Upper Rappahannock River Front: The Dare Mark Line Clark B. Hall
... An eminent historian asserts that the Rappahannock River Line "achieved a distinction in the eastern theater...as great as the Mississippi River in the west." Another historian notes the Rappahannock "played a significant role throughout the war in the strategic thinking and planning of the War Depa ...
... An eminent historian asserts that the Rappahannock River Line "achieved a distinction in the eastern theater...as great as the Mississippi River in the west." Another historian notes the Rappahannock "played a significant role throughout the war in the strategic thinking and planning of the War Depa ...
Areas of the Valley – Part 1
... resources that supported them. In May, a Federal army under Gen. George Crook advanced south through West Virginia with orders to cut railroad links from Virginia to the west. Union Gen. Franz Sigel was to move south through the Shenandoah Valley and meet Crook in Staunton. This would also prevent a ...
... resources that supported them. In May, a Federal army under Gen. George Crook advanced south through West Virginia with orders to cut railroad links from Virginia to the west. Union Gen. Franz Sigel was to move south through the Shenandoah Valley and meet Crook in Staunton. This would also prevent a ...
Bolivar Heights-School House Ridge Skirmish Site
... north end of Old Furnace Road. where grains could be processed for market. hrther enhanced the attractive farm location. ...
... north end of Old Furnace Road. where grains could be processed for market. hrther enhanced the attractive farm location. ...
1862: Antietam and Emancipation
... In September 1862, Confederate general Robert E. Lee left the South and moved his army into Maryland. No one could be sure exactly what he planned to do, but in an incredible stroke of luck, a copy of Lee’s plans (which had been wrapped around three cigars) was discovered by Union soldiers and given ...
... In September 1862, Confederate general Robert E. Lee left the South and moved his army into Maryland. No one could be sure exactly what he planned to do, but in an incredible stroke of luck, a copy of Lee’s plans (which had been wrapped around three cigars) was discovered by Union soldiers and given ...
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CIVIL WAR BATTLES 63
... Cheat River, at Donelson in Kentucky, through countless battles in North Carolina and throughout the Seven Days’ Battles in Virginia, at Second Bull Run, and who had helped Jackson take Harpers Ferry two days earlier, was also dead, shot three times as he led the remnants of Jackson’s division from ...
... Cheat River, at Donelson in Kentucky, through countless battles in North Carolina and throughout the Seven Days’ Battles in Virginia, at Second Bull Run, and who had helped Jackson take Harpers Ferry two days earlier, was also dead, shot three times as he led the remnants of Jackson’s division from ...
Civil War Discussion Questions
... Lesson Overview: In the spring of 1862 the Union Army, now under George B. McClellan began a second campaign to seize Richmond. The skillful generalship of Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. ―Stonewall‖ Jackson not only ensured that this Union offensive would fail but eventually allowed the Confederates to ...
... Lesson Overview: In the spring of 1862 the Union Army, now under George B. McClellan began a second campaign to seize Richmond. The skillful generalship of Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. ―Stonewall‖ Jackson not only ensured that this Union offensive would fail but eventually allowed the Confederates to ...
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
... The proposed analysis is further complicated by difficulties in determining what communication was actually sent, what the sender intended, and what the recipient interpreted. Of the six principals in this analysis (including Jackson), only Lee, General James Longstreet, and General Richard S. Ewell ...
... The proposed analysis is further complicated by difficulties in determining what communication was actually sent, what the sender intended, and what the recipient interpreted. Of the six principals in this analysis (including Jackson), only Lee, General James Longstreet, and General Richard S. Ewell ...
Study Guide - Moore Public Schools
... 24. What was Heth’s rationale for violating his orders to not engage the enemy? 25. Once Lee has been updated on the initial engagement by Heth and learns that Rhodes was attacking the Union flank, why is he hesitant to order an escalated attack or a retreat? 26. How was Lee both responsible and not ...
... 24. What was Heth’s rationale for violating his orders to not engage the enemy? 25. Once Lee has been updated on the initial engagement by Heth and learns that Rhodes was attacking the Union flank, why is he hesitant to order an escalated attack or a retreat? 26. How was Lee both responsible and not ...
October 12, 2016 - about the lcwrt
... discount to take the Bluffton Heriage Discovery tour on Oct. 15. The tour fee of $30 will be discounted to $25. (For details - see above.) If you are interested simply e-mail, your name and the number of tickets, ...
... discount to take the Bluffton Heriage Discovery tour on Oct. 15. The tour fee of $30 will be discounted to $25. (For details - see above.) If you are interested simply e-mail, your name and the number of tickets, ...
The Long Road to Antietam
... limited war policy and tactics that the Union had pursued for the first year and half, and, based upon his astute understanding of political, economic, social, and military factors, began to implement an uncompromising strategy of total war. Slotkin contends that Jefferson Davis also changed Confede ...
... limited war policy and tactics that the Union had pursued for the first year and half, and, based upon his astute understanding of political, economic, social, and military factors, began to implement an uncompromising strategy of total war. Slotkin contends that Jefferson Davis also changed Confede ...
Chapter 13: The Civil War
... from both North and South—and their families—felt these divisions. President Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, had several relatives who fought in the Confederate army. John Crittenden, a senator from Kentucky, had two sons who became generals in the war—one for the Confederacy and one for the Unio ...
... from both North and South—and their families—felt these divisions. President Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, had several relatives who fought in the Confederate army. John Crittenden, a senator from Kentucky, had two sons who became generals in the war—one for the Confederacy and one for the Unio ...
April, 2015 - Stow Historical Society
... On April 9, 1865 Union General Ulysses S. Grant met Confederate General Robert E. Lee to set the terms of the surrender of Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. The National Park Service will ring bells at Appomattox Court House National Historic Park at 3:00 PM on April 9 as part of the commemoration of ...
... On April 9, 1865 Union General Ulysses S. Grant met Confederate General Robert E. Lee to set the terms of the surrender of Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. The National Park Service will ring bells at Appomattox Court House National Historic Park at 3:00 PM on April 9 as part of the commemoration of ...
The Effects of Logistical Factors On The Union Pursuit of the
... The immediate and most pressing task was to supply and refit a battered army which obviously needed rest after several days of marching and fighting. The field was roughly strewn with dead and wounded, the bodies of horses, arms of all description, blasted chunks of metal, wagon wheels, pieces of cl ...
... The immediate and most pressing task was to supply and refit a battered army which obviously needed rest after several days of marching and fighting. The field was roughly strewn with dead and wounded, the bodies of horses, arms of all description, blasted chunks of metal, wagon wheels, pieces of cl ...
Student Guide (in PDF form) - Lincoln at the Crossroads Alliance
... President Lincoln had placed Brigadier General Irvin McDowell in command of Union forces. His army of 36,000 men met an equal number of Confederate soldiers and fought them at Manassas, ...
... President Lincoln had placed Brigadier General Irvin McDowell in command of Union forces. His army of 36,000 men met an equal number of Confederate soldiers and fought them at Manassas, ...
Confederate Strategy in 1863: Was a Strategic
... One final tie between West Point and engineering and fortifications was exemplified in each graduating class. In the first half of the nineteenth century, the top graduates of each West Point Class generally went into the Engineer Corps.16 The U.S. military of the period relied on states to furnish ...
... One final tie between West Point and engineering and fortifications was exemplified in each graduating class. In the first half of the nineteenth century, the top graduates of each West Point Class generally went into the Engineer Corps.16 The U.S. military of the period relied on states to furnish ...
84 ARMY March 2009
... of the Mexican-American War, devised the Anaconda Plan to slowly strangle the Confederacy. Maritime strategies by their nature are longterm strategies, and, with enemy armies on the outskirts of the federal capital, Lincoln required a far quicker solution. Following the failure of Union forces at Fi ...
... of the Mexican-American War, devised the Anaconda Plan to slowly strangle the Confederacy. Maritime strategies by their nature are longterm strategies, and, with enemy armies on the outskirts of the federal capital, Lincoln required a far quicker solution. Following the failure of Union forces at Fi ...
The Battle of Gettysburg: Did Lee Have A Choice?
... the general had mentioned Gettysburg or York as possible sites for a battle, but no specific plans were ever made. The general intent was simply to draw Union troops away from Washington so that they could be defeated without being able to retreat into that city, as had happened before. After the Ar ...
... the general had mentioned Gettysburg or York as possible sites for a battle, but no specific plans were ever made. The general intent was simply to draw Union troops away from Washington so that they could be defeated without being able to retreat into that city, as had happened before. After the Ar ...
Spring 2013 - Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area
... Rain, Rain, Go Away Rain, rain, and more rain. More than a week of rain began on July 4, when Confederates started their escape from Gettysburg through Washington County, Maryland. Pursued, the Rebel army and its wagon trains met and engaged with Union cavalry at numerous locations from Monteray Pas ...
... Rain, Rain, Go Away Rain, rain, and more rain. More than a week of rain began on July 4, when Confederates started their escape from Gettysburg through Washington County, Maryland. Pursued, the Rebel army and its wagon trains met and engaged with Union cavalry at numerous locations from Monteray Pas ...
NC State Brochure cover-side
... n December 21, 1864, Union Gen. William T. Sherman completed his “March to the Sea” and captured Savannah, Georgia. He soon headed north through the Carolinas, planning ultimately to link his army with those that Union general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant accompanied in Virginia. Sherman marched into S ...
... n December 21, 1864, Union Gen. William T. Sherman completed his “March to the Sea” and captured Savannah, Georgia. He soon headed north through the Carolinas, planning ultimately to link his army with those that Union general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant accompanied in Virginia. Sherman marched into S ...
the emancipation proclamation
... withdrawal and marched north, defeating Pope at Second Battle of Bull Run in late August • While McClellan regrouped Army of Potomac, Lee moved north, dividing his army of 60,000 into several units – Jackson hit Harper’s Ferry and captured 11,000 prisoners – One division went as far as Hagerstown, M ...
... withdrawal and marched north, defeating Pope at Second Battle of Bull Run in late August • While McClellan regrouped Army of Potomac, Lee moved north, dividing his army of 60,000 into several units – Jackson hit Harper’s Ferry and captured 11,000 prisoners – One division went as far as Hagerstown, M ...
Civil War EVENTS and PEOPLE
... “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” He believed the nation could not continue half-free, half slave. ...
... “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” He believed the nation could not continue half-free, half slave. ...
chapter 16 - apel slice
... secede from the state and rejoin the Union grew. In 1861, 48 Virginia counties organized themselves as a separate state called West Virginia. Congress admitted this state to the Union in 1863. Reading Check Explaining Why was Maryland strategically important? Comparing North and South When the war b ...
... secede from the state and rejoin the Union grew. In 1861, 48 Virginia counties organized themselves as a separate state called West Virginia. Congress admitted this state to the Union in 1863. Reading Check Explaining Why was Maryland strategically important? Comparing North and South When the war b ...
The Civil War (1861–1865)
... The nation mourned the loss of Lincoln just days after the close of the long bloody Civil War. Members of Booth's conspiracy team were rounded up, tried and quickly executed, including Mary Surratt whose boarding house was used as a meeting place. The bodies were left hanging from the scaffold a fu ...
... The nation mourned the loss of Lincoln just days after the close of the long bloody Civil War. Members of Booth's conspiracy team were rounded up, tried and quickly executed, including Mary Surratt whose boarding house was used as a meeting place. The bodies were left hanging from the scaffold a fu ...
the press reports the battle of gettysburg
... received with a kind of apathetic indifference by the army although many are loud in denouncing that act at this particular mtoment." Herald correspondent Leonard A. Hendrick had a different conception of the army's mood. Said Hendrick: Many liked General Hooker and had faith in him; most believe in ...
... received with a kind of apathetic indifference by the army although many are loud in denouncing that act at this particular mtoment." Herald correspondent Leonard A. Hendrick had a different conception of the army's mood. Said Hendrick: Many liked General Hooker and had faith in him; most believe in ...
Maryland Campaign
The Maryland Campaign—or Antietam Campaign—occurred September 4–20, 1862, during the American Civil War. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North was repulsed by the Army of the Potomac under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, who moved to intercept Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia and eventually attacked it near Sharpsburg, Maryland. The resulting Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history and is widely considered one of the major turning points of the war.Following his victory in the Northern Virginia Campaign, Lee moved north with 55,000 men through the Shenandoah Valley starting on September 4, 1862. His objective was to resupply his army outside of the war-torn Virginia theater and to damage Northern morale in anticipation of the November elections. He undertook the risky maneuver of splitting his army so that he could continue north into Maryland while simultaneously capturing the Federal garrison and arsenal at Harpers Ferry. McClellan accidentally found a copy of Lee's orders to his subordinate commanders and planned to isolate and defeat the separated portions of Lee's army.While Confederate Maj. Gen. Stonewall Jackson surrounded, bombarded, and captured Harpers Ferry (September 12–15), McClellan's army of 84,000 men attempted to move quickly through the South Mountain passes that separated him from Lee. The Battle of South Mountain on September 14 delayed McClellan's advance and allowed Lee sufficient time to concentrate most of his army at Sharpsburg. The Battle of Antietam (or Sharpsburg) on September 17 was the bloodiest day in American military history with over 22,000 casualties. Lee, outnumbered two to one, moved his defensive forces to parry each offensive blow, but McClellan never deployed all of the reserves of his army to capitalize on localized successes and destroy the Confederates. On September 18, Lee ordered a withdrawal across the Potomac and on September 19–20, fights by Lee's rear guard at Shepherdstown ended the campaign.Although Antietam was a tactical draw, Lee's Maryland Campaign failed to achieve its objectives. President Abraham Lincoln used this Union victory as the justification for announcing his Emancipation Proclamation, which effectively ended any threat of European support for the Confederacy.