The Black Flower The Battle of Franklin was fought on November 30, 1864, at Franklin, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War. It was one of the worst disasters of the war for the Confederate States Army. Confederate Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee conducted numerous frontal assaults against fortified positions occupied by the Union forces under Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield and was unable to break through or to prevent Schofield from a planned
The article, “The Negro’s Civil War in Tennessee, 1861-1865” by Bobby L. Lovett, can be found in "The Journal of Negro History. Lovett's article relates the importance of the contributions the black soldiers of Tennessee made during the Civil War. He portraits to the reader the determination of these black Tennesseans fight to gain their freedom under some extremely violent and racial conditions. Confederate Tennessee's State General Assembly in 1861, was the first state to draft black men
workers and he had a good childhood. He fought for the army of Texas in the Mexican war, with the US army in the black hawk war, and he fought for the Confederate States of America in the Civil War. He was a hardworking man who had a life that revolved around the military. Johnston fought for the US army and was a Brevet Brigadier from 1826-1834 and 1849-1861. He fought for the Texas army and was a Brigadier general from 1836-1840. Also For the CSA army he was a General from 1861-1862. Albert Sidney
to a farm on Baker Creek in Tennessee. Samuel was unhappy with farming and storekeeping, so he ran away from home to live with the Cherokees on Hiwasee Island in the Tennessee River near present-day Dayton, Tennessee. At the age of seventeen, Sam returned to his family for a short period of time and then returned back to the Cherokees where, he was adopted by Chief Oo-Loo-Te-Ka and given the Indian name, "The Raven." Two years later, Sam returned to Maryville, Tennessee, where he opened a successful
The United States, confined within modest boundaries unchanged for a generation, would face the most intense war during a span of five years. Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis would face incomprehensible tactics led by their strongest army leaders, economic failure that was challenged by the subject of slavery and religion, and their own debatable differences that would change the history of America forever. When President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) took office, he did not garner much
It is a fact that Tennessee was at the heart of the conflict between North and South.1 The anarchy and chaos that was being created by the Civil War created a path way for the enslaved people to meet the Tennessee communities and break down the bond that was signed earlier. Basically the bond was signed in order to keep the 275,000 African Americans as slaves. There
Stones River National Battlefield For my extra credit assignment, I visited the Stones River National Battlefield, established on March 3, 1927, in Murfreesboro,Tennessee. I chose this site because of its significant importance during the Civil War. It is the site of one of the largest national battles between Union forces and Confederate forces. The battle resulted in one of the largest losses of life during the Civil War. The geography of the site itself is significant in that it was center
eighteenth president of the United States but his impact as general of the Union army during the Civil War is what he is known for and has made him the legend that he is today. On April 12 1861, Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter in Charleston and this event started the Civil War. Once Ulysses heard of the news, he quickly left his position as clerk at his family store to volunteer for military service in the Union army. He was first offered a position recruiting and training volunteer troops in
cry “Remember The Alamo” and defeating Antonio López de Santa Anna and his army. When Sam Houston did this, he and his army caught the Mexican army by surprise. What sucked for Antonio López de Santa Anna’s army because they were
Throughout history the winning army has either been the one with vast numerical superiority or uses all of its combat arms jointly to their greatest effect, whether that is through use of infantry and cavalry or, like during the American Civil War, the combination of land and naval assets in joint operations. The Unions use of both river bound ironclads, or other steam powered ships, and land forces allowed them to quickly move troops up and down the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Cumberland Rivers to great
of the site of the prison after the war to honor their citizens who died there. Tennessee also built a monument to commemorate the more than 750 men from Tennessee who died there. The suffering of these men was recognized even though they did not support the decision of the state to join the Confederacy. About half of the Tennesseans in Andersonville were from East Tennessee. The mountain area of eastern Tennessee had been unsympathetic to the southern case. Mountain people were often unwilling
Bass, creator of the famous "Body Farm" at the University of Tennessee-the world's only research facility devoted to studying human decomposition. He tells about his life and how he became an anthropoligist. He tells about the Lindbergh kidnapping and murder, explores the mystery of a headless corpse whose identity surprised police. Key Idea 1 Dr. Bass's Body Farm is a small patch of land that is located near the University of Tennessee Medical Center. This place was where bodies were locked in
awake dreading the fight. He is lying beneath a peach blossom tree, surrounded by many soldiers, near a church by a river. Ray Bradbury did his research since those details of the setting are the exact same in Shiloh. “In Tennessee near the Mississippi border beside the Tennessee River (Shiloh was a nearby church) at the site of a peach orchard, owned by Sarah
Union General William T. Sherman’s "March to the Sea," and eventual capture of Atlanta, Georgia in the East, allowed the Northern military to strengthen the grip of their Anaconda Plan. The Confederate Gen. John B. Hood, pursuing his wasteful Tennessee campaign in the West and the eventual surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee, would mark the end of the Confederate military. The reelection of Abraham Lincoln in 1864 and the prior Emancipation Proclamation further undermined the institution of slavery
lifetime. When he entered West Point, he had been lax in his studies, but he achieved above-average grades in mathematics and geology. Also he famous in the school because of his horse riding skill. During the time that Mexican war began he join the army as a employee work for the company, as a freshman that join
had four children later in marriage. Grant served in the Mexican-American War and he resigned from the military in 1854 after being stationed for several years away from his family. Grant tried a few different occupations after resigning from the Army such as a Farmer, Realtor, and after moving to Galena, Illinois, worked at his father’s leather goods business but failed at all these occupations. Grant was promoted to Colonel in the 21st Illinois Volunteers in April 1861after the start of the Civil
After living in years of peace, one event changed American history. The Americans were living a glorious life, but as arguments started to arise, the country began to split apart. Since the beginning of country, slave labor has been of important use. Many states in the North slowly started to abolish slavery, but the South did not want to end slavery. As more states joined the United States, debates grew if they should be free states or slave states. Many Southern states argued for the balance of
region. York also is as merciful as he can be and tries to spare as many lives as possible, going so far as to attempt to spare the men that are firing at him with machine guns and who have killed his fellow troops. Alvin York was born in Pall Mall, Tennessee to a poor family with ten other
upholding the values of the founding fathers. He devoted much of late 1864 and early 1865 to a series of plots to abduct Lincoln and use his capture to nullify the Union’s war aims. Every scheme ending in frustration. After Lee had surrendered to the Army of the Potomac, in the second week of April, he saw that only the most desperate measures offered any hope of salvaging the Southern Cause. Shortly before he went into the theater, he stopped at tavern for a drink. While in the bar an acquaintance
face to face. The battle took place on July 16, 1861. The Union army was led Brigadier General Irvin McDowell. McDowell was marching down from Washington and on the 21st attacked the left flank of the Confederate army on Matthews Hill. Later on in the afternoon reinforcements arrived for the confederates. These new troops advanced and broke through the Union right flank. This sent the Union army into a retreat although the Confederate army was too disorganized to pursue. The first Battle of Bull Run