Army of the Potomac

claimed himself to be a successful tobacco planter in his home land. Washington proved that he was a much better general than he was just a military man. He was not the biggest genius on the battlefield. His strength was mainly keeping the colonial army in control during the Revolutionary War. Washington’s troops were not well fed, taken care of, or trained. Even though this was the case, Washington was able to get his troops to continue in the battle. This greatly helped the United States with…

work to get the colony growing. There were times where the Powhatan Indians attacked the colony, and, because of that Smith was hurt and had to go back to England. Pocahontas was an Indian who was given to the Potomac Indians for protection by her father Powhatan. Later on, the Potomac traded her to the English in 1613 and there she fell in love with John Rolfe. To be with him, she changed her name and converted to a Christian. When John Smith was captured…

its proximity to the city of Manassas, Virginia, and it is the first major victory of the confederacy against the Union. These two battles were the first major land battles of the Civil War. The union army was under Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell who marched from Washington against the confederate army . The confederate victory gave the South a surge of confidence and shocked many in the North . There were two Battles of Bull Run, however, the first battle was more significant than the second one.…

Gen. Lee was gone to Maryland and Pennsylvania through Virginia 's Shenandoah Valley. The fight was a serial of forth and back of their past positions between the armed forces. Armed force of Potomac (90,000 men under Gen. George G. Meade) and the Confederate armed force (75,000 man of Northern Virginia Army under Gen. Robert E. Lee) met up in a three days of encounters. () The third day Lee requested an assault to the Union 's strengthened focus known as Pickett 's Charge yet it ended up being…

tales about George Washington, but today, only the facts will be presented, and tales will be proven wrong. George Washington was an amazing man, and played a huge part in the creation of America. He also help the highest rank in the U.S. army, the General of the Armies, which was held by only one other person. He also was the only President actually fought in a war. He isn't really so great in that many ways, but played a huge part in the creation of the United States as we know it now.…

The Army of Northern Virginia and The Army of the Potomac warred for three years. Some soldiers fought over slavery; others fought to uphold the constitution. Despite the different reason for fighting, both armies succeeded in devastating destruction and death in the city of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. In the novel The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara gives readers an inside look into The Battle of Gettysburg by expressing the emotional struggles and internal conflicts of the soldiers involved. By…

Washington, D.C., is located on the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia. Washington, D.C., is full of many monuments and memorials. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, and The Holocaust Memorial Museum are a few of the most well know memorials. My favorite memorial is the Marine Corps Memorial, also known as the Iwo Jima Memorial. This historic memorial was sculpted based…

beaten down like the milk, butter, and eggs from wounds and diseases. The Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point in the Civil War. Robert E. Lee stirred things up by invading the North. Previously in May of 1863, Lee won a victory over the Army of Potomac. Stimulating with self-assurance, Lee invades the North hoping for a great outcome for the Confederacy but, the results were not like that. The Union fired on the Confederates from behind stone walls. Captured from both sides, most of the…

was 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…

failure. So in June 1863, General Lee decided to try again. This time he would march North to Pennsylvania and have the Union army of Potomac pursue him. When they did follow him Lee would chose a ground that would terrify the Northern Union and impress the British…