1863: Shifting Tides
... Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long end ...
... Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long end ...
LIST 13 CIVIL WAR BOOKS 1. (BARLOW
... (...) Oates, Dan. (Editor). HANGING ROCK REBEL, Lt. John Blue's War in West Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. (Shippensburg, PA: Burd Street Press, 1994). 324p, boards, illus., vg in dj with a few small edge tears. Originally published as articles in The Hampshire review, between 1898 and 1901. In ...
... (...) Oates, Dan. (Editor). HANGING ROCK REBEL, Lt. John Blue's War in West Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. (Shippensburg, PA: Burd Street Press, 1994). 324p, boards, illus., vg in dj with a few small edge tears. Originally published as articles in The Hampshire review, between 1898 and 1901. In ...
Chapter 11 Section 4 Notes
... to Grant's in Virginia. • He would force the main Confederate army in the West to attempt to stop his advance. • If the Southern general took the bait, Sherman would destroy the enemy with his huge 98,000man force. • If the Confederates refused to fight, he would seize Atlanta, an important rail and ...
... to Grant's in Virginia. • He would force the main Confederate army in the West to attempt to stop his advance. • If the Southern general took the bait, Sherman would destroy the enemy with his huge 98,000man force. • If the Confederates refused to fight, he would seize Atlanta, an important rail and ...
The Battle of Gettysburg - Crest Ridge R-VII
... they won the Battle of Chancellorsville. SECOND NARRATOR: But General Lee knew that his army, though larger and stronger than it had been, could not hold out against the better-supplied Union troops. He knew he had to use the advantage he had to try to bring the war to a quick end. LEE: Generals, wi ...
... they won the Battle of Chancellorsville. SECOND NARRATOR: But General Lee knew that his army, though larger and stronger than it had been, could not hold out against the better-supplied Union troops. He knew he had to use the advantage he had to try to bring the war to a quick end. LEE: Generals, wi ...
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... Albert Jenkins served as U.S. Congressman from 1857 to 1861 and then resigned to serve the Confederacy. Thereafter, he served as a Congressman for in the First Congress of the Confederate States prior to receiving his Brigadier General’s commission. Gen. Jenkins and his command occupied this propert ...
... Albert Jenkins served as U.S. Congressman from 1857 to 1861 and then resigned to serve the Confederacy. Thereafter, he served as a Congressman for in the First Congress of the Confederate States prior to receiving his Brigadier General’s commission. Gen. Jenkins and his command occupied this propert ...
1863: Shifting Tides
... Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long end ...
... Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long end ...
lancaster - Gettysburg Discussion Group
... by a formal Pennsylvania Emergency Regimental force.14 The government of Lancaster City had now began to pack up its important papers in preparation of evacuation and many of the inhabitants of the city and nearby towns began to follow suit. Not all were going to flee though. Peter Reist, a farmer f ...
... by a formal Pennsylvania Emergency Regimental force.14 The government of Lancaster City had now began to pack up its important papers in preparation of evacuation and many of the inhabitants of the city and nearby towns began to follow suit. Not all were going to flee though. Peter Reist, a farmer f ...
Civil War and Reconstruction PowerPoint
... Richmond. Lee finally defeated McClellan at the Seven Days Battle near Richmond and McClellan retreated. Casualties were in the tens of thousands because there were dozens of skirmishes and major battles. The result was Lincoln removed McClellan from command. Even though he outnumbered the Confedera ...
... Richmond. Lee finally defeated McClellan at the Seven Days Battle near Richmond and McClellan retreated. Casualties were in the tens of thousands because there were dozens of skirmishes and major battles. The result was Lincoln removed McClellan from command. Even though he outnumbered the Confedera ...
The Classic Novel of the Civil War
... Though the author claims some poetic license in the language the soldiers use, and though he asserts that “the interpretation of character is my own,” no one could refute Shaara’s adherence to the basic facts. Readers who are not Civil War buffs might be amazed that, for example, the colorful last-d ...
... Though the author claims some poetic license in the language the soldiers use, and though he asserts that “the interpretation of character is my own,” no one could refute Shaara’s adherence to the basic facts. Readers who are not Civil War buffs might be amazed that, for example, the colorful last-d ...
Library of Congress
... First Day at Gettysburg by James Walker During the summer of 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee proposed a daring invasion into Pennsylvania in hopes that it might force the Union to end the war. It proved to be a turning point, but not the one Lee anticipated. At Gettysburg, a series of battle ...
... First Day at Gettysburg by James Walker During the summer of 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee proposed a daring invasion into Pennsylvania in hopes that it might force the Union to end the war. It proved to be a turning point, but not the one Lee anticipated. At Gettysburg, a series of battle ...
Grand Strategy Confederacy Union The fire
... offensive strategy extracted a hideous price in battlefield casualties: the South literally bled itself to death in the first three years of the war.” ...
... offensive strategy extracted a hideous price in battlefield casualties: the South literally bled itself to death in the first three years of the war.” ...
Antietam - History Channel
... On September 17, 1862, at Antietam Creek, Maryland, over 23,000 Union and Confederate soldiers (nine times the number who fell on the beaches of Normandy) were killed or wounded. This cataclysmic battle was the bloodiest day of fighting in American history, with a stunning number of casualties left ...
... On September 17, 1862, at Antietam Creek, Maryland, over 23,000 Union and Confederate soldiers (nine times the number who fell on the beaches of Normandy) were killed or wounded. This cataclysmic battle was the bloodiest day of fighting in American history, with a stunning number of casualties left ...
LIFE IN A WAR ZONE - Heritage Montgomery
... in size. It occupied a strategic military position near a major bend in the Potomac River with good roads to several fords and ferries. By August 1861, 15,000 infantry, artillery, and cavalry troops encamped in and around the area. A predominantly Southern-leaning town, it was occupied by federal tr ...
... in size. It occupied a strategic military position near a major bend in the Potomac River with good roads to several fords and ferries. By August 1861, 15,000 infantry, artillery, and cavalry troops encamped in and around the area. A predominantly Southern-leaning town, it was occupied by federal tr ...
On July 3, 1863 outside the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
... success on the battlefield.4 While Lee acknowledged their concerns and suggestions, he still believed that on the fields of Gettysburg the Army of the Potomac would suffer a great defeat, thereby subsequently allowing the Confederate forces a clear path to the capital in Washington D. C. While both ...
... success on the battlefield.4 While Lee acknowledged their concerns and suggestions, he still believed that on the fields of Gettysburg the Army of the Potomac would suffer a great defeat, thereby subsequently allowing the Confederate forces a clear path to the capital in Washington D. C. While both ...
1 - UMW Blogs
... men who fought in the battle. Additionally, he elaborated on the rationale that the South utilized when launching the attack on July 3, 1863. In 1944, Freeman penned a second book entitled Lee’s Lieutenants: A Study in Command and presented to his readers an extensive analysis into the command struc ...
... men who fought in the battle. Additionally, he elaborated on the rationale that the South utilized when launching the attack on July 3, 1863. In 1944, Freeman penned a second book entitled Lee’s Lieutenants: A Study in Command and presented to his readers an extensive analysis into the command struc ...
Lesley Gordon on Chancellorsville: The Battle and Its - H-Net
... The Confederate victory at the battle of Chancellorsville in the spring of 1863 stands as one of the most spectacular Southern successes in the Civil War’s eastern theater. On May 2, Robert E. Lee boldly divided his outnumbered force to stage an impressive surprise flank attack on Joseph Hooker’s Ar ...
... The Confederate victory at the battle of Chancellorsville in the spring of 1863 stands as one of the most spectacular Southern successes in the Civil War’s eastern theater. On May 2, Robert E. Lee boldly divided his outnumbered force to stage an impressive surprise flank attack on Joseph Hooker’s Ar ...
Triumph and Tragedy - Newspaper In Education
... Gone were its great commanders, Lincoln himself walks through the Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, smoking ruins,” he said. “It doesn’t killed in 1863, J.E.B. Stuart, killed get any more dramatic than that.” in 1864, and Ambrose Powell Hill, who had just been killed on April 2. A shell of a fearsome f ...
... Gone were its great commanders, Lincoln himself walks through the Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, smoking ruins,” he said. “It doesn’t killed in 1863, J.E.B. Stuart, killed get any more dramatic than that.” in 1864, and Ambrose Powell Hill, who had just been killed on April 2. A shell of a fearsome f ...
Geology and the Gettysburg campaign
... obtain) and about 250 pieces of artillery. He divided his infantry into three corps of about 20,000 men each. The First Corps was commanded by General James A. Longstreet; the Second Corps by General R. S. Ewell; and the Third Corps by General A. P. Hill. The cavalry, about 10,000 strong, was comman ...
... obtain) and about 250 pieces of artillery. He divided his infantry into three corps of about 20,000 men each. The First Corps was commanded by General James A. Longstreet; the Second Corps by General R. S. Ewell; and the Third Corps by General A. P. Hill. The cavalry, about 10,000 strong, was comman ...
Civil War Driving Guide Page 1
... Side Railroad, Lee's last supply line. It will culminate in the breaking of the "siege" on April 2, 1865, ending 9 ½ months of conflict, and conceding both Richmond and Petersburg to the Union troops. Seven days later Lee will surrender at Appomattox. Each of the 12 battles contained here has drivin ...
... Side Railroad, Lee's last supply line. It will culminate in the breaking of the "siege" on April 2, 1865, ending 9 ½ months of conflict, and conceding both Richmond and Petersburg to the Union troops. Seven days later Lee will surrender at Appomattox. Each of the 12 battles contained here has drivin ...
William C - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... coincidentally the same numerical advantage that the Army of the Potomac held over him this spring. By the end of April, Lee commanded an army of nearly 64,000 soldiers. His victories during the previous two years had exacted a painful toll in casualties, and replacements for fallen heroes were beco ...
... coincidentally the same numerical advantage that the Army of the Potomac held over him this spring. By the end of April, Lee commanded an army of nearly 64,000 soldiers. His victories during the previous two years had exacted a painful toll in casualties, and replacements for fallen heroes were beco ...
Breadbasket of the Confederacy - The Northern Illinois Civil War
... mately 55,000 troops to McClellan’s division from General Braxton Joseph E. Johnston 100,000. Davis refused Johnston any Bragg’s army to General John more men to fill his ranks. After that Pemberton’s. As it was, at the time of fiasco there was Seven Pines, which saw Johnston transfer these troops w ...
... mately 55,000 troops to McClellan’s division from General Braxton Joseph E. Johnston 100,000. Davis refused Johnston any Bragg’s army to General John more men to fill his ranks. After that Pemberton’s. As it was, at the time of fiasco there was Seven Pines, which saw Johnston transfer these troops w ...
gettysburg 2013 xi
... And this is only one of many examples in which Lee forced various commanders of The Army of the Potomac to fight on his terms. Supported by a solid loyal network of subordinates, Lee reaped great success in exploiting the cautious and cumbersome nature of the Union leaders, combining “quick-strike” ...
... And this is only one of many examples in which Lee forced various commanders of The Army of the Potomac to fight on his terms. Supported by a solid loyal network of subordinates, Lee reaped great success in exploiting the cautious and cumbersome nature of the Union leaders, combining “quick-strike” ...
Bringing the War to an End
... 1864. Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman invaded Georgia, opposed by the Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston. Johnston's Army of Tennessee withdrew toward Atlanta. Davis replaced Johnston with John Bell Hood, whose army was eventually besieged in Atlanta. The city fell on September 2, but casualt ...
... 1864. Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman invaded Georgia, opposed by the Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston. Johnston's Army of Tennessee withdrew toward Atlanta. Davis replaced Johnston with John Bell Hood, whose army was eventually besieged in Atlanta. The city fell on September 2, but casualt ...
Unit 4: The Civil War, Part 2 – 1860`s
... Shenandoah Valley: Washington Threatened The unwelcome news arrived at the national capital that General Thomas J. Jackson was moving down the Shenandoah Valley, sweeping everything before him and threatening Washington. At the battle of Bull Run, Jackson, on account of his firm stand, had won the n ...
... Shenandoah Valley: Washington Threatened The unwelcome news arrived at the national capital that General Thomas J. Jackson was moving down the Shenandoah Valley, sweeping everything before him and threatening Washington. At the battle of Bull Run, Jackson, on account of his firm stand, had won the n ...
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.