1850 Henry Clay's Omnibus Bill (the original Compromise of 1850 legislation) is defeated. This would lead to the eventual compromises which kept the fuse of civil war from igniting for a decade.
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1862 The term Copperhead is used for the first time in writing by the Cincinnati Gazette. It was used to indicate people who would not admit they were Southern sympathizers, and "peace at any price" Democrats. People who did admit Southern sympathies were called "dough-heads." The paper used the term when referring to members of the Indiana Democratic Convention.
1864 Georgia Militia turn back George Stoneman's cavalry from the defenses at Macon, GA.
Battle of the Crater, Petersburg, VA
In one of the worst displays of leadership in the annals of the United States Army, troops from the IXth Corps, AOP, are fed into the resulting hole from the mine blast at Pegram’s Salient. The tragedy started the day prior when Meade ordered the IXth Corps commander, Ambrose Burnside, to select a different division than Edward Ferrero’s 4th, which was made up of USCT regiments and who had trained for the fight. Rather than displaying leadership for what was his own plan, Burnside instead had his remaining 3 division commanders draw straws to decide who would lead the assault. As misfortune would have it James Ledlie, arguably the worse division commander fo the entire ACW, “won” and his 1st Division made the assault. Ledlie was new to command having been elevated from brigade command due to his “aggressive” actions at North Anna…which were really the result of drunken bumbling. (Shek alluded to this when I posted about North Anna 2 months ago.)
He would continue with the same style. He hid in a bunker with a bottle while his brigades bumbled forward. No orders had been passed, no parties organized to clear obstacles (abates, tanglefoot, etc which greatly slowed the advance), no axes or shovels were provided to clear obstacles….and no ladders had been built or provided for the troops to get out of their trenches so they could advance forward. Despite initial success the assault quickly bogged down resulting in 5800 casualties for no good purpose.
As a result Ledlie was immediately cashiered and Burnside was shelved for the remainder of the war.
The Battle of The Crater Summary & Facts | Civilwar.org
‘How the Negroe’s Skulls Cracked’ – the Battle of the Crater | Civil War Daily Gazette
Compromise of 1850 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1862 The term Copperhead is used for the first time in writing by the Cincinnati Gazette. It was used to indicate people who would not admit they were Southern sympathizers, and "peace at any price" Democrats. People who did admit Southern sympathies were called "dough-heads." The paper used the term when referring to members of the Indiana Democratic Convention.
1864 Georgia Militia turn back George Stoneman's cavalry from the defenses at Macon, GA.
Battle of the Crater, Petersburg, VA
In one of the worst displays of leadership in the annals of the United States Army, troops from the IXth Corps, AOP, are fed into the resulting hole from the mine blast at Pegram’s Salient. The tragedy started the day prior when Meade ordered the IXth Corps commander, Ambrose Burnside, to select a different division than Edward Ferrero’s 4th, which was made up of USCT regiments and who had trained for the fight. Rather than displaying leadership for what was his own plan, Burnside instead had his remaining 3 division commanders draw straws to decide who would lead the assault. As misfortune would have it James Ledlie, arguably the worse division commander fo the entire ACW, “won” and his 1st Division made the assault. Ledlie was new to command having been elevated from brigade command due to his “aggressive” actions at North Anna…which were really the result of drunken bumbling. (Shek alluded to this when I posted about North Anna 2 months ago.)
He would continue with the same style. He hid in a bunker with a bottle while his brigades bumbled forward. No orders had been passed, no parties organized to clear obstacles (abates, tanglefoot, etc which greatly slowed the advance), no axes or shovels were provided to clear obstacles….and no ladders had been built or provided for the troops to get out of their trenches so they could advance forward. Despite initial success the assault quickly bogged down resulting in 5800 casualties for no good purpose.
As a result Ledlie was immediately cashiered and Burnside was shelved for the remainder of the war.
The Battle of The Crater Summary & Facts | Civilwar.org
‘How the Negroe’s Skulls Cracked’ – the Battle of the Crater | Civil War Daily Gazette
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