Army of the Potomac

After the battle, Robert E. Lee, retreated to Virginia on July 4th, 1863. His army was severely weakened, with about 28,000 captured, wounded, or killed. The Union army also suffered about 23,000 similar losses (Benson). Lee’s army withdrew to the southwest through a driving rain in a wagon train stretching 17 miles (Aines). During the retreat, Lee repeated his remarks at the failure of Pickett’s Charge: “It is all my fault, I thought my men were invincible.” Robert E. Lee offered his…

of the Tennessee River. On April 6, the Confederate army, lead by P.G.T Beauregard launched an attack on the Union militia. This was known as the Battle of Shiloh. The rebels moved Grant and his army back. Union forces, however improved and they defeated the Confederates. The North enjoyed another victory using naval forces and was successful in capturing New Orleans as well. McClellan in the East was building and training his Army of the Potomac. In 1862, the primary objective of this Militia…

October, he was called to help end the John Brown Revolt that had occurred. Lee had great success ending the revolt within an hour and was recommended for the position of a leader of the Union Army if they were to ever go to war. His commitment to his home state, Virginia, overruled his commitment to the Army,…

Although contributed as a Union victory, since the Confederates withdrew south of the Potomac River, McClellan loss his chance at dismantling Lee’s Army. General McClellan’s usual hesitation allowed General Lee to withdraw uninterrupted. In the three months before the Battle of Antietam, the Confederate Army had gained momentum throughout the war in the East. With excellent moral throughout his unit, Lee crossed the Potomac River with his…

General George G. Meade’s Union Army of the Potomac. The next day, July 2, the Confederates attacked the Federals. General Lee wanted his army to attack both flanks of…

George Brinton McClellan was born on December 3rd, 1826. His childhood was very successful because his study habits earned his a spot into West Point. At age 15, he was near the top of his class by graduation. Later in 1848, he joined the Army Corps of Engineers. He earned a job as a lieutenant and then took part in the Mexican-American War as an Engineering Officer. This opened up his eye to what combat really looked like. With this experience, he was promoted into a higher position. His resume…

proficient similarities of the two commanders who saved in the same Army in due cause of the civil war of June 29th, 1863 in a small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The focus will be between General Robert E. Lee and General James Longstreet who was the second in command of the Army Commander but with different concept of operation. To start with, General Robert E. Lee, 57 years old was the commander of the Confederate army, he was the outstanding professional commander and vested with…

Butler’s contraband argument by authorizing the United States army to seize any slave used to aid the Confederate military. This however did not resolve the ambiguity of the status of the majority of enslaved people who now numbered in the thousands in and around Union army camps. The decision as to whether these people were free, property of the army, or to be returned to their masters was essentially left to the discretion of individual army officers. The 2nd Confiscation Act passed by…

The Union army suffered 14,000 casualties and the Confederacy suffered 10,000 casualties during the Battle of Chancellorsville. This battle started when General Joseph Hooker crossed the Rappahannock River and began to move behind Robert E. Lee’s confederate army, which put his troops in northern Virginia in great danger. Although Hooker’s plan was very well executed, Robert Lee’s strategic brilliance and instinct saved him because he split his force leaving 10,000 troops to hold the Union at…

in 1676 didn’t actually start with Bacon, but rather in a planter and merchant along the Potomac River in Virginia named Thomas Mathew in 1675. Mathew and a local Doeg Indian tribe had a trading dispute which triggered a chain of events that would cause havoc among the early colonialist. In an article written by James Douglas Rice for the Encyclopedia Virginia, Rice points out that the events along the Potomac River not only started an eventual revolt but also started two different wars as well.…