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The North Takes Charge
... December 13, 1862: Union attempt to cross the Rappahannock River was a disaster Burnside orders a series of frontal assaults up Prospect Hill and Marye’s Heights that resulted in staggering casualties 17,929 total (Union: 13,353; Confederate: 4,576) ...
... December 13, 1862: Union attempt to cross the Rappahannock River was a disaster Burnside orders a series of frontal assaults up Prospect Hill and Marye’s Heights that resulted in staggering casualties 17,929 total (Union: 13,353; Confederate: 4,576) ...
Name - Central CUSD 4
... T 4. The Battle of Bull Run showed both sides that their soldiers needed more training. Q 5. The commander of the Union armies in 1861 was a cautious person and his name was George McClellan. T 6. The battle between the ironclads the Monitor and the Merrimack resulted in the building of many more ir ...
... T 4. The Battle of Bull Run showed both sides that their soldiers needed more training. Q 5. The commander of the Union armies in 1861 was a cautious person and his name was George McClellan. T 6. The battle between the ironclads the Monitor and the Merrimack resulted in the building of many more ir ...
Civil War Turning Points
... • He captured the Mississippi state capital at Jackson. • He gained control of the main rail line into Vicksburg and cut off all supplies. • He placed Vicksburg under siege. ...
... • He captured the Mississippi state capital at Jackson. • He gained control of the main rail line into Vicksburg and cut off all supplies. • He placed Vicksburg under siege. ...
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... 15) Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman’s strategy of total war targeted not only the Confederate army but also A) ...
... 15) Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman’s strategy of total war targeted not only the Confederate army but also A) ...
The Civil War
... • Directed the nation through this challenging time • Assassinated just five days after the South surrendered ...
... • Directed the nation through this challenging time • Assassinated just five days after the South surrendered ...
B of E - Brandy Station Foundation
... writers similarly characterized the battle. Stonewall Jackson's early biographer, an English professional soldier, who when declaring, "The horseman of the American war is the model of the efficient cavalryman," also attested, "there is no finer instance ...of a well-contested cavalry battle than th ...
... writers similarly characterized the battle. Stonewall Jackson's early biographer, an English professional soldier, who when declaring, "The horseman of the American war is the model of the efficient cavalryman," also attested, "there is no finer instance ...of a well-contested cavalry battle than th ...
WI251 ACW Invite:Article Template
... without picked up weapons on the battlefields too. The cavalry carried carbines into the field, which were shorter than the rifle-muskets but worked in much the same way . They also carried sabres, and the American Civil War is one of the last wars where cavalry came together in sabre melees. Toward ...
... without picked up weapons on the battlefields too. The cavalry carried carbines into the field, which were shorter than the rifle-muskets but worked in much the same way . They also carried sabres, and the American Civil War is one of the last wars where cavalry came together in sabre melees. Toward ...
The Civil War
... The Battle of Gettysburg-July 3, 1863 After the failure of the attacks on the second day of battle, Longstreet again begged Lee to move South towards Washington, but Lee planned an all out frontal assault on the Union lines. The attack would begin with a concentrated artillery attack on the center ...
... The Battle of Gettysburg-July 3, 1863 After the failure of the attacks on the second day of battle, Longstreet again begged Lee to move South towards Washington, but Lee planned an all out frontal assault on the Union lines. The attack would begin with a concentrated artillery attack on the center ...
Georgia and the American Experience
... Sharpsburg, Maryland. Bloodiest single day of the Civil War. Union Army defeated the Confederate Army (under the leadership of Robert E. Lee). About 2,000 Northerners and 2,700 Southerners were killed and 19,000 people were wounded. • Battle of Gettysburg – July 1 to July 3, 1863 in Gettysburg, Penn ...
... Sharpsburg, Maryland. Bloodiest single day of the Civil War. Union Army defeated the Confederate Army (under the leadership of Robert E. Lee). About 2,000 Northerners and 2,700 Southerners were killed and 19,000 people were wounded. • Battle of Gettysburg – July 1 to July 3, 1863 in Gettysburg, Penn ...
Battle of Moore`s Mill - Kingdom of Callaway Civil War Heritage
... “brush” as Southern guerrillas or “bushwhackers,” or enroll in the Confederate Army and quite possibly spend most of the war in combat far from home. The Confederate high command sent many Missouri officers home to recruit for the Confederate Army. The forces they raised were often treated not as so ...
... “brush” as Southern guerrillas or “bushwhackers,” or enroll in the Confederate Army and quite possibly spend most of the war in combat far from home. The Confederate high command sent many Missouri officers home to recruit for the Confederate Army. The forces they raised were often treated not as so ...
Key Terms/Ideas/People/Events
... King Cotton – belief that the South’s cash crop of cotton was so important to Great Britain, France and even the United States that it would ultimately lead to peace; in the meantime, the South relied on cotton for the manufactured goods and ships from Britain that they could not produce Anacond ...
... King Cotton – belief that the South’s cash crop of cotton was so important to Great Britain, France and even the United States that it would ultimately lead to peace; in the meantime, the South relied on cotton for the manufactured goods and ships from Britain that they could not produce Anacond ...
The Civil War
... 22.8 Appomattox: Total War Brings an End What is meant by “total war”? What did the Union army do during their campaign to total war? “Total War” meant war on the enemy’s will to fight & ability to support an army. ...
... 22.8 Appomattox: Total War Brings an End What is meant by “total war”? What did the Union army do during their campaign to total war? “Total War” meant war on the enemy’s will to fight & ability to support an army. ...
LIFE DURING THE WAR
... UNIT 7: MILITARY CONFLICT LESSON 7.5: Part 4: Life During the War and Turning Points ...
... UNIT 7: MILITARY CONFLICT LESSON 7.5: Part 4: Life During the War and Turning Points ...
Chapter 17 Section 1 terms and names
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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 ...
Name______________________________ Desk
... a. Both sides realized that their hopes for a short war were unrealistic. b. It soon became clear that the Union would win a quick victory. c. George McClellan’s bold leadership gave the Union an early advantage. 36. How did the work of Civil War nurses change employment opportunities for women in ...
... a. Both sides realized that their hopes for a short war were unrealistic. b. It soon became clear that the Union would win a quick victory. c. George McClellan’s bold leadership gave the Union an early advantage. 36. How did the work of Civil War nurses change employment opportunities for women in ...
Junior High History Chapter 16 1. Seven southern states seceded as
... Confederates won First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the first Battle of Manassas General George B. McClellan was placed in charge of 100,000 soldiers, called the Army of the Potomac. Confederate army in Virginia was under the command of General Robert E. Lee. Lee forced Union army to retreat in ...
... Confederates won First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the first Battle of Manassas General George B. McClellan was placed in charge of 100,000 soldiers, called the Army of the Potomac. Confederate army in Virginia was under the command of General Robert E. Lee. Lee forced Union army to retreat in ...
Gettysburg Play Dough Assignment Directions: The Battle of
... to a defensive line south of town. Thus, after the first day of battle the five mile Confederate line traveled from Seminary Ridge on the west side of the town of Gettysburg, through the town and eastward toward the area called Culp’s Hill. As additional Northern reinforcements arrived on the field, ...
... to a defensive line south of town. Thus, after the first day of battle the five mile Confederate line traveled from Seminary Ridge on the west side of the town of Gettysburg, through the town and eastward toward the area called Culp’s Hill. As additional Northern reinforcements arrived on the field, ...
The Big Picture Answer Key
... The attack ultimately fails, and most of Pickett’s division are killed or wounded. The days just after the battle Southern forces retreated into Virginia via Chambersburg; they would never return. Union troops did not pursue them, and some argue that the failure to do so prolonged the war further. W ...
... The attack ultimately fails, and most of Pickett’s division are killed or wounded. The days just after the battle Southern forces retreated into Virginia via Chambersburg; they would never return. Union troops did not pursue them, and some argue that the failure to do so prolonged the war further. W ...
14. VS 7b Civil War Leaders Notes
... __________________ his army to Ulysses S. Grant’s Union army at ______________________, Virginia. This brought about the end of the war. Abraham Lincoln had six different army commanders during the war. Lincoln kept firing his commanders and replacing them with new ones because they kept messing up ...
... __________________ his army to Ulysses S. Grant’s Union army at ______________________, Virginia. This brought about the end of the war. Abraham Lincoln had six different army commanders during the war. Lincoln kept firing his commanders and replacing them with new ones because they kept messing up ...
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... 30. During the war, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross 31. “Copperheads” were Northern Democrats that favored negotiating with the Confederates to end the war and leave slavery in the South, they became Lincoln’s political enemies. ...
... 30. During the war, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross 31. “Copperheads” were Northern Democrats that favored negotiating with the Confederates to end the war and leave slavery in the South, they became Lincoln’s political enemies. ...
Gettysburg - Warren County Schools
... 5 reasons Lee invaded Pennsylvania : 1. to disrupt the Union’s ability to attack the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia 2. to draw the United States Army away from the safety of the defenses of Washington, D.C. and fight them in the “open” 3. to take the war away from the farmers in Virginia ...
... 5 reasons Lee invaded Pennsylvania : 1. to disrupt the Union’s ability to attack the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia 2. to draw the United States Army away from the safety of the defenses of Washington, D.C. and fight them in the “open” 3. to take the war away from the farmers in Virginia ...
Cavalry in the American Civil War
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Cavalry in the American Civil War was a branch of army service in a process of transition. It suffered from emerging technology threats, difficult logistics, and sometimes misguided or inept commanders. Nevertheless, it played important roles in many Civil War campaigns and earned its place alongside the infantry and artillery combat arms.