Confederate States Army

determine how the war affected the two men and their companies. The main points of analysis will review the war strategies used by Haas and Strong’s companies, the attitudes held by the Confederates and Yankee soldiers, and negative and positive circumstances that ultimately led to the defeat of the Confederate army. The first account to be examined is Jacob Haas’ diary. Jacob Haas was a twenty-two-year-old enlistee of the Sheboygan Tigers, a company composed of German immigrants. Hass’…

and there is a reason behind that name. It is said that at least 100,00, or 20%, of soldiers in the civil war were under the legal age of eighteen (PBS.org). Both the Union army and Confederate army loosely followed that rule. It seems as though the Confederate ignored this rule more than the Union. According to Confederate Cavalrymen of the Civil War, “The men ranged in age from a bottom limit of 13 and an upper limit of 58…”. Even though the legal was eighteen, many recruiters turned their…

As the story begins, a Confederate spy, named Harrison, brings news to Longstreet and Lee. They're totally taken by shock, since Jeb Stuart has left them in the dark. Lee's troops, mostly a division led by a general named Harry Heth, accidentally get into a fight with Union cavalry close to the town of Gettysburg. The leader of that cavalry, John Buford, decides to try to hold the Confederates off and buy time for the reinforcement that would be sent In the meantime, over the Maryland border,…

July 1st to July 3rd. It was located in Pennsylvania. It was the most important engagement in the Civil War or the the turning point in the war. Robert E. Lee marched his North Virginia army into Pennsylvania. It was caused by Commander Robert E. Lee. The Confederates were strong but not strong enough. As confederate forces drove out out-numbered federal forces, Lee gave orders to attack cemetery hill. Dwell decided to attack Union corps and formed a defensive line. “Over the next several…

1, 1863 two divisions of Confederates made their way towards Gettysburg. The first division was spotted by Union cavalry commander General Buford. Buford sent his men and called for reinforcements immediately. A Union officer saw the Confederate infantry marching toward them amongst the early morning mist. “He rested a carbine on a fence rail and fired. It was the first shot in what became the largest battle in the history of the western hemisphere.” The Confederate troops reacted and the…

the earth recalled gen. Keyes. Thunder bolts rolled and fell without intermission and the heavens flashed with a blaze of lightning. The rain turned the river into furious flood and swelled small tributaries. There was slippery mud which made the confederates task of moving large numbers of there men over small raids which made it more difficult than it already was. That was about the second factor. And finally the third factor is the impression of Johnston’s instructions his generals decided to…

1862, in southwestern Tennessee. The Union Generals were Ulysses S. Grant and Don Carlos Buell, the Confederate General was Albert Sidney Johnston. The Battle of Shiloh was considered the bloodiest battle of the Civil War with around 23,700 deaths in all. This was one of the first successful outcomes for the Union and sparked a light of hope for the fighting soldiers. The battle begins with Confederate General Johnston initiating a surprise attack on General Grant’s base around the Shiloh…

battles. The first phase was the Battle of Third Winchester (September 19), which pitted General Sheridan’s Army of the Shenandoah amassing approximately 50,000 union troops against General’s Jubal Early’s Army of the Valley with a confederate force approximately 13,000 troops. General Sheridan attacked Early inaugurating a campaign that would drive the Confederates out of the Shenandoah…

our lection class we been talking about slavery ever since after the colony war with England. American Civil War began in 1861 when the South attack the union army. The war begin right after the south left the Union. The states that left the Union are about 11 State. Many southerners left the state because they believe they did not have State right about slave. Slavery has been around for a long time long before the Civil War began. Before I talk about the Civil War, I will explain what caused…

Gettysburg, in a way that allows the reader the ability to visualize each scene as it unfolded in the past.. The Battle of Gettysburg is regarded as one of the bloodiest battles fought on America soil and was a turning point in the civil war. The Confederates took the offensive while the Union defended the higher ground. These events, normally told from a third person view are now told through the eyes of soldiers who documented their experiences. In The Killer Angels, the reader sees the…