Army of the Tennessee

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 point and after the war was…

However, upon actually breaking down and analyzing the battles throughout the Civil War, it becomes clear that the South’s military superiority leans largely on the legacy of Robert E. Lee. Lee, commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, won stunning victories despite being outnumbered in almost every major campaign. Jefferson Davis saw Lee as the best general and thus placed him in northern Virginia to protect the Confederacy’s most important industrial state…

arsenal in Massachusetts produced over one million rifles for the army and countless rounds of ammo by themselves.” The South was more agricultural. Even though, they only worked on planting their cash crops. Also, there were so many people fighting in the war, a lot of the farmland that was left was never used. “Food was so limited throughout the war, parts of the South suffered from starvation. When people fighting in the army found out that their families were starving, they left to help…

sense that they might actually win this war. Before this war General McDowell didn’t think the army was ready and that was proven during this battle. The objective of the battle was to capture the town of Manassas, which was an important rail road junction south of DC. This was going to lead a trail to Richmond. One of the Unions disadvantages was that they had no element of surprise. Behind his “army” was reports politicians and people who wanted to picnic and view the battle. This helped…

The Life of Dorothy Lavinia Brown Dorothy Lavinia Brown was a woman with many names. She was an educator towards the youth, a legislator in the Tennessee House of Representatives, a community leader, and an inspiration towards children and adults in all situations. I personally picked Brown because of her accomplishments towards her dream career. (http://www.blackpast.org/aah/brown-dorothy-lavinia-1919-2004) Brown was born on January 7, 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After a couple of…

12, 1861 near Charleston, South Carolina. The Confederate Army invaded Fort Sumter with 500 soldiers and ending up facing only eighty Union Soldiers. At the end of the battle, there were no deaths or casualties but it did signify the start of the Civil War. 2. Being the first battle to involve any casualties, the First Battle of Bull Run took place July 21, 1861 in Manassas, Virginia. This battle resulted in a win for the Confederate Army leaving the Union with small hopes for a short war…

story, but I was definitely wrong. Eventually, I found myself asking about his dating life with Mema. He began to tell me that after their first date they became pretty steady. They did all of their dating in Minnesota while Grandpa was still in the Army, and their blind friendship slowly grew into a deep love, which led to their marriage on June 22, 1960. Following their marriage, I knew they moved around a lot, but I did not know the precise…

Mississippi, is located on the east bank of the Mississippi River, which is between Memphis, Tennessee to the north and New Orleans, Louisiana to the south. Seizing this land would give authority over all of Mississippi to the Union, but it was heavily guarded by a Confederate army led by General John C. Pemberton (National Geographic Society). In the Spring of the year 1863, General Ulysses S. Grant marched his army to the west side of the Mississippi River. The troops must meet up with the…

In the army Vonnegut was trained as a mechanical engineer. He received his education on mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Tennessee. After serving in the army, Vonnegut spent the next few years trying to get a Master of Arts in anthropology at the University of Chicago. But Vonnegut was not granted the degree because…

November 1862, he became the commander of the Potomac Army since McClellan was fired, so he went to Richmond with his troops and was crushed in the Battle of Fredericksburg. He tried to rally his troops again the next day, but it was thwarted by bad weather. Burnside blamed other generals and told Lincoln to either fire those generals or fire him. Lincoln chose to fire Burnside. In 1863, he was assigned to the Department of Ohio, and in Tennessee he held the city Knoxville from being captured by…