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The Union Navy in 1861 was relatively small but, by 1865, expanded rapidly to 6,000 officers, 45,000 sailors, and 671 vessels totaling 510,396 tons. [99] [100] Its mission was to blockade Confederate ports, control the river system, defend against Confederate raiders on the high seas, and be ready for a possible war with the British Royal Navy ...
The Big Sandy Expedition was an early campaign of the American Civil War in Kentucky that began in mid-September 1861 when Union Brig. Gen. William "Bull" Nelson received orders to organize a new brigade at Maysville, Kentucky and conduct an expedition into the Big Sandy Valley region of Eastern Kentucky and stop the build-up of Confederate forces under Col. John S. Williams.
The concept of a 'people's war,' first described by Clausewitz in his classic treatise On War, was the closest example of a mass guerrilla movement in the 19th century.In general during the American Civil War, this type of irregular warfare was conducted in the hinterland of the border states (Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and northwestern Virginia / West Virginia).
73rd New York Infantry Monument, Gettysburg Battlefield (NYSMM) The 73rd New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of Union Army in the American Civil War.The regiment was organized in New York City in May 1861, originally under the designation the Fourth Excelsior Regiment, as a Zouave regiment, known for its unusual dress and drill style.
[3] [4] [5] On May 16, a Kentucky legislative committee recommend that the State remain neutral in the conflict [6] and Governor Magoffin proclaimed the State's neutrality on May 20. [7] In elections on August 5, 1861, Kentucky voters returned a veto-proof majority of pro-Union members to the Kentucky House of Representatives and Kentucky Senate.
Battle of Fort Sumter – April 12, 1861 and April 13, 1861; First Battle of Bull Run – July 21, 1861; Battle of Wilson's Creek – August 10, 1861; Battle of Fort Donelson – February 12 to February 16, 1862; Battle of Pea Ridge – March 7 and March 8, 1862; Battle of Hampton Roads – March 8, 1862 and March 9, 1862
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.
Price's expedition was the last major operation in the Trans-Mississippi Theater. [73] Confederate forces in the region surrendered on June 2, 1865. [ 74 ] A series of eight sites from the campaign were later preserved and grouped together as the Little Rock Campaign Tour.