Battle of Gettysburg Fact Sheet 1) General Robert E. Lee was in overall command with Generals Longstreet‚ Hill‚ Ewell‚ Heth‚ Pickett‚ Stuart and others in charge of different units. (Confederates) 2) General Meade was in overall command with Generals Buford‚ Reynolds‚ Doubleday‚ Hancock and others in charge of different units. (Union) 3) There were 95‚000 Union troops involved and 75‚000 Confederate troops involved. 4) There were about 23‚040 Union casualties and 22‚000 to
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fight. The Battle of Antietam was caused by General Robert E.
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Potomac. Unlike his success in the past few jobs‚ Burnside would not rise to the occasion because he makes a few costly mistakes but in Burnside’s defense he had no idea who he was up against. Burnside was up against a skilled leader named‚ Robert E. Lee. Robert E. Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia. He was an experienced and beloved general whose army was very successful. He was born on January 19th 1807 in
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The Battle of Fredericksburg David P. Wrighten‚ CPT‚ MS Class 09-002 Small Group 6‚ MAJ Sims 03 April 2009 Abstract In early December 1862‚ the Union Army of the Potomac had massed on the northern bank of the Rappahannock River as it was in position to strike the Confederate capital of Richmond‚ Virginia. The Union also position themselves to cut off the Confederate Army’s main supply route for the import and export of goods in the south. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia confronted
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points of several soldiers and commanding officers from both sides‚ including Lee‚ Longstreet‚ and Chamberlain‚ Michael Shaara effectively paints a picture of the war that divided America‚ from the tactical planning to the emotional hardships The book opened with a sodden Confederate spy as he blazed through the Union lines in the dead of night on June 29‚ 1863 toward the headquarters of Confederate general Robert E. Lee with news of the Army of the Potomac as they converged on the Pennsylvania town
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During the American Civil War‚ the Union and the Confederacy went through many different generals at the head of their armies. These generals ranged from very skilled‚ highly educated generals to battle bred‚ tacticians who were always one step ahead of the enemy in the battles. Today‚ I will be writing about one of the generals that does not get enough recognition in writings about the Civil War‚ General Winfield Scott Hancock. Hancock was one of the bravest‚ most liked commanders of the Union army
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17‚929 casualties in total (United States 13‚353; Confederate States 4‚576). As seem by the casualty ratio‚ it was a victory for the Confederate Army. The commander of the United States Army was Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside and the commander for the Confederate Army was Gen. Robert E. Lee. This battle is important in a few ways. One way is that it is remembered as one of the most one-sided battles in all of the Civil war. It was a failed attempt to attack the southern capital of Richmond. Another
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Abraham Lincoln was always into politics. When he was young‚ he worried about the nations’ problems. When he entered politics when there was two major parties the Whigs and Democrats. The Democrats usually ruled the Congress‚ presidency‚ and many state offices. The Whig party‚ on the other hand‚ had championed banks‚ businesses‚ and corporations. They believed in a strong federal government and limited state rights. The Whig party was not antislavery party. Abraham choose the Whig in his sentence
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The Confederate states where Florida‚ California‚ and Kansas. -the First shot of the civil was in a battle that was called The Merrimac. The Union Army led by General Robert E. Lee won this battle. Many battles where won by the south and other where won by the north‚ President Lincoln flew to Camp David‚ a camp which General Lee and General Grant which were the two generals that led the south‚ they both waited inside a modest tent in camp David to sign a Treaty with the north. This brought the
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The Killer Angels Letters: First Letter. Foreward: A. The Confederate officer who I like the most is Robert Edward Lee. I believe that a strong leadership is needed to captain the Confederate Army. General Lee is the commander of the the army‚ so he is certainly a brilliant leader. Also‚ Lee is “a gentleman” (xvi). “He does not drink or smoke or gamble or chase women”; he does not believe in slavery. Most importantly‚ I like Lee’s disposition. He can control himself very well and never loose his
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