was slow‚ but successful for the Union. On April 30‚ Major General Joseph Hooker crossed the Rappahannock River with 130‚000 men to attack General Robert E. Lee at his most vulnerable flank. Lee would have to fight off the Union with half the amount of troops that Hooker had. While Hooker was still in the thick wilderness of Chancellorsville‚ Virginia‚ Lee ordered General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson to take 30‚000 men and attack the Union on the right at its most exposed flank. Union troops were caught
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at Sharpsburg on September 17‚ 1862 is considered the severest battle of the Civil War. It was General Robert Lee’s first invasion of the North which concluded as the Battle of Antietam in Maryland or Sharpsburg. This war took place just after a fortnight of the Confederate victory at Second Manassas‚ about 40 miles to the southeast in Virginia. It all started with the great victory of Robert Lee at Manassas in August which made him march his Army of Northern Virginia into Maryland in order to obtain
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Antietam didn’t change the course of the war. The infamous Battle of Antietam in Sharpsburg‚ Maryland‚ occurred on September 17th‚ 1862‚ being known as one of the most gruesome and significant battles of the entire war. As described by Captain Robert Shaw‚ he shared his thoughts of the horrific day to a letter home to his parents. “Every battle makes me wish more and more that the war was over‚ “It seems almost as if nothing could justify a battle like that of the 17th‚ and the horrors inseparable
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Lee was one of the most celebrated generals who fought in the Civil War. According to History.com’s‚ “Battle of Gettysburg‚” through Lee’s leadership‚ his army beat the Army of the Potomac in Chancellorsville‚ Virginia. Feeling confident after his win in Chancellorsville‚ Lee decided to travel north into Pennsylvania and attack the Union on their own soil. Led by General George Gordon Meade‚ the Union army encountered the Confederate Army in Gettysburg. Lee heard that the Army
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Summary of "Letter to His Son" In this letter Robert E. Lee addresses the difficult decision he faces as the country approaches a war that will pit the states against each other. The most respected officer in the United States Army‚ Lee explains that despite his strong belief in the Constitution‚ and in preserving the Union‚ his strongest loyalty is to his home state of Virginia. He expresses his willingness to take up arms to defend his state. The letter illustrates Lee’s dignity‚ loyalty‚ and
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By: j kelley When an author writes a book he has a message that he is trying to get across to the reader. This message is called a theme. In The Killer Angels Shaara’s theme was freedom for the slaves. The Northerners truly believed that the slaves deserved to be free‚ and their desire to set slaves free was the cause of the Civil War. Just before the Battle of Gettysburg‚ Colonel Lawrence Chamberlain of the 20th Maine gave a speech to a group of mutineers. He told them that the war in which
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Lee led his Army of Northern Virginia in its second invasion of the North. With high morale‚ Lee intended to march through Pennsylvania farmland to collect supplies and divert the fighting away from war-torn Virginia. He wanted to fight and win a major battle on northern soil and strengthen the Northerners’ calls for peace. General Joseph Hooker soon moved his Union Army in pursuit of Lee‚ but he was relieved of duty just three days before the
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Early in the morning on September 17th‚ 1862‚ shots rang out from the cornfields outside of the small town of Sharpsburg‚ Maryland. By the time the sun set that evening‚ 23‚000 dead and wounded soldiers from Union and Confederate troops lay on the bloodied fields. Because of this‚ the Battle of Antietam (also known as the Cornfield and the Battle of Sharpsburg) will go down as the “Bloodiest Day in American History.” No other single day‚ not even 9/11‚ will match the pure carnage of this day.
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Brown’s goal was to seize the federal arsenal‚ arm the local slaves‚ and fight a way into the North as described in this primary source in court. This raid was not surprising because of his abolitionist background and insanity as described by the Robert E. Lee who led the Union Army that suppressed the revolt. The group held up in a fire department and was attacked by Lee’s soldiers. The failed attempt resulted in Brown’s capture‚ trial‚ and execution on December 2nd. This episode of slave resistance
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Civil War Timeline 1834 – Village of St. Joseph created‚ a busy Lake Michigan port with a long history of trade (local) 1837 – Michigan joins the Union as a free state (local) 1843 – Quaker & Abolitionist James E. Bonine arrives in Cass County (abolition) 1847 – Kentucky Slave Raid‚ Cass County (abolition) 1849 – Henry Morton builds home‚ still standing in Benton Township (local) 1850 – New‚ stricter Fugitive Slave Act passed (abolition) 1857 – Sojourner Truth settles in Michigan and speaks
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