Civil War Strategies
... Theaters of War Two theaters of war Eastern Theater Fought on land east of the Appalachian Mountains Fighting to control land between Washington, D.C. and Richmond, Virginia Northern Army called Army of the Potomac under the leadership of Gen. George B. McClellan responsible for defending ...
... Theaters of War Two theaters of war Eastern Theater Fought on land east of the Appalachian Mountains Fighting to control land between Washington, D.C. and Richmond, Virginia Northern Army called Army of the Potomac under the leadership of Gen. George B. McClellan responsible for defending ...
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... Generals – Grant, McClellan, Sherman Confederacy: President – Jefferson Davis Generals – Lee, Jackson ...
... Generals – Grant, McClellan, Sherman Confederacy: President – Jefferson Davis Generals – Lee, Jackson ...
Civil War Sesquicentennial 2011-2015
... THE GROUP TOUR COMPANY What many consider to be the central event in American History, the Civil War, has an anniversary right around the corner. This April marks 150 years ago since the first shots of the war were fired at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina and April 2015, will mark 1 ...
... THE GROUP TOUR COMPANY What many consider to be the central event in American History, the Civil War, has an anniversary right around the corner. This April marks 150 years ago since the first shots of the war were fired at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina and April 2015, will mark 1 ...
Exploring the Americas
... Both armies suffered heavy losses with any tactical victor. Grant attempted again to destroy Lee’s army, but was unsuccessful. Lee was victorious in defending against a larger Union force. ...
... Both armies suffered heavy losses with any tactical victor. Grant attempted again to destroy Lee’s army, but was unsuccessful. Lee was victorious in defending against a larger Union force. ...
Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor (one of the most important federal
... Sumter, in Charleston Harbor (one of the most important federal posts that controlled the entrance to Charleston Harbor). • Confederate leaders decided to attack Fort Sumter before the ships arrived. They opened fire at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861. The Civil War had begun. ...
... Sumter, in Charleston Harbor (one of the most important federal posts that controlled the entrance to Charleston Harbor). • Confederate leaders decided to attack Fort Sumter before the ships arrived. They opened fire at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861. The Civil War had begun. ...
Chapter 19.3 The War In The West
... The Union’s Plan to Capture the West • Gen. Grant would come from the North – Through Kentucky and Tennessee • Capture states from Confederate rebels and move on to Mississippi River ...
... The Union’s Plan to Capture the West • Gen. Grant would come from the North – Through Kentucky and Tennessee • Capture states from Confederate rebels and move on to Mississippi River ...
The Butcher`s Bill
... wear down the Confederacy using attrition. Attrition is gradually wearing down the enemies army to the point where you defeat them or undermine their ability to continue fighting. However, in March of 1864 Ulysses S. Grant became the commander of all Union Armies – commanding more than half a millio ...
... wear down the Confederacy using attrition. Attrition is gradually wearing down the enemies army to the point where you defeat them or undermine their ability to continue fighting. However, in March of 1864 Ulysses S. Grant became the commander of all Union Armies – commanding more than half a millio ...
civil war 1 - AP United States History
... – Longstreet killed here by “friendly fire” • Catastrophic Union losses at Wilderness but Grant kept going after Lee despite them; much criticism from N • Cold Harbor - 7,000 Union dead in 20 minutes! – Total losses from both sides of 15,500 (N-13,000 / S-2,500) – Union soldiers pinned their names o ...
... – Longstreet killed here by “friendly fire” • Catastrophic Union losses at Wilderness but Grant kept going after Lee despite them; much criticism from N • Cold Harbor - 7,000 Union dead in 20 minutes! – Total losses from both sides of 15,500 (N-13,000 / S-2,500) – Union soldiers pinned their names o ...
CW Study Guide Ans.
... B. People decided about the slavery issue. C. California was a free state and the Southwest territories would decide about slavery. ...
... B. People decided about the slavery issue. C. California was a free state and the Southwest territories would decide about slavery. ...
Chapter 15-5 Notes: Decisive Battles
... Confederate victories made Lee want to take a risk; a major victory on Union soil would force the north to end the war o Lee marched his troops north into Pennsylvania, meeting the Union army commanded by General George Meade at Gettysburg o July 1 – 3, about 75,000 Confederates battled about 85,000 ...
... Confederate victories made Lee want to take a risk; a major victory on Union soil would force the north to end the war o Lee marched his troops north into Pennsylvania, meeting the Union army commanded by General George Meade at Gettysburg o July 1 – 3, about 75,000 Confederates battled about 85,000 ...
Civil War Review - Reading Community Schools
... the election of Abraham Lincoln proved that the Northern states could effectively control the government without any Southern approval. They figured it was only a matter of time before slavery would be limited or abolished, so 11 states seceded from the union. • Some in the South supported secession ...
... the election of Abraham Lincoln proved that the Northern states could effectively control the government without any Southern approval. They figured it was only a matter of time before slavery would be limited or abolished, so 11 states seceded from the union. • Some in the South supported secession ...
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... Manassas Junction near Bull Run Creek, only 30 miles south of Washington, D. C. Many Congressmen and their wives watched from behind the battle lines. The North was defeated and retreated to the capital. President Lincoln asked for more volunteers. ...
... Manassas Junction near Bull Run Creek, only 30 miles south of Washington, D. C. Many Congressmen and their wives watched from behind the battle lines. The North was defeated and retreated to the capital. President Lincoln asked for more volunteers. ...
Am Civil War in VA Puzzle 2.cw3
... Northerners who opposed the Union's draft and war with Southern secessionist states ...
... Northerners who opposed the Union's draft and war with Southern secessionist states ...
Chapter Seventeen Structured Notes
... The Union planned a blockade of southern ports by the navy The Confederacy planned a defensive war until the North was tired of the fighting The Battle of Bull Run was the first major encounter between the North and South, no side won the battle The Merrimack and Monitor, two ironclad ships, ...
... The Union planned a blockade of southern ports by the navy The Confederacy planned a defensive war until the North was tired of the fighting The Battle of Bull Run was the first major encounter between the North and South, no side won the battle The Merrimack and Monitor, two ironclad ships, ...
The American Revolution - Mr. Lusby`s US History Page
... Grant began a drive to capture Richmond in May 1864. Grant lost 60,000 dead & wounded in a single month at the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, & Cold Harbor. Grant pressed on because he could replace his men, Lee could not…shocked the nation. Gen. Lee dug in at Petersburg for “9” months, b ...
... Grant began a drive to capture Richmond in May 1864. Grant lost 60,000 dead & wounded in a single month at the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, & Cold Harbor. Grant pressed on because he could replace his men, Lee could not…shocked the nation. Gen. Lee dug in at Petersburg for “9” months, b ...
3.2a
... • Better Military Commanders- the south was home to military schools and many former Union officers joined the Confederacy, examples, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. • War of attrition-the south could fight a war of attrition, it would fight a defensive war and let the north get tired of fighti ...
... • Better Military Commanders- the south was home to military schools and many former Union officers joined the Confederacy, examples, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. • War of attrition-the south could fight a war of attrition, it would fight a defensive war and let the north get tired of fighti ...
The American Civil War
... Causes of the Civil War • Regional differences b/w the largely industrial North and the agrarian South grow stronger – ex. Where Railroads should be built and the Protectionist tariff that favored the North ...
... Causes of the Civil War • Regional differences b/w the largely industrial North and the agrarian South grow stronger – ex. Where Railroads should be built and the Protectionist tariff that favored the North ...
Civil War Fill in the Blank
... In May of 1863, Grant laid siege to the Confederate stronghold of _______________, Mississippi. And on July 4 the Confederate army surrendered the town, gaining full control of the Mississippi River to the Union army and war effort. Meanwhile, another great Civil War battle was being fought at _____ ...
... In May of 1863, Grant laid siege to the Confederate stronghold of _______________, Mississippi. And on July 4 the Confederate army surrendered the town, gaining full control of the Mississippi River to the Union army and war effort. Meanwhile, another great Civil War battle was being fought at _____ ...
Grant Secures Tennessee
... On July 3, Lee ordered 15,000 men under General George Pickett and General A.P. Hill to attack the Union troops. ...
... On July 3, Lee ordered 15,000 men under General George Pickett and General A.P. Hill to attack the Union troops. ...
The Anaconda Plan (Scott`s Great Snake)
... as they passed. He continued his strategy of destroying all military facilities in his path, along with all commercial targets that could be used militarily. Railroad tracks were uprooted, heated over fires to make them soft, and then twisted around tree trunks as "Sherman neckties" to insure they c ...
... as they passed. He continued his strategy of destroying all military facilities in his path, along with all commercial targets that could be used militarily. Railroad tracks were uprooted, heated over fires to make them soft, and then twisted around tree trunks as "Sherman neckties" to insure they c ...
The U.S. Civil War
... Richmond (their capital). Lee tried to divert the Union forces by directing Gen. Early to move on Washington D.C. Grant sent the cavalry who drove them from the area. ...
... Richmond (their capital). Lee tried to divert the Union forces by directing Gen. Early to move on Washington D.C. Grant sent the cavalry who drove them from the area. ...
Battles of the Civil War Part 2
... already had captured Atlanta, but he wanted to leave sixty thousand troops there while he marched the rest of his army to the Atlantic Ocean through Savannah, Georgia. During this time, Confederate General John Hood had led troops in a raid on Tennessee, leaving Sherman’s soldiers to face fewer than ...
... already had captured Atlanta, but he wanted to leave sixty thousand troops there while he marched the rest of his army to the Atlantic Ocean through Savannah, Georgia. During this time, Confederate General John Hood had led troops in a raid on Tennessee, leaving Sherman’s soldiers to face fewer than ...
Ulysses S. Grant and the American Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant, was the most acclaimed Union general during the American Civil War and was twice elected President. Grant began his military career as a cadet at the West Point military academy in 1839. After graduation he went on to serve with distinction as a lieutenant in the Mexican–American War. Grant was a keen observer of the war and learned battle strategies serving under Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott. After the war Grant served at various posts especially in the Pacific Northwest; he retired from the service in 1854. On the onset of the Civil War in 1861 Grant was working as a clerk in his father's leather goods store in Galena, Illinois.Grant trained Union military recruits and was promoted to Colonel in June 1861. Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont, who viewed in Grant an ""iron will"" to win, appointed Grant to commander of the District of Cairo. Grant became famous around the nation after capturing Fort Donelson in February 1862 and promoted to Major General by President Abraham Lincoln. After a series of decisive yet costly battles and victories at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga, Grant was promoted to Lieutenant General by President Lincoln in 1864 and given charge of all the Union Armies. Grant went on to defeat Robert E. Lee after another series of costly battles in the Overland Campaign, Petersburg, and Appomattox. After the Civil War, Grant was given his final promotion of General of the Armed Forces in 1866 and served until 1869. Grant's popularity as a Union war general enabled him to be elected two terms as the 18th President of the United States.Some historians have viewed Grant as a ""butcher"" commander who in 1864 used attrition without regard to the lives of his own soldiers in order to kill off the enemy which could no longer replenish its losses. Throughout the Civil War Grant's armies incurred approximately 154,000 casualties, while having inflicted 191,000 casualties on his opposing Confederate armies. In terms of success, Grant was the only general during the Civil War who received the surrender of three Confederate armies. Although Grant maintained high casualties during the Overland Campaign in 1864, his aggressive fighting strategy was in compliance with the U.S. government's strategic war aims. Grant has recently been praised by historians for his ""military genius"", and viewed as a decisive general who emphasized movement and logistics.