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	African American Odyssey: The Civil War (Part 1)
		It was taken in the main eastern theater of the war during the second battle of Bull Run in 1862.
		African American volunteers were in readiness to serve in the Civil War when the Union called them.
		Both blacks and whites were outspoken about questions of race, civil rights, and full equality for the newly-freed population during the Civil War era.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart4.html (1123 words)

	Civil War & Reenactment: All Western: Western Cowboy Holsters, Western Cowboy Gifts, Western Art, Western Home Decor & More
		Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863.
		Follow the timeline of the Civil War at The Library of Congress
		Reference: Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977.
	www.circlekb.com /merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=CWR (420 words)

	Army Organization in the Civil War
		The "Army of the Potomac" was the main Union army in the eastern theater of the war and the "Army of Northern Virginia" was the main Confederate force.
		Because the war had to be fought over a large area of the South, the Union and the Confederacy both had several armies, each fighting in different "theaters" or sections of the country.
		At the outbreak of the Civil War, there was a standing force of "regular" units in the United States Army.
	www.nps.gov /gett/getttour/armorg.htm (1340 words)

	African American Odyssey: The Civil War (Part 1)
		It was taken in the main eastern theater of the war during the second battle of Bull Run in 1862.
		African American volunteers were in readiness to serve in the Civil War when the Union called them.
		The Library of Congress holds histories and pictures of most of the regiments of the United States Colored Troops as well as manuscript and published accounts by African American soldiers and their white officers, documenting their participation in the successful Union effort.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart4.html (1340 words)

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		American Civil War : The War in the Eastern Theater, 1861-1863
		World War II Encyclopedia; The European Theater CD-Rom
		he World War II Tommy: British Army Uniforms of the European Theatre 1939-45
	storedaily.com /manuals/i-2.htm (4110 words)

	Letter C Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		Campaigns of the Main Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
		Campaigns of the Lower Seaboard Theater and Gulf Approach of the American Civil War
		Campaigns of the Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War
	www.mauspfeil.net /C_74.html (4110 words)

	Letter C Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		Campaigns of the Main Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
		Campaigns of the Lower Seaboard Theater and Gulf Approach of the American Civil War
		Campaigns of the Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War
	www.mauspfeil.net /C_74.html (4110 words)

	Letter C Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		Campaigns of the Main Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
		Campaigns of the Lower Seaboard Theater and Gulf Approach of the American Civil War
		Campaigns of the Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War
	www.mauspfeil.net /C_74.html (4110 words)

	York River (Virginia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During the American Civil War, the same area became the theater of the Peninsular Campaign of 1862.
		Enormously important in U.S. history, it was the scene of early settlements of the Virginia Colony and played a significant role in both the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War.
		The peninsula formed by the York and the James River just to the south became the scene of the end campaign of the American Revolutionary War in October 1781.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/York_River_(Virginia) (325 words)

	The Army Times Book of Greatland Battles
		Beginning with the American Civil War, the battles of Gettysburg and Chickamauga are described, the Battle of Sedan represents the Franco -Prussian War, the Battle of Port Arthur represents the Russo-Japanese War.
		The battles of Stalingrad, Battle of the Bulge, and Okinawa highlight the Eastern Front, the European Theater, and the Pacific Theater, respectively.
		The Battle of Dien Bien Phu represents the First Indochina War while The Yom Kippur War is covered by the Battles of the Sinai and Golan Heights.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/bookrev/morelock.html (661 words)

	Battle of Mine Run - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Mine Run, also known as Payne's Farm, or New Hope Church, or the Mine Run Campaign (November 27 – December 2, 1863), was conducted in Orange County, Virginia, in the American Civil War.
		Categories: Battles of the Mine Run Campaign of the American Civil War
		An unsuccessful attempt to defeat Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, it was marked by false starts and low casualties and ended the war in the Eastern Theater for the year.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mine_Run_Campaign (633 words)

	The Army Times Book of Greatland Battles
		Beginning with the American Civil War, the battles of Gettysburg and Chickamauga are described, the Battle of Sedan represents the Franco -Prussian War, the Battle of Port Arthur represents the Russo-Japanese War.
		The battles of Stalingrad, Battle of the Bulge, and Okinawa highlight the Eastern Front, the European Theater, and the Pacific Theater, respectively.
		The Battle of Dien Bien Phu represents the First Indochina War while The Yom Kippur War is covered by the Battles of the Sinai and Golan Heights.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/bookrev/morelock.html (661 words)

	SDSU: The Reform Period (1866-1914)
		Enlisting in an Ohio volunteer regiment in 1861, Chaffee served throughout the Civil War fighting in many of the major battles in the eastern theater including Antietam and Gettysburg, where he was wounded and barely escaped capture.
		Carter is best known as the author of The American Army (1915) and his work with Secretary of War Elihu Root in 1903 in the drafting of legislation that led to the reorganization of the army and the establishment of the army general staff.
		This naval engagement was the first battle of the Hispano-American War.
	www3.sdstate.edu /Academics/CollegeofArtsAndScience/HistoryDepartment/FacultyandStaff/SweeneyJerryK/AmericanMilitaryHistoryHIST365/PartThree/index.cfm (661 words)

	Army of Northern Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War in the eastern theater.
		It was most often arrayed against the Union Army of the Potomac during the Civil War.
		On April 9, 1865, the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to the Army of the Potomac at Appomattox Court House, effectively ending the Civil War, with General Lee signing the papers of surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Army_of_Northern_Virginia (661 words)

	Walker's Texas Division, C.S.A: Greyhounds of the Trans-Mississippi (Conflicting Worlds) Top 10 Bestselling Books: Walker's Texas Division, C.S.A: Greyhounds of the Trans-Mississippi (Conflicting Worlds)
		Lowe evokes the trans-Mississippi theater, with its battles in the hills, prairies, and swamps of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas—vitally important and influential in the war’s course even though outdazzled by eastern landmarks such as Gettysburg and Antietam.
		Colorfully known as the 'Greyhound Division' for its lean and speedy marches across thousands of miles in three states, Major General John G. Walker’s infantry division in the Confederate army was the largest body of Texans—about 12,000 men at its formation—to serve in the American Civil War.
		The only modern history of these soldiers, Lowe’s study is also a rarity in its scholarly examination of an entire Civil War division.
	www.medicum.net /review-080712933X-us.html (661 words)

	The Army Times Book of Greatland Battles
		Beginning with the American Civil War, the battles of Gettysburg and Chickamauga are described, the Battle of Sedan represents the Franco -Prussian War, the Battle of Port Arthur represents the Russo-Japanese War.
		The battles of Stalingrad, Battle of the Bulge, and Okinawa highlight the Eastern Front, the European Theater, and the Pacific Theater, respectively.
		The three battles of Tannenburg, Verdun, and Meuse-Argonne cover the start, middlle and conclusion of the First World War.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/bookrev/morelock.html (661 words)

	Ken Burns: Civil War . Civilian Life PBS
		Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.
		Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.
		Shows two African American men, escaped slaves, sitting in front of a white army tent, one with cigar and the other with a soup ladle.
	www.pbs.org /civilwar/cwimages/civilian (661 words)

	Encyclopedia: Confederate Army of Tennessee
		The Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War in the eastern theater.
		It was the principal Confederate Army in the western United States during the American Civil War.
		The Army of the Cumberland was, however, reinforced by the troops of Grant's Army of the Tennessee, which combined with the Army of the Cumberland to inflict a significant defeat on Bragg at the Battle of Missionary Ridge on November 25, forcing Bragg to abandon the siege of Chattanooga and withdraw again into northern Georgia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Confederate-Army-of-Tennessee (1778 words)

	Inventory of the Ferebee, Gregory, and McPherson Family Papers, 1816-1913
		Information also appears on theater in eastern United States cities, especially Philadelphia, Pa.; antebellum sexual mores; women's activities during the Civil War; and naval service in Hong Kong and Uruguay and in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
		Francis Roger, Jr., was a surgeon in the 12th, 23d, and 38th North Carolina regiments during the Civil War.
		Gregory's most frequent personal correspondent was Amos B. Little of Washington, D.C., a former tutor for Gregory's children, who wrote between 1845 and 1850 from Newport, N.H., and Washington, D.C., discussing national politics, including Democratic party affairs; Abolitionism; the Texas question; the Wilmot Proviso; and his hopes to study law.
	www.lib.unc.edu /mss/inv/htm/03374.html (1778 words)

	History Matters Search
		This collection offers 1,118 photographs depicting Civil War military personnel, preparations for battle, and the aftermath of battles in the main eastern theater and in the west, in addition to Federal Navy and Atlantic seaborne expeditions against the Confederacy.
		“Students can explore every dimension of the conflict and write their own histories, reconstructing the life stories of women, African Americans, farmers, politicians, soldiers, and families.” Includes a section titled “Memory of the War” that presents postwar writings on battles, soldier and camp life, reunions, obituaries and tributes, and politics.
		This well-designed site offers a rich history of many influential, as well as lesser-known, personalities living in the second half of the 20th century and is beneficial to anyone interested in the Great Depression, World War II, race relations, and labor issues.
	historymatters.gmu.edu /search.php?function=find&Keyword=Vietnam (4803 words)

	GettysBLOG: 61: "An April March"
		In 1865, the final battles in the eastern theater were fought (Sailor's Creek, Five Forks, Appomattox Courthouse) and the surrender of Lee was on April 9, 1865.
		[Blogger's Note: April is a very special month in Civil War History, as it was in April the war started in 1861 (Fort Sumter), and in 1862 the Battle of Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing) was fought.
		April 28-30 Planned encampments and education programs Friday April 28-Sunday April 30 at the National Civil War Museum in the beautiful Reservoir Park in Harrisburg, and at Riverside Park.
	gettysblog.blogspot.com /2005/11/61-april-march.html (2969 words)

	Daniel Library, The Citadel: Knob Knowledge
		One of the fiercest cavalry fights that occurred in the Eastern theater of the Civil War.
		E470.65.B3 1989; and Gregory J. Urwin, "Trevilian Station, Battle of," Encyclopedia of the American Civil War, vol.
		The Battle of Trevilian Station, Virginia, took place on June 11-12, 1864.
	www.citadel.edu /library/Knob/knob_t.htm (2969 words)

	Edwards (Clark S.) Papers, 1861-1903
		The 5th Maine participated in nearly every major battle in the eastern theater of the American Civil War, including First and Second Bull Run (Manassas), Chancellorsville, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Rappahannock Station, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor.
		Although all the battles the 5th Maine participated in are significant to the Civil War, there are a select few that stand out in Edwards's letters: Eltham's Landing (part of the siege of Yorktown), Crampton's Gap (Maryland Campaign), Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness and Spotsylvania.
		Rappahannock Crossing, VA Edwards wrote Maria the previous evening that the Confederates fired on his camp with 32 pounders and the Union responded but little harm was done on either side.
	www.navarrocollege.edu /library/civilwar/finding_aids/a_f/edwards.htm (2969 words)

	West Virginia Real Estate - Gary Cessna, RE/MAX Enterprises - The Eastern Panhandle of WV
		Today, Jefferson County is a growing, vibrant community offering its citizens and visitors a variety of historical, cultural and recreational activities that range from the Contemporary American Theater Festival, held at Shepherd College, to white water rafting on the Potomac River.
		The B&O Railroad arrived in Berkley County in 1842 and played a large part in the Civil War.
		The white columned courthouse in Charles Town is a national landmark where John Brown was tried and convicted for his raid at Harper's Ferry during the Civil War.
	www.garycessna.com /eastern.htm (2969 words)

	Oliver Otis Howard Biography / Biography of Oliver Otis Howard Biography Biography
		Oliver Otis Howard (1830-1909), a general on the Union side in the American Civil War, was commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau and helped establish an educational system for Southern African Americans.
		At the outbreak of the Civil War, Howard became colonel of the 3d Maine Regiment.
		Howard's sympathetic interest in African Americans led president Andrew Johnson to appoint his commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau in May 1865.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-oliver-otis-howard/index.html (502 words)

	Oliver Otis Howard Biography / Biography of Oliver Otis Howard Biography
		Oliver Otis Howard (1830-1909), a general on the Union side in the American Civil War, was commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau and helped establish an educational system for Southern African Americans.
		Howard's sympathetic interest in African Americans led president Andrew Johnson to appoint his commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau in May 1865.
		At the outbreak of the Civil War, Howard became colonel of the 3d Maine Regiment.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/oliver-otis-howard (501 words)

	Oliver Otis Howard Biography / Biography of Oliver Otis Howard Main Biography
		Oliver Otis Howard (1830-1909), a general on the Union side in the American Civil War, was commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau and helped establish an educational system for Southern African Americans.
		Howard's sympathetic interest in African Americans led president Andrew Johnson to appoint his commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau in May 1865.
		At the outbreak of the Civil War, Howard became colonel of the 3d Maine Regiment.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/oliver-otis-howard (501 words)

	Army of Northern Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.
		On April 9, 1865, the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to the Army of the Potomac at Appomattox Court House, effectively ending the Civil War, with General Lee signing the papers of surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant.
		The "right wing" of the army was under the command of Lieutenant General James Longstreet and the left wing under Lieutenant General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Army_of_Northern_Virginia (578 words)

	70-422.htm
		Both OSS personnel and their British counterparts in the Special Operations Executive were supervised by the G-3 Division of the theater headquarters, but the Americans tended to be dominant in North Africa, while the British enjoyed greater influence in the eastern Mediterranean.
		Seeking to pin down German forces far from the OVERLORD invasion, American operatives agreed to provide arms to Communist and socialist guerrillas in Greece as early as October 1943 in return for their subordination to the authority of the theater commander.
		Extensive OSS operations in Greece continued up to the German withdrawal, ending only in December with the outbreak of a local, but bitter, civil war between the various resistance groups.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/70-42/70-422.htm (578 words)

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