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The name used for the twisted rails left behind during Sherman's March to the Sea was Sherman's neckties.
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Nickname given to rail lines heated and twisted into snarls of steel by union troops?
Sherman Neckties
What is one example of Confederate raiders causing the dispersion of Union troops?
The impact of Rebel raids and guerrilla operations on Union troops was significant. One example is the situation in January of 1863. At that time, the Union had to deploy 51,000 troops to thwart the activities of 13,000 Confederate troops that endangered Union lines of supply and communications in northern Mississippi.
What is a nickname for lines of longitude?
The Nickname is the maridian
Troops from what state were able to penetrate Union lines during Picketts Charge?
North Carolina. Dead Tar Heels were left deepest behind Yankee lines. There were actually more North Carolina Troops than Virginians in "Pickett's" Charge. But Virginians wrote most of the Confederate history.
What are the logistical methods of the Battle of Vicksburg?
Union troops were supplied primarily by boat but, in the most crucial phase of the campaign, Grant cut his troops off from his supply lines to march through the bayous to surround the city from an unexpected direction.
How did Confederate raiders hamper the North's war efforts during the US Civil War?
The South used its cavalry forces to constantly attack Union supply and communications lines. As Union troops advanced into Southern territory, their lines of supply and communications became longer and more susceptible to Southern raiders. As early as 1863, the Union had to devote one third of its forces to protect its lines of communications and to garrison conquered territory.
What name was Clara barton given during the war?
Clara Barton was given the nickname of Angel of the Battlefield during the Civil War. She worked on the front lines applying dressings and tending to wounded soldiers.
Did anybody gain any land from the first battle of bull run?
No. The Union army scuttled back to their lines in Washington, leaving Virginia to the Confederates. What the rebels did gain was a lot of weapons that the Union troops had thrown away in their panic rout.
What kind of response did the union soilders have on the emancipation proclamation?
As union troops moved through the south they provided help and safety for the slaves. There was one indecent where slaves were behind Union lines and southern soliders wanted the slaves returned to them. In war when there is contraband the side that has it is allowed to keep it, so the union officer told the southern officer the slaves were contraband and couldn't be returned. From that point on all former slaves who sought refuge with union troops were called contraband. I think this explains the response of the Union soldiers to the proclamation.
Why was it critical that chamberlain's troops hold little round top?
If the Confederates occupied Little Round Top, it could fire down the Union lines and dislodge the Federal Forces from their positions.
First used in the 1890's as a nickname for a solider new to the front lines?
First used in the 1890's as a nickname for a solider new to the front lines?
What were Slaves who crossed union lines during the civil war called?
The nickname for them was contraband. This came out of a little argument between a union officer and a confederate officer. The confederate officer wanted the slaves who were with the union forces and to protect them the union officer told the confederate that they were "contraband." Contraband in war is not returned, so in calling them that the union officer was using military rules to protect them. It was not meant as an insult.
