1863 in Virginia - Civil War Travel
... enough shape to turn back another Union offensive at Fredericksburg in early May. New Union commander Gen. Joseph Hooker thought he could get around Lee’s army instead of attacking it head-on. That didn’t work either. After desperate fighting near Chancellorsville, the Union army was sent packing… a ...
... enough shape to turn back another Union offensive at Fredericksburg in early May. New Union commander Gen. Joseph Hooker thought he could get around Lee’s army instead of attacking it head-on. That didn’t work either. After desperate fighting near Chancellorsville, the Union army was sent packing… a ...
The Furnace of Civil War
... – Meade (with 92,000 men) took stand on a low ridge over a valley – Lee (with 76,000 men) moved in to attack – Battle went back and forth over 3 days – General George Pickett’s charge against Union lines driven back, breaking Confederate advance, forcing Lee to retreat ...
... – Meade (with 92,000 men) took stand on a low ridge over a valley – Lee (with 76,000 men) moved in to attack – Battle went back and forth over 3 days – General George Pickett’s charge against Union lines driven back, breaking Confederate advance, forcing Lee to retreat ...
Civil_War_Events and Battles
... Public demand pushed General-in-Chief Winfield Scott to advance on the South before adequately training Union troops. Scott ordered General Irvin McDowell to advance on Confederate troops stationed at Manassas Junction, Virginia. McDowell attacked on July 21, and was initially successful, but the in ...
... Public demand pushed General-in-Chief Winfield Scott to advance on the South before adequately training Union troops. Scott ordered General Irvin McDowell to advance on Confederate troops stationed at Manassas Junction, Virginia. McDowell attacked on July 21, and was initially successful, but the in ...
Bentonville Battlefield
... was the last full-scale action of the Civil War in which the Confederate army was able to mount an offensive. This major battle, the largest ever fought in North Carolina, was the only significant attempt to defeat Gen. William T. Sherman after he left Georgia. Departing from Savannah in January 186 ...
... was the last full-scale action of the Civil War in which the Confederate army was able to mount an offensive. This major battle, the largest ever fought in North Carolina, was the only significant attempt to defeat Gen. William T. Sherman after he left Georgia. Departing from Savannah in January 186 ...
The Furnace of Civil War
... – Meade (with 92,000 men) took stand on a low ridge over a valley – Lee (with 76,000 men) moved in to attack – Battle went back and forth over 3 days – General George Pickett’s charge against Union lines driven back, breaking Confederate advance, forcing Lee to retreat ...
... – Meade (with 92,000 men) took stand on a low ridge over a valley – Lee (with 76,000 men) moved in to attack – Battle went back and forth over 3 days – General George Pickett’s charge against Union lines driven back, breaking Confederate advance, forcing Lee to retreat ...
The American Civil War
... • "Fourscore 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 e ...
... • "Fourscore 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 e ...
Unit 8 - PowerPoints - The American Civil War
... Union General Grant continued his march to Richmond, Virginia, planning to use three armies to lay siege to the city. He wanted to cut Lee’s food and artillery supply lines and to block a Southern retreat. Grant’s troops encountered Confederate General Richard Ewell’s soldiers. The Union forces outn ...
... Union General Grant continued his march to Richmond, Virginia, planning to use three armies to lay siege to the city. He wanted to cut Lee’s food and artillery supply lines and to block a Southern retreat. Grant’s troops encountered Confederate General Richard Ewell’s soldiers. The Union forces outn ...
Civil War Battles - Wright State University
... McDowell lost to Confederate Generals Joseph Johnston and Jackson ...
... McDowell lost to Confederate Generals Joseph Johnston and Jackson ...
Unit 8 - PowerPoints - The American Civil War
... troops, under General George C. Meade’s command, to lose ground as the Confederate forces attempted to take the city. Lee planned several attacks, including attacks at Peach Orchard and Devil’s Den. The Union army fought back, repelling Confederate attacks and sending them back to Culp’s Hill. Lee w ...
... troops, under General George C. Meade’s command, to lose ground as the Confederate forces attempted to take the city. Lee planned several attacks, including attacks at Peach Orchard and Devil’s Den. The Union army fought back, repelling Confederate attacks and sending them back to Culp’s Hill. Lee w ...
II. African Americans in the War
... Women who stayed home in the North did not suffer the disruption in their daily lives that the women in the South did. Some women were spies and disguised themselves as men to become soldiers. Harriet Tubman spied for the North. Rose O'Neal Greenhow (photo) spied for the South, was caught, convicted ...
... Women who stayed home in the North did not suffer the disruption in their daily lives that the women in the South did. Some women were spies and disguised themselves as men to become soldiers. Harriet Tubman spied for the North. Rose O'Neal Greenhow (photo) spied for the South, was caught, convicted ...
July 1861- Mar 1862
... McClellan’s army lay on both sides of the Chickahominy River with less strength than expected ...
... McClellan’s army lay on both sides of the Chickahominy River with less strength than expected ...
The Civil War - Miss Callihan's Social Studies Website
... Which generals left the U.S. Army to join the Confederate Army? Robert E Lee, Joseph Johnston, Albert Johnston What were two advantages the South had? The Confederates would be fighting on their own territory, and the local people would help them, they would be lead by some of the nation’s best offi ...
... Which generals left the U.S. Army to join the Confederate Army? Robert E Lee, Joseph Johnston, Albert Johnston What were two advantages the South had? The Confederates would be fighting on their own territory, and the local people would help them, they would be lead by some of the nation’s best offi ...
Civil War notes
... Union army back. Many Union soldiers were eating breakfast when the attack came. After they abandoned their camps, many of the attacking Confederates stopped to eat the food that the Union troops left behind. The Confederate army earned every yard. One regiment from Mississippi started across a vall ...
... Union army back. Many Union soldiers were eating breakfast when the attack came. After they abandoned their camps, many of the attacking Confederates stopped to eat the food that the Union troops left behind. The Confederate army earned every yard. One regiment from Mississippi started across a vall ...
Chapter 11 Notes - Garrard County Schools
... • General Joseph ___________________________ was in command of Union army. • Lee sent ___________________________________________________ in a surprise attack, nearly destroying the Union army on the first day. • Battle was General Lee’s greatest victory, defeating a force twice its size. Lee determ ...
... • General Joseph ___________________________ was in command of Union army. • Lee sent ___________________________________________________ in a surprise attack, nearly destroying the Union army on the first day. • Battle was General Lee’s greatest victory, defeating a force twice its size. Lee determ ...
Chapter 14: The Civil War
... A. The Withdrawal of the South South Carolina, long the hotbed of Southern separatism, seceded first By the time Lincoln took office, six others seceded. In February 1861, representatives of the seven seceded states met at Montgomery, Alabama, and formed the Confederate States of America The ...
... A. The Withdrawal of the South South Carolina, long the hotbed of Southern separatism, seceded first By the time Lincoln took office, six others seceded. In February 1861, representatives of the seven seceded states met at Montgomery, Alabama, and formed the Confederate States of America The ...
The Civil War Chapter 15.1
... 2. Clashed at Bull Run Creek near Manassas Additional 10,000 Confederates arrived Confederate troops under General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson held against Union advance 3. Confederates counterattacked Union troops retreated 4. Confederates won First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the first ...
... 2. Clashed at Bull Run Creek near Manassas Additional 10,000 Confederates arrived Confederate troops under General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson held against Union advance 3. Confederates counterattacked Union troops retreated 4. Confederates won First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the first ...
CPUSH (Unit 6, #2)
... 3. 4 more Southern states seceded in 1861 when Lincoln called for military volunteers to “_____________________” B. Strategies and Advantages 1. The Union strategy during the war was called the _____________________ Plan: a. __________________ the coast, seize the Mississippi River to ______________ ...
... 3. 4 more Southern states seceded in 1861 when Lincoln called for military volunteers to “_____________________” B. Strategies and Advantages 1. The Union strategy during the war was called the _____________________ Plan: a. __________________ the coast, seize the Mississippi River to ______________ ...
Unit 8 - PowerPoints - The American Civil War
... Union General Grant continued his march to Richmond, Virginia, planning to use three armies to lay siege to the city. He wanted to cut Lee’s food and artillery supply lines and to block a Southern retreat. Grant’s troops encountered Confederate General Richard Ewell’s soldiers. The Union forces outn ...
... Union General Grant continued his march to Richmond, Virginia, planning to use three armies to lay siege to the city. He wanted to cut Lee’s food and artillery supply lines and to block a Southern retreat. Grant’s troops encountered Confederate General Richard Ewell’s soldiers. The Union forces outn ...
The North Advances - Monroe County Schools
... The Battle of Gettysburg -The most conclusive battle of the Civil War was in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The conflict lasted from July 1st to July 3rd in 1863. -General Robert E. Lee and the Confederates fought with General George Meade of the North. -The South advanced upon the area. However, the Un ...
... The Battle of Gettysburg -The most conclusive battle of the Civil War was in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The conflict lasted from July 1st to July 3rd in 1863. -General Robert E. Lee and the Confederates fought with General George Meade of the North. -The South advanced upon the area. However, the Un ...
Civil War - Northwest ISD Moodle
... • Confederate forces asked for its surrender. • Lincoln refused and sent ships with supplies. ...
... • Confederate forces asked for its surrender. • Lincoln refused and sent ships with supplies. ...
Civil War - Springtown ISD
... Union held Chattanooga and it later became the supply base for Sherman’s 1864 Atlanta Campaign Outcome = Union victory ...
... Union held Chattanooga and it later became the supply base for Sherman’s 1864 Atlanta Campaign Outcome = Union victory ...
THE CIVIL WAR
... McClellan in the east. He was too cautious & could not make decisions quickly. • Confederate Gen. Johnston was wounded in the Union conflict to take Richmond, VA. Gen. Robert E. Lee replaced him & caused the North to retreat. N. & S. together lost 30,000 troops. • Second Battle of Bull Run – Gen. Le ...
... McClellan in the east. He was too cautious & could not make decisions quickly. • Confederate Gen. Johnston was wounded in the Union conflict to take Richmond, VA. Gen. Robert E. Lee replaced him & caused the North to retreat. N. & S. together lost 30,000 troops. • Second Battle of Bull Run – Gen. Le ...
of the Civil War
... Union army discovered the road to Chattanooga had been left unprotected, and they fled to the city. Bragg pursued, but the Union soldiers were ready to defend the city. Confederate troops prepared to starve them out. Grant arrived and opened a supply line to feed the trapped Union troops. The siege ...
... Union army discovered the road to Chattanooga had been left unprotected, and they fled to the city. Bragg pursued, but the Union soldiers were ready to defend the city. Confederate troops prepared to starve them out. Grant arrived and opened a supply line to feed the trapped Union troops. The siege ...
Battle of Malvern Hill
The Battle of Malvern Hill, also known as the Battle of Poindexter's Farm, was fought on July 1, 1862 between the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, led by Gen. Robert E. Lee, and the Union Army of the Potomac under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan. It was the final battle of the Seven Days Battles during the American Civil War, taking place on a 130-foot (40 m) elevation of land known as Malvern Hill, near the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia and just one mile (1.6 km) from the James River. More than fifty thousand soldiers from each side took part, using more than two hundred pieces of artillery and three warships.The Seven Days Battles were the climax of the Peninsula Campaign, during which McClellan's Army of the Potomac sailed around the Confederate lines, landed at the tip of the Virginia Peninsula, southeast of Richmond, and struck inland towards the Confederate capital. Confederate commander-in-chief Joseph E. Johnston fended off McClellan's repeated attempts to take the city, slowing Union progress on the peninsula to a crawl. When Johnston was wounded, Lee took command and launched a series of counterattacks, collectively called the Seven Days Battles. These attacks culminated in the action on Malvern Hill.The Union's V Corps, commanded by Brig. Gen. Fitz John Porter, took up positions on the hill on June 30. McClellan was not present for the initial exchanges of the battle, having boarded the ironclad USS Galena and sailed down the James River to inspect Harrison's Landing, where he intended to locate the base for his army. Confederate preparations were hindered by several mishaps. Bad maps and faulty guides caused Confederate Maj. Gen. John Magruder to be late for the battle, an excess of caution delayed Maj. Gen. Benjamin Huger, and Maj. Gen. Stonewall Jackson had problems collecting the Confederate artillery. The battle occurred in stages: an initial exchange of artillery fire, a minor charge by Confederate Brig. Gen. Lewis Armistead, and three successive waves of Confederate infantry charges triggered by unclear orders from Lee and the actions of Maj. Gens. Magruder and D. H. Hill, respectively. In each phase, the effectiveness of the Federal artillery was the deciding factor, repulsing attack after attack, resulting in a tactical Union victory. After the battle, McClellan and his forces withdrew from Malvern Hill to Harrison's Landing, where he remained until August 16. His plan to capture Richmond had been thwarted.In the course of four hours, a series of blunders in planning and communication had caused Lee's forces to launch three failed frontal infantry assaults across hundreds of yards of open ground, unsupported by Confederate artillery, charging toward firmly entrenched Union infantry and artillery defenses. These errors provided Union forces with an opportunity to inflict heavy casualties. In the aftermath of the battle, however, the Confederate press heralded Lee as the savior of Richmond. In stark contrast, McClellan was accused of being absent from the battlefield, a harsh criticism that haunted him when he ran for president in 1864.