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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Army of Northern Virginia"”.
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A Battle of Wills: Morale, Hope and the Army of Northern Virginia during the Last Year of the Civil War
"A Battle of Wills" examines the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the final year of the American Civil War. By investigating the reactions to events such as battles and political happenings that occurred among the soldiers of the Confederacy's primary army we can see how the end of the …
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The Twenty-sixth Regiment North Carolina troops, CSA
This thesis presents a socio-military history of the 26th Regiment North Carolina Troops, C. S. A. The narrative traces the regiment from the creation of the companies that formed the unit through the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. It focuses on the backgrounds of the men and their experiences …
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The Eighteenth North Carolina Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.
In the spring of 1861, eager young men gathered in small towns in five southeastern North Carolina counties and enlisted in ten local companies. After spending the summer in a Wilmington training camp, these companies were combined to form the 18th North Carolina Infantry Regiment. The regiment …
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Henry Lewis Benning: Fire-eating Confederate General 1837-1865
… the fire-eaters who preached disunion as a means of solving the South's problems. As a delegate to the several secession conventions, Henry Benning lent his organizational skills to promoting secession. When the American Civil War commenced, Benning was among the early volunteers, rising from …
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The 28th Virginia Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.
In the Spring of 1861, men from Roanoke, Botetourt, Craig and Bedford Counties enlisted in Confederate service and became members of the 28th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Their story is an integral part of the history of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. This is a social-military study which …
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The Rockbridge Artillery, C. S. A.
… Artillery, C. S. A." is a socio-military history of an artillery battery during the Civil War. Initially composed of men strictly from Rockbridge County, Va., the battery eventually drew its members from throughout the Confederacy. Taken largely from personal reminiscences, letters and official …
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The first battles for Petersburg, June 15-18, 1864
During June 15-18, 1864, the Federal Army of the Potomac launched a series of attacks against the vital Confederate rail center of Petersburg, Virginia. Union leaders believed that capturing Petersburg would force the abandonment of the Rebel capital at Richmond. The assaults failed, however, and …
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Jeremy Gilmer and the Confederate engineers
This is a biography of Confederate Major General Jeremy Francis Gilmer. The primary emphasis of the paper is on Gilmer's career during the Civil War and his contributions to the Confederate Bureau of Engineers. Jeremy Francis Gilmer was a native of North Carolina. In 1835 he was appointed to West …
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The 17th Regiment Virginia Volunteers, C.S.A.
This thesis is a socio-military history of a Confederate infantry regiment. Formed of companies from the city of Alexandria and surrounding counties, the Regiment fought in the Civil War as part of Corse's brigade, Pickett's division, Longstreet's Corps, Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Through …
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The 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment, C. S. A
This thesis is a socio-military history of a Confederate infantry regiment. Formed principally of Lynchburg City and Campbell County men, the Regiment fought in the Civil War as part of Kemper's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Longstreet's Corps, Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Through diaries, …
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The 7th Virginia Infantry Regiment, C.S.A
This thesis is a socio-military history of the 7th Infantry Regiment, Virginia Volunteers. Its soldiers came principally from Madison, Rappahanock, Culpeper, Orange, Albemarle, Greene and Giles counties. The regiment fought in the Civil War as part of Kemper’s Brigade, Pickett’s Division, …
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Stapleton Crutchfield: Stonewall Jaackson's chief of artillery
No Virginian was more dedicated to the Confederate cause than Stapleton Crutchfield. Born into a prominent and wealthy family, Crutchfield enjoyed and embraced the southern aristocratic lifestyle. He was a Virginian first and a United States citizen second. When Crutchfield was sixteen, he enrolled …
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Beyond the ritual of exchange: The culture of alienation shared between soldiers along the Rappahannock during the winter of 1862--63
… December 1862 and April 1863, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac remained stalemated across from one another on the Rappahannock River. Following the victory at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Confederate Army held the city while the Union forces remained …