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40 Cards in this Set
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general who won 5 battles in 3 weeks (in the West)
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Grant
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general who isolated Vicksburg, VA
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Grant
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began to attack the South’s last stronghold (Mississippi River)
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Grant
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General “Fighting Joe” Hooker --- which side?
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North
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defeated by Lee in Battle of Chancellorsville
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General “Fighting Joe” Hooker
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accidentally killed by his own men in the Battle of Chancellorsville
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Stonewall Jackson
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decided they needed to attack the North in Pennsylvania (and it would come to a head in Gettysburg)
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President Davis and General Lee
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President Davis --- which side?
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South
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General Lee--- which side?
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South
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had 70,000 men and headed to PA
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Lee
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followed the Confederates ‘chasing into them’
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General George Meade
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General George Meade --- which side?
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North
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greatest single battle ever to take place in the Western Hemisphere
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Battle of Gettysburg
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165,000 men fought in this battle
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Battle of Gettysburg
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had the advantage on the first day of the battle (Gettysburg)
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Lee (S)
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hesitated and lost it (first day of Gettysburg Battle)
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South (without Stonewall Jackson)
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sent 15,000 infantry along with General Pickett to charge the middle of the Union Line (didn't work)
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Lee
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July 4, 1863
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Lee began his retreat after 28,000 of his men were killed, wounded, or missing (all but 100 died before they even got there)
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takes defensive position and turns it into offensive position (fighting in the Civil war trying to hold Little Roundtop
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Joshua Chamberlain
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charges into Alabama regulars with troops (Little Roundtop)
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Joshua Chamberlain
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holds hill (Little Roundtop)without ammunition and ends up winning battle (potentially won war for North)
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Joshua Chamberlain
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moves troops into Union territory and invades Union Soil
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General Lee
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Union troops were focused on defending ....
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Washington DC
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largest military supply depot in the North
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Camp Curtin
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Battle of Gettysburg (dates)
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July 1 to July 3, 1863
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Commander of Union's Army of the Potomac
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General George G. Meade
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scored a smashing victory over the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville (1863)
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Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
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decided to go on the offensive and invade the North for a second time
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Lee
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invasion had ended at Antietam the previous fall
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Lee's first invasion
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hoped to gain recognition of the Confederacy by Britain and France and strengthen the cause of northern "Copperheads" who favored peace.
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Lee
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Army of the Potomac's commander
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Joseph Hooker
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seemed reluctant to confront Lee's army after the defeat at Chancellorsville
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Joseph Hooker
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Lincoln named...(who?).... to succeed Hooker
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Major General George Gordon Meade
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immediately ordered the pursuit of Lee's army of 75,000, which by then had crossed the Potomac River into Maryland and marched on into southern Pennsylvania
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Meade
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arrived and extended the defensive line along Cemetery Ridge to the hill known as Little Round Top; 3 more arrived overnight to strengthen its defenses.
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Winfield Scott Hancock and a Union corps (day 1)
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ordered Longstreet to lead an attack on the Union left
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Lee
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suffered extremely heavy losses on July 2, with 9,000 or more casualties
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both sides
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hit both of the enemy's flanks
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regiments from Vermont, New York and Ohio
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Lee waited for a ... on July 4, but it never came
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Union counterattack
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withdrew his decimated army toward Virginia (after Battle of Gettysburg)
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Lee
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