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Ulysses S. Grant and his army sieged the river city of Vicksburg. Union is victorious and Confederacy has lost it’s last Mississippi river stronghold. This gruesome battle has been one of the major turning points bringing the favor of the war more to the North. Grant wanted to block all ports stopping troops, food, and other supplies from reaching the river city of Vicksburg. The horrific Battle of Vicksburg caused many casualties for both sides of the war, the Union had 4,910 total casualties,…

The battle of Gettysburg lasted for 3 days July 1­3, 1863. In and around the town of Gettysburg and Pennsylvania,but the Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. It started on July 1,1863 and ended July 3,1863.General Robert E. Lee waited the approach of Union General George G. Meades forces.On July 1, early Union success faltered as the Confederates fault back against the Iron Brigade and exploited a small federal line at Barlos knoll the following day saw Lee strike the…

During the Civil War the two generals in the Union who most contributed to the war was General George McClellan and General Ulysses S. Grant. The Confederate states generals were Robert E. Lee and General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. General McClellan was appointed as a commander after the Battle of Bull Run and helped the inexperienced troops become better soldiers in battle. In page 492 in the American Nation book it states, “McClellan, however, was very cautions. He delayed, leading his troops…

The two previous surrenders occurred at Appomattox Court House, in Virginia between General Robert E. Lee and General Ulysses S. Grant. The second and largest surrender was at Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina. It was between General William Tecumseh Sherman and General Joseph E. Johnston. Sherman took no pity on Southerners. He was the one that burnt Atlanta you know. They say he burned a swath of land fifty miles wide from Atlanta to Savannah. His troops burned crops, killed livestock…

There are so many civil war generals who can be overlooked because of the famous generals such as Ulysses S Grant or Robert E Lee. However, the smaller generals are also important. Men like George Stoneman were influential to the Civil War. Just because their names are unknown to most does not make them any less important. George Stoneman was born in New York on August 8, 1822 to parents George and Katharine Cheney Aldrich(George Stoneman). George was the oldest of 10 children(The American…

Watts, Tim J. "Bragg, Braxton (1817-1876)." In American Civil War: The Essential Reference Guide, by Roberta Wiener edited: James R. Arnold. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC- CLIO. General Bragg was known as one of the most divisive figures of the American Civil War. He was born in North Carolina in 1817 and decided to attend West Point Military College in 1833. Tim J. Watts tells us that Bragg graduated 5th in his class of 50 in the year 1837. He was also very aggressive and had discipline leading him…

Significance of 1864 Grant, in 1864, began a war of attrition against Lee’s army in Virginia. At the end of six weeks of fighting, Grant’s casualties stood at 60,000—almost the size of Lee’s entire army—while Lee had lost 25,000 men. General William T. Sherman entered Atlanta, seizing Georgia’s main railroad center. The Election of 1864 Republicans nominated John C. Fremont on a platform calling for a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery, federal protection of the freed people’s…

General William T Sherman was an American General and served in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865. He was understood to be a “ “war hero”, but some people understand him as a “war criminal”. But was he? From my understanding he was really just doing what he felt was right. Sherman was a harsh General from what some people say. In Document B, the author, John F. Marsalek, states in line 58,” if Sherman did not commit these crimes personally, he nevertheless created the climate in which they took…

“Bang!” A loud noise came all throughout the audience of the Ford Theater. It was a gun shot right in the back of Lincoln’s crown. Six days after the civil war ended, on April 14th, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth while he was watching the play “Our American Cousin”. According to History.com , when John Wilkes Booth killed Lincoln he shouted “Sic semper tyrannis” (History.com Staff). This translated to thus ever to tyrants which is the Virginia state motto.…

Who is the Manliest? Abraham Lincoln once stated, “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” One chief term in Lincoln’s statement is adversity, which conveys a state of serious or unremitting impediments or misfortune. Another principle expression in Lincoln’s statement is power, which denotes possession of control, authority, or influence over others. Taken as a whole, Lincoln signifies that force over others alters a man more than facing…