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Episodes tagged "Confederacy": 1 through 7 of 7

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  1. James D. Bulloch’s Secret Commissioning of the C.S.S. Florida
    date June 4, 1861 to August 17, 1862map RICHMOND, Virginiatags Confederacy, Navy, Undercover

    The Confederate States of America never focused on its navy, but their secret operations to acquire one are often overlooked when learning about the navies of the Civil War.  In discussing these covert naval operations, one name is paramount, James Dunwoody Bulloch. Bulloch had a naval background, and this was recognized by Confederate Secretary of the Navy Stephen Mallory.  Mallory ordered Bulloch...

  2. 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,...

  3. 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...

  4. The South's Exciting First Victory
    date April 17, 1861map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags Civil War, Confederacy

    The newspaper article "Glory Enough for One Day" was written on April 17, 1861. The article describes how the Union surrendered Fort Sumter to the Confederate Army on April 13, 1861. The article starts out by talking about the telegram that announced to the south that Fort Sumter had been surrendered to the Confederate States, and how it "sent a thrill of joy to the heart of every true friend of the...

  5. An Oath of Pretending
    date August 14, 1865map GREENVILLE, South Carolinatags Confederacy, Civil War

    Four months after the end of the Civil War, Edwin Ware leaned down and signed an oath of loyalty to the United States government, swearing his support and protection of the constitution and union of the states, including the recently emancipated slaves. The former slave owner was the 2,560th person in Greenville, South Carolina to complete such an oath. Ware had effectively signed over all his beliefs...

  6. William Gilmore Simms' Account of the 1865 Destruction of Columbia
    date February 14, 1865 to February 20, 1865map RICHLAND, South Carolinatags Catholicism, Columbia, Violence, Confederacy, Civil War, General Sherman

    In 1865, William Gilmore Simms, famed Southern novelist, published a text recounting the capture and burning of Columbia, South Carolina, by the forces of General William Sherman.  The text was highly anecdotal, creating a scene of violence, and disorder.  He recounted looting, fires, and destruction. Simms argued that Sherman willing and knowingly allowed Columbia to burn, that soldiers prevented...

  7. A Jewish Rebuke to Confederate Anti-Semitism in Richmond
    date March 27, 1863map HENRICO, Virginiatags Religion, Civil War, Judaism, Anti-Semitism, Richmond, Confederacy

    On March 27, 1863, Reverend M. J. Michelbacher, rabbi of the Bayth Ahabah synagogue in Richmond, delivered a sermon on a day of prayer declared by Jefferson Davis. Michelbacher was a prominent Jewish leader in the Confederate capital.  Although he had moved from Philadelphia in 1846, he was a fervent supporter of the Confederate cause even prior to secession. In the sermon, Michelbacher responded...