Army of the Potomac

coordination among his forces, but that didn't happen. His commanders misinterpreted Lee's orders and failed to follow through as quickly as Lee asked. The result: The retreat of the Confederate Army back to the South with no gain in either the war or its efforts to resupply and the loss of more than 1/3 of the Army of Northern Virginia. Lee offered his resignation, but President Jefferson Davis knew Lee was his best general and would not accept it. Meade was a hot-tempered soldier who…

1824. He was the son of a court clerk and farmer, but had dreams of being in the army. In 1843 Burnside began his journey by receiving an appointment to west point, a United States Military Academy. To say he had a hard time is an understatement. After nearly being expelled several times, he ultimately graduated in 1847 at the middle of his class - 18th out of 38 students. Burnside began his career in the Army as a Brevet Second Lieutenant, and had his first career engagement in Veracruz,…

mixture of good and bad presidents that led to improving the country or causing harm to the country during their presidency. For instance, President George Washington role as president had a lot of significance because he was Commander and Chief of his army and led them into the Revolutionary War. He presided over the Constitutional Convention after the war, and he became the first president of the United States. Even though President George Washington was president of the United States, he…

Spotsylvania and Orange Counties, Virginia. The Union army(Potomac Army) was Ulysses S. Grant and the Confederate army was lead by Robert E. Lee. Out of the blue the battles results were inconclusive even though the Union outnumbered the Confederacy by 5:3. Both armies suffered…

the American Civil War to an end. On April 12 Confederates sent warships to stop the supply to Fort Sumter and opened up a bombardment, The Civil War was now commenced. On April 15, Lincoln asked for over 75,000 volunteers to conjoin the Northern Army. Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee rendered their ties to the federal government. The Battle of Gettysburg was considered to be the most important battle of the Civil War because one of the main reasons is that it was the turning…

Lee soon came to know about Meade’s movements and found out that Meade was in a small town called Cashtown. He made his whole army converge over Cashtown. His plans and also of Meade’s were soon met with an unexpected turn at a town called Gettysburg. The men of the two armies collided with one another at Gettysburg on 1st July, 1863. Around 60,00 confederate troops came into Gettysburg. The Unions were less in number in that area, around 3000, so they…

Confederate General Robert E. Lee decided that the South needed to invade the North, hoping that some countries over-seas would acknowledge the South as its own country. For the invasion, Lee’s army totaled about 75,000 men. After receiving news that General George G. Meade had taken over the Army of the Potomac, Confederate General R.S. Ewell received orders to move into Gettysburg or a town near Gettysburg. Unfortunately for Lee, General John Buford, commander of one of Meade’s units,…

whiskey, and quinine. Harsh weather, bad water, inadequate shelter in winter quarters, poor policing of camps and dirty camp hospitals took their toll. This was a common scenario in wars from time immemorial, and conditions faced by the Confederate army were even worse. When the war began, there were no plans in place to treat wounded or sick Union…

successful strikes at Fort Henry and Donelson. However, Grant and the army ran into trouble when attacking Corinth, Mississippi. The army was caught unaware and the bloodbath of Shiloh took place. Though, the Union was victorious, but people/soldiers were mad at the bloodbath and the Union unpreparedness. With this victory, Grant and the Army of Tennessee push forward towards Vicksburg. This became a six month ordeal for the army and Grant. Grant tried a lot of maneuvers and eventually…

War, there was an important turning point for the war, which would later become one of the largest events in American history. This would be known as the Battle of Gettysburg, between the army of the Northern Virginia which was under the command of Confederate Gen. Robert E Lee, and the Union army of the Potomac which was under the command of Maj. Gen. George G Meade. This battle was important to the Unites States because whoever won the battle at Gettysburg would have gained the power to rule…