Army of Northern Virginia

territory the Union Army has unsuccessfully attacked the Confederate Army several times. General Robert E. Lee takes the Confederate Army and marches north. The battle of Gettysburg takes place from July 1, 1863 to July 3 1863 in a small town called Gettysburg. General Robert E. Lee is leading the Confederate Army numbering approximately 70,000 troops. General George G. Meade commands the Union Army nearly 95,000. The Confederate Army was the Army of Northern Virginia, and the Union Army was…

The first settlement was established along the James River and called Jamestown, Virginia. Due to the location of the settlement, it was subject to flooding. When the colony was in its infancy, food was scarce. Integration with Native Americans would prove productive in order to beat famine and start cultivating food. Due to this, Virginia’s…

Confederate capital. They marched to Virginia and took control of the Old Cold Harbor. Then the Confederates came and fought for 2 weeks. There were many deaths on both sides. At the end, the Confederates won and forced the union to leave. The battle of cold harbor took place in Richmond, Virginia, which was the capital of the Confederate States of America. The battle took place over a two week period. It started on May 31st and ended on June 12th in Northern Virginia. Ulysses S. Grant…

Daniel Morgan was born on July 6th, 1736. Daniel sadly died on his birthday July 6th, 1802. He was only 66 when he died. Morgan moved to Virginia in 1753. He fell in love with Abigail Curry. With Abigail, he had two children named Nancy and Betsy. Daniel Morgan's parents were Eleanor Lloyd and James Morgan. He was one of the most amazing battlefield tacticians of the American Revolutionary War. Daniel Morgan was not only in the American revolutionary war. He was also in the Invasion or…

There is plentiful discourse as to why the Northern Union won the Civil War in 1865 against the Southern Confederacy. Although the military leadership from Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant in the North and Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee in the South both impacted the outcome, Jefferson Davis’s poor political leadership both as president and commander in chief led to the Northern victory, particularly his defective judgements regarding military affairs and his moderate leadership as…

Furthermore, the premise was that both armies would have engaged, and pressured Robert E Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia into either defeat, or surrender. Nevertheless, Sherman had other intentions when it came to this campaign. Sherman was very familiar with the south, and the confederate’s ideals, and tendencies. Moreover with…

Robert E. Lee was born January 19, 1807 in Stratford, Virginia. He passed away October 19, 1870 in Lexington, Virginia. His parents were Anne Hill Carter Lee and Henry Lee the 3rd. Lee also had a sister named Sydney. He was married to Mary Anna Custis Lee and they had 6 children, 3 boys and 3 girls. When Lee was 18 years old he went to West Point Military Academy where he excelled in all subjects. After graduating from West Point he met and married Mary Anna Custis and had 6 children. Although…

The battle was the outcome of the Union army pursuing the South to Virginia, but led to a Confederate victory. After the battle, Grant’s defeated troops were hungry and tired. They used to the railroad system to quickly replenish their supplies, so that they could continue on. As the Northern armies proceeded towards the South, they saw that as an opportunity to sabotage the Confederate railroads because they realized…

The Union Army entered the war with a strong advantage in artillery. It had ample manufacturing capacity in Northern factories, and it had a well-trained and professional officer corps manning that branch of the service. Brig. Gen. Henry J. Hunt, who was the chief of artillery for the Army of the Potomac for part of the war, was well recognized as a most efficient organizer of artillery forces, and he had few peers in the practice of the sciences of gunnery and logistics. Another example was…

The Civil War was a defining moment in United States history. The issue that led to the disruption of the union was the debate over the future of slavery. The controversy led to secession, and secession brought about a war in which the Northern and Western states and territories fought to save the Union, and the South fought to establish Southern independence as a new confederation of states under its own formation. When the southern states decided to break away, or seceded, they made their…