Robert E. Lee

beneficial during the second day of the war. July 2, 1863, General Lee thought he saw a target of opportunity during a reconnaissance. During the reconnaissance, the Union lines appeared week around Little Round Top, a hill on the southwest of the battlefield. General Meade being well prepared for the Confederate offensive had established defensive positions along Little Round Top, with six of his seven Brigades that were at the battle. General Lee realized during the second the second day of…

Unity was not emboldening the Union Army leadership. In Washington, many important figures were continuing to plot McClellan’s downfall. The Secretary of War was brazenly seeking statements from anyone that help build his case that the general was at fault for the defeat by not completing his assault on Richmond. As well, the secretary was criticizing his withdrawal as “being made dilatory fashion.” The withdrawal had nothing to do with the general; in fact he protested his orders from…

Therefore, it is crucial that morale is simultaneously protected and kindled. This important facet of war was something that the Confederacy overlooked. To illustrate this point, consider General Robert E. Lee’s letter to Confederate President Jefferson on August 8, 1863 wherein Lee informs the President that it would be impossible for the South to win and that he was planning to resign from his position. About three months later, President of the Union Abraham Lincoln gave an infamous…

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history, the Appomattox Courthouse was the surrender site of the Civil War. The southern and northern armies have been fighting one another for four long years, and leading those armies were Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Union General Ulysses S. Grant. During the spring of 1865, Lee wanted to meet with Grant in the a nearby house in Appomattox County to have a discussion, which ultimately lead to the south’s surrender to the Union. The house was owned by Wilmer McLean, and the United…

battle. McPherson’s second main objective of this book is to highlight how tentative General McClellan was over the course of the war. General McClellan was too cautious in engaging the Confederate Army even when he had the captured plans of General Lee. This battle which ensued along the…

Not for Admiration, but for Commemoration: Keeping the Confederate Statues Erect With less than one hundred years since it was established, the United States of America split gravely during the historical Civil War. Over the course of four long years, America witnessed the bloodiest battles fought on American soil. After the war was won by the Union and Reconstruction was in full swing, African Americans were given rights previously unavailable to them due to their status in the American social…

defending the north, but he was defending the capital of Washington DC. Meade had nearly all of his men at the Battle of Gettysburg on those hills and he knew that if he lost this battle, there would be nothing standing in the way of Gen. Lee and the capital. Gen. Lee also had all of his troops swarming to the north, to win the war. He too, knew that if this battle were lost, the war would soon be over, as the Union would invade the south with very little to no defense. The battle of Devil’s…

In their book, Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever, Bill O’Reilly and Dwight Jon Zimmerman provide the readers with information on how Lincoln’s prayer for the Union and the South to become one again led to a disastrous blow to the United States of America. Lincoln prepared many speeches for the “divided” free North and the slaveholding South. Lincoln’s speeches were primarily meant to stop the Southern states from seceding from the Union. Many families…

General Robert E. Lee led his men against the Union for those 3 days. The first two days the Confederate army had their success under the charge of Robert E. Lee, but on the third day the war turned against him, which caused him to retreat back to Virginia. Not only did this retreat caused the loss of this battle, but it lost any chance the Confederates had to gain their independence. The end result of the war left more than 50,000 men killed in the battle. According to Mackuban T. Owens, “Lee…