Second Battle of Bull Run

War. As the title of this paper suggests, this paper is about the causes, battles, and the aftermath of the Civil War. In the first section of this paper, I discuss the different reasons that Northerners and Southerners fought and describe the attack on Fort Sumter. The next three sections of this paper are concerned with three major battles of the Civil War: the First Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Antietam, and the Battle of Gettysburg. Finally, the last section of this paper is dedicated…

a independent strong commander. He won plenty of victories on armies of the campaign. In Thomas partnership with Lee started when Thomas joined his army in June 1862 and Thomas was determined to stay in heavy fighting in Virginia. At the second battle bull run his troops played key roles from August 1862 to May 1863. Thomas by October 1862 he was a Lieutenant General and led a good amount of general Lee's army. Thomas bravery inspired his soldiers to be brave just like him. Thomas punished…

and deference of Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. Jackson claimed many victories for the Confederate Army and helped the army endure a long harsh battle against the Union. As General of the Confederate army Robert E. Lee demonstrated his military genius through his ability to anticipate enemy movements. Lee also showed his military genius through developing new battle tactics that positioned his generals to take strategic territories towards the northern border of Virginia.Thomas J. Jackson, also…

1862, especially at the Battle of Shiloh with Grant and Buell and the Seizure of New Orleans by 1 May 1862. In the East, however under McClellan, Burnside and later Pope, gained little or lost a bunch with each major engagement against the Confederates such as the Battle of Fair Oaks and later the Seven Days Battles. In the end of the campaign of these battles the Army of the Potomac again was pulled back north to Washington. By the time of the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Confederates had…

of the war was preordained. However, Southern leaders counted on three factors. First, the power of cotton, 2/3 of the cotton used in Britain was produced in the South. Thus many southerners counted on foreign intervention on behalf of the south. Second, many southerners felt that the north would not fight hard for the Union and give up. Finally, they relied the superior military capability of southerners. The majority of the graduates from west point were…

Following up to the Civil War, Lee had grew a reputation as one of the best battle strategists of his generation. The Lincoln Administration offered Lee a spot as a general of the Union army in which Lee declined stating his loyalty to Virginia as the…

fully bring her services onto the battlefields and in the field hospitals. She tended to the injured in the following battles: First Battle of Bull Run, Second Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Harpers Ferry, Battle of South Mountain, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Fairfax Station, Battle of Chantilly, Battle of Charleston, Battle of Petersburg, and the Battle of Cold Harbor (American Red…

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” – Abraham Lincoln. In the 1860’s the economy was failing, Abraham Lincoln was voted president, and he is getting rid of slavery. The shots fired at fort Sumter made the war reality. Neither the north nor south was really prepared. Each side had some advantages. Robert E.Lee, a gradute or the U.S military acadamy at west point, lee had served in the mexican…

was born in New Rumley, Ohio on December 5, 1839. Custer was born to Emanuel Henry Custer and Marie Ward Kirkpatrick. He was not from an incredibly established family, his father was a farmer and a blacksmith in Ohio and his mother was his father's second wife. He had four siblings. Thomas Custer and Boston Custer were two of his younger brothers who died in the war, under his command. His two other siblings were Margaret Cutser and Nevin Custer, Nevin did not fight in the war because he…

The Army of the Potomac was one of the main Union land forces. In July of 1861 the Union suffered a great loss at the battle of Bull Run. This resulted in General George B. McClellan being appointed as leader of the Union forces in and around Washington D.C. McClellan then created an army, this was known as the Army of the Potomac. This army would have many different commanders through its span of the Civil War. General George B. McClellan was the creator and commander of the Army of the…