Battle of Devil's Backbone by Emily Jacobo https://padlet.com/ej052599/zsi934sc2107cqjb Caidence, Emily, Shyanne, Poloma, Stephany en-us 2023-03-02 16:49:57 UTC 2023-03-06 16:56:31 UTC hello@padlet.com WHEN? (paloma) ej052599 https://padlet.com/ej052599/zsi934sc2107cqjb/wish/2501410718 September 1, 1863]]> 2023-03-02 16:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ej052599/zsi934sc2107cqjb/wish/2501410718 WHERE (Shyanne) ej052599 https://padlet.com/ej052599/zsi934sc2107cqjb/wish/2501410721 Devil's Backbone is a ridge in the Ouachita Mountains approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Greenwood, Arkansas. In Sebastian County, Arkansas.]]> 2023-03-02 16:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ej052599/zsi934sc2107cqjb/wish/2501410721 WHO LED THE NORTH? (Caidence) ej052599 https://padlet.com/ej052599/zsi934sc2107cqjb/wish/2501410724 Colonel William F. Cloud, Major General James G. Blunt (US);]]> 2023-03-02 16:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ej052599/zsi934sc2107cqjb/wish/2501410724 WHO LED THE SOUTH? (Stephany) ej052599 https://padlet.com/ej052599/zsi934sc2107cqjb/wish/2501410725 William Lewis Cabell (1827–1911)

A talented and respected Confederate brigadier general, William Lewis Cabell performed most of his Civil War service in the Trans-Mississippi Department in Arkansas. He served several terms as mayor of Dallas, Texas, between the mid-1870s and mid-1880s. The exact meaning of his nickname “Old Tige” is not clear, but it may refer to his tenacity and stern discipline.

]]> 2023-03-02 16:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ej052599/zsi934sc2107cqjb/wish/2501410725 DETAILS OF THE BATTLE (Emily) ej052599 https://padlet.com/ej052599/zsi934sc2107cqjb/wish/2501410726 The battle started when, William Cloud organized a 1,500-man column of two cavalry regiments and an artillery battery and headed south. Fifteen miles south of the fort, the Rebels, commanded by Brig. Gen. William Cabell, turned on Cloud and ambushed him at the base of Devil's Backbone, an imposing east-west ridge just south of Greenwood.]]> 2023-03-02 16:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ej052599/zsi934sc2107cqjb/wish/2501410726 OUTCOME? (Stephany) ej052599 https://padlet.com/ej052599/zsi934sc2107cqjb/wish/2501410727 Union victory

The Union victory at Devil’s Backbone secured the North’s capture of Fort Smith (Sebastian County) on September 1, 1863. Although fighting continued in the region, Fort Smith remained a Union base until the war’s end.]]> 2023-03-02 16:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ej052599/zsi934sc2107cqjb/wish/2501410727 CASUALTIES? (Paloma) ej052599 https://padlet.com/ej052599/zsi934sc2107cqjb/wish/2501410728 2 (US); 5 (CS)]]> 2023-03-02 16:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ej052599/zsi934sc2107cqjb/wish/2501410728 WHY IS THIS BATTLE IMPORTANT? (Caidence) ej052599 https://padlet.com/ej052599/zsi934sc2107cqjb/wish/2501410729 The Union victory ensured the safety of the Fort Smith garrison until the end of the war.]]> 2023-03-02 16:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ej052599/zsi934sc2107cqjb/wish/2501410729 Goofy ah dog ej052599 https://padlet.com/ej052599/zsi934sc2107cqjb/wish/2502872100 2023-03-03 16:48:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ej052599/zsi934sc2107cqjb/wish/2502872100