Chapter 7: Lost in Admiration - Aug 21 - Dec 31, 1862
The artillery battle across the Rappahanock - what are Confederate coffins made of?
Describe Stonewall Jackson's personality.
What does Jeb Stuart capture? (supplies, plus McClellan's plans)
Jackson moves north, hits Union supplies. Pope follows Jackson, Lee follows Pope. No armies in Culpeper.
---------------------------------------------------
What is the food situation in Culpeper? (p. 188-189, 193)
Military exemption of slaveholders w/ 20+ slaves.
Who took the "ironclad oath" and what happened to them? (p.190)
What happens at Manassas Aug 28-80?
(John Pope is relieved of commander of the Union Army of Virginia).
What happens at Sharpsburg on Sept 17?
(McClellan is replaced as commander of the Army of the Potomac on November 7 by Ambrose Burnside)
The E.P. - "running the Negros"
Democratic victories in the North in 1862 give southerners hope. (p. 162)
Lee's orders for disciple (p. 195) Shoe shortages, men long for home.
The problem of selling real estate for Confederate money.
Where does John Mosby tell Lee the Union Army is going? How does Lee respond? (p. 199)
How much does the government pay slaveholders per month for their impressed slaves' labor? Why are Culpeper citizens reluctant to part with their slaves? (p. 199)
What happens at Fredericksburg? (Goodbye Ambrose Burnside, hello Fighting Joe Hooker)
Chapter 8: To Be a Confederate Soldier - Jan 1 - May 2, 1863
Who is Wade Hampton? Where is he in early 1863? What is bugging him (besides winter in Virginia? (p. 205 - 206)
Who is John Pelham? What does he do to Willis Madden? How does he get to the Shackleford home? What happens to Pelham?
What are the Confederate officers in Culpeper doing? (p. 209)
What do the church goers think of the slaves in the congregations?
What type of soldiers does Constance Cary like? "rowdy cavalry men, all boots and spurs..."
William Averill and Fitzhugh Lee - what is their pre-war relationship? What happens between Averill and Lee? (p. 220) - Battle of Kelly's Ford
Who is Sally Armstrong? How does she respond to the war? (p. 224 - 225)
Why are local farmers complaining about to Lee about the Confederate cavalry? What does Lee do? (P. 222 - 223)
What is General George Stoneman's new role? (p. 226) Cavalry commander of the Army of the Potomac.
Stoneman and Averill reenter Culpeper, Averill visits John Minor Botts.
What is the next destination of the armies? Chancellorsville.
No comments:
Post a Comment