War generals who are buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, twenty-three had advanced from no military experience whatsoever to attain the highest rank in the Union Army. This remarkable feat underscores the nature of the Northern army that suppressed the rebellion of the Confed- erate states during the years 1861 to 1865. Initially, it was a force of "inspired volunteers" rather than a standing army in the European tradition. Only seven of these forty leaders were graduates of West Point: Jacob Ammen, Joshua H. Bates, Sidney Burbank, Kenner Garrard, Joseph Hooker, Alexander McCook, and Godfrey Weitzel. Four of these seven —Burbank, Garrard, Mc- Cook, and Weitzel —were in the regular army at the outbreak of the war; the other three volunteered when the war started. Only four of the forty generals had ever been in combat before: William H. Lytle, August Moor, and Joseph Hooker served in the Mexican War, and William H. Baldwin fought under Giuseppe Garibaldi in the Italian civil war. This lack of professional soldiers did not come about by chance. When the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia in 1787, its delegates, who possessed a vast knowledge of European history, were determined not to create a legal basis for a standing army. The founding fathers believed that the stand- ing armies belonging to royalty were responsible for the endless bloody wars that plagued Europe.
    [Show full text]
  • Lire MALADMINISTRATION of LIBBY and ANDERSONVILLE PRISON CAMPS
    'lIRE MALADMINISTRATION OF LIBBY AND ANDERSONVILLE PRISON CAMPS A Study of Mismanagement and Inept Log1st1cal ~olic1es at Two Southern Pr1soner-of-war Camps during the C1v1l war In Accordance w1th the Requirements and Procedures of Interdepartmental 499.0 Under the Direction and Gu1dance of Doctor Will1am Eidson. Associate Professor of H1story. Ball State University Presented as a Senior Honors 'rhes1s by Dan1el Patrick Brown w1nter Quarter, 1971-72 Ball State Univers1ty i 7/::; I rec.ommend this thesis for acceptance by the Ball state Univers1ty Honors Program. Further, I endorse this thesis as valid reference material to be utilized in the Ball state University Library. ,i William G. Eidson, Department of History Thesis Advisor (Date) 'rHE MALADMINISTRATION OF LIBBY AND ANDERSONVILLE PRISON CAMPS INTRODUCTION Pr1soner-of-war suffer1ng has been perhaps the most un­ fortunate ram1ficat10n of war itself. It 1s th1s paper's purpose to analyze the orig1nal cause of pr1soner-of-war suffer1ng in the Confederate states of Amer1ca during the Amer1can C1v1l war. Certa1nly, the problem of leg1t1mate treatment of prisoners··of-war st1ll plagues mank1nd. The respons1bli ty of po11 tic:al states in the1r treatment of these pr1soners, the naturEI and character of the Confederate leaders accused of pr1sonElr cruelty, misappropr1at10n. and m1smanagement. and the adverse conditions naturally inherent with war; all, over a century after they became 'faits accomplis,' loom 1n the minds of po11t1cal and mi11tary leaders of today's world. In countlE~ss examples, from the newly estab11shed countr1es of Africa and As1a to the world's oldest democratic republic,* war crime::;' tr1als clearly demonstrate man' s continued search for the reasons of maltreatment to the victims of capture.
    [Show full text]
  • West Virginia and Regional History Collection Newsletter Twenty-Year Index, Volume 1-Volume 20, Spring 1985-Spring 2005 Anna M
    West Virginia & Regional History Center University Libraries Newsletters 2012 West Virginia and Regional History Collection Newsletter Twenty-Year Index, Volume 1-Volume 20, Spring 1985-Spring 2005 Anna M. Schein Follow this and additional works at: https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/wvrhc-newsletters Part of the History Commons West Virginia and Regional History Collection Newsletter Twenty-Year Index Volume 1-Volume 20 Spring 1985-Spring 2005 Compiled by Anna M. Schein Morgantown, WV West Virginia and Regional History Collection West Virginia University Libraries 2012 1 Compiler’s Notes: Scope Note: This index includes articles and photographs only; listings of WVRHC staff, WVU Libraries Visiting Committee members, and selected new accessions have not been indexed. Publication and numbering notes: Vol. 12-v. 13, no. 1 not published. Issues for summer 1985 and fall 1985 lack volume numbering and are called: no. 2 and no.3 respectively. Citation Key: The volume designation ,“v.”, and the issue designation, “no.”, which appear on each issue of the Newsletter have been omitted from the index. 5:2(1989:summer)9 For issues which have a volume number and an issue number, the volume number appears to left of colon; the issue number appears to right of colon; the date of the issue appears in parentheses with the year separated from the season by a colon); the issue page number(s) appear to the right of the date of the issue. 2(1985:summer)1 For issues which lack volume numbering, the issue number appears alone to the left of the date of the issue. Abbreviations: COMER= College of Mineral and Energy Resources, West Virginia University HRS=Historical Records Survey US=United States WV=West Virginia WVRHC=West Virginia and Regional History Collection, West Virginia University Libraries WVU=West Virginia University 2 West Virginia and Regional History Collection Newsletter Index Volume 1-Volume 20 Spring 1985-Spring 2005 Compiled by Anna M.
    [Show full text]
  • The Iron Furnace
    5ft if %&h THE IRON FURNACE: OR, . SLAYERY AND SECESSION. BY REV. JOHN H. AUGHEY, A REFUGEE FROM MISSISSIPPI. Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant, which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the Iron Furnace Jer. xi. 3, 4. See also, 1 Kings viii. 51. PHILADELPHIA: WILLIAM S. & ALFRED MARTIEN. 606 CHESTNUT STREET. 1863. Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1863, By WILLIAM S. & ALFRED MARTIEN, In the office of the Clerk of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. i:45S . a. ; m TO MY PERSONAt FRIENDS REV. CHARLES C. BEATTY, D. D., LL.D.,' OF STEUBENVILLE, OHIO, Moderator of the General Assembly of the (0. S.) Presby- terian Church in the United States of America, and long Pastor of the Church in which my parents were members, and our family worshippers REV. WILLIAM PRATT BREED, Pastor of the West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; GEORGE HAY STUART, Esq., OF PHILADELPHIA, PA., The Philanthropist, whose virtues are known and appreciated in both hemispheres, THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED. PREFACE. " A celebrated author thus writes : Posterity- is under no obligations to a man who is not a parent, who has never planted a tree, built a house, nor written a book." Having fulfilled all these requisites to insure the remembrance of posterity, it remains to be seen whether the author's name shall escape oblivion. It may be that a few years will obliterate the name affixed to this Preface from the memory of man.
    [Show full text]
  • What Will Happen to Knapp House, the Original Wisconsin Governor's Mansion? - Isthmus
    11/19/2014 What will happen to Knapp house, the original Wisconsin governor's mansion? - Isthmus ISTHMUS What will happen to Knapp house, the original Wisconsin governor's mansion? State officials mum on plans for historic landmark by on Tuesday 11/18/2014 1:08 pm The future of the Wisconsin governor's mansion is in doubt. Not the current one, where 14 governors have lived. It's the earlier one, home to 18 governors from 1883 to 1950, that is a few blocks from the Capitol. The mansion may be sold by the Wisconsin Department of Administration, but officials have been vague about what they're considering. The potential sale has some fretting about the landmark's future. "It's such an important piece of the city's history, and the land around it is significant in that history," says Ald. Ledell Zellers, whose district includes the mansion. The mansion, 130 E. Gilman St., is on the National Register of Historic Places. The date of its completion is unknown, perhaps as early as 1854. At the time, the entire UW consisted of North Hall. Madison was two years from incorporating as a city. For many years the home was jokingly called "The White House" for its first owner, Julius White, later a Civil War general. Officially, it was the "Executive Residence," named by Belle Case La Follette, wife of governor and later U.S. Sen. Bob La Follette. She felt the term "mansion" distanced the public. The property totals 63,462 square feet. In 1950 the state transferred the property to the UW Board of Regents for $60,000, drawn from a UW trust fund created by Kemper Knapp.
    [Show full text]
  • A New Exhibit on the Battle of Rich Mountain, the Union Occupation of Beverly, and the First Campaign of the Civil War Is Slowly
    A new exhibit on the Western Virginia from General Rosecrans used to firsts and promotions that Battle of Rich Mountain, Ohio, and moved east, by defeat the Confederates. they produced, will begin the Union occupation of railroad and then by turn- Artifacts and photo props to wrap things up. The Beverly, and the First pike, occupying towns and will help set the scene. exhibit will finish where it Campaign of the Civil fighting the war’s first Following the sequence of started, discussing state- War is slowly taking shape land battle at Philippi. the real events, visitors hood, tying it to the Battle at the Beverly Heritage Moving into the Craw- will then encounter an of Rich Mountain. Center. ford Building, the exhibit interpretation of the Un- The exhibit is in plan- The Bushrod Crawford will provide a detailed ion occupation of Beverly. ning at this time. It will Building, which served as look at what happened on The exhibit will focus on be the last of four new McClellan’s headquarters Rich what life exhibits at the Beverly during his brief stay in was Heritage Center. The Beverly, will house the Bank, Courthouse, and bulk of the exhibit. A rep- Crawford Building were resentational vignette of finished in 2007, and new the Wheeling Custom exhibits on the Staunton- House in the early sum- Parkersburg Turnpike mer of 1861 will set the and Beverly’s role as stage. Visitors will learn county seat have opened how, as Virginia joined in them since then. An the Confederacy, pro- exhibit on the town’s com- Unionists in the west be- like mercial heyday is in the gan discussions about Moun- for civil- works, to be installed in forming their own state.
    [Show full text]
  • LNY-28-Bios-1.Pdf
    LEADERSHIP NEW YORK 28 PROGRAM BIOGRAPHIES 2016-2017 Alex Stokes is a Director at HR&A Advisors, Inc., a real estate, economic development and public policy consulting firm headquartered in New York City. At HR&A, Alex has crafted strategies to guide the usage of public incentives and financing tools, the provision of affordable housing and open space, and the redevelopment of urban waterfronts and cultural districts around the country. Alex also serves as an in-house advisor for HR&A’s real estate practice and oversees the firm’s financial modeling training program. Since 2015, Alex has co-taught a seminar on redevelopment feasibility at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design. Alex is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Paris- Dauphine. Through Coro LNY, Alex hopes to explore the strategies and partnerships required to support the equitable revitalization of New York City’s neighborhoods and improve the quality of life of all New Yorkers. Alice Shay is a city planner and urban designer with the Bloomberg Associates Urban Planning practice. She develops strategic planning and urban design projects that address waterfront infrastructure, public space, neighborhood development, and the implementation of land use tools. Prior to Bloomberg Associates, Alice worked with WXY Architecture and Urban Design, architecture and planning firm focused on the public realm. Alice consulted for the UN-HABITAT City Development Strategies program in Indonesia with the non-profit organization, Solo Kota Kita (SKK). Alice co-authored the Firm Foundation Social Design Field Guide, a guidebook on participatory design. Alice received a B.A.
    [Show full text]
  • “A People Who Have Not the Pride to Record Their History Will Not Long
    STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE i “A people who have not the pride to record their History will not long have virtues to make History worth recording; and Introduction no people who At the rear of Old Main at Bethany College, the sun shines through are indifferent an arcade. This passageway is filled with students today, just as it was more than a hundred years ago, as shown in a c.1885 photograph. to their past During my several visits to this college, I have lingered here enjoying the light and the student activity. It reminds me that we are part of the past need hope to as well as today. People can connect to historic resources through their make their character and setting as well as the stories they tell and the memories they make. future great.” The National Register of Historic Places recognizes historic re- sources such as Old Main. In 2000, the State Historic Preservation Office Virgil A. Lewis, first published Historic West Virginia which provided brief descriptions noted historian of our state’s National Register listings. This second edition adds approx- Mason County, imately 265 new listings, including the Huntington home of Civil Rights West Virginia activist Memphis Tennessee Garrison, the New River Gorge Bridge, Camp Caesar in Webster County, Fort Mill Ridge in Hampshire County, the Ananias Pitsenbarger Farm in Pendleton County and the Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex in Fayette County. Each reveals the richness of our past and celebrates the stories and accomplishments of our citizens. I hope you enjoy and learn from Historic West Virginia.
    [Show full text]
  • The Battle of Sailor's Creek
    THE BATTLE OF SAILOR’S CREEK: A STUDY IN LEADERSHIP A Thesis by CLOYD ALLEN SMITH JR. Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies of Texas A&M University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS December 2005 Major Subject: History THE BATTLE OF SAILOR’S CREEK: A STUDY IN LEADERSHIP A Thesis by CLOYD ALLEN SMITH JR. Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies of Texas A&M University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS Approved by: Chair of Committee, Joseph Dawson Committee Members, James Bradford Joseph Cerami Head of Department, Walter L. Buenger December 2005 Major Subject: History iii ABSTRACT The Battle of Sailor’s Creek: A Study in Leadership. (December 2005) Cloyd Allen Smith Jr., B.A., Slippery Rock University Chair: Dr. Joseph Dawson The Battle of Sailor’s Creek, 6 April 1865, has been overshadowed by Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House several days later, yet it is an example of the Union military war machine reaching its apex of war making ability during the Civil War. Through Ulysses S. Grant’s leadership and that of his subordinates, the Union armies, specifically that of the Army of the Potomac, had been transformed into a highly motivated, organized and responsive tool of war, led by confident leaders who understood their commander’s intent and were able to execute on that intent with audacious initiative in the absence of further orders. After Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia escaped from Petersburg and Richmond on 2 April 1865, Grant’s forces chased after Lee’s forces with the intent of destroying the mighty and once feared iv protector of the Confederate States in the hopes of bringing a swift end to the long war.
    [Show full text]
  • MS-017 Bickham Collection
    MS-017 Bickham Collection A Collection of Historical Manuscripts at the Dayton Metro Library Dayton, Ohio Processed By: Lisa P. Rickey, Archivist April 2011 with significant assistance from the earlier efforts of: Elli Bambakidis (2002) Helen Hooven Santmyer (1956) 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents................................................................................................................ 2 Introduction......................................................................................................................... 4 Biographical Sketch............................................................................................................ 5 Bibliography & Further Reading ...................................................................................... 10 Scope and Content Note.................................................................................................... 12 Box and Folder Listing ..................................................................................................... 13 Item Level Description ..................................................................................................... 16 Series I: William D. Bickham Papers ........................................................................... 16 Box 1, Folder 1: “Weekly Anne Gazette”, 1850 .......................................................... 16 Box 1, Folder 2: Manuscript story about California Gold Rush, Undated ................... 16 Box 1, Folder 3: W. D. Bickham: Military papers, 1861-1864
    [Show full text]
  • American Civil War
    American Civil War Major Battles & Minor Engagements 1861-1865 1861 ........ p. 2 1862 ........ p. 4 1863 ........ p. 9 1864 ........ p. 13 1865 ........ p. 19 CIVIL WAR IMPRESSIONIST ASSOCIATION 1 Civil War Battles: 1861 Eastern Theater April 12 - Battle of Fort Sumter (& Fort Moultie), Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The bombardment/siege and ultimate surrender of Fort Sumter by Brig. General P.G.T. Beauregard was the official start of the Civil War. https://www.nps.gov/fosu/index.htm June 3 - Battle of Philippi, (West) Virginia A skirmish involving over 3,000 soldiers, Philippi was the first battle of the American Civil War. June 10 - Big Bethel, Virginia The skirmish of Big Bethel was the first land battle of the civil war and was a portent of the carnage that was to come. July 11 - Rich Mountain, (West) Virginia July 21 - First Battle of Bull Run, Manassas, Virginia Also known as First Manassas, the first major engagement of the American Civil War was a shocking rout of Union soldiers by confederates at Manassas Junction, VA. August 28-29 - Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina September 10 - Carnifax Ferry, (West) Virginia September 12-15 - Cheat Mountain, (West) Virginia October 3 - Greenbrier River, (West) Virginia October 21 - Ball's Bluff, Virginia October 9 - Battle of Santa Rosa Island, Santa Rosa Island (Florida) The Battle of Santa Rosa Island was a failed attempt by Confederate forces to take the Union-held Fort Pickens. November 7-8 - Battle of Port Royal Sound, Port Royal Sound, South Carolina The battle of Port Royal was one of the earliest amphibious operations of the American Civil War.
    [Show full text]