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Episodes tagged "Military": 1 through 9 of 9

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  1. Sumner Takes Command of The Department of The Pacific
    date March 22, 1861 to April 28, 1861map SAN FRANCISCO, Californiatags War, Civil War, Military, Politics

    With hostilities breaking out between Confederate and Union forces in the east, a secessionist uprising in California was feared.  In command of the U.S. Army’s Department of The Pacific, was Col. Albert S. Johnston; an adopted Texan with questionable loyalties. Believing that Johnston posed a risk to Union control in California, General Winfield Scott dispatched Brigadier General E. V. Sumner to...

  2. M1 Carbine
    date June, 1936 to March 24, 1947map Sangamon, Illinoistags Military, M1, Carbine, TM 9-1276, FM 23-7

    The 1936 Garand rifle was a military issued weapon that made its greatest contribution during World War II. Also known as the M1 Garand it was a gas operated, bolt action rifle that was massed produced for the military by subcontracted companies located across the country. The original design of the bolt that made this weapon uniquie was created by none other than a prisoner who developed the idea...

  3. Brigadier-General Harry T. Hays Leads the Tigers at Gettysburg
    date July 1, 1863 to July 2, 1863map ADAMS, Pennsylvaniatags Civil War, Military

    Harry T. Hays was the Brigadier General of the feared Louisiana Tigers.  During the Civil War, the Tigers gained a reputation in the North as one of the fiercest Southern brigades.  The Tigers are best known for their tremendous efforts at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where Hays said they, “advanced through the city of Gettysburg, clearing it of the enemy and taking prisoners at every turn.” The...

  4. General Braggs Carries Out Execution of Kentucky Youth
    date December 4, 1862 to December 26, 1862map RUTHERFORD, Tennesseetags Military, Civil War, Confederacy

    At eleven o’clock on the morning following Christmas Day, 1862, General Braxton Bragg of the Confederate Army forced his Company E, 6th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (part of the commonly denoted “Orphan Brigade”) to stand round their fellow soldier, Asa Lewis, who awaited execution. Exactly one hour later the firing squad of twelve men carried out the young soldier’s sentence. As Lewis’ body,...

  5. The Tragedy known as Pickett's Charge
    date July 3, 1863map ADAMS, Pennsylvaniatags Military, Civil War, Confederacy

    The veteran soldiers geared for the attack, confident in their strategy and ability, ready to accept nothing less than success.  As the enemy forces approached and the men “spearheaded the charge” with all that they had, it quickly became evident that it was not going to be enough.  The “Union artillery opened” on the Confederates’ “parade-ground ranks” and the group suffered greatly...

  6. The Legacy of Andersonville Prison; Who is to Blame?
    date February 27, 1864 to April 9, 1865map SUMTER, Georgiatags prison, Health/Death, Military, Civil War

    The concept of enemy prisoner of war camps was a new idea at the time of the American Civil War. Previously soldiers that surrendered on the battlefield were often paroled. These soldiers were expected to return home and lay down their arms. However, often these men would return home then reenlist and fight the enemy again. Armies recognizing this problem placed punishments on soldiers who were captured...

  7. “General I Have no Division” The Blunder of Pickett’s Charge.
    date July 3, 1863 to July 3, 1883map ADAMS, Pennsylvaniatags Military, Civil War, Historiography

    The battle of Gettysburg will be remembered as one of the deadliest battles in American history. Over 46,000 Americans were either wounded, killed, or captured in three days of fighting. One moment, occurring on the last day of the battle, stands out from the rest. Pickett’s charge, which took place on the third and final day of the battle, is considered to be one on the biggest military blunders...

  8. A Five-Year-Old Girl Meets her Confederate Father
    date May, 1863 to August, 1863map SUMTER, South Carolinatags Civil War, Slavery, Family and Home Life, Military, Food/Provisions

    Mrs. Doane remembers the hard work that had to be done on her South Carolina plantation while her father was away at war.  Though they never saw any Yankees, Confederate soldiers were frequent guests at the Cumming’s home.  Ragged and half-starved, these desperate soldiers took full liberties to raid their provisions, passing in hordes and killing their chickens.  Mrs. Cummings, however, did not...

  9. South Carolina Court of Appeals, 1834
    date May 25, 1834map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags Law, Military, court case, charleston, sc

    In the spring of 1834, the South Carolina court of appeals heard numerous cases none more prominent than a case on Military law determining whether newly appointed Lieutenant Edward McCready’s rights were infringed upon when he was denied commission by a superior officer, Colonel Benjamin F. Hunt.  Presiding over the cases at Law argued and determined in the Court of Appeals of South Carolina at...