Confederate States Army

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…

Grant’s war of exhaustion strategy replaced the former war of attrition strategy. He considered exhaustion to be the route to victory. The Union would have to destroy the enemy’s economic resources until they could no longer support their armies. This strategy also included physical and psychological warfare against the civilians to destroy their will to resist surrender. This strategy was mainly aimed at southern civilian and soldier morale. Grant’s strategy included a simultaneous Union…

Although blockade runners achieved some success, the Northern stranglehold proved to be very effective at weakening the Southern states (Golay). Because of this, blockade running became a crucial way for Southerners to get manufactured goods in and cotton shipments out. Blockade running was so profitable, an owner could make immense profit off of each run. Even after two runs, a ship…

Mindy Phan 278716 August 25, 2014 Civil War Journal Based on Seth Graham-Smith’s Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter People of the Civil War 1. Sec. of State William Seward Because of his prominence and support in the Republican Party, William Seward earned his position as the nation’s Secretary of State from 1861-1869, under Abraham Lincoln. William possessed the trait as an active abolitionist and contributed to the abolishment of slavery. In Maryland, he gave his overt suggestion to Abraham…

Confederate General Robert E. Lee is possibly the most controversial and yet widely respected out of all the Civil War commanders. Historians have held different views about the beloved General for over a hundred years, such as Robert W. Winston in his book Robert E. Lee; A Biography (1934), Michael Fellman in The Making of Robert E. Lee (2000), and Margaret Sanborn’s Robert E. Lee: A Portrait (1966). Winston’s theme in his book created a different outlook on General Lee than the latter two…

The Battle of Antietam On September 16, 1862, the Union army of the Potomac, under the control of Major General George B. McClellan, went to war against Robert E. Lee’s Confederate soldiers who were a part of the Army of Northern Virginia. The war began in Sharpsburg, Maryland at dawn on September 17, when the Union corps under the control of Major General Joseph Hooker led a strong assault against Robert E. Lee’s left flank. This is ultimately what began the Battle of Antietam, which turned…

despite being under immense pressure and scrutiny by his family and those close around him. He was expected to be close to par with his uncle and father, and even if his skill exceeded them he would never be known for it. He was the nephew of the Confederate General Robert E. Lee. He was one of the youngest military leaders to be promoted as fast as he was. He had the knowledge and drive to push himself further than most in the Calvary. Born on November 19th 1835, in Fairfax County, Virginia…

Huda Alnemer Dr. Pruitt Hist 2010 What was it like to participate in the Civil War? May 13, 1861, Frederic Pearce, a resident of Marietta, Ohio jotted a letter to his father informing him of the situation in their town. He told his father how people were preparing for the war. He also told him that it was his prayer and that of other Christians that the war end fast and the rebellion crushed (BSL 507). Pearce did not have an idea of what was about to happen in his town. By the end of the war,…

battle of cold harbor occurred because the union wanted to take control of the 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…

the American Civil War truly was, is how even the Quakers, individuals who hold derision for the act of violence, so stalwartly had devotion in the ambition of the liberation of the slaves, that they essentially volunteered to be a part of the Union Army. Also, a letter in What They Fought For was between two Quaker brothers who explicated why they partook in the Civil War. The elder brother professed that a soldier gambling his life for liberty is imperiling something that has more value than…