Articles related to "Western Theater"
East vs West: Determining the War's Most Important Theater - Part I
While Yanks, Rebs, and other students of the Civil War continue to argue about North and South, a number of them also argue over two other directions - East and West. In this article, we will look at the controversy over which major theater of war ranks as the most important, and try to come up with an answer.
american civil war • western theater • eastern theater • trans-mississippi
While Yanks, Rebs, and other students of the Civil War continue to argue about North and South, a number of them also argue over two other directions - East and West. In this article, we will look at the controversy over which major theater of war ranks as the most important, and try to come up with an answer.
american civil war • western theater • eastern theater • trans-mississippi
East vs West: Determining the War's Most Important Theater - Part II
In Part II of the series on East and West, we define the primary goal of both the Union and the Confederacy, and begin to relate those respective goals to the course of the war in the respective theaters.
american civil war • eastern theater • western theater • trans-mississippi
In Part II of the series on East and West, we define the primary goal of both the Union and the Confederacy, and begin to relate those respective goals to the course of the war in the respective theaters.
american civil war • eastern theater • western theater • trans-mississippi
East vs West: Determining the War's Most Important Theater - Part III
In Part III of the article on East and West, we look at how the fighting in the East furthered the cause of the Confederacy while the fighting in the West furthered the cause of the Union.
american civil war • eastern theater • western theater • trans-mississippi theater
In Part III of the article on East and West, we look at how the fighting in the East furthered the cause of the Confederacy while the fighting in the West furthered the cause of the Union.
american civil war • eastern theater • western theater • trans-mississippi theater
Standing to It: Everett Peabody, Part I
In April of 1862, an all-out Confederate attack caught a Union army camped along the Tennessee River by complete surprise. Or so the history books tell us. In reality, the surprise was not quite as complete as tradition holds. The main reason for this small but vital difference was a little-known brigade commander from Massachusetts by the name of Everett Peabody.
everett peabody • battle of shiloh • army of the tennessee • army of west tennessee • shiloh
In April of 1862, an all-out Confederate attack caught a Union army camped along the Tennessee River by complete surprise. Or so the history books tell us. In reality, the surprise was not quite as complete as tradition holds. The main reason for this small but vital difference was a little-known brigade commander from Massachusetts by the name of Everett Peabody.
everett peabody • battle of shiloh • army of the tennessee • army of west tennessee • shiloh