Battle of Hanover - Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce
... gain victory at Gettysburg might have been the unplanned encounter at Hanover. Lee was depending on Major General J.E.B. Stuart to supply him with information about the position of General George G. Meade’s Union army. Meanwhile, Stuart had captured a Union wagon train and was cutting around the rig ...
... gain victory at Gettysburg might have been the unplanned encounter at Hanover. Lee was depending on Major General J.E.B. Stuart to supply him with information about the position of General George G. Meade’s Union army. Meanwhile, Stuart had captured a Union wagon train and was cutting around the rig ...
Chapter 13: The Civil War
... Abraham Lincoln. His dedication and intelligence would lead the North to victory. One of the main advantages for Southerners was fighting in familiar territory—defending their land, their homes, and their way of life. The military leadership of the South, at least at first, was superior to the North ...
... Abraham Lincoln. His dedication and intelligence would lead the North to victory. One of the main advantages for Southerners was fighting in familiar territory—defending their land, their homes, and their way of life. The military leadership of the South, at least at first, was superior to the North ...
If Lee Had Not Won the Battle of Gettysburg
... have daunted the resolution of President Lincoln, or weakened the fidelity of the Northern States and armies. It was Lee's declaration abolishing slavery which by a single master stroke gained the Confederacyan all-powerful ally, and spread a moral paralysisfar and wide through the ranks of their en ...
... have daunted the resolution of President Lincoln, or weakened the fidelity of the Northern States and armies. It was Lee's declaration abolishing slavery which by a single master stroke gained the Confederacyan all-powerful ally, and spread a moral paralysisfar and wide through the ranks of their en ...
Unit 5: A Crisis of Union part I (1840-1860) - AP US History
... The Civil War is the most devastating conflict in US history thus far, and its effects have left deep scars that continue to echo to this day. Historians point to several contributing factors to its outbreak in 1860 - the bitter sectional divisions over slavery in the wake of western expansion; the ...
... The Civil War is the most devastating conflict in US history thus far, and its effects have left deep scars that continue to echo to this day. Historians point to several contributing factors to its outbreak in 1860 - the bitter sectional divisions over slavery in the wake of western expansion; the ...
Supporting Robert E. Lee`s Decisions at Gettysburg By Michael
... Lee noticed a large hill called Little Round Top that was virtually unoccupied by Union troops. Lee knew the importance of controlling the hill, and quickly ordered General Ewell, a trusted Division commander, to take the hill. This was a brilliant decision by Lee; as Guy Emery says, occupation of t ...
... Lee noticed a large hill called Little Round Top that was virtually unoccupied by Union troops. Lee knew the importance of controlling the hill, and quickly ordered General Ewell, a trusted Division commander, to take the hill. This was a brilliant decision by Lee; as Guy Emery says, occupation of t ...
160 Spring 2011 - American Civil War Society
... area, which had been drawn in 1852 by Loudoun County's Yardley Taylor. It showed a road leading from the Potomac River to Leesburg, 2 1/2 miles away, but it showed no bluff by the river. In reality, there was a very steep bluff, 80 to 100 feet high, and the beach by the swift-flowing river channel w ...
... area, which had been drawn in 1852 by Loudoun County's Yardley Taylor. It showed a road leading from the Potomac River to Leesburg, 2 1/2 miles away, but it showed no bluff by the river. In reality, there was a very steep bluff, 80 to 100 feet high, and the beach by the swift-flowing river channel w ...
A Cavalry Officer`s Experience in the Civil War and the 16th
... including Hill, remained at their critical position near the southern end of the Union line. After Gettysburg, the Sixteenth was constantly on the march, maneuvering for position against the Confederates in northern Virginia and occasionally skirmishing with them. The Michigan men managed to capture ...
... including Hill, remained at their critical position near the southern end of the Union line. After Gettysburg, the Sixteenth was constantly on the march, maneuvering for position against the Confederates in northern Virginia and occasionally skirmishing with them. The Michigan men managed to capture ...
Antietam: A Failure To Achieve Victory
... the Confederate supply line that went through the Shenandoah Valley. Consequently, the Federal troops needed to be removed from the area in order for the Confederate forces to be supplied in Union territory. Yet, there was also a benefit in capturing the garrison at Harper's Ferry; it would provide ...
... the Confederate supply line that went through the Shenandoah Valley. Consequently, the Federal troops needed to be removed from the area in order for the Confederate forces to be supplied in Union territory. Yet, there was also a benefit in capturing the garrison at Harper's Ferry; it would provide ...
Geology and the Gettysburg campaign
... waters of Conococheague Creek on the west and Marsh Creek on the east. Of the eight passes that figure in the Gettysburg campaign, Cashtown Gap was the only one through which it was possible to move expeditiously a large force with artillery and wagon trains. By concentrating west of this gap, Lee ...
... waters of Conococheague Creek on the west and Marsh Creek on the east. Of the eight passes that figure in the Gettysburg campaign, Cashtown Gap was the only one through which it was possible to move expeditiously a large force with artillery and wagon trains. By concentrating west of this gap, Lee ...
in the Civil War
... West Virginia, which had separated from Virginia during the Civil War, becomes the nation’s 35th state Maine Outline West Virginia V NH Mass. C RI ...
... West Virginia, which had separated from Virginia during the Civil War, becomes the nation’s 35th state Maine Outline West Virginia V NH Mass. C RI ...
Demonstration Flights
... The battle of Antietam was thus a giant tragedy, but not only because of the large-scale bloodletting. On the morning of the battle, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was outnumbered 2-1, with its back to the Potomac River, so a Union victory at Antietam could easily have ended the Civil War ...
... The battle of Antietam was thus a giant tragedy, but not only because of the large-scale bloodletting. On the morning of the battle, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was outnumbered 2-1, with its back to the Potomac River, so a Union victory at Antietam could easily have ended the Civil 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. ...
Pocketing the Key - H-Net
... and Winschel’s scrutiny. In addition to Grant’s emergence as a fighting general with an appreciation for using all the forces and weapons at his disposal, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman adopted a similar view. Appreciating the importance of defeating the citizenry as well as their armies, he let his t ...
... and Winschel’s scrutiny. In addition to Grant’s emergence as a fighting general with an appreciation for using all the forces and weapons at his disposal, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman adopted a similar view. Appreciating the importance of defeating the citizenry as well as their armies, he let his t ...
Kennedy-Chapter 21
... The Northern navy enforced the blockade with high-handed practices. Yankee captains, for example, would seize British freighters on the high seas, if laden with war supplies for the tiny port of Nassau and other halfway stations. The justification was that obviously these shipments were “ultimately’ ...
... The Northern navy enforced the blockade with high-handed practices. Yankee captains, for example, would seize British freighters on the high seas, if laden with war supplies for the tiny port of Nassau and other halfway stations. The justification was that obviously these shipments were “ultimately’ ...
A pretty tough pull on me. - National Park Service History Electronic
... on our part.”3 Another man in Battery H recalled the fight this way, “Shortly before 5 P.M. on the 2d, our battery was opened upon by the batteries of the enemy on our right…For three mortal hours the iron storm was howling around and over us, while upon the extreme left the incessant roar of musket ...
... on our part.”3 Another man in Battery H recalled the fight this way, “Shortly before 5 P.M. on the 2d, our battery was opened upon by the batteries of the enemy on our right…For three mortal hours the iron storm was howling around and over us, while upon the extreme left the incessant roar of musket ...
HH462syllabus - Class of 1957
... Lincoln as commander-in-chief, and the command decisions of the principal military leaders on both sides of the American Civil War. It will be taught as a seminar, in the style of many graduate courses and the nation’s War Colleges. This means that instead of receiving lectures on the subject, the s ...
... Lincoln as commander-in-chief, and the command decisions of the principal military leaders on both sides of the American Civil War. It will be taught as a seminar, in the style of many graduate courses and the nation’s War Colleges. This means that instead of receiving lectures on the subject, the s ...
TIlE ROLE OF ETIlNICfIY IN CIVIL WAR TEXAS`
... League publicly announced that it intended to protect this exposed part of the frontier from Indians and outlaW$., but Confederate officials belieYed--not without reason-_that iu genuine purpao;e was to resist coflScription and other Confederate prograln!i. In May 1862, a detachment of Confederate t ...
... League publicly announced that it intended to protect this exposed part of the frontier from Indians and outlaW$., but Confederate officials belieYed--not without reason-_that iu genuine purpao;e was to resist coflScription and other Confederate prograln!i. In May 1862, a detachment of Confederate t ...
The Georgia Studies Book- Chapter 13 (The Civil War)
... for Georgia and other southern states to secede from the Union? On December 7, Governor Brown wrote an open letter to the people of Georgia. In it, he stated that the rights of the South and the institution of slavery were not endangered by Lincoln the man, but they were in great danger from the Rep ...
... for Georgia and other southern states to secede from the Union? On December 7, Governor Brown wrote an open letter to the people of Georgia. In it, he stated that the rights of the South and the institution of slavery were not endangered by Lincoln the man, but they were in great danger from the Rep ...
SOL 9a,b,c: STEPS TO THE CIVIL WAR SOL 9d: ROLES OF CIVIL
... – Was leader of the Army of Northern Virginia – Was offered command of the Union forces at the beginning of the war, but chose not to fight against Virginia – Opposed secession, but did not believe the Union should be held together by force – Urged Southerners to accept defeat at the end of the war ...
... – Was leader of the Army of Northern Virginia – Was offered command of the Union forces at the beginning of the war, but chose not to fight against Virginia – Opposed secession, but did not believe the Union should be held together by force – Urged Southerners to accept defeat at the end of the war ...
When the guns of the Civil War fell silent
... Four more states, including Virginia, several buildings, including the Peers House (above). soon joined them. This act was called secession (seh-SESS-shun), flared afterward, Lee’s surrender at lady Mary Todd Lincoln was from and it led to the Civil War. Appomattox Court House, Virginia, a slave-hol ...
... Four more states, including Virginia, several buildings, including the Peers House (above). soon joined them. This act was called secession (seh-SESS-shun), flared afterward, Lee’s surrender at lady Mary Todd Lincoln was from and it led to the Civil War. Appomattox Court House, Virginia, a slave-hol ...
Confederate Strategy in 1863: Was a Strategic
... 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 the balance of the required infantry, cavalry, and artillery regiments, which requir ...
... 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 the balance of the required infantry, cavalry, and artillery regiments, which requir ...
Why? essential question: What defined the Civil War?
... 11 Southern states in the Confederacy vs. the rest of the United States in the Union. Read the charts on the Union’s (North) and Confederacy’s (South) advantages (see p. 229 in text ...
... 11 Southern states in the Confederacy vs. the rest of the United States in the Union. Read the charts on the Union’s (North) and Confederacy’s (South) advantages (see p. 229 in text ...
16-2 Life in The Army
... did not always cooperate and share supplies, Confederate soldiers sometimes lacked shoes. Like soldiers in the Revolutionary War, they marched over frozen ground in bare feet. After battles, needy soldiers took coats, boots, and other clothing from the dead. At the beginning of the war, most soldier ...
... did not always cooperate and share supplies, Confederate soldiers sometimes lacked shoes. Like soldiers in the Revolutionary War, they marched over frozen ground in bare feet. After battles, needy soldiers took coats, boots, and other clothing from the dead. At the beginning of the war, most soldier ...
Two Societies at War 1861–1865
... endure all horrors of civil war,” insisted a Confederate recruit, “than to see the dusky sons of Ham leading the fair daughters of the South to the altar.” To preserve black subordination and white supremacy, radical southerners chose the dangerous enterprise of secession. Lincoln and the North woul ...
... endure all horrors of civil war,” insisted a Confederate recruit, “than to see the dusky sons of Ham leading the fair daughters of the South to the altar.” To preserve black subordination and white supremacy, radical southerners chose the dangerous enterprise of secession. Lincoln and the North woul ...
African Americans in the Civil War
... their goals and how they might go about meeting them. While northerners hoped for a quick victory, southern strategists planned for a prolonged war. Early Battles of the Civil War Main Idea: The Civil War started slowly and would ultimately last nearly four years and stretch across much of the conti ...
... their goals and how they might go about meeting them. While northerners hoped for a quick victory, southern strategists planned for a prolonged war. Early Battles of the Civil War Main Idea: The Civil War started slowly and would ultimately last nearly four years and stretch across much of the conti ...
First Battle of Bull Run
The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as First Manassas (the name used by Confederate forces), was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, near the city of Manassas, not far from the city of Washington, D.C. It was the first major battle of the American Civil War. The Union's forces were slow in positioning themselves, allowing Confederate reinforcements time to arrive by rail. Each side had about 18,000 poorly trained and poorly led troops in their first battle. It was a Confederate victory followed by a disorganized retreat of the Union forces.Just months after the start of the war at Fort Sumter, the Northern public clamored for a march against the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, which they expected to bring an early end to the rebellion. Yielding to political pressure, Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell led his unseasoned Union Army across Bull Run against the equally inexperienced Confederate Army of Brig. Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard camped near Manassas Junction. McDowell's ambitious plan for a surprise flank attack on the Confederate left was poorly executed by his officers and men; nevertheless, the Confederates, who had been planning to attack the Union left flank, found themselves at an initial disadvantage.Confederate reinforcements under Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston arrived from the Shenandoah Valley by railroad and the course of the battle quickly changed. A brigade of Virginians under the relatively unknown brigadier general from the Virginia Military Institute, Thomas J. Jackson, stood their ground and Jackson received his famous nickname, ""Stonewall Jackson"". The Confederates launched a strong counterattack, and as the Union troops began withdrawing under fire, many panicked and the retreat turned into a rout. McDowell's men frantically ran without order in the direction of Washington, D.C. Both armies were sobered by the fierce fighting and many casualties, and realized the war was going to be much longer and bloodier than either had anticipated.