DK - The American Civil War
CLASH OF ARMIES 1862 In Virginia, the Confederates resisted a campaign against their capital, Richmond, and took the offensive t ...
n the early months of 1862, the Confederacy faced imminent defeat. The Union’s naval blockade tightened, enabling the North to s ...
McClellan to retreat in the Seven Days Battles, won a major victory at the Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas), and invaded Mar ...
CLASH OF ARMIES 1862 JANUARY 9 David Farragut takes command of the Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron. JANUARY 9 Edwin Stanton ...
TIMELINE 1862 JULY 11 Lincoln appoints Henry Halleck general-in-chief of the Union armies. JULY 15 The ironclad CSS Arkansas ste ...
Soldiers in Gray Outnumbered and poorly supplied, the soldiers of the Confederate army nevertheless succeeded in sustaining war ...
At the end of the war, 174,223 Confederate soldiers surrendered to the Union, but some former soldiers resisted Northern control ...
Confederate Uniforms Typically dyed in colors of gray or butternut (brown), Southern uniforms were noted more for their simplici ...
CONFEDERATE UNIFORMS ■ ARTILLERY OFFICER’S KEPI ■ KEPI ■(1 SLOUCH HAT ■(2 SLOUCH HAT ■(3 SHELL JACKET, ARTILLERY SERGEANT ■(8 AR ...
Soldiers in Blue The Union army enjoyed numerical superiority in the Civil War, but this did not make its soldiers’ experiences, ...
SOLDIERS IN BLUE Some 2.5 million men served in the Union army in the course of the Civil War. Of these, around 360,000 died in ...
Early in the war, volunteers proudly donned local militia uniforms of varying colors, including rebel gray, which attracted frie ...
UNION UNIFORMS ■(4 BELT AND POUCH FOR PERCUSSION CAPS ■(3^ INFANTRYMAN’S BELT WITH CARTRIDGE BOX AND BAYONET SCABBARD ■(6^ CAVAL ...
Fighting on Foot Infantry tactics in the Civil War were based on existing technology, local terrain, and the European tradition ...
from skulking away. When close enough to the enemy position, infantry would charge with bayonets fixed, either putting the defen ...
The Battle of Hampton Roads In March 1862, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fought the world’s first battle between steam-powered, i ...
THE BATTLE OF HAMPTON ROADS the next target for destruction, but with the approach of night the Virginia withdrew for repairs. T ...
CLASH OF ARMIES 1862 BEFORE New Orleans had seen rapid expansion of trade and growing prosperity in the years leading up to the ...
Varuna was the only Union loss of the battle. The Governor Moore was later shot up by several Union warships and, out of control ...
A merica’s greatest naval hero of the Civil War, David Farragut, was approaching his 60th birthday when the conflict erupted. He ...
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