Your favorite battle of the American Civil War - Page 4 - Historum

Theguy8882 · August 1st, 2012, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBlessedTraitor

I am more of a fan of "peripheral actions" or unusual encounters less heard of. off the top of my head:
The Battle of Glorietta Pass, which was essentially the most western battle of the ACW, apparently there was minor skirmishing more "west" but thats just being a bit too scrupulous, i think. This battle and the entire New Mexican Campaign are thus fascinating for me. Too bad the Confederates lost

There was a raid into Vermont from Canada by a few confederates, although the name escapes me, and it wasn't technically a "battle" (the Confederates just robbed some banks) This still holds the distinction of the "most northerly" action of the ACW.

The Battle of Columbus for being the last "true" battle.

The Battle of Palmito Ranch for being the last battle, period.

The Battle of Cherbourg for being, well... in Europe (it was a naval action)

Now as far as more known battles go, I think Second Manassas was brilliant.

interesting choices. Cherbourg in particular.

Epix · August 30th, 2012, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBlessedTraitor

This battle and the entire New Mexican Campaign are thus fascinating for me. Too bad the Confederates lost

New Mexico was overwhelmly pro-Union. And NM. was important because of the Santa Fe trail and the old Spanish trail which connected the East with Californias Gold. CSA might have declared the creation of the Arizona territory but nothing became of it.

Map of Spanish trail - http://www.legendsofamerica.com/phot...anishTrail.jpg

Map of Santa Fe Trail - http://www.richardbealblog.com/wp-co...-trail-jpg.jpg

Read this to find out more about Arizona territory of the CSA
THE CONFEDERATE TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, Col. Sherod Hunter Camp 1525, SCV, Phoenix, Arizona

Concerning my favorite battle would be Shermans March. But Sherman really had no oppositon.

Question, during the civil war did the important Confederate States (by important I mean they had the larger economies, State militias and populations) run the war to suit there states needs. I ask since it seems Florida was left has a backwater by the confederates which I think was a mistake that came to bite them later on. The CSA never was able to take Santa Rosa Island which was located at the entrance to Pensacola Bay.

Pensacola bay had three main forts. Fort Pickens, Fort Barrancas and Fort Mcree.

Fort Pickens have not been able to find how many cannons they had.
Read this -

Fort_Pickens

Fort Barrancas was abandoned by the Union. Have not been able to find how many cannons they had. Suffered little damage.
Read this -

Fort_Barrancas

Fort Mcree had 122 cannons. It was located on a narrow sand bar on the eastern end of a small island. Also, not all the cannons were working since the second floor of the fort was rotten. Out of the three forts around Pensacola Bay, this fort you did not want to be sent too.

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Fort McRee was heavily damaged during the Civil War, and finished off by a hurricane in the early 1900s

Read this - Fort McRee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

All this brings us to the Battle of Santa Rosa Island.

Seems the key to entering Pensacola Bay was to control Fort Pickens.

Battle of Santa Rosa Island - YouTube

Read this on the Battle of Pensacola
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pensacola_(1861)

Fort Pickens

I was reading about Miami during the civil war and the hardship the few people living there went through. It was really a backwater. A narrow piece of land stuck in-between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Florida Swamp. Surely, they would not believe Miami would blossom into a major international city in the future.

Read this pn Miami. Mentions Miami and South Florida in th Civil war. Union forces considered South Florida only a place for pirates.

http://digitalcollections.fiu.edu/te...93/93_1_03.pdf

**Lucius** · August 30th, 2012, 05:53 PM

I was always kinda interested in the Shenandoah Valley campaigns of '62 and '64. They illustrate the proper use of terrain in offensive/defensive operations. As Jackson wrote, "If this Valley is lost, Virginia is lost."

When Virginia was lost, the war was over.

**Viperlord** · August 30th, 2012, 06:05 PM

I've become interested in the 1864 Valley Campaign as an ultimately much more important strategic event than Jackson's Valley Campaign, at least in my not-that-humble opinion.

aviatrix17 · September 11th, 2012, 07:08 PM

I see I'm late to the thread, but I couldn't resist. My favorite far and away at this point in my studies is New Market; not for any strategic or tactical reason, but the attitudes demonstrated by the cadets in that action I believe are a brilliant comparison to the attitudes of both North and South during the War.

**Viperlord** · September 11th, 2012, 07:11 PM

I do personally wonder whether anyone but Sigel could have gotten himself routed by a force partially consisting of cadets at New Market. Why Lincoln kept him around is utterly unfathomable to me, he did incalculable damage to the Union war effort through his incompetence time and time again.

teshy · September 23rd, 2012, 09:21 AM

Here is my favorite civil war :

Battle of Gettysburg That occurred from the July 1-3, 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania resulted in 51,000 casualties of which 28,000 were Confederate soldiers. The Union was considered the winner of the battle.

ranasoft · September 23rd, 2012, 09:41 AM

The Rising by Brian Keene is a good one, Trip Ellington's Zombie University, and The Walking Dead by Kirkman, of course.The Rising by Brian Keene is a good one, Trip Ellington's Zombie University, and The Walking Dead by Kirkman, of course.