Photos of Union Soldiers on the Front Line During the Siege of Petersburg (1864)
A collection of photographs of Union soldiers in and near fortified front line positions during the Siege of Petersburg taken by Timothy O'Sullivan in August 1864. Original captions are in quotations.
Sources: Library of Congress, The J. Paul Getty Museum.
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3D Stereoscopic Photographs of Union Soldiers During the Siege of Petersburg (1864-1865)
Animated stereoscopic portraits of Union soldiers in a camp during the Siege of Petersburg in Virginia during the Civil War taken in 1864 or 1865.
Source: Library of Congress.
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Civil War - Petersburg To Appomattox 1865 - a short history
PUBLISHED ON THE 153RD ANNIVERSARY OF GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE'S SURRENDER TO GENERAL U.S. GRANT ON APRIL 9TH, 1865.
A new Civil War Historical series featured only on this channel -- bringing to life with vivid recreations, sound and editing -- focused living-history documentaries on Civil War battles -- as well as some of
the men who led and those who followed and fought with heroism and without regard for themselves - fighting for family, home… love of country and the men standing in line next to them.
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USA: Russian and US officials gather to honour Russian sailors who died in 1877
A funeral ceremony for three fallen sailors, who died nearly 140 years ago, was held for the first time at the U.S. Naval Hospital Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia.
The cemetery became the final resting place for the six unknown Russian soldiers, three of whom were identified in 2013 by volunteers from the Russian Memorials project.
Gavriil Vyakhirev, Arseniy Bragin and Zakhar Lebedev, three Imperial sailors, were members of the steam frigate Svetlana, when it entered Hampton Roads at Virginia harbour, and docked at Norfolk in 1877. According to the records, Vyakhirev, Bragin and Lebedev died of disease that year.
The US-Russia Joint Commission on Prisoners of War and Missing in Action (USRJC) is working since 1992 to clarify the fates of soldiers, who went missing in action during the twentieth century.
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Re-enacting Retro - Siege of Yorktown Classic NPS Museum Film
Re-enacting Retro - Older National Park Service Museum film from the early 1980s - the Bicentennial era (1981). You will probably recognize some shots and sequences that were later re-used in some of the great 1990s A&E History era documentaries on the Revolution. A nice little film.
We hope you enjoy. This is another in a series of postings on our YouTube channel of a cool New series of Old videos -- featured only on here -- taken from a personal collection of re-enacting films and videos from the 1980s that can't be found anywhere else, or else we've tried to find them for nostalgia's sake, but did our own digging and presenting the results of our treasure hunt here. Some are transferred off of VHS originals or DVD transfers from those VHS copies. Originals were in Standard Def or Videotaped off of TV when they first aired. Some shot professionally and others by individuals with portable home video cameras on their shoulders.
Some Classic Re-enacting videos are already searchable on YouTube, but we wanted to start a new series of some rarely or never before seen classics that either only aired once or where short lived and available only to a select few at the time. We hope you enjoy. These programs presented in this RE-ENACTING RETRO series are presented for the enjoyment of all and we don't claim them for ourselves.
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Vintage Photos of Confederate Civil War Veterans in Nashville, Tennessee: Part 2 (1900's)
A collection of photos of Confederate American Civil War veterans living in Nashville, Tennessee, photographed in the 1890's and early 1900's. From the book Biographical Sketches and Pictures of Company B Confederate Veterans of Nashville, Tennessee published in 1902.
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Appomattox Campaign, Episode 2: City Point (HD)
General Grant established his headquarters at City Point, Virginia (now a unit of the Petersburg National Battlefield) during the 9.5 month Petersburg Campaign in 1864 and 1865. City Point was also used as a Federal supply hub, P.O.W. prison, army hospital, and a meeting place for President Abraham Lincoln and the top commanders of the Federal armies.
These videos will be posted on the park's YouTube channel, but links will also be available through the park's Facebook and Twitter pages. Use the hashtag #APX152 to follow events occurring at the park related to the 152nd Anniversary of the battles and surrender of General Lee's army.
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3D Stereoscopic Photographs of Union Army Telegraph Operators During the Civil War (1860's)
Animated stereoscopic photographs of Union Army telegraphists during the American Civil War.
Sources: Library of Congress, New-York Historical Society.
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USCT Stamp Dedication Battle of Petersburg at Petersburg Battlefield
In Commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS and CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL, The US POSTAL SERVICE issue at USCT STAMP Commemoration the Battle of Petersburg, honoring the sacrifice and contribution of more tan 160 distinct USCT Regiments making up of more than 200,000 black soldiers. From the Battle of the Crater to the Seige of Petersburg resulted to defeat of General Lee and The Confederate army, bringing victory to the Union. To LEARN MORE ABOUT THE USCTLHA visit facebook.com/USCTLHA
Mt. Dora's Battle of Townsen's Plantation Civil War Re-Enactment and Festival - 2014
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Virginia in the American Civil War Wikipedia audio article1
SUMMARY ======= The Commonwealth of Virginia became a prominent part of the Confederate States of America when it joined the Confederacy during the American Civil War. As a Southern slave-holding state, Virginia held a state convention to deal with the secession crisis, and voted against secession on April 4, 1861. Opinion shifted after April 15, when U.S. President Abraham Lincoln called for troops from all states still in the Union to put down the rebellion, following the capture of Fort Sumter, and the Virginia convention voted to declare secession from the Union. A Unionist government was established in Wheeling and the new state of West Virginia was created by an act of Congress from 50 counties of western Virginia. In May, it was decided to move the Confederate capital from Montgomery, Alabama, to Richmond, Virginia, in part because the defense of Virginia's capital was deemed vital to the Confederacy's survival. On May 24, 1861, the U.S. Army moved into northern Virginia and captured Alexandria without a fight. Most of the battles in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War took place in Virginia because the Confederacy had to defend its national capital at Richmond, and public opinion in the North demanded that the Union move On to Richmond! The successes of Robert E. Lee in defending Richmond are a central theme of the military history of the war. The White House of the Confederacy, located a few blocks north of the State Capitol, became home to the family of Confederate leader, former Mississippi Senator Jefferson Davis.
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3D Stereoscopic Photographs of the Union Home Front During the American Civil War (1860's)
Collection of animated stereoscopic photographs of the Union home front in various towns and cities in the northern United States during the American Civil War.
Sources: Library of Congress, New York Public Library, Getty,
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Rare Photos of Soldiers and Civilians Smiling During the American Civil War (1861-1865)
A collection of photographs of Union soldiers and civilians smiling during the American Civil War. The criteria for smiling in the collection are photographs where a person's teeth are visible, as many times I have found that claims of a smile can be hard to verify without this rule. This is a compilation of new and old material previously seen in my people smiling series of videos. Thanks to Garry Adelman for finding some of these.
Sources: Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration.
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Appomattox Manor is a former plantation house in Hopewell, Virginia, United States.It is best known as the Union headquarters during the Siege of Petersburg in 1864-65.The restored circa 1751 manor house on a bluff overlooking the confluence of the James River and Appomattox River, and the grounds are managed by the National Park Service.The museum there, Grant's Headquarters at City Point Museum, is a unit of the Petersburg National Battlefield Park.
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A Masterful Account of the Civil War's Final Days: U.S. History At Its Best (2001)
Grant's army set out on the Overland Campaign with the goal of drawing Lee into a defense of Richmond, where they would attempt to pin down and destroy the Confederate army. About the book:
The Union army first attempted to maneuver past Lee and fought several battles, notably at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor. These battles resulted in heavy losses on both sides, and forced Lee's Confederates to fall back repeatedly.[200] An attempt to outflank Lee from the south failed under Butler, who was trapped inside the Bermuda Hundred river bend. Each battle resulted in setbacks for the Union that mirrored what they had suffered under prior generals, though unlike those prior generals, Grant fought on rather than retreat. Grant was tenacious and kept pressing Lee's Army of Northern Virginia back to Richmond. While Lee was preparing for an attack on Richmond, Grant unexpectedly turned south to cross the James River and began the protracted Siege of Petersburg, where the two armies engaged in trench warfare for over nine months.
Grant finally found a commander, General Philip Sheridan, aggressive enough to prevail in the Valley Campaigns of 1864. Sheridan was initially repelled at the Battle of New Market by former U.S. Vice President and Confederate Gen. John C. Breckinridge. The Battle of New Market was the Confederacy's last major victory of the war. After redoubling his efforts, Sheridan defeated Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early in a series of battles, including a final decisive defeat at the Battle of Cedar Creek. Sheridan then proceeded to destroy the agricultural base of the Shenandoah Valley, a strategy similar to the tactics Sherman later employed in Georgia.
Meanwhile, Sherman maneuvered from Chattanooga to Atlanta, defeating Confederate Generals Joseph E. Johnston and John Bell Hood along the way. The fall of Atlanta on September 2, 1864, guaranteed the reelection of Lincoln as president. Hood left the Atlanta area to swing around and menace Sherman's supply lines and invade Tennessee in the Franklin-Nashville Campaign. Union Maj. Gen. John Schofield defeated Hood at the Battle of Franklin, and George H. Thomas dealt Hood a massive defeat at the Battle of Nashville, effectively destroying Hood's army.
Leaving Atlanta, and his base of supplies, Sherman's army marched with an unknown destination, laying waste to about 20% of the farms in Georgia in his March to the Sea. He reached the Atlantic Ocean at Savannah, Georgia in December 1864. Sherman's army was followed by thousands of freed slaves; there were no major battles along the March. Sherman turned north through South Carolina and North Carolina to approach the Confederate Virginia lines from the south, increasing the pressure on Lee's army.
Lee's army, thinned by desertion and casualties, was now much smaller than Grant's. One last Confederate attempt to break the Union hold on Petersburg failed at the decisive Battle of Five Forks (sometimes called the Waterloo of the Confederacy) on April 1. This meant that the Union now controlled the entire perimeter surrounding Richmond-Petersburg, completely cutting it off from the Confederacy. Realizing that the capital was now lost, Lee decided to evacuate his army. The Confederate capital fell to the Union XXV Corps, composed of black troops. The remaining Confederate units fled west and after a defeat at Sayler's Creek.
Initially, Lee was not intending to surrender, but rather to regroup at the village of Appomattox Court House, where supplies were to be waiting, and to continue the war. Grant chased Lee, and got in front of him, so that when Lee's army reached Appomattox Court House, they were surrounded. After an initial battle, Lee decided that the fight was now hopeless, and so he surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, 1865, at the McLean House.[207] In an untraditional gesture and as a sign of Grant's respect and anticipation of peacefully restoring Confederate states to the Union, Lee was permitted to keep his sword and his horse, Traveller. On April 14, 1865, President Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth, a Southern sympathizer. Lincoln died early the next morning, and Andrew Johnson became the president. Meanwhile, Confederate forces across the South surrendered as news of Lee's surrender reached them. President Johnson officially declared a virtual end to the insurrection on May 9, 1865; Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured the following day. On June 23, 1865, Cherokee leader Stand Watie was the last Confederate General to surrender his forces.
The Overland Campaign: Animated Battle Map
We at the American Battlefield Trust are re-releasing our Animated Battle Maps with newly branded openings. Experience Union General Ulysses S. Grant’s campaign to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia during the summer of 1864.
Our collection of animated maps bring battles of the American Civil War to life, complete with troop movement animations, narratives, reenactment footage and more.
Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments that Redeemed America
Soon after the Emancipation Proclamation, abolitionists began to call for the creation of black regiments. The South, and most of the North responded with outrage. Meanwhile, Massachusetts, launched one of the greatest experiments in American history. In Thunder at the Gates, Douglas Egerton chronicles the formation and battlefield triumphs of the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry and the 5th Cavalry--regiments led by whites but composed of black men. A book signing will follow the program.
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Richmond, Virginia 2019's Top 5 Best Views Drone Video
Virginia General Assembly formed in 1619, now the United States’ oldest legislative body. Richmond is the third city to serve as Virginia's capital and when the Union captured the city, the Civil War ended five days later. In the capital gardens stand monuments to Virginia natives Stonewall Jackson, Governor William Smith, and Senator Harry Byrd. George Washington’s monument is surrounded by other American heroes and Virginia’s powerful Civil Rights Memorial commemorates Barbara Rose Johns and leaders who helped desegregate Virginia schools.
James River flows 350 miles from the Appalachian Mountains to Chesapeake Bay. In pre-colonial times, Native Americans called it Powhatan River. English colonists named it after King James the First when founding Jamestown in 1607. It served as a major highway in Virginia’s infancy and facilitated the tobacco boom that further drove America’s immigration. Today, the river is home to a booming industry of paddle boating, kayaking, and white water rafters looking to ride rapids. It envelops Belle Isle, which houses an abandoned hydroelectric power plant. This power plant now in ruins opened in 1904 and powered the United States’ first trolley system in Richmond. It closed in 1967 and has since fallen back to nature; but like the many daredevil graffiti artists that jumped the boulders before you, you can see it yourself after a short climb. Explore both buildings during the day for the street art and then stick around till midnight to see what happens. Just don’t get caught.
These hundreds of acres which make up Hollywood Cemetery were purchased for just $4,000 in 1846 and led to the creation of one of America's most historic memorial grounds. These lands are the final resting place to more Confederate soldiers than any other site, numbering more than 18,000. The President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, is buried here beneath a life-size statue. A monument to John Tyler, the 10th US President is the nation’s only official memorial, due to his betrayal for the Confederacy. The 5th US President, James Monroe, rests in a birdcage-shaped granite sarcophagus at the center of the cemetery's President's Circle.
Built in 1893 by James and Sallie Dooley, this 100-acre Gilded Age estate was left to the City of Richmond upon the couple’s death. It features an arboretum, stable and carriage collection. Tours inside the mansion are available during the week and the opulence is truly unmatched by estates of the period. The Italian Garden features a pergola, fountains, urns and rose arrangements. The Japanese Garden is home to huge Koi fish and a 35-foot waterfall.
During the Civil War, Petersburg was the main base of supply for Richmond, the capitol of the Confederate States of America. Ulysses S. Grant knew that if he took Petersburg, he could cut off the three railroads which led to Richmond. Before a nine-month siege, Union troops dug a tunnel behind Confederate lines and packed it with gun powder. The explosion killed 278 troops and led to the Battle of the Crater. Check out our Petersburg Battlefield video for the full version of this incredible story. Here it is:
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