Battle of Gettysburg "Battle of Gettysburg." History.com. A&E Television Networks‚ 2013. Web. 25 Sept.2013.http:// www.history.com/topics/battle-of-gettysburg This article contains information on the three day bloody battle of Gettysburg‚ where Robert E. Lee’s overconfident Confederate Army strived to take down the Unions’. “In May 1863‚ Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia had scored a smashing victory over the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville” (History.com). However
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Campaign‚ he joined forces with General Robert E. Lee. 1. During the Seven Days Battles‚ Jackson surprisingly showed poor leadership skills while defending Richmond from General George McClellan’s troops. 2. He managed to redeem himself with his “foot cavalry” at the battle of Cedar Mountain. D. At the second Battle of Bull Run‚ Jackson feigned a retreat from John Pope‚ this allowed James Longstreet to launch a missile assault that caused Pope and his men to retreat. E. During the bloody battle of Antietam
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of total war is when one side mobilizes all available resources in order to destroy another side¡¯s ability to engage in war. The Civil War was a total war because both Union and Confederate Generals like William Sherman‚ Philip Sheridan‚ and Robert E. Lee used total war tactics against each other when the other side hinted weakness. They used these tactics to try and put an end to the war. The Civil War was a total war because both sides used tactics that were defined by the Powell Doctrine as total
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still arguing this question. Who was a better general Robert E Lee or Ulysses S. Grant. Unfortunately this question does not have an official answer on which general is better. People often speculate that question. Ulysses S. Grant was a better general than Robert E Lee because the north won the civil war‚ Grant was more dedicated that Lee‚ and Lee’s army was less experienced than Grant. All of those points makes Grant a better general than Lee. The civil war was not a fun battle. Many people died
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faught with the confederates. The confederates met with General George G. Meade at the crossroads town of Gettysburg. General Robert E Lee ordered an attack on less than 15‚000 soldiers on the union’s territory at Cemetery Ridge. The Union victory at Gettysburg was a crucial turning point in the Civil War‚ erasing the Confederate’s chance for a victory in the north. Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of
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Document C‚ many generals were killed. In the letters between Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis‚ it was mentioned that General Barksdale was killed‚ some generals were missing‚ and others were severely wounded. This had to have created a very depressing mood among the troops. They had lost many important leaders and were experiencing a hard time. Also‚ hardship set in when Robert E. Lee began to doubt himself and his leadership position. Lee stated‚ “no one is more aware than myself of my inability for
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Fort Sumter - In 1861‚ that spark occurred at Fort Sumter‚ a federal outpost in Charleston‚ South Carolina ‚ that was attacked by Confederate troops‚ beginning the Civil War. Determined to seize the fortress -- which controlled the entrance to Charleston harbor -- the Confederates ringed the harbor with heavy guns. Border States - Wedged between the North and the South were the key border states of Delaware‚ Kentucky‚ Maryland‚ and Missouri -- slave states that did not join the confederacy. Kentucky
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Lee and George Meade were seeking to crush their opponent’s army and win the war. Lincoln encouraged many of his commanders‚ including Meade‚ to use the Northern army’s sheer numbers to crush the Confederacy. While Lee hoped to crush the Union army’s morale with his own troops and superior strategy. With the victory of the battle of Gettysburg‚ the North gained
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Bacungan Battle of Antietam Notes On September 17‚ 1862‚ Generals Robert E. Lee and George McClellan faced off near Antietam creek in Sharpsburg‚ Maryland‚ in the the first battle of the American Civil War to be fought on northern soil. [1] Though the result of the battle was inconclusive‚ it remains the bloodiest single day in American history‚ with more than 22‚000 casualties. [1] General Robert E. Lee advanced into Maryland‚ believing that the potential strategic and political
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be heavily supported by artillery. During the second battle the Union was who opened fire first. As the afternoon progressed‚ several Union ironclads closed and continued the bombardment at close range. In deploying his men‚ Strong accorded Colonel Robert Gould Shaw’s 54th Massachusetts the honor of leading the assault. One of the first regiments composed of African American troops‚ the 54th Massachusetts deployed in two lines of five companies each. They were followed by the remainder of Strong’s
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