Journal Of The Shenandoah Valley During The Civil War Era

Author : Jonathan Noyalas
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781979339582
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journal of the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era written by Jonathan Noyalas and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Journal of the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era is published annually by Shenandoah University's McCormick Civil War Institute. The Journal's goal is to provide fresh perspectives on seldom-studied aspects of the Civil War era in one of the most oft-contested regions during the Civil War--Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. The Journal examines the Civil War era broadly and examines aspects of memory, social, military, and political history.

Author : Jonathan A. Noyalas
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813072670
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Slavery and Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War Era written by Jonathan A. Noyalas and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The African American experience in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through Reconstruction This book examines the complexities of life for African Americans in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. Although the Valley was a site of fierce conflicts during the Civil War and its military activity has been extensively studied, scholars have largely ignored the Black experience in the region until now. Correcting previous assumptions that slavery was not important to the Valley, and that enslaved people were treated better there than in other parts of the South, Jonathan Noyalas demonstrates the strong hold of slavery in the region. He explains that during the war, enslaved and free African Americans navigated a borderland that changed hands frequently—where it was possible to be in Union territory one day, Confederate territory the next, and no-man’s land another. He shows that the region’s enslaved population resisted slavery and supported the Union war effort by serving as scouts, spies, and laborers, or by fleeing to enlist in regiments of the United States Colored Troops. Noyalas draws on untapped primary resources, including thousands of records from the Freedmen’s Bureau and contemporary newspapers, to continue the story and reveal the challenges African Americans faced from former Confederates after the war. He traces their actions, which were shaped uniquely by the volatility of the struggle in this region, to ensure that the war’s emancipationist legacy would survive. A volume in the series Southern Dissent, edited by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller

Author : George E. Pond
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781434419859
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shenandoah Valley In 1864 written by George E. Pond and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Edward Pond (1837-1899) served in the Army during the Civil War, and was later associate editor of the Army and Navy Journal. He was, at various times, on the editorial staff of The New York Times, the New York Sun, and was editor-in-chief of The Philadelphia Record.

Author : Gary W. Gallagher
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807877115
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 written by Gary W. Gallagher and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2006-12-15 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generally regarded as the most important of the Civil War campaigns conducted in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, that of 1864 lasted more than four months and claimed more than 25,000 casualties. The armies of Philip H. Sheridan and Jubal A. Early contended for immense stakes. Beyond the agricultural bounty and the boost in morale a victory would bring, events in the Valley also would affect Abraham Lincoln's chances for reelection in the November 1864 presidential canvass. The eleven original essays in this volume reexamine common assumptions about the campaign, its major figures, and its significance. Taking advantage of the most recent scholarship and a wide range of primary sources, contributors examine strategy and tactics, the performances of key commanders on each side, the campaign's political repercussions, and the experiences of civilians caught in the path of the armies. The authors do not always agree with one another, yet, taken together, their essays highlight important connections between the home front and the battlefield, as well as ways in which military affairs, civilian experiences, and politics played off one another during the campaign. Contributors: William W. Bergen, Charlottesville, Virginia Keith S. Bohannon, State University of West Georgia Andre M. Fleche, University of Virginia Gary W. Gallagher, University of Virginia Joseph T. Glatthaar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Robert E. L. Krick, Richmond, Virginia Robert K. Krick, Fredericksburg, Virginia William J. Miller, Churchville, Virginia Aaron Sheehan-Dean, University of North Florida William G. Thomas, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Joan Waugh, University of California, Los Angeles

Author : George Edward Pond
Publisher : New York : C. Scribner's Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shenandoah Valley in 1864 written by George Edward Pond and published by New York : C. Scribner's Sons. This book was released on 1883 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael G. Mahon
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811715409
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shenandoah Valley, 1861-1865 written by Michael G. Mahon and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has the significance of the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War been overestimated? An extensive array of primary sources--including Philip Sheridan's official report--point to this revisionist conclusion.

Author : David Powell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1611214351
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Union Command Failure in the Shenandoah written by David Powell and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-19 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of New Market in the Shenandoah Valley suffers from no lack of drama, interest, or importance. The ramifications of the May 1864 engagement, which involved only 10,000 troops, were substantial. Previous studies, however, focused on the Confederate side of the story. David Powell’s, Union Command Failure in the Shenandoah: Major General Franz Sigel and the War in the Valley of Virginia, May 1864, provides the balance that has so long been needed. Union General Ulysses S. Grant regarded a spring campaign in the Valley of Virginia as integral to his overall strategy designed to turn Robert E. Lee’s strategic western flank, deny his Army of Northern Virginia much needed supplies, and prevent other Confederates from reinforcing Lee. It fell to Union general and German transplant Franz Sigel to execute Grant’s strategy in the northern reaches of the Shenandoah while Maj. Gen. George Crook struck elsewhere in southwestern Virginia. Sigel’s record in the field was checkered at best, and he was not Grant’s first choice to lead the effort, but a combination of politics and other factors left the German in command. Sigel met Confederate Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge and his small army on May 15 just outside the crossroads town of New Market. The hard-fought affair hung in the balance until finally the Union lines broke, and Sigel’s Yankees fled the field. Breckinridge’s command included some 300 young men from the Virginia Military Institute’s Corps of Cadets. VMI’s presence and dramatic role in the fighting ensured that New Market would never be forgotten, but pushed other aspects of this interesting and important campaign into the back seat of history. Award-winning author David Powell’s years of archival and other research provides an outstanding foundation for this outstanding study. Previous works have focused on the Confederate side of the battle, using Sigel’s incompetence as sufficient excuse to explain why the Federals were defeated. This methodology, however, neglects the other important factors that contributed to the ruin of Grant’s scheme in the Valley. Union Command Failure in the Shenandoah delves into all the issues, analyzing the campaign from an operational standpoint. Complete with original maps, photos, and the skillful writing readers have come to expect from the pen of David Powell, Union Command Failure in the Shenandoah will satisfy the most demanding students of Civil War history.

Author : Jacob R. Hildebrand
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Mennonite Journal, 1862-1865 written by Jacob R. Hildebrand and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacob Hildebrand took practical steps to assist his three sons in the Army of Northern Virginia; often traveling to their camps to deliver food and clothing necessary to supplement inadequate army rations. The family's story shows that the strong pacifist beliefs of the Mennonite church were not always observed by many of its members who supported the Southern cause and honored days of prayer and humility proclaimed by Jefferson Davis.

Author : Jonathan A. Noyalas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780977769926
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Home Front to Front Line written by Jonathan A. Noyalas and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kathryn Shively Meier
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469610760
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nature's Civil War written by Kathryn Shively Meier and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Shenandoah Valley and Peninsula Campaigns of 1862, Union and Confederate soldiers faced unfamiliar and harsh environmental conditions--strange terrain, tainted water, swarms of flies and mosquitoes, interminable rain and snow storms, and oppressive