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The Battle of Columbus, Georgia (April 16, 1865), was the last conflict in the Union campaign through Alabama and Georgia, known as Wilson's Raid, in the final full month of the American Civil War. Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson had been ordered to destroy the city of Columbus as a major Confederate manufacturing center. He exploited enemy confusion ...
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
Christopher Columbus [b] (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /; [2] between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian [3] [c] explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa [3] [4] who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
Collection of the records began in 1864; no special attention was paid to Confederate records until just after the capture of Richmond, Virginia, in 1865, when with the help of Confederate Gen. Samuel Cooper, Union Army Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck began the task of collecting and preserving such archives of the Confederacy as had survived the war.
The Civil War in Kentucky University Press of Kentucky, 1975. Lee, Dan. The Civil War in the Jackson Purchase, 1861–1862: The Pro–Confederate Struggle and Defeat in Southwest Kentucky. McFarland and Company, 2014. ISBN 978-0-7864-7782-1. Leet, Joshua and Karen M. Leet. Civil War Lexington, Kentucky: Bluegrass Breeding Ground of Power ...
Pages in category "American Civil War documents" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Historians have noted Irving's "active imagination" [3] and called some aspects of his work "fanciful and sentimental". [1] Literary critics have noted that Irving "saw American history as a useful means of establishing patriotism in his readers, and while his language tended to be more general, his avowed intention toward Columbus was thoroughly nationalist". [4]
Olson, Christopher J. The American Civil War: A Hands-On History. New York: Hill & Wang, 2006. Pollard, Edwin. The First Year of the War. Richmond, Virginia: West and Johnston, 1862. Rhodes, James Ford. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 (1920 and numerous editions) five volumes. Rhodes, James Ford.