My will is absolute law“ General Robert H. Milroy and
... a primary war aim. News of Lincoln’s proclamation alienated many soldiers and Union generals. Among the more notable Union generals who did not support the idea of emancipation of slaves as a war aim were Maj. Gens. George B. McClellan and Major General Fitz-John Porter.5 A study of this nature also ...
... a primary war aim. News of Lincoln’s proclamation alienated many soldiers and Union generals. Among the more notable Union generals who did not support the idea of emancipation of slaves as a war aim were Maj. Gens. George B. McClellan and Major General Fitz-John Porter.5 A study of this nature also ...
the rise and fall of General George B. McClellan.
... commander he called for reinforcements, even when no imminent threat to his forces or to Washington DC existed. His constant call for reinforcements led many in the Lincoln administration to believe that McClellan would not take advantage of any edge that he had on the battlefield. The disagreements ...
... commander he called for reinforcements, even when no imminent threat to his forces or to Washington DC existed. His constant call for reinforcements led many in the Lincoln administration to believe that McClellan would not take advantage of any edge that he had on the battlefield. The disagreements ...
UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ ROBERT E. LEE IN LOVE AND WAR
... The study consists of the following: In the theoretical background, there is a chapter about North and South books and a section about the author, John Jakes. This is followed by a review of some of the previous literary studies and other alternative methodology into literary analysis, with somewhat ...
... The study consists of the following: In the theoretical background, there is a chapter about North and South books and a section about the author, John Jakes. This is followed by a review of some of the previous literary studies and other alternative methodology into literary analysis, with somewhat ...
gettysburg to appomattox: the south`s critical
... Pender, W. D. Pendleton, H. Pettigrew, J. J. Pickett, G. Rodes, R. E. Stuart, J. E. B. Trimble, I. R. Wright, A. R. ...
... Pender, W. D. Pendleton, H. Pettigrew, J. J. Pickett, G. Rodes, R. E. Stuart, J. E. B. Trimble, I. R. Wright, A. R. ...
MAINTAINING ORDER IN THE MIDST OF CHAOS: ROBERT E
... I suppose that at this date there are some hundreds of men in the South who call themselves members of Lee’s staff, and so they were if teamsters, sentry men, detailed quartermasters (commissary men), couriers and orderlies, and all the rest of the following of a general headquarters of a great army ...
... I suppose that at this date there are some hundreds of men in the South who call themselves members of Lee’s staff, and so they were if teamsters, sentry men, detailed quartermasters (commissary men), couriers and orderlies, and all the rest of the following of a general headquarters of a great army ...
lincoln and mcclellan: a marriage of convenience turned sour
... fastnesses fortified at their leisure.”17 While none of these things were false, they were large exaggerations of what actually happened. McClellan’s victory “went over big; and just then, before anybody had forgotten about it, the news came in of the humiliating disaster at Bull Run, with untrained ...
... fastnesses fortified at their leisure.”17 While none of these things were false, they were large exaggerations of what actually happened. McClellan’s victory “went over big; and just then, before anybody had forgotten about it, the news came in of the humiliating disaster at Bull Run, with untrained ...
The Civil War Days of Captain Charles D. Roush
... A couple of years ago, on a tension-filled summer evening, while helping my family facilitate my mother's permanent move out .of the familiar confines of her long-term home, I stumbled upon--in the bottom of a rarely used bureau drawer--some long-forgotten parched papers, several items of a soldier' ...
... A couple of years ago, on a tension-filled summer evening, while helping my family facilitate my mother's permanent move out .of the familiar confines of her long-term home, I stumbled upon--in the bottom of a rarely used bureau drawer--some long-forgotten parched papers, several items of a soldier' ...
Document
... medical stores and 800 prisoners." The Union Army suffered 230 casualties and the Buckland Tavern and Church were used as hospitals. Richard Bland Lee and his descendants lived at Buckland until 1935. Mrs. R.B.Lee' s first cousin, painter John Singer Sargent, visited Buckland HaJI on severaJ occasio ...
... medical stores and 800 prisoners." The Union Army suffered 230 casualties and the Buckland Tavern and Church were used as hospitals. Richard Bland Lee and his descendants lived at Buckland until 1935. Mrs. R.B.Lee' s first cousin, painter John Singer Sargent, visited Buckland HaJI on severaJ occasio ...
George E. Pickett - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... Confederate Major General George Edward Pickett was born into the wealth and privilege of Virginia’s antebellum elite. However, Pickett’s life did not follow a predictable route and he ended up a broken and bitter man, dying at the age of 50, remembered chiefly for a failed military charge that he d ...
... Confederate Major General George Edward Pickett was born into the wealth and privilege of Virginia’s antebellum elite. However, Pickett’s life did not follow a predictable route and he ended up a broken and bitter man, dying at the age of 50, remembered chiefly for a failed military charge that he d ...
The Union Army Had Something to Do With It
... quote alone represents an ability to understand how each side to a disputed question may feel, an understanding rare enough in any age, and particularly so when old Confederates were discussing their battles. ...
... quote alone represents an ability to understand how each side to a disputed question may feel, an understanding rare enough in any age, and particularly so when old Confederates were discussing their battles. ...
106844660 - BORA
... confront the Confederates. Through a stroke of fortune, Lee's plans had fallen into the hands of the Federal commanders, and with the Southern army divided into parts, McClellan had a golden opportunity to defeat his opponent's forces in detail.21 ...
... confront the Confederates. Through a stroke of fortune, Lee's plans had fallen into the hands of the Federal commanders, and with the Southern army divided into parts, McClellan had a golden opportunity to defeat his opponent's forces in detail.21 ...
survey of civil war battlefields for the i-66
... Generals Kilpatrick and George A Custer. Stuart strategically withdrew southwest toward Warrenton, luring the Federal army after him. The ploy worked and Kilpatrick followed Stuart down the Warrenton Turnpike (U.S. Route 29). Custer was supposed to follow Kilpatrick but delayed his troops for more t ...
... Generals Kilpatrick and George A Custer. Stuart strategically withdrew southwest toward Warrenton, luring the Federal army after him. The ploy worked and Kilpatrick followed Stuart down the Warrenton Turnpike (U.S. Route 29). Custer was supposed to follow Kilpatrick but delayed his troops for more t ...
THE BATTLE OF SAILOR`S CREEK: A STUDY IN LEADERSHIP A
... his forces south and west of Lee’s Army trapping it between Sheridan’s cavalry and George Meade’s Army of the Potomac. After fighting a brutal, close quarters engagement, Union forces captured or killed the majority of two of Lee’s corps, commanded by Richard H. Anderson and Richard S. Ewell, and se ...
... his forces south and west of Lee’s Army trapping it between Sheridan’s cavalry and George Meade’s Army of the Potomac. After fighting a brutal, close quarters engagement, Union forces captured or killed the majority of two of Lee’s corps, commanded by Richard H. Anderson and Richard S. Ewell, and se ...
1864: The Decisive Year
... Soldiers kept digging through the summer at Petersburg as Grant extended the lines around the city, choking off supply routes. By mid-September, the opposing lines wandered for miles — from south of Petersburg to east of Richmond. Back in the Valley, a frustrated Grant ordered yet another offensive, ...
... Soldiers kept digging through the summer at Petersburg as Grant extended the lines around the city, choking off supply routes. By mid-September, the opposing lines wandered for miles — from south of Petersburg to east of Richmond. Back in the Valley, a frustrated Grant ordered yet another offensive, ...
The Positive Contributions of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of
... between working to further their own agenda and being utilized by Lincoln to further his. 17 Despite his comparatively moderate stance, The Radical Republicans still paints the picture of a group of political elite bent on wielding their power to advance their own goals, regardless of the cost to th ...
... between working to further their own agenda and being utilized by Lincoln to further his. 17 Despite his comparatively moderate stance, The Radical Republicans still paints the picture of a group of political elite bent on wielding their power to advance their own goals, regardless of the cost to th ...
The Resurrection of Ezra A. Carman`s History of the Antietam - H-Net
... the Army of the Potomac into a professional force. very marked. On the morning of the seventeenth, it had great confidence in McClellan, but that confidence began Unfortunately, Carman was not a trained historian, to wane before the close of the day. The inaction of the and he did not develop a clea ...
... the Army of the Potomac into a professional force. very marked. On the morning of the seventeenth, it had great confidence in McClellan, but that confidence began Unfortunately, Carman was not a trained historian, to wane before the close of the day. The inaction of the and he did not develop a clea ...
McClellan at Fairfax Court House
... General McClellan was meeting with the President and his generals, Thaddeus S.C. Lowe, Chief Aeronaut of the recently formed United States Balloon Corps had been gathering intelligence on the position and movement of the Confederate forces in Northern Virginia. On March 6th & 7th he and Col. Hiram G ...
... General McClellan was meeting with the President and his generals, Thaddeus S.C. Lowe, Chief Aeronaut of the recently formed United States Balloon Corps had been gathering intelligence on the position and movement of the Confederate forces in Northern Virginia. On March 6th & 7th he and Col. Hiram G ...
Civil War Discussion Questions
... During the night the rain fell heavily. The morning was chilly, cloudy and dark. We were awakened and had just time to sling on our things, when the order for ―Charge‖ came and the 8th - twelve hundred — instantly, bravely, and freely mounted and were over our works, with arms at trail, bayonets fix ...
... During the night the rain fell heavily. The morning was chilly, cloudy and dark. We were awakened and had just time to sling on our things, when the order for ―Charge‖ came and the 8th - twelve hundred — instantly, bravely, and freely mounted and were over our works, with arms at trail, bayonets fix ...
“I Could Tell You a Thousand Stories of Their Heroism…”1
... These writings also place the Gettysburg campaign in the context of the entire American Civil War. The campaign and battle obviously did not occur in a vacuum. Many other outside events and factors were constantly affecting the lives of these men. Thus, these writings also convey the “human side” of ...
... These writings also place the Gettysburg campaign in the context of the entire American Civil War. The campaign and battle obviously did not occur in a vacuum. Many other outside events and factors were constantly affecting the lives of these men. Thus, these writings also convey the “human side” of ...
Winchester Front Matter.vp
... “The broad blue wave surged forward with a yell which lasted for minutes. In response there arose from the northern front of the woods a continuous, deafening wail of musketry without break or tremor. For a time I despaired of the success of the attack, for it did not seem possible that any troops c ...
... “The broad blue wave surged forward with a yell which lasted for minutes. In response there arose from the northern front of the woods a continuous, deafening wail of musketry without break or tremor. For a time I despaired of the success of the attack, for it did not seem possible that any troops c ...
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CIVIL WAR BATTLES 63
... southeast of Sharpsburg, and here the opposing lines were very close as the Confederates jealously guarded this crossing point. Union reserves consisted of V Corps under the command of Gen. Fitz-John Porter. McClellan’s plan was simple and methodical. He would send his strongest corps, under the com ...
... southeast of Sharpsburg, and here the opposing lines were very close as the Confederates jealously guarded this crossing point. Union reserves consisted of V Corps under the command of Gen. Fitz-John Porter. McClellan’s plan was simple and methodical. He would send his strongest corps, under the com ...
naylonMaurice - Georgetown University
... that outsiders can never fully understand an individual's motives for action; even when people leave behind personal memoirs, their stated rationale must be questioned as self-serving. People seek to rationalize decisions with reasoning that represents personal biases. Furthermore, when first-hand ...
... that outsiders can never fully understand an individual's motives for action; even when people leave behind personal memoirs, their stated rationale must be questioned as self-serving. People seek to rationalize decisions with reasoning that represents personal biases. Furthermore, when first-hand ...
Areas of the Valley – Part 1
... and transportation networks and destroy Confederate forces and the economic and agricultural resources that supported them. In May, a Federal army under Gen. George Crook advanced south through West Virginia with orders to cut railroad links from Virginia to the west. Union Gen. Franz Sigel was to m ...
... and transportation networks and destroy Confederate forces and the economic and agricultural resources that supported them. In May, a Federal army under Gen. George Crook advanced south through West Virginia with orders to cut railroad links from Virginia to the west. Union Gen. Franz Sigel was to m ...
General George Brinton McClellan: The Cautious
... were ready, the Confederates evacuated both towns. With these two towns in Union hands, it didn’t take much of a struggle to take Norfolk. Lincoln himself arrived to oversee the operation. McClellan was less than thirty miles away but refused to talk to the President or Stanton, the Secretary for Wa ...
... were ready, the Confederates evacuated both towns. With these two towns in Union hands, it didn’t take much of a struggle to take Norfolk. Lincoln himself arrived to oversee the operation. McClellan was less than thirty miles away but refused to talk to the President or Stanton, the Secretary for Wa ...
Northern Virginia Campaign
The Northern Virginia Campaign, also known as the Second Bull Run Campaign or Second Manassas Campaign, was a series of battles fought in Virginia during August and September 1862 in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Confederate General Robert E. Lee followed up his successes of the Seven Days Battles in the Peninsula Campaign by moving north toward Washington, D.C., and defeating Maj. Gen. John Pope and his Army of Virginia.Concerned that Pope's army would combine forces with Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac and overwhelm him, Lee sent Maj. Gen. Thomas J. ""Stonewall"" Jackson north to intercept Pope's advance toward Gordonsville. The two forces initially clashed at Cedar Mountain on August 9, a Confederate victory. Lee determined that McClellan's army on the Virginia Peninsula was no longer a threat to Richmond and sent most of the rest of his army, Maj. Gen. James Longstreet's command, following Jackson. Jackson conducted a wide-ranging maneuver around Pope's right flank, seizing the large supply depot in Pope's rear, at Manassas Junction, placing his force between Pope and Washington, D.C. Moving to a very defensible position near the battleground of the 1861 First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas), Jackson successfully repulsed Union assaults on August 29 as Lee and Longstreet's command arrived on the battlefield. On August 30, Pope attacked again, but was surprised to be caught between attacks by Longstreet and Jackson, and was forced to withdraw with heavy losses. The campaign concluded with another flanking maneuver by Jackson, which Pope engaged at the Battle of Chantilly on September 1.Lee's maneuvering of the Army of Northern Virginia against Pope is considered a military masterpiece. Historian John J. Hennessy wrote that ""Lee may have fought cleverer battles, but this was his greatest campaign.""