Echoes from the Blue and Gray
... against the British during the American Revolution. Northern men volunteered to put down the rebellion of southern states and bind the nation back together. Most felt that the Southerners had rebelled without good cause and had to be taught a lesson. Some also felt that slavery was an evil and the w ...
... against the British during the American Revolution. Northern men volunteered to put down the rebellion of southern states and bind the nation back together. Most felt that the Southerners had rebelled without good cause and had to be taught a lesson. Some also felt that slavery was an evil and the w ...
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
... of scouting the Union troops as he was supposed to do. Now with the information from the spy, Longstreet convinces Lee to bring his troops together and converge on Gettysburg. Lee believes that if the Union troops are really there, though he doubts they are, this could be the final battle of the war ...
... of scouting the Union troops as he was supposed to do. Now with the information from the spy, Longstreet convinces Lee to bring his troops together and converge on Gettysburg. Lee believes that if the Union troops are really there, though he doubts they are, this could be the final battle of the war ...
StudyGuide-Chapter13
... through all of the HW, CW, DQ, etc. that were assigned for the chapter, so that you are well prepared for your test. ...
... through all of the HW, CW, DQ, etc. that were assigned for the chapter, so that you are well prepared for your test. ...
the civil war - Stackpole Books Media Site
... who gets to say whether or not secession was necessary? Not the government being rebelled against. All men are created equal? With rights? Not black people, per the Constitution. In addition to decrying tramplings on their right to self-rule, Southerners argue that black people are subhuman. This pe ...
... who gets to say whether or not secession was necessary? Not the government being rebelled against. All men are created equal? With rights? Not black people, per the Constitution. In addition to decrying tramplings on their right to self-rule, Southerners argue that black people are subhuman. This pe ...
Ch. 9 PowerPoint
... • In late June 1862, Lee began a series of attacks on McClellan’s army that became known as the Seven Days’ Battle. • Lee could not defeat the Union army but did inflict heavy casualties and force McClellan to retreat to the James River. • Lincoln ordered McClellan to bring his troops back to Washin ...
... • In late June 1862, Lee began a series of attacks on McClellan’s army that became known as the Seven Days’ Battle. • Lee could not defeat the Union army but did inflict heavy casualties and force McClellan to retreat to the James River. • Lincoln ordered McClellan to bring his troops back to Washin ...
- DigitalCommons@Cedarville
... founder, George B. McClellan, while organizationally brilliant, failed miserably during his Peninsular Campaign and barely won at Antietam (though the battle was won more in spite of his leadership than because of it). His successor, Ambrose Burnside, displayed his incompetence through a horrible ma ...
... founder, George B. McClellan, while organizationally brilliant, failed miserably during his Peninsular Campaign and barely won at Antietam (though the battle was won more in spite of his leadership than because of it). His successor, Ambrose Burnside, displayed his incompetence through a horrible ma ...
Edward G. Longacre, The Early Morning of War: Bull Run, 1861
... Winchester, anticipating an assault by Patterson, who instead marched his army to nearby Charles Town, avoiding an engagement altogether. “Scott paid little or no attention to this matter, casually assuming that his Mexican War subordinate would accomplish a complex and difficult mission without suf ...
... Winchester, anticipating an assault by Patterson, who instead marched his army to nearby Charles Town, avoiding an engagement altogether. “Scott paid little or no attention to this matter, casually assuming that his Mexican War subordinate would accomplish a complex and difficult mission without suf ...
Kennedy-Chapter 21
... horse as they hailed his return. Fortune shone upon McClellan when two Union soldiers found a copy of Lee’s battle plans wrapped around a packet of three cigars dropped by a careless Confederate officer. With this crucial piece of intelligence in hand, McClellan succeeded in halting Lee at Antietam ...
... horse as they hailed his return. Fortune shone upon McClellan when two Union soldiers found a copy of Lee’s battle plans wrapped around a packet of three cigars dropped by a careless Confederate officer. With this crucial piece of intelligence in hand, McClellan succeeded in halting Lee at Antietam ...
Echoes from the Blue and Gray
... against the British during the American Revolution. Northern men volunteered to put down the rebellion of southern states and bind the nation back together. Most felt that the Southerners had rebelled without good cause and had to be taught a lesson. Some also felt that slavery was an evil and the w ...
... against the British during the American Revolution. Northern men volunteered to put down the rebellion of southern states and bind the nation back together. Most felt that the Southerners had rebelled without good cause and had to be taught a lesson. Some also felt that slavery was an evil and the w ...
The Opening Fight at Gettysburg
... In Meade’s defense, he still had to satisfy his superiors in Washington by maintaining a screen for the approaches to Baltimore and Washington. He also had some concerns about J. E. B. Stuart’s Confederate cavalry operating in the area of his right flank. However, if he had taken the initiative for ...
... In Meade’s defense, he still had to satisfy his superiors in Washington by maintaining a screen for the approaches to Baltimore and Washington. He also had some concerns about J. E. B. Stuart’s Confederate cavalry operating in the area of his right flank. However, if he had taken the initiative for ...
Ch 16, pp. 462-483
... To take Richmond, the Union army would first have to defeat the Confederate troops stationed at the town of Manassas, Virginia. This was a railway center southwest of Washington, D.C. On July 21, 1861, Union forces commanded by General Irvin McDowell clashed with Confederate forces headed by General ...
... To take Richmond, the Union army would first have to defeat the Confederate troops stationed at the town of Manassas, Virginia. This was a railway center southwest of Washington, D.C. On July 21, 1861, Union forces commanded by General Irvin McDowell clashed with Confederate forces headed by General ...
Private Eric Tipton
... and left of the road, with CS Brigadier General Henry H. Walker's Virginia Brigade behind Kirkland's Brigade. Before they were in place, the impatient Hill sent his troops forward and directed CS Major William T. Poague's artillery to fire into the Union troops. Hill erred, and launched a tragedy. H ...
... and left of the road, with CS Brigadier General Henry H. Walker's Virginia Brigade behind Kirkland's Brigade. Before they were in place, the impatient Hill sent his troops forward and directed CS Major William T. Poague's artillery to fire into the Union troops. Hill erred, and launched a tragedy. H ...
42nd New York - Rich Mountain Battlefield
... and left of the road, with CS Brigadier General Henry H. Walker's Virginia Brigade behind Kirkland's Brigade. Before they were in place, the impatient Hill sent his troops forward and directed CS Major William T. Poague's artillery to fire into the Union troops. Hill erred, and launched a tragedy. H ...
... and left of the road, with CS Brigadier General Henry H. Walker's Virginia Brigade behind Kirkland's Brigade. Before they were in place, the impatient Hill sent his troops forward and directed CS Major William T. Poague's artillery to fire into the Union troops. Hill erred, and launched a tragedy. H ...
Ready Reading National Student Assessment Grade 5
... and he worried that war would come if they did. Lee also did not like the idea that a war would be fought over slavery. He claimed that he didn’t like it that slavery existed in the United States, and he once wrote that “slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.” At the same time, he ...
... and he worried that war would come if they did. Lee also did not like the idea that a war would be fought over slavery. He claimed that he didn’t like it that slavery existed in the United States, and he once wrote that “slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.” At the same time, he ...
2002 vol24 no2 - Fauquier Historical Society
... - sometimes within earshot of the battle lines - before settling at Derwent, a farmhouse in Cumberland County, for the duration of the War. Fearing that her presence at Ravensworth would arouse the suspicions of the Union forces, Mary Custis Lee went to stay with Mrs. Calvert Stuart, the widow of he ...
... - sometimes within earshot of the battle lines - before settling at Derwent, a farmhouse in Cumberland County, for the duration of the War. Fearing that her presence at Ravensworth would arouse the suspicions of the Union forces, Mary Custis Lee went to stay with Mrs. Calvert Stuart, the widow of he ...
Civil War - Teachers.AUSD.NET
... A. Located at mouth of Charleston Harbor, Ft. Sumter was one of two last remaining federal forts in the South. 1. The day after inauguration, Lincoln notified by Major Robert Anderson that supplies to the fort would soon run out and he would be forced to surrender. 2. Lincoln faced with choices that ...
... A. Located at mouth of Charleston Harbor, Ft. Sumter was one of two last remaining federal forts in the South. 1. The day after inauguration, Lincoln notified by Major Robert Anderson that supplies to the fort would soon run out and he would be forced to surrender. 2. Lincoln faced with choices that ...
Civil War in Virginia - Virginia History Series
... Articles of Secession to the people. With this vote, the convention decided to send a delegation to ask President Lincoln what his intentions were towards the seceded states (as reported in Harper’s Weekly of April 1861). George Randolph (later Confederate Secretary of War), William Preston and Alex ...
... Articles of Secession to the people. With this vote, the convention decided to send a delegation to ask President Lincoln what his intentions were towards the seceded states (as reported in Harper’s Weekly of April 1861). George Randolph (later Confederate Secretary of War), William Preston and Alex ...
Civil War & Reconstruction
... -after the battle, Lincoln replaced McDowell with Gen. George McClellan -the battle convinced both sides the war would not end quickly ...
... -after the battle, Lincoln replaced McDowell with Gen. George McClellan -the battle convinced both sides the war would not end quickly ...
Touring Richmond
... June 1 fails to dislodge the Federals and Johnston is wounded, Robert E. Lee assumes command of the Army of Northern Virginia and drives McClellan's troops away from the Southern capital in the Seven Days' Battles. Victories during August by Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson at Cedar Mountain ...
... June 1 fails to dislodge the Federals and Johnston is wounded, Robert E. Lee assumes command of the Army of Northern Virginia and drives McClellan's troops away from the Southern capital in the Seven Days' Battles. Victories during August by Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson at Cedar Mountain ...
November - Old Baldy Civil War Round Table
... Mac’s” over-blown sense of importance, his defiance of Lincoln, his slow Peninsula Campaign, retreat during the Seven Days Battles, timidity at The Battle of Antietam, and his on-going refusal to use the full force of his Army of the Potomac. Ed delved into his missed military opportunities to perha ...
... Mac’s” over-blown sense of importance, his defiance of Lincoln, his slow Peninsula Campaign, retreat during the Seven Days Battles, timidity at The Battle of Antietam, and his on-going refusal to use the full force of his Army of the Potomac. Ed delved into his missed military opportunities to perha ...
Chapter 21- Furnace of Civil War
... Fortune shone upon McClellan when two Union soldiers found a copy of Lee's battle plans wrapped around a packet of three cigars dropped by a careless Confederate officer. With this crucial piece of intelligence in hand, McClellan succeeded in halting Lee at Antietam on September 17, 1862, in one of ...
... Fortune shone upon McClellan when two Union soldiers found a copy of Lee's battle plans wrapped around a packet of three cigars dropped by a careless Confederate officer. With this crucial piece of intelligence in hand, McClellan succeeded in halting Lee at Antietam on September 17, 1862, in one of ...
Major General George G. Meade
... commanders of United States forces during the American Civil War. He commanded the Army of the Potomac, the main Federal army in the Eastern Theater of war, from June 1863 to the end of the war in April 1865, serving longer than any other commander. He is perhaps best known for his crucial victory i ...
... commanders of United States forces during the American Civil War. He commanded the Army of the Potomac, the main Federal army in the Eastern Theater of war, from June 1863 to the end of the war in April 1865, serving longer than any other commander. He is perhaps best known for his crucial victory i ...
Chapter 21
... – Its has been called the “high tide of the Confederacy.” – It defined the northernmost point reached by any significant Southern force and the real last chance for the Confederates to win the war – At the Battle of Gettysburg raged, a Confederate peace delegation was moving under a flag of peace of ...
... – Its has been called the “high tide of the Confederacy.” – It defined the northernmost point reached by any significant Southern force and the real last chance for the Confederates to win the war – At the Battle of Gettysburg raged, a Confederate peace delegation was moving under a flag of peace of ...
Super Quiz Digest
... In April the first shots were fired when secessionists bombarded the Union fortress of Fort Sumpter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. Neither side was ready to fight when they met at Bull Run Creek near manassas, Virginia. Nearly 61,000 men clashed that day. 5000 people were killed, ...
... In April the first shots were fired when secessionists bombarded the Union fortress of Fort Sumpter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. Neither side was ready to fight when they met at Bull Run Creek near manassas, Virginia. Nearly 61,000 men clashed that day. 5000 people were killed, ...
What Caused the American Civil War? A number of circumstances
... loyal to the Union, to enlist and put down what he argued was a treacherous act of rebellion (four border slave states remained in the Union and two Union states were added during the Civil War). Four more states seceded making eleven Confederate states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisian ...
... loyal to the Union, to enlist and put down what he argued was a treacherous act of rebellion (four border slave states remained in the Union and two Union states were added during the Civil War). Four more states seceded making eleven Confederate states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisian ...
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.