Army of Northern Virginia

In April 1861, General Robert E. Lee was offered command of the Union Army by Abraham Lincoln. Lee declined this offer writing “I cannot raise my hand against my birthplace, my home, my children,” (p.81). The General a few days later, accepted his appointment as commander in chief to Virginia;s military. Lee knew that the North was plentiful in resources so they would win a war of abrasion. With this in mind, he hoped that the south could win a few battles and pressure Lincoln to stop the…

Slavery caused The United States to split into two, the North and the South. The North wanted slavery to end, while the south was supporting slavery. These two men that met in that parlor, were the same two men that were in charge of leading their armies through the Civil War. General Lee and general Grant are the two famous names we hear of today. The leaders of the civil war. Who was Lee? Lee, better known as Robert E.Lee, was a military officer or a general the served in the civil war.…

known for being a great general who guided the Union troops to their triumph over the Confederate armies. He was victorious when he captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in Tennessee and when he crushed a large Confederate army in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Grant’s contribution to ending the Civil War, however, was when he led his forces to lay siege to Lee’s Northern Virginia army in Petersburg, Virginia, which forced the Confederate surrender there. Later, Grant became the eighteenth president of…

Robert E. Lee. General George B. McClellan was the commander for the Army of the Potomac, while General Robert E. Lee was commander for the Army of Northern Virginia. The Battle of Antietam which was also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg had around 12,410 of some 69,000 troops on the Union side, and 13,724 of around 52,000 for the Confederates side. The Battle of Antietam, had been caused by an intention from the Army of Northern Virginia to invade towards/into the North. By trying to attack…

Lee’s victory at the Battle of Chancellorsville,Virginia, in May 1863, Lee wanted to lead his Confederate army in their second invasion of the North the Gettysburg Campaign. Lee wanted to threaten Northern cities, weaken the North’s appetite for war and, especially win a major battle on Northern soil. Maj. Gen. Meade moved the Northern army between Lee and Washington D.C. When Lee found out the Meade was in Pennsylvania, Lee concentrated all of his army around Gettysburg (www.civilwar.org). Most…

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so did the weapons, becoming more efficient and easier to use. The war begins and battles were fought, lives were changed, and weapons had a great influence on the war. On July 16, 1861 Union General Irvin McDowell and his unprepared army marched into Virginia the goal to take the town of Manassas, which was an important railroad…

were made up of the 5th – 9th Louisiana infantry regiments. They were commanded by Brigadier General Harry T. Hays which were under the division commanded by General Jubal Early and in General Richard Ewell’s Corps, which was all part of the Northern Virginia Army under the command of Gen. Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg. The Tiger Brigade earned its name from a Louisiana infantry company, Company B. 1st Louisiana Special Battalion and was one of the five infantry companies formed in…

After his militia conscription ended in 1776, he enlisted into the Continental army at Chesterfield Courthouse, VA in 1777. His Continental service was relatively uneventful. He mentions that his regiment (unstated) marched to Petersburg where they remained for three years until he was discharged at Winchester, VA in…

Lee surrenders his Northern Virginia Army at the McLean House. Five days later President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by Southern sympathizer John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington DC. Andrew Johnson is sworn in as President of the United States and General Lee’s surrender…