ECWC TOPIC Antietam Essay - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... for him, Major General William Buell Franklin, commanding the Union VI Corps, took most of the day to approach and attack the gap. The Confederates held off the Federals until nightfall and withdrew to a less formidable position where they girded themselves for a renewal of Franklin’s attack the nex ...
... for him, Major General William Buell Franklin, commanding the Union VI Corps, took most of the day to approach and attack the gap. The Confederates held off the Federals until nightfall and withdrew to a less formidable position where they girded themselves for a renewal of Franklin’s attack the nex ...
Historically Speaking - Association of the United States Army
... been compromised, speedily threw blocking forces into Turner’s Gap and Crampton’s Gap in Maryland while withdrawing the rest of his army in the direction of Sharpsburg on the Potomac River. Enterprising Union corps commanders forced both gaps, but they lost a day doing it. McClellan proceeded cautio ...
... been compromised, speedily threw blocking forces into Turner’s Gap and Crampton’s Gap in Maryland while withdrawing the rest of his army in the direction of Sharpsburg on the Potomac River. Enterprising Union corps commanders forced both gaps, but they lost a day doing it. McClellan proceeded cautio ...
The First Years of the Civil War
... hung. Some say he was a saint and some sinner – your historian will help you decide. Stand on the first Battlefield, Manassas just as the young solders did in July of 1861. They all thought war was glamorous and that one battle would decide the differences between the North and the South. Meet these ...
... hung. Some say he was a saint and some sinner – your historian will help you decide. Stand on the first Battlefield, Manassas just as the young solders did in July of 1861. They all thought war was glamorous and that one battle would decide the differences between the North and the South. Meet these ...
A Brothers* War: The Upper South
... E. Lyon was shot and his men ran out of ammunition, they retreated F. Confederates won G. Fremont (Commander of the Union’s Western Department) issued an order that would put the whole state under martial law H. Lincoln tells Fremont to modify his proclamation I. Civil War 1. 80,000 whit ...
... E. Lyon was shot and his men ran out of ammunition, they retreated F. Confederates won G. Fremont (Commander of the Union’s Western Department) issued an order that would put the whole state under martial law H. Lincoln tells Fremont to modify his proclamation I. Civil War 1. 80,000 whit ...
The Battles of Bull Run
... blocked the main flanking column on the turnpike. They reached Stone Bridge around 6:00 a.m. A couple rounds of artillery alerted the Confederate Generals to attack but in the path stood 20,000 Union soldiers. A Union General shouted, “There stands Jackson like a stone wall!” (That’s how he became k ...
... blocked the main flanking column on the turnpike. They reached Stone Bridge around 6:00 a.m. A couple rounds of artillery alerted the Confederate Generals to attack but in the path stood 20,000 Union soldiers. A Union General shouted, “There stands Jackson like a stone wall!” (That’s how he became k ...
Civil Unrest in the South:
... 4. More than half were cut down before reaching their objective. 5. Lee retreated, and Meade did not follow, allowing the war to continue. ...
... 4. More than half were cut down before reaching their objective. 5. Lee retreated, and Meade did not follow, allowing the war to continue. ...
Chapter 16.2 Vocabulary
... launch the Seven Days’ Battles forcing the Union to retreat near Richmond, Virginia ● Lincoln ordered General John Pope to march directly on to Richmond Second Battle of Bull Run: Jackson and Pope fight a three day battle that ends in a Confederate victory ❖ Robert E. Lee decides to take the war to ...
... launch the Seven Days’ Battles forcing the Union to retreat near Richmond, Virginia ● Lincoln ordered General John Pope to march directly on to Richmond Second Battle of Bull Run: Jackson and Pope fight a three day battle that ends in a Confederate victory ❖ Robert E. Lee decides to take the war to ...
Abraham Lincoln Jefferson Davis Ulysses S. Grant Robert E. Lee
... Wrote the Gettysburg Address that said the Civil War was to preserve a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people ...
... Wrote the Gettysburg Address that said the Civil War was to preserve a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people ...
harpers ferry - National Park Service History Electronic Library
... Miles and his men withstood the Confederate artillery fire from across the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers on Maryland and Loudon Heights for 2 days, almost upsetting Lee's schedule for re-concentrating his army. Although the Union casualties were not heavy, Miles surrendered his garrison on the 15th, ...
... Miles and his men withstood the Confederate artillery fire from across the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers on Maryland and Loudon Heights for 2 days, almost upsetting Lee's schedule for re-concentrating his army. Although the Union casualties were not heavy, Miles surrendered his garrison on the 15th, ...
The Civil War - Fort Bend ISD
... Confederate General “Stonewall” Jackson. In May of 1863, Lee and Jackson’s forces would get another victory, at the Battle of Chancellorsville. But it would come at a high cost. During the battle, nervous Confederate soldiers fired at what they thought was an approaching Union soldier, but turned o ...
... Confederate General “Stonewall” Jackson. In May of 1863, Lee and Jackson’s forces would get another victory, at the Battle of Chancellorsville. But it would come at a high cost. During the battle, nervous Confederate soldiers fired at what they thought was an approaching Union soldier, but turned o ...
CIVIL WAR BATTLE CHART
... Local families came in buggies to picnic and watch the events. Surprise defeat caused a panicked retreat by spectators and Union soldiers alike. Jackson earns the nickname "Stonewall," as his brigade resists Union attacks and Union troops fall back to Washington. Union realized this would not be nei ...
... Local families came in buggies to picnic and watch the events. Surprise defeat caused a panicked retreat by spectators and Union soldiers alike. Jackson earns the nickname "Stonewall," as his brigade resists Union attacks and Union troops fall back to Washington. Union realized this would not be nei ...
The Important People of the Civil War
... Content Objective: Students will learn about the key leaders on and off the Battle Field Language Objective: Students will create a foldable of important Civil War Leaders. ...
... Content Objective: Students will learn about the key leaders on and off the Battle Field Language Objective: Students will create a foldable of important Civil War Leaders. ...
Antietam The Bloodiest Day of the Civil War
... By late afternoon they had driven the Georgians back almost to Sharpsburg, threatening to cut off the line of retreat for Lee's decimated Confederates Then about 4 p.m. Gen. A. P. Hiii's division, left behind by Jackson at Harpers Ferry to dispose of the captured Federal property, arrived on the fie ...
... By late afternoon they had driven the Georgians back almost to Sharpsburg, threatening to cut off the line of retreat for Lee's decimated Confederates Then about 4 p.m. Gen. A. P. Hiii's division, left behind by Jackson at Harpers Ferry to dispose of the captured Federal property, arrived on the fie ...
Antietam Summary
... CW3.4.7 – Civil War Battle Stations Antietam (September, 1862) Following another loss at Bull Run in August of 1862, Union forces were on the run, not far from the capital of Washington, DC. The Confederate President Jefferson Davis, and Military General, Robert E. Lee, saw an opportunity to continu ...
... CW3.4.7 – Civil War Battle Stations Antietam (September, 1862) Following another loss at Bull Run in August of 1862, Union forces were on the run, not far from the capital of Washington, DC. The Confederate President Jefferson Davis, and Military General, Robert E. Lee, saw an opportunity to continu ...
Unit 7 Review Sheet
... 15. Who won the Civil War? _________________________________________________________________ ...
... 15. Who won the Civil War? _________________________________________________________________ ...
Chapter 22 Summary The Civil War took up where Napoleon and
... The Civil War took up where Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington had left off in 1815. Commanders were willing to sustain high casualties if the objective of a battle was important enough. As in the eighteenth century, however, the general who realized that he had been outfoxed was duty bound to dise ...
... The Civil War took up where Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington had left off in 1815. Commanders were willing to sustain high casualties if the objective of a battle was important enough. As in the eighteenth century, however, the general who realized that he had been outfoxed was duty bound to dise ...
Antietam Map side - Civil War Traveler
... ★ Frederick City Hall – Pro-secession legislators were pre- ...
... ★ Frederick City Hall – Pro-secession legislators were pre- ...
Start of the Civil War - Central Magnet School
... Planned to arm local slaves by attacking federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. ...
... Planned to arm local slaves by attacking federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. ...
an overview of the american civil war in the east, 1861-1865
... across the Potomac River into Maryland. The Southern bands were playing a new song called “Maryland, My Maryland”. The Southerners were dirty and ragged but very confident. Confederate forces marched into Frederick, MD and waited for something to happen. Lee sent much of his army back to Harper’s Fe ...
... across the Potomac River into Maryland. The Southern bands were playing a new song called “Maryland, My Maryland”. The Southerners were dirty and ragged but very confident. Confederate forces marched into Frederick, MD and waited for something to happen. Lee sent much of his army back to Harper’s Fe ...
Gettysburg - Culp`s HIll - July 3, 1863 (Apr 2011)
... divisions, and then attacking the Union right at Culp’s and East Cemetery Hills with Ewell’s divisions. By evening, the Federals retained Little Round Top and had repulsed most of Ewell’s men. During the morning of July 3, the Confederate infantry were driven from their last toe-hold on Culp’s Hill. ...
... divisions, and then attacking the Union right at Culp’s and East Cemetery Hills with Ewell’s divisions. By evening, the Federals retained Little Round Top and had repulsed most of Ewell’s men. During the morning of July 3, the Confederate infantry were driven from their last toe-hold on Culp’s Hill. ...
The War In The East: Chapter 16, Section 2
... West Point grad, Mexican War vet, and led Federal troops at Harper’s Ferry. ...
... West Point grad, Mexican War vet, and led Federal troops at Harper’s Ferry. ...
Battle of Harpers Ferry
The Battle of Harpers Ferry was fought September 12–15, 1862, as part of the Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War. As Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army invaded Maryland, a portion of his army under Maj. Gen. Thomas J. ""Stonewall"" Jackson surrounded, bombarded, and captured the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), a major victory at relatively minor cost.As Lee's Army of Northern Virginia advanced down the Shenandoah Valley into Maryland, he planned to capture the garrison at Harpers Ferry to secure his line of supply back to Virginia. Although he was being pursued at a leisurely pace by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac, outnumbering him more than two to one, Lee chose the risky strategy of dividing his army and sent one portion to converge and attack Harpers Ferry from three directions. Col. Dixon S. Miles, Union commander at Harpers Ferry, insisted on keeping most of the troops near the town instead of taking up commanding positions on the surrounding heights. The slim defenses of the most important position, Maryland Heights, first encountered the approaching Confederate on September 12, but only brief skirmishing ensued. Strong attacks by two Confederate brigades on September 13 drove the Union troops from the heights.During the fighting on Maryland Heights, the other Confederate columns arrived and were astonished to see that critical positions to the west and south of town were not defended. Jackson methodically positioned his artillery around Harpers Ferry and ordered Maj. Gen. A.P. Hill to move down the west bank of the Shenandoah River in preparation for a flank attack on the Federal left the next morning. By the morning of September 15, Jackson had positioned nearly 50 guns on Maryland Heights and at the base of Loudoun Heights. He began a fierce artillery barrage from all sides and ordered an infantry assault. Miles realized that the situation was hopeless and agreed with his subordinates to raise the white flag of surrender. Before he could surrender personally, he was mortally wounded by an artillery shell and died the next day. After processing more than 12,000 Union prisoners, Jackson's men then rushed to Sharpsburg, Maryland, to rejoin Lee for the Battle of Antietam.