Field Trip to the Seven Days Battles
... to the north could be swept by deadly fire from the 250 guns placed by Col. Henry J. Hunt, McClellan's chief of artillery. Three gunboats on the James River, added even more firepower. Beyond this space, the terrain was swampy and thickly wooded. Rather than flanking the position, Lee attacked it di ...
... to the north could be swept by deadly fire from the 250 guns placed by Col. Henry J. Hunt, McClellan's chief of artillery. Three gunboats on the James River, added even more firepower. Beyond this space, the terrain was swampy and thickly wooded. Rather than flanking the position, Lee attacked it di ...
To Bull Run
... labor disputes. Dems labeled all Republicans “Black” Republicans. Many Rep. became “radical” Republicans demanding freedom. The issue would not go away. ...
... labor disputes. Dems labeled all Republicans “Black” Republicans. Many Rep. became “radical” Republicans demanding freedom. The issue would not go away. ...
End of the War PowerPoint
... The Union holds on BUT they need a big victory to turn the tide of the War ...
... The Union holds on BUT they need a big victory to turn the tide of the War ...
Civil_War_Events and Battles
... infected wounds (including Stonewall Jackson) • As war continued became “a rich man’s war and a poor man’s fight,” desertion common ...
... infected wounds (including Stonewall Jackson) • As war continued became “a rich man’s war and a poor man’s fight,” desertion common ...
Following two days of intensive battle in the hills and ridges south of
... chances for success than the preceding day. Yet GEN Lee stayed to fight when he didn’t have to, even though LTG Longstreet had presented a legitimate alternative to a frontal assault against the Federal center. The only conceivable reason for Lee overriding Longstreet’s recommendation to leave Getty ...
... chances for success than the preceding day. Yet GEN Lee stayed to fight when he didn’t have to, even though LTG Longstreet had presented a legitimate alternative to a frontal assault against the Federal center. The only conceivable reason for Lee overriding Longstreet’s recommendation to leave Getty ...
7-PDF175-176_US_History
... three weeks." See Black Americans and the Civil War 6 below for more on this subject. ...
... three weeks." See Black Americans and the Civil War 6 below for more on this subject. ...
Chapter 6 Notes
... * Many soldiers were young – many under 18 (even some 14 yr. olds) * No African Americans were allowed at start of the war ...
... * Many soldiers were young – many under 18 (even some 14 yr. olds) * No African Americans were allowed at start of the war ...
Chapter 21 - Mr. Carnazzo`s US History Wiki
... Next to Robert E. Lee himself, Thomas J. Jackson is the most revered of all Confederate commanders A graduate of West Point (1846), he had served in the artillery in the Mexican War, earning two brevets, before resigning to accept a professorship at the Virginia Military Institute In his greatest da ...
... Next to Robert E. Lee himself, Thomas J. Jackson is the most revered of all Confederate commanders A graduate of West Point (1846), he had served in the artillery in the Mexican War, earning two brevets, before resigning to accept a professorship at the Virginia Military Institute In his greatest da ...
Battle of Nashville Preservation Society, Inc.
... Hood’s Advance In September 1864, Gen. William T. Sherman’s army marched into Atlanta, Ga. and began to prepare for their March to the Sea. Gen. John Bell Hood and his Army of Tennessee headed north and west, disrupting Sherman’s supply and communications lines. Then Hood developed a bold plan--moun ...
... Hood’s Advance In September 1864, Gen. William T. Sherman’s army marched into Atlanta, Ga. and began to prepare for their March to the Sea. Gen. John Bell Hood and his Army of Tennessee headed north and west, disrupting Sherman’s supply and communications lines. Then Hood developed a bold plan--moun ...
Civil War Section 3 “Fighting the War” The War in the West
... need to transport more than 100,000 men, 300 canons, and 25,000 animals by water to the Peninsula between the York and James Rivers. Hit Richmond from the southeast and it forces the Confederates southward to defend Richmond. McClellan hesitated. ...
... need to transport more than 100,000 men, 300 canons, and 25,000 animals by water to the Peninsula between the York and James Rivers. Hit Richmond from the southeast and it forces the Confederates southward to defend Richmond. McClellan hesitated. ...
Commanding Generals
... mounted a series of powerful assaults against Robert E. Lee’s forces near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862. •At one point, The Union Army was well entrenched in a lane but the Confederates came around the side and fired. There were so many dead Union Soldiers, you could walk down the lane ...
... mounted a series of powerful assaults against Robert E. Lee’s forces near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862. •At one point, The Union Army was well entrenched in a lane but the Confederates came around the side and fired. There were so many dead Union Soldiers, you could walk down the lane ...
Civil War Quiz
... 2. Who was President of the Confederate States of America? a. Abraham Lincoln c. Henry Clay b. Jefferson Davis d. Stephen Douglas 3. Who was offered (but turned down) the job of General of all Union forces before the war began? a. Robert E Lee c. George McClellan b. Ulysses S Grant d. Stonewall Jack ...
... 2. Who was President of the Confederate States of America? a. Abraham Lincoln c. Henry Clay b. Jefferson Davis d. Stephen Douglas 3. Who was offered (but turned down) the job of General of all Union forces before the war began? a. Robert E Lee c. George McClellan b. Ulysses S Grant d. Stonewall Jack ...
Manassas, Manassas and Monocacy
... Union General Irvin McDowell led the attack against Confederate forces commanded by Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard. Fighting raged throughout the day until Confederate forces were assisted by reinforcements and broke the Union right flank. The Federal retreat rapidly deteriorated into a rout. I ...
... Union General Irvin McDowell led the attack against Confederate forces commanded by Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard. Fighting raged throughout the day until Confederate forces were assisted by reinforcements and broke the Union right flank. The Federal retreat rapidly deteriorated into a rout. I ...
Chapter 7
... He then headed NE and captured Jackson, MS and cut off the main RR thus cutting off supplies to Vicksburg He then put Vicksburg under siege for over a month ...
... He then headed NE and captured Jackson, MS and cut off the main RR thus cutting off supplies to Vicksburg He then put Vicksburg under siege for over a month ...
Document
... Lee deployed Jackson’s troops around the Union flank and he routed the Union – however on a reconnaissance mission that night, Jackson fell victim to friendly fire who mistook his group for Union soldiers ...
... Lee deployed Jackson’s troops around the Union flank and he routed the Union – however on a reconnaissance mission that night, Jackson fell victim to friendly fire who mistook his group for Union soldiers ...
- Hesston Middle School
... that a Confederate victory in Union territory would fuel Northern discontent with the war and bring calls for peace. He also hoped a Southern victory would lead European nations to give diplomatic recognition and aid to the Confederacy. The Battle of Gettysburg • In late June 1863, Lee crossed into ...
... that a Confederate victory in Union territory would fuel Northern discontent with the war and bring calls for peace. He also hoped a Southern victory would lead European nations to give diplomatic recognition and aid to the Confederacy. The Battle of Gettysburg • In late June 1863, Lee crossed into ...
The North Wins
... that a Confederate victory in Union territory would fuel Northern discontent with the war and bring calls for peace. He also hoped a Southern victory would lead European nations to give diplomatic recognition and aid to the Confederacy. The Battle of Gettysburg In late June 1863, Lee crossed into ...
... that a Confederate victory in Union territory would fuel Northern discontent with the war and bring calls for peace. He also hoped a Southern victory would lead European nations to give diplomatic recognition and aid to the Confederacy. The Battle of Gettysburg In late June 1863, Lee crossed into ...
The First Minnesota and the Battle of Gettysburg
... Lee was shadowed along the way by the Union's Army of the Potomac, but due to poor reconnaissance, neither side knew exactly where the other army was until June 30 when, essentially by accident, they encountered one another at a small crossroads town called Gettysburg. Day One — July 1, 1863 Fierce ...
... Lee was shadowed along the way by the Union's Army of the Potomac, but due to poor reconnaissance, neither side knew exactly where the other army was until June 30 when, essentially by accident, they encountered one another at a small crossroads town called Gettysburg. Day One — July 1, 1863 Fierce ...
Chapter 6 Notes
... * Many soldiers were young – many under 18 (even some 14 yr. olds) * No African Americans were allowed at start of the war ...
... * Many soldiers were young – many under 18 (even some 14 yr. olds) * No African Americans were allowed at start of the war ...
The Consequences of a Confederate Victory at Gettysburg
... committed the Army of Northern Virginia into battle piecemeal and was beaten piecemeal. The end result was that Lee accomplished only one of the primary objectives he had established for this campaign in his conferences with Jefferson Davis, in that he had relieved pressure on the agricultural commu ...
... committed the Army of Northern Virginia into battle piecemeal and was beaten piecemeal. The end result was that Lee accomplished only one of the primary objectives he had established for this campaign in his conferences with Jefferson Davis, in that he had relieved pressure on the agricultural commu ...
The American Civil War PP
... • Lincoln had begun a search for a general that would last him two long, bloody years. ...
... • Lincoln had begun a search for a general that would last him two long, bloody years. ...
The Battle of Sporting Hill
... evening Union artillery pieces arrived and began shooting at McCormack's barn at which time the Union forces could see Confederate soldiers begin fleeing the barn. As evening fell, Ewen withdraw his forces. The Confederates were ready to attack by the morning of June 30, when word arrived from Rober ...
... evening Union artillery pieces arrived and began shooting at McCormack's barn at which time the Union forces could see Confederate soldiers begin fleeing the barn. As evening fell, Ewen withdraw his forces. The Confederates were ready to attack by the morning of June 30, when word arrived from Rober ...
The Battle of Gettysburg
... hinged on the battle at Gettysburg. And many of question Confederate General Robert E. Lee's decision to abandon Virginia, where he had been so successful, to embark on a more risky invasion of the North. What do you think? Did Lee make a costly and foolish blunder by taking his army to the North? O ...
... hinged on the battle at Gettysburg. And many of question Confederate General Robert E. Lee's decision to abandon Virginia, where he had been so successful, to embark on a more risky invasion of the North. What do you think? Did Lee make a costly and foolish blunder by taking his army to the North? O ...
Gettysburg Date State Leaders N/S Victor & importance of outcome
... direction of the Union attack on Fredericksburg. Confederate forces had destroyed the bridges to make the crossing more difficult for the Union. ...
... direction of the Union attack on Fredericksburg. Confederate forces had destroyed the bridges to make the crossing more difficult for the Union. ...
Battle of Chancellorsville
The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign. It was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near the village of Chancellorsville. Two related battles were fought nearby on May 3 in the vicinity of Fredericksburg. The campaign pitted Union Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's Army of the Potomac against an army less than half its size, Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Chancellorsville is known as Lee's ""perfect battle"" because his risky decision to divide his army in the presence of a much larger enemy force resulted in a significant Confederate victory. The victory, a product of Lee's audacity and Hooker's timid decision making, was tempered by heavy casualties and the mortal wounding of Lt. Gen. Thomas J. ""Stonewall"" Jackson by friendly fire, a loss that Lee likened to ""losing my right arm.""The Chancellorsville Campaign began with the crossing of the Rappahannock River by the Union army on the morning of April 27, 1863. Union cavalry under Maj. Gen. George Stoneman began a long distance raid against Lee's supply lines at about the same time. This operation was completely ineffectual. Crossing the Rapidan River via Germanna and Ely's Fords, the Federal infantry concentrated near Chancellorsville on April 30. Combined with the Union force facing Fredericksburg, Hooker planned a double envelopment, attacking Lee from both his front and rear.On May 1, Hooker advanced from Chancellorsville toward Lee, but the Confederate general split his army in the face of superior numbers, leaving a small force at Fredericksburg to deter Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick from advancing, while he attacked Hooker's advance with about four-fifths of his army. Despite the objections of his subordinates, Hooker withdrew his men to the defensive lines around Chancellorsville, ceding the initiative to Lee. On May 2, Lee divided his army again, sending Stonewall Jackson's entire corps on a flanking march that routed the Union XI Corps. While performing a personal reconnaissance in advance of his line, Jackson was wounded by fire from his own men, and Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart temporarily replaced him as corps commander.The fiercest fighting of the battle—and the second bloodiest day of the Civil War—occurred on May 3 as Lee launched multiple attacks against the Union position at Chancellorsville, resulting in heavy losses on both sides. That same day, Sedgwick advanced across the Rappahannock River, defeated the small Confederate force at Marye's Heights in the Second Battle of Fredericksburg, and then moved to the west. The Confederates fought a successful delaying action at the Battle of Salem Church and by May 4 had driven back Sedgwick's men to Banks's Ford, surrounding them on three sides. Sedgwick withdrew across the ford early on May 5, and Hooker withdrew the remainder of his army across U.S. Ford the night of May 5–6. The campaign ended on May 7 when Stoneman's cavalry reached Union lines east of Richmond.