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| confederate history month tennessee: Civil War Flags of Tennessee Stephen Douglas Cox, 2020-03 Civil War Flags of Tennessee provides information on all known Confederate and Union flags of the state and showcases the Civil War flag collection of the Tennessee State Museum. This volume is organized into three parts. Part 1 includes interpretive essays by scholars such as Greg Biggs, Robert B. Bradley, Howard Michael Madaus, and Fonda Ghiardi Thomsen that address how flags were used in the Civil War, their general history, their makers, and preservation issues, among other themes. Part 2 is a catalogue of Tennessee Confederate flags. Part 3 is a catalogue of Tennessee Union flags. The catalogues present a collection of some 200 identified, extant Civil War flags and another 300 flags that are known through secondary and archival sources, all of which are exhaustively documented. Appendices follow the two catalogue sections and include detailed information on several Confederate and Union flags associated with the states of Mississippi, North Carolina, and Indiana that are also contained in the Tennessee State Museum collection. Complete with nearly 300 color illustrations and meticulous notes on textiles and preservation efforts, this volume is much more than an encyclopedic log of Tennessee-related Civil War flags. Stephen Cox and his team also weave the history behind the flags throughout the catalogues, including the stories of the women who stitched them, the regiments that bore them, and the soldiers and bearers who served under them and carried them. Civil War Flags of Tennessee is an eloquent hybrid between guidebook and chronicle, and the scholar, the Civil War enthusiast, and the general reader will all enjoy what can be found in its pages. Unprecedented in its variety and depth, Cox's work fills an important historiographical void within the greater context of the American Civil War. This text demonstrates the importance of Tennessee state heritage and the value of public history, reminding readers that each generation has the honor and responsibility of learning from and preserving the history that has shaped us all--and in doing so, honoring the lives of the soldiers and civilians who sacrificed and persevered. |
| confederate history month tennessee: The Army of Tennessee in Retreat O.C. Hood, 2018-12-21 Following the Battle of Nashville, Confederate General John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee was in full retreat, from the battle lines south of Nashville to the Tennessee River at the Alabama state line. Ferocious engagements broke out along the way as Hood's small rearguard, harried by Federal Cavalry brigades, fought a 10-day running battle over 100 miles of impoverished countryside during one of the worst winters on record. |
| confederate history month tennessee: Nothing but Victory Steven E. Woodworth, 2006-10-17 Composed almost entirely of Midwesterners and molded into a lean, skilled fighting machine by Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, the Army of the Tennessee marched directly into the heart of the Confederacy and won major victories at Shiloh and at the rebel strongholds of Vicksburg and Atlanta.Acclaimed historian Steven Woodworth has produced the first full consideration of this remarkable unit that has received less prestige than the famed Army of the Potomac but was responsible for the decisive victories that turned the tide of war toward the Union. The Army of the Tennessee also shaped the fortunes and futures of both Grant and Sherman, liberating them from civilian life and catapulting them onto the national stage as their triumphs grew. A thrilling account of how a cohesive fighting force is forged by the heat of battle and how a confidence born of repeated success could lead soldiers to expect “nothing but victory.” |
| confederate history month tennessee: The Tennessee Campaign of 1864 Steven E. Woodworth, Charles D. Grear, 2016-01-05 Featuring the longlost diary of Major General Patrick R. Cleburne Few American Civil War operations matched the controversy, intensity, and bloodshed of Confederate general John Bell Hood's illfated 1864 campaign against Union forces in Tennessee. In the firstever anthology on the subject, The Tennessee Campaign of 1864, edited by Steven E. Woodworth and Charles D. Grear, fourteen prominent historians and emerging scholars examine this operation, covering the battles of Allatoona, Spring Hill, and Franklin, as well as the decimation of Hood's army at Nashville. Essays focus on the high casualty rates among the Army of Tennessee's officer corps, the emotional and psychological impact of killing on the battlefield, and military figures such as generals Ulysses S. Grant and George H. Thomas, among others. The U.S. Colored Troops fought courageously in the Battle of Nashville, and the book explores their lasting impact on the African American community. The volume includes the transcript of Confederate major general Patrick R. Cleburne's revealing lost diary, which he kept until his death at Franklin, and provides a rare glimpse of civilian experiences in Franklin, Nashville, and the TransMississippi West. Two essays on Civil War battlefield preservation round out the collection. Canvassing both military and social history, this wellresearched volume offers new, illuminating perspectives while furthering longrunning debates on more familiar topics. These indepth essays provide an insider's view into one of the most brutal and notorious campaigns in Civil War history. |
| confederate history month tennessee: Forrest's Fighting Preacher Michael R. Bradley, 2011-08-24 Every leader needs a trusted confidant. For Nathan Bedford Forrest, one of the Civil Wars greatest military minds, that man was David Campbell Kelley. Kelley began adulthood in the clergy, serving for two years as a missionary in China and returning home just a year before the Civil War. He then raised a company of cavalry from his familys large congregation that became part of Forrests original regiment. Kelley quickly became Forrests second in command, assisting in some of his most daring engagements, offering support in key decisions and serving as his unofficial chaplain. Following the war, Kelley returned to preaching, helped establish Vanderbilt University and launched a campaign for governor of Tennessee. Now, for the first time, author Michael R. Bradley brings Kelleys dynamic life to the fore. |
| confederate history month tennessee: The Oxford Companion to United States History Paul S. Boyer, Melvyn Dubofsky, 2001 In this volume that is as big and as varied as the nation it portrays are over 1,400 entries written by some 900 historians and other scholars, illuminating not only America's political, diplomatic, and military history, but also social, cultural, and intellectual trends; science, technology, and medicine; the arts; and religion. |
| confederate history month tennessee: Religion and Slavery James Hugh McNeilly, 1911 |
| confederate history month tennessee: Tennessee's Forgotten Warriors Christopher Losson, 2002-06 Benjamin Franklin Cheatham was a Nashville native and a descendant of the city's founder, James Robertson. Born in 1820, he achieved fame through his military service in the Mexican War and, especially, the Civil War. After the war Cheatham farmed, ran for Congress, and, at the time of his death in 1866, was postmaster of Nashville. Cheatham was one of Nashville's most popular sons, and his funeral, which drew some thirty thousand people, was reportedly the largest ever held in the city. |
| confederate history month tennessee: Conquered Larry J. Daniel, 2019-03-05 Operating in the vast and varied trans-Appalachian west, the Army of Tennessee was crucially important to the military fate of the Confederacy. But under the principal leadership of generals such as Braxton Bragg, Joseph E. Johnston, and John Bell Hood, it won few major battles, and many regard its inability to halt steady Union advances into the Confederate heartland as a matter of failed leadership. Here, esteemed military historian Larry J. Daniel offers a far richer interpretation. Surpassing previous work that has focused on questions of command structure and the force's fate on the fields of battle, Daniel provides the clearest view to date of the army's inner workings, from top-level command and unit cohesion to the varied experiences of common soldiers and their connections to the home front. Drawing from his mastery of the relevant sources, Daniel's book is a thought-provoking reassessment of an army's fate, with important implications for Civil War history and military history writ large. |
| confederate history month tennessee: Battle of Stones River Larry J. Daniel, 2012-11-05 Three days of savage and bloody fighting between Confederate and Union troops at Stones River in Middle Tennessee ended with nearly 25,000 casualties but no clear victor. The staggering number of killed or wounded equaled the losses suffered in the well-known Battle of Shiloh. Using previously neglected sources, Larry J. Daniel rescues this important campaign from obscurity. The Battle of Stones River, fought between December 31, 1862, and January 2, 1863, was a tactical draw but proved to be a strategic northern victory. According to Daniel, Union defeats in late 1862—both at Chickasaw Bayou in Mississippi and at Fredericksburg, Virginia—transformed the clash in Tennessee into a much-needed morale booster for the North. Daniel's study of the battle's two antagonists, William S. Rosecrans for the Union Army of the Cumberland and Braxton Bragg for the Confederate Army of Tennessee, presents contrasts in leadership and a series of missteps. Union soldiers liked Rosecrans's personable nature, whereas Bragg acquired a reputation as antisocial and suspicious. Rosecrans had won his previous battle at Corinth, and Bragg had failed at the recent Kentucky Campaign. But despite Rosecrans's apparent advantage, both commanders made serious mistakes. With only a few hundred yards separating the lines, Rosecrans allowed Confederates to surprise and route his right ring. Eventually, Union pressure forced Bragg to launch a division-size attack, a disastrous move. Neither side could claim victory on the battlefield. In the aftermath of the bloody conflict, Union commanders and northern newspapers portrayed the stalemate as a victory, bolstering confidence in the Lincoln administration and dimming the prospects for the peace wing of the northern Democratic Party. In the South, the deadlock led to continued bickering in the Confederate western high command and scorn for Braxton Bragg. |
| confederate history month tennessee: Beyond Redemption Carole Emberton, 2013-06-10 In the months after the end of the Civil War, there was one word on everyone’s lips: redemption. From the fiery language of Radical Republicans calling for a reconstruction of the former Confederacy to the petitions of those individuals who had worked the land as slaves to the white supremacists who would bring an end to Reconstruction in the late 1870s, this crucial concept informed the ways in which many people—both black and white, northerner and southerner—imagined the transformation of the American South. Beyond Redemption explores how the violence of a protracted civil war shaped the meaning of freedom and citizenship in the new South. Here, Carole Emberton traces the competing meanings that redemption held for Americans as they tried to come to terms with the war and the changing social landscape. While some imagined redemption from the brutality of slavery and war, others—like the infamous Ku Klux Klan—sought political and racial redemption for their losses through violence. Beyond Redemption merges studies of race and American manhood with an analysis of post-Civil War American politics to offer unconventional and challenging insight into the violence of Reconstruction. |
| confederate history month tennessee: Confederate Struggle for Command Alexander Mendoza, 2008 Though he has traditionally been saddled with much of the blame for the Confederate loss at Gettysburg, Lt. Gen. James Longstreet was a capable, resourceful, and brave commander. Lee referred to Longstreet as his Old Warhorse, and Longstreet's men gave him the sobriquet Bull of the Woods for his aggressive tactics at Chickamauga. Now, historian Alexander Mendoza offers a comprehensive analysis of Longstreet's leadership during his seven-month assignment in the Tennessee theater of operations. He concludes that the obstacles to effective command faced by Longstreet during his sojourn in the west had at least as much to do with longstanding grievances and politically motivated prejudices as they did with any personal or military shortcomings of Longstreet himself.--BOOK JACKET. |
| confederate history month tennessee: Marching Masters Colin Edward Woodward, 2014-03-05 The Confederate army went to war to defend a nation of slaveholding states, and although men rushed to recruiting stations for many reasons, they understood that the fundamental political issue at stake in the conflict was the future of slavery. Most Confederate soldiers were not slaveholders themselves, but they were products of the largest and most prosperous slaveholding civilization the world had ever seen, and they sought to maintain clear divisions between black and white, master and servant, free and slave. In Marching Masters Colin Woodward explores not only the importance of slavery in the minds of Confederate soldiers but also its effects on military policy and decision making. Beyond showing how essential the defense of slavery was in motivating Confederate troops to fight, Woodward examines the Rebels’ persistent belief in the need to defend slavery and deploy it militarily as the war raged on. Slavery proved essential to the Confederate war machine, and Rebels strove to protect it just as they did Southern cities, towns, and railroads. Slaves served by the tens of thousands in the Southern armies—never as soldiers, but as menial laborers who cooked meals, washed horses, and dug ditches. By following Rebel troops' continued adherence to notions of white supremacy into the Reconstruction and Jim Crow eras, the book carries the story beyond the Confederacy’s surrender. Drawing upon hundreds of soldiers’ letters, diaries, and memoirs, Marching Masters combines the latest social and military history in its compelling examination of the last bloody years of slavery in the United States. |
| confederate history month tennessee: The Loyal Mountaineers of Tennessee Thomas William Humes, 1888 |
| confederate history month tennessee: The Confederacy: History, Documents, Memoirs and Biographies John Esten Cooke, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Frank H. Alfriend, Heros von Borcke, 2023-12-30 The Confederacy: History, Documents, Memoirs and Biographies is a seminal anthology that encapsulates the complex narratives and ideological contours of the American Civil War from the Confederate perspective. This collection traverses a rich tapestry of literary stylesfrom firsthand accounts and historical analyses to personal memoirs, each contributing to a nuanced understanding of the Confederacy. The anthology stands out for its inclusion of both high-profile figures and lesser-known voices, ensuring a diversified and comprehensive portrayal of the Southern Confederacy. The works included navigate through the tumultuous period with a blend of personal conviction and historical insight, offering readers a multifaceted view of the era. The contributing authors and editors, including notable figures like Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, bring an authentic and varied examination of the Confederate experience. Their backgrounds, ranging from military leadership to political stewardship, and their direct involvement in the conflict provide an insiders perspective to the war. The collection aligns with the broader historical and cultural movements of the 19th century, reflecting the ideological divisions that marked the period. Together, these voices contribute to a deeper understanding of the Confederate identity, its ethos, and its impact on American history. The Confederacy: History, Documents, Memoirs and Biographies is an indispensable resource for readers interested in the American Civil War. It offers a rare opportunity to explore the personal, political, and military dimensions of the Confederacy through a diverse collection of narratives. This anthology is not just a repository of historical documents; it is a vehicle for education, insight, and reflection. Readers are encouraged to delve into the pages of this collection to appreciate the breadth of perspectives and literary expression, fostering a richer dialogue with the past and its enduring legacies. |
| confederate history month tennessee: War at Every Door Noel C. Fisher, 2001-09-01 By placing the conflict between Unionists and secessionists in East Tennessee within the context of the whole war, Fisher explores the significance of the struggle for both sides. |
| confederate history month tennessee: A Year in the South Stephen V. Ash, 2016-02-02 A Year in the South is about four ordinary people in an extraordinary time. They lived in the South during 1865 -- a year that saw war, disunion, and slavery give way to peace, reconstruction, and emancipation. One was a slave determined to gain freedom, one a widow battling poverty and despair, one a man of God and planter's son grappling with spiritual and worldly troubles, and one a former Confederate soldier seeking a new life. Between January and December 1865 they witnessed, from very different vantage points, the death of the Old South and the birth of the New South. Civil War historian Stephen V. Ash reconstructs their daily lives, their fears and hopes, and their frustrations and triumphs in vivid detail, telling a dramatic story of real people in a time of great upheaval and offering a fresh perspective on a pivotal moment in history. |
| confederate history month tennessee: Tullahoma Eric J Wittenberg, DAVID A. WITTENBERG POWELL (ERIC J.), 2024-08-15 This brilliant campaign nearly cleared the state of Rebels and changed the calculus of the Civil War in the Western Theater, however, few people today even know about it. |
| confederate history month tennessee: Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases Ida B. Wells-Barnett, 2018-04-05 Reproduction of the original: Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases by Ida B. Wells-Barnett |
| confederate history month tennessee: Shrouds of Glory Winston Groom, 1996-07 Groom, author of Forrest Gump and other fiction, provides a thoughtful narrative account of Confederate leader General Hood, as well as his military cohorts, troops, and nemeses, from their bizarre cat-and-mouse chase through Georgia and Tennessee to the horrors of the charge at Franklin. Excellent bandw photographs, maps. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
| confederate history month tennessee: Ku-Klux Elaine Frantz Parsons, 2015-11-09 The first comprehensive examination of the nineteenth-century Ku Klux Klan since the 1970s, Ku-Klux pinpoints the group's rise with startling acuity. Historians have traced the origins of the Klan to Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1866, but the details behind the group's emergence have long remained shadowy. By parsing the earliest descriptions of the Klan, Elaine Frantz Parsons reveals that it was only as reports of the Tennessee Klan's mysterious and menacing activities began circulating in northern newspapers that whites enthusiastically formed their own Klan groups throughout the South. The spread of the Klan was thus intimately connected with the politics and mass media of the North. Shedding new light on the ideas that motivated the Klan, Parsons explores Klansmen's appropriation of images and language from northern urban forms such as minstrelsy, burlesque, and business culture. While the Klan sought to retain the prewar racial order, the figure of the Ku-Klux became a joint creation of northern popular cultural entrepreneurs and southern whites seeking, perversely and violently, to modernize the South. Innovative and packed with fresh insight, Parsons' book offers the definitive account of the rise of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction. |
| confederate history month tennessee: Congressional Record United States. Congress, 1968 |
| confederate history month tennessee: Cornerstone of the Confederacy Keith S. Hébert, 2021 This book traces the curious history of the Cornerstone Speech. Alexander H. Stephens's defense of the new Confederacy, delivered on March 21, 1861, the Cornerstone Speech was an uninhibited overture to a new nation founded on white supremacy and slavery, and an instant sensation. While the speech is widely cited, no full-length treatment of the work and its legacy exists - and it is poorly understood. Hébert examines how Stephens initially considered it, then how, with the help of others, he reinterpreted it to shore up major tenets of Lost Cause ideology after the Confederacy was defeated on the battlefield. The book also shows how this reactionary interpretation would inform Neo-Confederate ideas that abide to the present day in American culture-- |
| confederate history month tennessee: No Common Ground Karen L. Cox, 2021-02-23 When it comes to Confederate monuments, there is no common ground. Polarizing debates over their meaning have intensified into legislative maneuvering to preserve the statues, legal battles to remove them, and rowdy crowds taking matters into their own hands. These conflicts have raged for well over a century--but they've never been as intense as they are today. In this eye-opening narrative of the efforts to raise, preserve, protest, and remove Confederate monuments, Karen L. Cox depicts what these statues meant to those who erected them and how a movement arose to force a reckoning. She lucidly shows the forces that drove white southerners to construct beacons of white supremacy, as well as the ways that antimonument sentiment, largely stifled during the Jim Crow era, returned with the civil rights movement and gathered momentum in the decades after the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Monument defenders responded with gerrymandering and heritage laws intended to block efforts to remove these statues, but hard as they worked to preserve the Lost Cause vision of southern history, civil rights activists, Black elected officials, and movements of ordinary people fought harder to take the story back. Timely, accessible, and essential, No Common Ground is the story of the seemingly invincible stone sentinels that are just beginning to fall from their pedestals. |
| confederate history month tennessee: Slavery by Another Name Douglas A. Blackmon, 2012-10-04 A Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the mistreatment of black Americans. In this 'precise and eloquent work' - as described in its Pulitzer Prize citation - Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history - an 'Age of Neoslavery' that thrived in the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II. Using a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, Blackmon unearths the lost stories of slaves and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow of involuntary servitude thereafter. By turns moving, sobering and shocking, this unprecedented account reveals these stories, the companies that profited the most from neoslavery, and the insidious legacy of racism that reverberates today. |
| confederate history month tennessee: The Emancipator Elihu Embree, 1995 Elihu Embree and his family were Quakers who were committed to the cause of abolishing slavery in the American South. Over a few short years, he raised the public consciousness in East Tennessee and achieved wide recognition with the publication ofThe Emancipator, the first periodical in the United States devoted solely to the abolitionist cause. The seven issues of the monthly publication are reproduced here, together with a brief history of Elihu and the Embree family’s migration from France to Washington County, Tennessee. |
| confederate history month tennessee: Cold Mountain Charles Frazier, 2007-12-01 A wounded Confederate soldier treks across the ruins of America in this National Book Award–winning novel: “A stirring Civil War tale told with epic sweep.” —People Sorely wounded and fatally disillusioned in the fighting at Petersburg, a Confederate soldier named Inman decides to walk back to his home in the Blue Ridge mountains to Ada, the woman he loves. His journey across the disintegrating South brings him into intimate and sometimes lethal converse with slaves and marauders, bounty hunters and witches, both helpful and malign. Meanwhile, the intrepid Ada is trying to revive her father’s derelict farm and learning to survive in a world where the old certainties have been swept away. As it interweaves their stories, Cold Mountain asserts itself as an authentic odyssey, hugely powerful, majestically lovely, and keenly moving. |
| confederate history month tennessee: Slavery and Public History James Oliver Horton, Lois E. Horton, 2014-03-25 “A fascinating collection of essays” by eminent historians exploring how we teach, remember, and confront the history and legacy of American slavery (Booklist Online). In recent years, the culture wars have called into question the way America’s history of slavery is depicted in books, films, television programs, historical sites, and museums. In the first attempt to examine the historiography of slavery, this unique collection of essays looks at recent controversies that have played out in the public arena, with contributions by such noted historians as Ira Berlin, David W. Blight, and Gary B. Nash. From the cancellation of the Library of Congress’s “Back of the Big House” slavery exhibit at the request of the institution’s African American employees, who found the visual images of slavery too distressing, to the public reaction to DNA findings confirming Thomas Jefferson’s relationship with his slave Sally Hemings, Slavery and Public History takes on contemporary reactions to the fundamental contradiction of American history—the existence of slavery in a country dedicated to freedom—and offers a bracing analysis of how Americans choose to remember the past, and how those choices influence our politics and culture. “Americans seem perpetually surprised by slavery—its extent (North as well as South), its span (over half of our four centuries of Anglo settlement), and its continuing influence. The wide-ranging yet connected essays in [this book] will help us all to remember and understand.” —James W. Loewen, author of Sundown Towns |
| confederate history month tennessee: Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife Ellen McGowan Biddle, 1907 Life of a military wife in Western outposts after the Civil War, including New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Nebraska. Includes many observations and anecdotes regarding Native Americans. |
| confederate history month tennessee: The Vicksburg Campaign Christopher Richard Gabel, 2013 The Vicksburg Campaign, November 1862-July 1863 continues the series of campaign brochures commemorating our national sacrifices during the American Civil War. Author Christopher R. Gabel examines the operations for the control of Vicksburg, Mississippi. President Abraham Lincoln called Vicksburg the key, and indeed it was as control of the Mississippi River depended entirely on the taking of this Confederate stronghold. |
| confederate history month tennessee: Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics William Joseph Hardee, 1861 |
| confederate history month tennessee: Tohopeka Kathryn H. Braund, 2012-07-30 Tohopeka contains a variety of perspectives and uses a wide array of evidence and approaches, from scrutiny of cultural and religious practices to literary and linguistic analysis, to illuminate this troubled period. Almost two hundred years ago, the territory that would become Alabama was both ancient homeland and new frontier where a complex network of allegiances and agendas was playing out. The fabric of that network stretched and frayed as the Creek Civil War of 1813-14 pitted a faction of the Creek nation known as Red Sticks against those Creeks who supported the Creek National Council. The war began in July 1813, when Red Stick rebels were attacked near Burnt Corn Creek by Mississippi militia and settlers from the Tensaw area in a vain attempt to keep the Red Sticks’ ammunition from reaching the main body of disaffected warriors. A retaliatory strike against a fortified settlement owned by Samuel Mims, now called Fort Mims, was a Red Stick victory. The brutality of the assault, in which 250 people were killed, outraged the American public and “Remember Fort Mims” became a national rallying cry. During the American-British War of 1812, Americans quickly joined the war against the Red Sticks, turning the civil war into a military campaign designed to destroy Creek power. The battles of the Red Sticks have become part of Alabama and American legend and include the famous Canoe Fight, the Battle of Holy Ground, and most significantly, the Battle of Tohopeka (also known as Horseshoe Bend)—the final great battle of the war. There, an American army crushed Creek resistance and made a national hero of Andrew Jackson. New attention to material culture and documentary and archaeological records fills in details, adds new information, and helps disabuse the reader of outdated interpretations. Contributors Susan M. Abram / Kathryn E. Holland Braund/Robert P. Collins / Gregory Evans Dowd / John E. Grenier / David S. Heidler / Jeanne T. Heidler / Ted Isham / Ove Jensen / Jay Lamar / Tom Kanon / Marianne Mills / James W. Parker / Craig T. Sheldon Jr. / Robert G. Thrower / Gregory A. Waselkov |
| confederate history month tennessee: The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History & Culture Carroll Van West, 1998 This definitive encyclopedia offers 1,534 entries on Tennessee by 514 authors. With thirty-two essays on topics from agriculture to World War II, this major reference work includes maps, photos, extensive cross-referencing, bibliographical information, and a detailed index. |
| confederate history month tennessee: The United Daughters of the Confederacy Magazine , 2004 |
| confederate history month tennessee: Braxton Bragg Earl J. Hess, 2016-09-02 As a leading Confederate general, Braxton Bragg (1817–1876) earned a reputation for incompetence, for wantonly shooting his own soldiers, and for losing battles. This public image established him not only as a scapegoat for the South's military failures but also as the chief whipping boy of the Confederacy. The strongly negative opinions of Bragg's contemporaries have continued to color assessments of the general's military career and character by generations of historians. Rather than take these assessments at face value, Earl J. Hess's biography offers a much more balanced account of Bragg, the man and the officer. While Hess analyzes Bragg's many campaigns and battles, he also emphasizes how his contemporaries viewed his successes and failures and how these reactions affected Bragg both personally and professionally. The testimony and opinions of other members of the Confederate army--including Bragg's superiors, his fellow generals, and his subordinates--reveal how the general became a symbol for the larger military failures that undid the Confederacy. By connecting the general's personal life to his military career, Hess positions Bragg as a figure saddled with unwarranted infamy and humanizes him as a flawed yet misunderstood figure in Civil War history. |
| confederate history month tennessee: The Light and the Glory (God's Plan for America Book #1) Peter Marshall, David Manuel, 2009-03-01 Did Columbus believe that God called him west to undiscovered lands? Does American democracy owe its inception to the handful of Pilgrims that settled at Plymouth? If, indeed, there was a specific, divine call upon this nation, is it still valid today? The Light and the Glory answers these questions and many more for history buffs. As readers look at their nation's history from God's point of view, they will begin to have an idea of how much we owe to a very few--and how much is still at stake. Now revised and expanded for the first time in more than thirty years, The Light and the Glory is poised to show new readers just how special their country is. |
| confederate history month tennessee: Embrace an Angry Wind Wiley Sword, 1992 Historical account of John Bell Hood's Confederate Army's attack on Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville, Tennessee in November of 1864. |
| confederate history month tennessee: The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Jefferson Davis, 1881 |
| confederate history month tennessee: The New Politics of the Old South Charles S. Bullock, Mark J. Rozell, 2007 The last presidential election showed without a doubt the prominence of the Southern states in the national political landscape. When it first appeared in 1998, The New Politics of the Old South broke new ground by examining Southern political trends at the end of the twentieth century. Now in its third edition, with all chapters extensively revised and updated to cover events up through the 2004 elections, the authors continue their unique state-by-state analysis of political behavior. Written by the country's leading scholars of Southern politics, and designed to be adopted for courses on Southern politics (but accessible to any interested reader), this book traces the shifting trends of the Southern electorate and explains its growing influence on the course of national politics. |
| confederate history month tennessee: This Terrible Sound Peter Cozzens, 1992-09-01 When North and South met among the desolate mountains of northwestern Georgia in 1863, they began one of the bloodiest and most decisive campaigns of the Civil War. The climactic Battle of Chickamauga lasted just two days, yet it was nearly as costly as Gettysburg, with casualties among the highest in the war. In this study of the campaign, the first to appear in over thirty years and the most comprehensive account ever written on Chickamauga, Peter Cozzens presents a vivid narrative about an engagement that was crucial to the outcome of the war in the West. Drawing upon a wealth of previously untapped sources, Cozzens offers startling new interpretations that challenge the conventional wisdom on key moments of the battle, such as Rosecrans's fateful order to General Wood and Thomas's historic defense of Horseshoe Ridge. Chickamauga was a battle of missed opportunities, stupendous tactical blunders, and savage fighting by the men in ranks. Cozzens writes movingly of both the heroism and suffering of the common soldiers and of the strengths and tragic flaws of their commanders. Enhanced by the detailed battle maps and original sketches by the noted artist Keith Rocco, this book will appeal to all Civil War enthusiasts and students of military history. |
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The Mayor of Columbia issued a proclamation for Confederate History Month and many radio stations in the area are playing public service announcements for the Sons of Confederate …
APRIL IS CONFEDERATE HISTORY MONTH! - scvtexas.org
APRIL IS CONFEDERATE HISTORY MONTH! Compatriot Hurley Attends General Executive Council Meeting at SCV Headquarters located at the Southern Heritage Center, Columbia …
Newsletter of Sons of Confederate Veterans John R. Massey …
Our Confederate History month commemoration will be held on Saturday April 23rd at 12:00 noon. The flyer for the event is in this newsletter, come out and support the Camp and our history.
Newsletter of Sons of Confederate Veterans John R. Massey …
The War Between the States 160 years ago this month in Tennessee! Apr. 1 TN Skirmish on Columbia Pike. Apr. 2 TN Skirmish on Carter Creek Pike. Several gunboats on the …
CONFEDERATE GAZETTE
CONFEDERATE HISTORY MONTH We held our annual Confederate History Month memorial on Saturday, April 12th, prior to our monthly camp meeting later that evening. We had a turnout of …
Forrest’s Escort - TENNESSEE DIVISION SCV
They have heard topics about local Obion County history, the Battle of Trenton, TN, a History of the Confederate Flag and many other interesting topics. The camp continues to help maintain …
CONFEDERATE GAZETTE
On Saturday, April 12th, we will hold our annual Confederate Heritage Month dedication ceremony at the South Belton Cemetery, and will conclude with our business meeting at the Cotton …
Copyright 2016 www.upshurpatriots.org April 2016
April is designated as Confederate History Month by: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia and Texas. April 1, 1865 – Battle of Five Forks. April 2, 1865 – Battle of …
THE FRONTIER CHRONICLE
veterans, Major Ben Randals, of Tennessee, lived in Sipe Springs before moving to Hico, where he operated an academy. Another one of my great-great grandfathers, Martin William Bundick, …
April is Confederate History Month in Union County
Nov 18, 2004 · Members of the local Sons of Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of the Confederacy . inside the Union County Commissioner’s Office. April is Confederate History …
April is Confederate History Month in Union County
Nov 18, 2004 · Members of the local Sons of Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of the Confederacy . inside the Union County Commissioner’s Office. April is Confederate History …
A PUBLICATION OF THE NEW JERSEY STATE BAR …
Celebrating Confederate History— Honoring Heritage or Promoting Hatred? by Jodi L. Miller Next year will mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War that began with Confederate forces …
BLACK HISTORY MONTH BLACK CONFEDERATE HERITAGE
information will enrich the celebration of Black History Month during February. This sheet may be freely copied and distributed without permission or notice; ... The proclamation allowed slavery …
Copyright 2019 April 2019
Confederate history. Our fights have been largely defensive reactions to the innumerable strokes of our enemies. Our enemies control most of the political, ... Tennessee River results in a bitter …
CIVIL WAR TIMELINE 1863 - sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com
“ TN Skirmishes near Clifton as Forrest crosses the Tennessee River there, On his way out of West Tennessee; skirmishes at and near LaVergne and at Stewart’s Creek. Jan. 2 TN C.S. …
Patriot’s Periodical
United Confederate Veterans Charge to Sons of Confederate Veterans "To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we will commit the vindication of the cause for which we fought. To …
Tennessee State Library and Archives
Mar 17, 2004 · assistance to indigent former Confederate soldiers, their widows and servants. The record group consists of correspondence, subject files, volumes and office file cards. The …
TOP 10 FACTS TO CELEBRATE CONFEDERATE HERITAGE …
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH BLACK CONFEDERATE HERITAGE
information will enrich the celebration of Black History Month during February. This sheet may be freely copied and distributed without permission or notice; ... The proclamation allowed slavery …
in Stone Mountain - RootsWeb
during Confederate History Month, April 2000, to Masonic lodges in Stone Mountain, Tucker, and Clarkston, Georgia. Hence, a special emphasis is given to those Confederate veterans who …
Early Beginnings: Confederate Memorial Day in Georgia: April …
HISTORY: POLLARD 14, 15 The Charge to the Georgia Division To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we submit the vindi-cation of the cause for which we fought; to your strength will be …
Published Monthly September 2016
the month of April to be "Confederate History Month". Programs honoring Confederate ancestor soldiers are held throughout Alabama, and Confederate flags are placed at grave markers of …
Dissidents of Rebellion: The Hidden Stand and Sacrifice of the …
actions, took a stand that reflected the sentiments of the people of East Tennessee during the Civil War. This story illustrates the importance of taking a stand and sticking to your …
Manatee Middle School Confederate History Month
Manatee Middle School Confederate History Month Mrs. Harriet Weeks (Wadhams) Stevens Florida Civil War Heritage Trail ,2011 Includes a background essay on the history of the Civil …
CIVIL WAR TIMELINE 1862 - sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com
Confederate troops in . Kentucky begin killing cattle in the ponds and watering places on the route of the . Federal army in order to render the water unfit for drinking. [NYT, p. 1] Jan. 19 TN In …
Fort Donelson National Park Service Tennessee - NPS History
of Middle and West Tennessee. The Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, and railroads in the area, became vital Federal supply lines. Nash ville, a major rail hub and previously one of the most …
TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR MUSTER ROLLS COLLECTION 1861 …
The Provisional Army of Tennessee officially joined the Confederate Armed Forces on July 31, 1861. Documents in Record Group 4 include lists of voters from Camp Brown, near Union City …
www.escohis.org
portant business. As you might know, April is Confederate History Month, and our president, Dwight Milligan, has some interesting items to bring before us as to how we might observe this …
Confederate Muster Rolls - JSTOR
Tennessee, April 7, 1865. 4. Same for April 3, 1865. 5. Summary of Casualties, Armies of Ten-nessee and Mississippi consolidated, May 7-September 1, 1864. 6. Return of S. D. Lee's …
What Is Confederate History Month (book)
What Is Confederate History Month Secession Charles River Charles River Editors,2018-01-20 Explains the issues that led to secession including the Missouri Compromise Dred Scott John …
CONFEDERATE OPERATIONS IN THE JACKSON PURCHASE: A …
encampment and fortified outpost between the Confederate bastion at Columbus, Kentucky, and the Confederate forts alongtheTennes-see and Cumberland rivers. The series ofevents that …
The Second Tennessee Cavalry in the American Civil War - DTIC
The Confederate Army of Tennessee had many storied cavalry units that played important roles in the course and outcome of the army’s operations. One of these, the ... A Military History of …
Confederate Arms are Not Rare
some who are interested in Confederate history that samples of arms from the great “Late Unpleasantness” are cost pro- ... July of 1863 was a month of pronounced tragedy for the …
REUNION AND DISILLUSION: CONFEDERATE MEMORIALS IN …
Jan 16, 2025 · who thought the statue was a sacrosanct piece of history. Some thought that tearing it down would be tearing down history. Over 150 years after the Civil War, the battle …
Volume 17 No. 12 May, 2005 CONFEDERATE GAZETTE
ored 2005 Confederate History Month in Texas with special ceremonies in three different locations in Belton on Sunday, April 10th. The events kicked off at the Bell County Court-house where a …
Proclamation - Belleview, FL
Proclamation WHEREAS, Chapter 683.01(j) of the Florida Statutes, designates April 26, 2017 as Confederate Memorial Day and the month of April as Confederate History Month; and …
Tennessee State Library and Archives
month in addition to store profits. 1863, Mar. 4, Furnished the Confederacy a substitute by the name of D. Wallis. 1864, January, Sold his horses and mules to the Federals and left …
The Conquered Banner - SCV CAMP 302
Columbia, Tennessee 38402-0059 . 1-800-MY-DIXIE Salute to the Confederate Flag . I salute the Confederate Flag with affection, reverence and undying devotion to the cause for which it …
THE OKLAHOMA VINDICATOR
Fitting words for Confederate History and Heritage Month. The unreconstructed Broken Arrow Camp 2310 meeting on May 13 had another average turnout but we were blessed to have …
Proclamation - belleviewfl.org
as Confederate Memorial Day and the month of April as Confederate History Month; and. WHEREAS, the State of Florida, through its legal representatives voted to secede from the …
Upshur Co. Patriots Camp #2109
CONFEDERATE FLAG: I salute the Confederate Flag With affection, reverence, and Undying devotion to the cause for which it stands. . Confederate History Month in April is a month …
in Stone Mountain - RootsWeb
during Confederate History Month, April 2000, to Masonic lodges in Stone Mountain, Tucker, and Clarkston, Georgia. Hence, a special emphasis is given to those Confederate veterans who …
TENNESSEE - Civil War Trails
TENNESSEE How to Use this Map-Guide This map-guide identifies more than 350 Civil War sites throughout Tennes-see. Each site is interpreted and acces-sible and encourages you to …
Proclamation - Hanover Dragoons SCV Camp # 827
made to the Confederate States of America by the people of its native soil. Now, Therefore, I, R. S. Jason Boshers Commander-in-Chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, proclaim April …
Nashville Civil War Roundtable - Battle of Nashville Trust
Nashville Civil War Roundtable Founded April, 2009 – Nashville, Tennessee Visit our web site: www.nashvillecivilwarroundtable.wordpress.com October 17th, 2023 – Our 152nd meeting!! …
Fort Donelson - NPS History
Confederacy. Just a month before, the Confed erates had seemed invincible. A stalemate had existed since the Southern victories at First Manassas and Wilson's Creek in the summer of …
Shiloh National Military Park Brochure - npshistory.com
•on April 6. From here, the Federals launched Confederate Army of the Mississippi (purple) • Federal Army of the Tennessee (blue) • Federal Army of the Ohio (gold) Small rectangular …
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR - Augusta, GA
IN RECOGNITION of “CONFEDERATE HISTORY & HERITAGE MONTH” WHEREAS, our country is a nation of people united by a common history of individual heritage and diverse …
What Is Confederate History Month
What Is Confederate History Month Secession Charles River Charles River Editors,2018-01-20 Explains the issues that led to secession including the Missouri Compromise Dred Scott John …
The Fort Henry-Fort Donelson Campaign
Essential Civil War Curriculum | Kendall D. Gott, The Fort Henry-Fort Donelson Campaign | July 2012 Essential Civil War Curriculum | Copyright 2012 and 2020 Virginia ...
Office of the Governor of Alabama
April is the month in which the war between the states began; and 'WHEREAS, the history of this conflict is a significant part of Alabama's history; and ... 'WHEREAS, the k!towledge of the role …
April Confederate History Month [PDF] - x-plane.com
April Confederate History Month april confederate history month: Searching for Black Confederates Kevin M. Levin, 2019-08-09 More than 150 years after the end of the Civil War, …
Newsletter of Sons of Confederate Veterans John R. Massey …
Newsletter of Sons of Confederate Veterans John R. Massey Camp No. 152 Fayetteville, Tenn. ... “You can’t change history, but you can learn from it.” We can only be hopeful that he will have …
The Negro's Civil War in Tennessee, 1861-1865 - JSTOR
36 JOURNAL OF NEGRO HISTORY THE NEGRO'S CIVIL WAR IN TENNESSEE, 1861-1865 Bobby L. Lovett The State of Tennessee approved the Ordinance of Secession on June 8, …
Money, Prices, and Wages in the Confederacy, 1861-65 - JSTOR
a given month, as occasionally happened, this figure was taken as typical of the commodity's price during that month. More often, two or three quotations were available. When I had two …
Point Park Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga Battlefields
Tennessee in the summer of 1863, Federal troops crossed the Tennessee River south of Chatta nooga, and, on September 19-20, engaged the Confederate Army in a 2-day battle at Chicka …
