GEORGE G. MEADE AND HIS ROLE IN THE GETTYSBURG
... dent to Stanton, "will fight well on his own dunghill."9 So on the night of June 27-28, a personal messenger of the ad'ministration, Lieutenant Colonel James A. Hardie, was sent fro ,j Washington with the orders for the change in command. By this date, the movements of the two rival armies had progr ...
... dent to Stanton, "will fight well on his own dunghill."9 So on the night of June 27-28, a personal messenger of the ad'ministration, Lieutenant Colonel James A. Hardie, was sent fro ,j Washington with the orders for the change in command. By this date, the movements of the two rival armies had progr ...
THE BATTLE OF SAILOR`S CREEK: A STUDY IN LEADERSHIP A
... Northern Virginia escaped from Petersburg and Richmond on 2 April 1865, Grant’s forces chased after Lee’s forces with the intent of destroying the mighty and once feared ...
... Northern Virginia escaped from Petersburg and Richmond on 2 April 1865, Grant’s forces chased after Lee’s forces with the intent of destroying the mighty and once feared ...
confederate historical association of belgium
... attention for this. Upton maintained that the advantage of reaching the enemy lines at the salient quickly and by surprise outweighed the disadvantages of pausing on open ground to trade shots with a concealed, entrenched enemy. Lieutenant S. Ranald Mackenzie of the U.S. Corps of Engineers reconnoit ...
... attention for this. Upton maintained that the advantage of reaching the enemy lines at the salient quickly and by surprise outweighed the disadvantages of pausing on open ground to trade shots with a concealed, entrenched enemy. Lieutenant S. Ranald Mackenzie of the U.S. Corps of Engineers reconnoit ...
And So the Murderous Work Went On
... which had mistakenly been directed on the wrong road, had finally arrived on the field. Second, Lee heard reports that Brigadier General Lewis Armistead’s Virginians were advancing with success toward the Union position on Malvern Hill. As it turned out, the information regarding Armistead’s brigade ...
... which had mistakenly been directed on the wrong road, had finally arrived on the field. Second, Lee heard reports that Brigadier General Lewis Armistead’s Virginians were advancing with success toward the Union position on Malvern Hill. As it turned out, the information regarding Armistead’s brigade ...
Civil War Pictures Questions
... Ulysses S. Grant served as the commander of the victorious Union Army during the final years of the Civil War. After his incredible courage and leadership at the siege of Vicksburg, President Lincoln asked him to assume command of the northern armies. As a soldier, Grant demonstrated energy, courage ...
... Ulysses S. Grant served as the commander of the victorious Union Army during the final years of the Civil War. After his incredible courage and leadership at the siege of Vicksburg, President Lincoln asked him to assume command of the northern armies. As a soldier, Grant demonstrated energy, courage ...
Robert E. Lee
... struggle could not be won. He surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865. Lee’s surrender ended the Civil War. Lee had such stature in the South that he could have withdrawn to the mountains, organized a guerrilla resistance, and kept fighting indefinitely. However, through co ...
... struggle could not be won. He surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865. Lee’s surrender ended the Civil War. Lee had such stature in the South that he could have withdrawn to the mountains, organized a guerrilla resistance, and kept fighting indefinitely. However, through co ...
Lesson Plan - Madame Tussauds
... struggle could not be won. He surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865. Lee’s surrender ended the Civil War. Lee had such stature in the South that he could have withdrawn to the mountains, organized a guerrilla resistance, and kept fighting indefinitely. However, through co ...
... struggle could not be won. He surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865. Lee’s surrender ended the Civil War. Lee had such stature in the South that he could have withdrawn to the mountains, organized a guerrilla resistance, and kept fighting indefinitely. However, through co ...
The Wilderness Campaign and Beyond: The Civil War Letters of
... Burnsides army stuck in the mud) ... I dident see but it was said to be fact. there was a great deal of cursing done on that trip .... 9 This march was a low point in the moral of the Army of the Potomac. Unable to take the Confederate position at Fredericksburg by a frontal assault, Burnside decide ...
... Burnsides army stuck in the mud) ... I dident see but it was said to be fact. there was a great deal of cursing done on that trip .... 9 This march was a low point in the moral of the Army of the Potomac. Unable to take the Confederate position at Fredericksburg by a frontal assault, Burnside decide ...
America`s Birth At Appomattox - Jeff Littlejohn, Assistant Professor of
... were also impressed by Grant’s magnanimity and resolved to follow his example. In a letter to his brother, Melcher noted that “the good feeling between the officers and men of the two armies followed General Grant [who] set us the example by his conduct at the surrender.” He went on to “confess” wha ...
... were also impressed by Grant’s magnanimity and resolved to follow his example. In a letter to his brother, Melcher noted that “the good feeling between the officers and men of the two armies followed General Grant [who] set us the example by his conduct at the surrender.” He went on to “confess” wha ...
1863 and the Battle of Mine Run
... Now, for the first time, garners have the opportunity to explore one of the truly great "what-ifs" of the American Civil War the Potomac. The pursuit, if it may be called that, was so desultory that an impatient and frustrated Abraham Lincoln compared it to "an old woman shooing geese across a creek ...
... Now, for the first time, garners have the opportunity to explore one of the truly great "what-ifs" of the American Civil War the Potomac. The pursuit, if it may be called that, was so desultory that an impatient and frustrated Abraham Lincoln compared it to "an old woman shooing geese across a creek ...
The Road to Gettysburg
... B. Lee lost over one-third of his army. C. The Union victory helped Lincoln win reelection in 1864. D. It revealed Grant as a Union general who could win tough victories. E. The defeat ended Southern hopes of European diplomatic recognition and aid. ...
... B. Lee lost over one-third of his army. C. The Union victory helped Lincoln win reelection in 1864. D. It revealed Grant as a Union general who could win tough victories. E. The defeat ended Southern hopes of European diplomatic recognition and aid. ...
Battle of Appomattox Court House
... Battle of Appomattox Court House The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was the final engagement of Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and one of the ...
... Battle of Appomattox Court House The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was the final engagement of Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and one of the ...
The Political War - The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College
... If ever there was a moment when Lincoln needed good news from the battlefield, it was now, and Grant wanted to deliver it. The staggering blows he had dealt the rebels convinced him a little too easily that the Confederates were “really whipped,” that “our men feel they have gained morale over the e ...
... If ever there was a moment when Lincoln needed good news from the battlefield, it was now, and Grant wanted to deliver it. The staggering blows he had dealt the rebels convinced him a little too easily that the Confederates were “really whipped,” that “our men feel they have gained morale over the e ...
Appomattox Court House
... their army intact. But everywhere they turned, it seemed, they were confronted by Grant's hardmarching soldiers. Hundreds of Lee's men fell by the wayside, too tired to continue. On April 6, at Sayler's Creek, near Rice, Va., the Federals brought part of the Southern force to bay. killing, capturing ...
... their army intact. But everywhere they turned, it seemed, they were confronted by Grant's hardmarching soldiers. Hundreds of Lee's men fell by the wayside, too tired to continue. On April 6, at Sayler's Creek, near Rice, Va., the Federals brought part of the Southern force to bay. killing, capturing ...
Southern General Robert E. Lee Surrenders at Appomattox
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Lee Surrenders to Grant
... Lee Surrenders to Grant, 1865 On April 9, 1865 Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. This effectively ended the Civil War. Below is Grant’s account of the surrender from his autobiography published in 1885. The painting o ...
... Lee Surrenders to Grant, 1865 On April 9, 1865 Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. This effectively ended the Civil War. Below is Grant’s account of the surrender from his autobiography published in 1885. The painting o ...
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
... At their surrender meeting, General Robert E. Lee showed up in his best attire. He wore a crisp new uniform. He had the sword that Jefferson Davis, the leader of the Confederacy, gave to him. This was contrasted by the mud stained uniform worn by Ulysses S. Grant. Grant and Lee had previously fough ...
... At their surrender meeting, General Robert E. Lee showed up in his best attire. He wore a crisp new uniform. He had the sword that Jefferson Davis, the leader of the Confederacy, gave to him. This was contrasted by the mud stained uniform worn by Ulysses S. Grant. Grant and Lee had previously fough ...
Reviews - Association of the United States Army
... and strategic inferiority on the highly debatable premise that the Union, not the Confederacy, had the burden of winning the war. Bonekemper contends that all the South had to do to win independence was to pursue a defensive strategy until the Confederacy achieved international recognition or the No ...
... and strategic inferiority on the highly debatable premise that the Union, not the Confederacy, had the burden of winning the war. Bonekemper contends that all the South had to do to win independence was to pursue a defensive strategy until the Confederacy achieved international recognition or the No ...
The Final Salute Tour
... On May 31, 1864, Sheridan’s cavalry seized the vital crossroads of Old Cold Harbor. Early on June 1, relying heavily on their new repeating carbines and shallow entrenchments, Sheridan’s troopers threw back an attack by Confederate infantry. Confederate reinforcements arrived ...
... On May 31, 1864, Sheridan’s cavalry seized the vital crossroads of Old Cold Harbor. Early on June 1, relying heavily on their new repeating carbines and shallow entrenchments, Sheridan’s troopers threw back an attack by Confederate infantry. Confederate reinforcements arrived ...
The Road to Gettysburg
... for his failure to pursue Lee after Antietam. • He replaced him with Ambrose Burnside, but Burnside also proved to be a disappointment. ...
... for his failure to pursue Lee after Antietam. • He replaced him with Ambrose Burnside, but Burnside also proved to be a disappointment. ...
week nine handouts, history 302
... The rain was still falling in torrents and held the country about in obscurity. The command was soon given to my regiment, the 95th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Captain Macfarlain commanding,-it being the advance of Upton's brigade,- to "rise up," whereupon with hurrahs we went forward, cheered on by Co ...
... The rain was still falling in torrents and held the country about in obscurity. The command was soon given to my regiment, the 95th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Captain Macfarlain commanding,-it being the advance of Upton's brigade,- to "rise up," whereupon with hurrahs we went forward, cheered on by Co ...
A Talk Delivered by James J. Geary Before the Harrisonburg
... with the idea that a talk on Appomattox would be appropriate for this Sunday. She mentioned it to my wife Pat, also a member of the committee. Pat suggested I could do the talk; but didn’t think I would want to. By the time I decided I wanted to get up here again, Bernie was already working on a ser ...
... with the idea that a talk on Appomattox would be appropriate for this Sunday. She mentioned it to my wife Pat, also a member of the committee. Pat suggested I could do the talk; but didn’t think I would want to. By the time I decided I wanted to get up here again, Bernie was already working on a ser ...
Expert Testimony of James McPherson
... Like most military plans, however, parts of this one soon went awry because, as the saying goes, the enemy had a vote. Banks' campaign against Mobile never got started, because his earlier thrust up the Red River to northern Louisiana was turned back and his Army of the Gulf demoralized. Sherman's ...
... Like most military plans, however, parts of this one soon went awry because, as the saying goes, the enemy had a vote. Banks' campaign against Mobile never got started, because his earlier thrust up the Red River to northern Louisiana was turned back and his Army of the Gulf demoralized. Sherman's ...
Abraham Lincoln
... H. Lee struggled with tasks in everyday life I. He tried to make the family farm profitable J. To Jefferson Davis and the Confederate Army K. Commander of the US Army L. He put down a slave rebellion at Harper’s Ferry ...
... H. Lee struggled with tasks in everyday life I. He tried to make the family farm profitable J. To Jefferson Davis and the Confederate Army K. Commander of the US Army L. He put down a slave rebellion at Harper’s Ferry ...
Civil War Battles Chart
... the North again. After trying to break the Union lines for two days he tries a frontal assault on the entrenched Union forces. “Pickett’s Charge” as this is known fails and Lee retreats back to Virginia. Never again would the South have a chance to win the war or threaten the North. This siege, whic ...
... the North again. After trying to break the Union lines for two days he tries a frontal assault on the entrenched Union forces. “Pickett’s Charge” as this is known fails and Lee retreats back to Virginia. Never again would the South have a chance to win the war or threaten the North. This siege, whic ...
Battle of Cold Harbor
The Battle of Cold Harbor was fought from May 31 to June 12, 1864, with the most significant fighting occurring on June 3. It was one of the final battles of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign during the American Civil War, and is remembered as one of American history's bloodiest, most lopsided battles. Thousands of Union soldiers were killed or wounded in a hopeless frontal assault against the fortified positions of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's army.On May 31, as Grant's army once again swung around the right flank of Lee's army, Union cavalry seized the crossroads of Old Cold Harbor, about 10 miles northeast of the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, holding it against Confederate attacks until the Union infantry arrived. Both Grant and Lee, whose armies had suffered enormous casualties in the Overland Campaign, received reinforcements. On the evening of June 1, the Union VI Corps and XVIII Corps arrived and assaulted the Confederate works to the west of the crossroads with some success.On June 2, the remainder of both armies arrived and the Confederates built an elaborate series of fortifications 7 miles long. At dawn on June 3, three Union corps attacked the Confederate works on the southern end of the line and were easily repulsed with heavy casualties. Attempts to assault the northern end of the line and to resume the assaults on the southern were unsuccessful.Grant said of the battle in his memoirs, ""I have always regretted that the last assault at Cold Harbor was ever made. ... No advantage whatever was gained to compensate for the heavy loss we sustained."" The armies confronted each other on these lines until the night of June 12, when Grant again advanced by his left flank, marching to the James River. It was an impressive defensive victory for Lee, but it was his last in the war. In the final stage, he alternated between digging into the trenches at Petersburg and fleeing westward across Virginia.