Confederate States Army

totalled to 23,000/88,000. 160,000 people were involved. In Rappahannock, 866 Federals were killed and 523 Confederates killed with thousands of rebel casualties. The first day of the battle was July 1. General Robert E. Lee of the Confederates fought between General George G. Meade’s Union Army of the Potomac. The next day, July 2, the Confederates attacked the Federals. General Lee wanted his army to attack both flanks of…

result, of the surrenders of the three Confederate armies. Without the Civil War our country would still be divided and the…

over whether states should have more authority than the federal government was another cause of the Civil War. Many Americans at that time in history felt that individual states should have the power to decide the fate of slavery within their respective borders. In other words, these people felt that the federal government had no business regulating or abolishing slavery. So, in a sense, the issues of slavery and states’ rights went hand in hand. But, then again, so do the issues of states’…

a picket fence of Confederate guards, there is a risk of him being shot on sight. When he is received by the sergeant, he is placed under guard and escorted to Longstreet’s headquarters. Other Confederates, like Sorrel, do not approve of the use of spies. The spy is first met by Longstreet, and it’s evident that Longstreet becomes hesitant to believe his story. As the spy explains more of the Union army and its position, Longstreet asks him what he knows of the Confederate Army’s position as…

interesting period in the creation and establishing of the united states. The civil war occurred during the time period of April of 1861 until about 1865 of May that year. During this time slavery was a major issue facing in the north and the south with president Lincoln coming into office, and African Americans serving in the war was a major issue. During the civil war, there were two sides. The two sides were the union and the confederate. African Americans served on both sides. Many of…

report will examine the causes and costs of this war, both economically and in terms of human life. There was many things that had started the Civil War, but the most important thing was slavery. The South had formed a slavery group called The Confederate States of America, which included South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. There was fear that their economy in the south would be gone if slavery went away. The election of Abraham Lincoln had also been…

embarked a conflict that lasted four years. On November of 6, of 1860 Lincoln was elected president of the United States. This action gave southern states a feeling of being erased and forgotten from the newly founded government, since the presidential party ran mostly on anti-slavery programs. On December 20, 1860 South Carolina succeed from the Union and not far behind were 10 other states (Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee and…

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 us. Even though it did not have a lot of soldiers…

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 inhibited their advancements until help…

Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 black slaves in rebellion states were free from slavery and were able to join the Civil war. Before black slaves were considered to participate in the civil war, the Confederate Congress passed an act authorizing the arming of slaves. Many were against the act because…