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... • Might lead to capture of Confederate capital at Richmond, 100 miles to south • If Richmond fell, secession would be discredited and Union could be restored without damage to economic and social system of South ...
... • Might lead to capture of Confederate capital at Richmond, 100 miles to south • If Richmond fell, secession would be discredited and Union could be restored without damage to economic and social system of South ...
Grand Strategy Confederacy Union The fire
... to a number of interrelated reasons: logistical problems, physical effect of four years of attrition, psychological effect of Sherman’s march through GA, political disaster of Lincoln’s reelection in 1864 which dashed Southern hopes that northern will was waning, etc.. ...
... to a number of interrelated reasons: logistical problems, physical effect of four years of attrition, psychological effect of Sherman’s march through GA, political disaster of Lincoln’s reelection in 1864 which dashed Southern hopes that northern will was waning, etc.. ...
Major General George G. Meade
... Essentially, this lessened Meade's role in the 1864 fighting. That year, Grant used Meade's Army of the Potomac to bludgeon Lee in Virginia. In May and June, during the Overland Campaign, the two armies met in a series of fierce and bloody battles, losing over 80,000 casualties combined in a few wee ...
... Essentially, this lessened Meade's role in the 1864 fighting. That year, Grant used Meade's Army of the Potomac to bludgeon Lee in Virginia. In May and June, during the Overland Campaign, the two armies met in a series of fierce and bloody battles, losing over 80,000 casualties combined in a few wee ...
Ch. 9 PowerPoint
... The War in the East (cont.) • In late June 1862, Lee began a series of attacks on McClellan’s army that became known as the Seven Days’ Battle. • Lee could not defeat the Union army but did inflict heavy casualties and force McClellan to retreat to the James River. • Lincoln ordered McClellan to br ...
... The War in the East (cont.) • In late June 1862, Lee began a series of attacks on McClellan’s army that became known as the Seven Days’ Battle. • Lee could not defeat the Union army but did inflict heavy casualties and force McClellan to retreat to the James River. • Lincoln ordered McClellan to br ...
Unit VI Civil War Notes
... Lee and Jackson leading unbelievable campaigns Jackson dead by May ’63 Gettysburg (battle) 150,000 men – 3 days Southern Penn Lee – 70,000 men – 3 cores 1- James Longstreet 2- Richard Uhle (Stonewall’s old division) 3- A.P. Hill Union commander – George Meade Confed march through Maryland Lee took s ...
... Lee and Jackson leading unbelievable campaigns Jackson dead by May ’63 Gettysburg (battle) 150,000 men – 3 days Southern Penn Lee – 70,000 men – 3 cores 1- James Longstreet 2- Richard Uhle (Stonewall’s old division) 3- A.P. Hill Union commander – George Meade Confed march through Maryland Lee took s ...
Geology and the Gettysburg campaign
... roads was poor. Although the Gettysburg campaign started in the Piedmont, both armies left it as soon as possible. At Fredericksburg in December 1862 and at Chancellorsville in May 1863, Union armies attempted, with disastrous results, to breach the Confederates’ river lines. After his great victory ...
... roads was poor. Although the Gettysburg campaign started in the Piedmont, both armies left it as soon as possible. At Fredericksburg in December 1862 and at Chancellorsville in May 1863, Union armies attempted, with disastrous results, to breach the Confederates’ river lines. After his great victory ...
ROI, Leadership, and the Civil War - John Bryer
... Had Lee known that the Chancellorsville would cost him Jackson, would Lee have acted differently? Might the Confederates have won at Gettysburg in July 1863 had Jackson lived? On a broader scale… Was BENEFIT of preservation of the union worth the COST of 620,000 lives? What was the opportunity cost? ...
... Had Lee known that the Chancellorsville would cost him Jackson, would Lee have acted differently? Might the Confederates have won at Gettysburg in July 1863 had Jackson lived? On a broader scale… Was BENEFIT of preservation of the union worth the COST of 620,000 lives? What was the opportunity cost? ...
The Battle of Gettysburg - Crest Ridge R-VII
... This scene takes place on July 1, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. FIRST NARRATOR: General Hill’s Confederate advance brigades met General Howard’s Union cavalry division in a field outside of Gettysburg. Although Hill only had an advance brigade, which is lightly armed and small in manpower, his ...
... This scene takes place on July 1, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. FIRST NARRATOR: General Hill’s Confederate advance brigades met General Howard’s Union cavalry division in a field outside of Gettysburg. Although Hill only had an advance brigade, which is lightly armed and small in manpower, his ...
Lesson Plan - Virtual Gettysburg
... General Buford, and the directions that each army entered the battle from. ...
... General Buford, and the directions that each army entered the battle from. ...
Lee: In Search of the Decisive Battle at Gettysburg
... A campaign is a series of battles and engagements linked across time and space that achieve the articulated objectives at the strategic level. The tactical level is the employment of units in combat— battles and engagements—in the face of the enemy designed to gain local advantage.2 Based on these ...
... A campaign is a series of battles and engagements linked across time and space that achieve the articulated objectives at the strategic level. The tactical level is the employment of units in combat— battles and engagements—in the face of the enemy designed to gain local advantage.2 Based on these ...
Civil War Pictures Questions
... President Abraham Lincoln paid an unexpected visit to Sharpsburg, Maryland, on the first of October, 1862. In his three days there, President Lincoln reviewed the troops and saw the Antietam battlefield for himself. The fierce battle had taken place over two weeks before his visit and had cost both ...
... President Abraham Lincoln paid an unexpected visit to Sharpsburg, Maryland, on the first of October, 1862. In his three days there, President Lincoln reviewed the troops and saw the Antietam battlefield for himself. The fierce battle had taken place over two weeks before his visit and had cost both ...
the civil war - Stackpole Books Media Site
... times the factories, mills, ships, foundries, armorers. May. In Ohio, Union troops under McClellan are poised to enter Kentucky. In Tennessee, Confederate forces are poised to enter Kentucky. Kentucky Governor Magoffin declares neutrality, in theory closing Kentucky to fighting and troops. Good luck ...
... times the factories, mills, ships, foundries, armorers. May. In Ohio, Union troops under McClellan are poised to enter Kentucky. In Tennessee, Confederate forces are poised to enter Kentucky. Kentucky Governor Magoffin declares neutrality, in theory closing Kentucky to fighting and troops. Good luck ...
THE U.S. CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
... McDowell Hires Gen. George McClellan Army of the Potomac Trains and waits Lincoln asks to “borrow the Army” Loses in the Peninsula Campaign South’s new heroes: General Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jeb Stuart ...
... McDowell Hires Gen. George McClellan Army of the Potomac Trains and waits Lincoln asks to “borrow the Army” Loses in the Peninsula Campaign South’s new heroes: General Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jeb Stuart ...
Union Generals - Ulster Scots Community Network
... The opening shots of the American Civil War took place on 12 April 1861 when Confederate forces opened fire on the Union garrison at Fort Sumter, North Carolina. In June 1861 first skirmish of Civil War occurred at Big Bethal, Virginia, a Confederate victory. By the early summer of 1861 Northern pub ...
... The opening shots of the American Civil War took place on 12 April 1861 when Confederate forces opened fire on the Union garrison at Fort Sumter, North Carolina. In June 1861 first skirmish of Civil War occurred at Big Bethal, Virginia, a Confederate victory. By the early summer of 1861 Northern pub ...
THE U.S. CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
... Lee moves north again to put fear in the North and hopefully end the war. Lincoln fires Hooker hires Gen. George Meade Shoes? Gen. Buford’s Delay Chamberlain’s Pinwheel Charge Pickett’s Charge 43,000 Killed, wounded or missing—25,000 from the ...
... Lee moves north again to put fear in the North and hopefully end the war. Lincoln fires Hooker hires Gen. George Meade Shoes? Gen. Buford’s Delay Chamberlain’s Pinwheel Charge Pickett’s Charge 43,000 Killed, wounded or missing—25,000 from the ...
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... Lee moved his army west of Richmond, hoping to link up with the small Confederate force that was trying to stop Sherman’s advance. The Union army blocked his escape route. ...
... Lee moved his army west of Richmond, hoping to link up with the small Confederate force that was trying to stop Sherman’s advance. The Union army blocked his escape route. ...
William C - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... momentous decision.” The Confederacy’s fate – in the Eastern Theater, at least – rested with General Robert E. Lee, whose victories in Virginia had made him a symbol of the rebellion’s determined spirit. Like Grant, Lee was a master at offensive operations and possessed an uncanny knack for turning ...
... momentous decision.” The Confederacy’s fate – in the Eastern Theater, at least – rested with General Robert E. Lee, whose victories in Virginia had made him a symbol of the rebellion’s determined spirit. Like Grant, Lee was a master at offensive operations and possessed an uncanny knack for turning ...
Confederate Generals - Ulster Scots Community Network
... credit Stuart with the rank of Major), suppressed the slave insurrection attempted by John Brown at Harpers Ferry. America’s foremost soldier at the outbreak of the Civil War was Winfield Scott. His march from Vera Cruz to Mexico City in 1847 so impressed the Duke of Wellington that he described Sco ...
... credit Stuart with the rank of Major), suppressed the slave insurrection attempted by John Brown at Harpers Ferry. America’s foremost soldier at the outbreak of the Civil War was Winfield Scott. His march from Vera Cruz to Mexico City in 1847 so impressed the Duke of Wellington that he described Sco ...
Animated Map Activity Go to the animated map of
... What obstacles stood in the way of the Union Army’s advance at of Marye’s Heights? __The stone wall and Mill Run were obstacles which the Union Army had to face in their pursuit of the enemy at Marye’s Heights. ______________________________________ On your map of Marye’s Heights color the stonewall ...
... What obstacles stood in the way of the Union Army’s advance at of Marye’s Heights? __The stone wall and Mill Run were obstacles which the Union Army had to face in their pursuit of the enemy at Marye’s Heights. ______________________________________ On your map of Marye’s Heights color the stonewall ...
Chapter 15: The Civil War
... • Gen McClellan put in charge of Union trps after Bull Run • Good organizer but cautious • Began advancing towards Richmond in Mar ’62 • Thought he needed more trps so he hesitated (even though his were better trained & outnumbered Conf) • Gave CSA X to get reinforcements • Stopped Union advance & b ...
... • Gen McClellan put in charge of Union trps after Bull Run • Good organizer but cautious • Began advancing towards Richmond in Mar ’62 • Thought he needed more trps so he hesitated (even though his were better trained & outnumbered Conf) • Gave CSA X to get reinforcements • Stopped Union advance & b ...
chapter21questions
... 1. How long did Lincoln envision the war to last after he called up the 75,000 militia men? (p. 453) 2. Why did Lincoln decide to attack at Bull Run and what was the ultimate goal? Who accompanied the soldiers as they went to Bull Run to fight? Who won his well-deserved nickname at this battle? Who ...
... 1. How long did Lincoln envision the war to last after he called up the 75,000 militia men? (p. 453) 2. Why did Lincoln decide to attack at Bull Run and what was the ultimate goal? Who accompanied the soldiers as they went to Bull Run to fight? Who won his well-deserved nickname at this battle? Who ...
America`s Birth At Appomattox - Jeff Littlejohn, Assistant Professor of
... Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. Civil War historian James Robertson has said, “Lee signed not so much terms of surrender as he did the birth certificate of a nation—the United States—and the country was born in that moment.”2 An American nationality in the sense of a general feeling of being Americ ...
... Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. Civil War historian James Robertson has said, “Lee signed not so much terms of surrender as he did the birth certificate of a nation—the United States—and the country was born in that moment.”2 An American nationality in the sense of a general feeling of being Americ ...
Chapter 11 - Valhalla High School
... • Early in the war, General Butler said that slaves captured by the Union army were contraband, property of one side seized by the other. If, as the Southerners claimed, slaves were property, then the Union could consider them contraband, take ownership, and give them their freedom. • Congress autho ...
... • Early in the war, General Butler said that slaves captured by the Union army were contraband, property of one side seized by the other. If, as the Southerners claimed, slaves were property, then the Union could consider them contraband, take ownership, and give them their freedom. • Congress autho ...
America: Pathways to the Present
... • Early in the war, General Butler said that slaves captured by the Union army were contraband, property of one side seized by the other. If, as the Southerners claimed, slaves were property, then the Union could consider them contraband, take ownership, and give them their freedom. • Congress autho ...
... • Early in the war, General Butler said that slaves captured by the Union army were contraband, property of one side seized by the other. If, as the Southerners claimed, slaves were property, then the Union could consider them contraband, take ownership, and give them their freedom. • Congress autho ...
Economics
... • Early in the war, General Butler said that slaves captured by the Union army were contraband, property of one side seized by the other. If, as the Southerners claimed, slaves were property, then the Union could consider them contraband, take ownership, and give them their freedom. • Congress autho ...
... • Early in the war, General Butler said that slaves captured by the Union army were contraband, property of one side seized by the other. If, as the Southerners claimed, slaves were property, then the Union could consider them contraband, take ownership, and give them their freedom. • Congress autho ...
Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
The Eastern Theater of the American Civil War included the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, and the coastal fortifications and seaports of North Carolina. (Operations in the interior of the Carolinas in 1865 are considered part of the Western Theater, while the other coastal areas along the Atlantic Ocean are included in the Lower Seaboard Theater.)The Eastern Theater was the venue for several major campaigns launched by the Union Army of the Potomac to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia; many of these were frustrated by the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Robert E. Lee. President Abraham Lincoln sought a general to match Lee's boldness, appointing in turn Maj. Gens. Irvin McDowell, George B. McClellan, John Pope, Ambrose Burnside, Joseph Hooker, and George G. Meade to command his principal Eastern armies. It was not until newly appointed general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant arrived from the Western Theater in 1864 to take personal control of operations in Virginia that Union forces were able to capture Richmond, but only after several bloody battles of the Overland Campaign and a nine-month siege near the cities of Petersburg and Richmond. The surrender of Lee's army at Appomattox Court House in April 1865 brought major operations in the area to a close.While many of the campaigns and battles were fought in the region of Virginia between Washington, D.C., and Richmond, there were other major campaigns fought nearby. The Western Virginia Campaign of 1861 secured Union control over the western counties of Virginia, which would be formed into the new state of West Virginia. Confederate coastal areas and ports were seized in southeastern Virginia and North Carolina. The Shenandoah Valley was marked by frequent clashes in 1862, 1863, and 1864. Lee launched two unsuccessful invasions of Union territory in hopes of influencing Northern opinion to end the war. In the fall of 1862, Lee followed his successful Northern Virginia Campaign with his first invasion, the Maryland Campaign, which culminated in his strategic defeat in the Battle of Antietam. In the summer of 1863, Lee's second invasion, the Gettysburg Campaign, reached into Pennsylvania, farther north than any other major Confederate army. Following a Confederate attack on Washington, D.C., itself in 1864, Union forces commanded by Philip H. Sheridan launched a campaign in the Shenandoah Valley, which cost the Confederacy control over a major food supply for Lee's army.