Union Confederate
Battle 110,000 94,000
Diseases 225,000 164,000
POWs 30,000 26,000
________ ________
365,000 254,000 T = 620,000
Chapter 3: Glorious Terrible War
How do the soldiers feel after the battle of Manassas? (p. 63) (pros and cons)
How does the town reacted to the wounded? (p. 64-69)
We met Mary L. Payne on p. 35. Here is one of her daughters, Millie (p. 66).
What is the difference between Monimia Carey and her 18 year old daughter Constance? (p. 68)
What are the other young women doing? Smuggling drugs from Maryland
What types of thoughts are Daniel Grimsley having about Manassas? (p. 70) Nightmares. But also thinks it will show the Yankees they need to give up the war.
Read about what Culpeper Unionists. (p. 72 - 73)
James B. Kirk refuses to help Confederate soldiers
William Purks, who owns 8 slaves, is accused of being an abolitionist
William Souther publicly proclaims the Union will win, will only nurse Union soldiers, helps two POWs escape.
James B. Kirk refuses to help Confederate soldiers
William Purks, who owns 8 slaves, is accused of being an abolitionist
William Souther publicly proclaims the Union will win, will only nurse Union soldiers, helps two POWs escape.
What is going on with Culpeper churches? (p. 74 - 75) People aren't coming.
What is "foraging" and who is doing it to whom? (p. 77) Confederate soldiers to Culpeper citizens, milk their cows, take firewood, hit the orchards
Whites and free blacks are forcibly assigned work
Who is Culpeper's first civilian death? Churchill Gordon
Whites and free blacks are forcibly assigned work
Who is Culpeper's first civilian death? Churchill Gordon
How many men are dying and from what? (p. 77 - 78)
Typhoid, diarrhea, 119 in 2 months
Rise in local crime and violence, VD in the army
Prices rising on sugar, molasses, tobacco by the end of 1861
Typhoid, diarrhea, 119 in 2 months
Rise in local crime and violence, VD in the army
Prices rising on sugar, molasses, tobacco by the end of 1861
More on youthful romance (p. 79 - 80).
Note that, except for Unionists, almost all Culpeper men able to fight are already on the Army. (p.81) Manpower will be a huge Confederate problem.
Cover the military and political events of late 1861
Missouri invasion and Fremont emancipating the slaves
Fort Hatteras N.C. falls
R.E. Lee defeated at Cheat Mountain (Sept) in his first command.
McClellan defeated at Ball's Bluff, Va (Oct)
Diplomats Slidell and Mason (Lincoln and Great Britain)
Note that, except for Unionists, almost all Culpeper men able to fight are already on the Army. (p.81) Manpower will be a huge Confederate problem.
Cover the military and political events of late 1861
Missouri invasion and Fremont emancipating the slaves
Fort Hatteras N.C. falls
R.E. Lee defeated at Cheat Mountain (Sept) in his first command.
McClellan defeated at Ball's Bluff, Va (Oct)
Diplomats Slidell and Mason (Lincoln and Great Britain)
Why are the northerners a "curious race and a stubborn lot?" (p. 83) Because they don't recognise the impossibility of subduing the South.
1862 - "Summer"
Chapter 4: Invasion
Notice the word "enslaved" when Governor Letcher compares Lincoln to a tyrannical and oppressive monarch of 80 years earlier. Who is Letcher talking about? (p. 87 - 88)
I will explain what the "cotton embargo" was (bottom p. 88)
What products does Culpeper need? (p. 89) Salt, lamp oil, shoelaces, bar soap, knitting cotton.
What does the Virginia legislature do on February 8? (p. 89) Orders men to do militia service.
I will explain the "catastrophic western defeats." (p. 90)
The issue of what men should fight the war... (p. 91)
Who should get military exemptions. How long should a man serve?
Who should get military exemptions. How long should a man serve?
What Confederate generals arrive in Culpeper on March 12? (p. 94) Joseph E. Johnston,,, Gustavus Smith, James Longstreet, Richard Ewell, and Jubal Early
What is the main problem of logistics in northern Virginia? (p. 94 - 95) Managing the railroads...
How do people feel about "militia mobilization" / conscription? (bottom p. 97 - 98)
What happens on March 28 and 29? (p. 100 - 101)
Notice the part about letter writing and literacy (p. 103)
How are things going for the Confederacy along the eastern seaboard and in the western theater (Tennessee)? (p. 105)
Read about "Jefferson Davis' universal conscription act" (conscription, both North and the South, is very divisive) (p. 106)
What does George Williams say to Gertrude about their slaves? (p. 111)
What does Williams say about Unionists? (p. 112)
Who is in charge of the (Union) Army of Virginia? (p.114)
What happens on July 12? (p.115)
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