Second Battle of Bull Run

of 2,400, recently hosted the latest battle of the Civil War. This battle was fought July 1-3, 1863. The Battle of Gettysburg is thought of as the most important clash of the Civil War. The Confederate’s casualties totalled to 28,000 out of 75,000 and the Union’s casualties 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…

There was a four-year bloody battle during the civil war. Both the northerners and southerner took fighting each other very seriously, and they both thought it would be a short war and minimal casualties, but that did not become the case. When the southerners talked about the northerners, they called them cowards and they did not think that they had the courage and strength to sustain in a long drawn out battle. The northerners really expected the southerner will to fight to weaken quickly and…

he needed to make a great impression to be remembered, he surely did it. Fitzhugh Lee most notably known for his military accomplishments is also known as a hero with a passion to pursue that of the confederacy. Although in most of his battles he served as second in command, he still pursued the enemy and victory at all costs which set…

The first major battle was the First Battle of Bull Run which snapped the Union into reality that this war might last more than just a couple of months and gave the Confederates a sense that they might actually win this war. Before this war General McDowell didn’t think the army was ready and that was proven during this battle. The objective of the battle was to capture the town of Manassas, which was an important rail road junction south…

When he fought in the First Battle of Bull Run, his Union troops were defeated badly. Then, in 1869, when Ulysses Grant became the president, Sherman became the general of the Union Army again after he resigned his position. During that time, he ordered to attack the Indian tribes. Thaddeus…

project due to the people of Maryland not being entirely convinced. Union soldiers who were led by General McClellan, found a battle plan of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that informed them of the Confederates plan of splitting up to attack Harper’s Ferry. Confederates reunited and the two troops soon met together along Antietam Creek in Maryland on September 17, 1862. The battle was a very bloody one and lasted for many hours. In the end, the Union ended up having 12,000 casualties and the…

One of the major ill-decisions made by Lee that contributed to the overall defeat of the Confederate army at the Battle of Gettysburg was the ordering of Pickett’s Charge. Pickett’s Charge is considered one of the most famous events during the three day battle. It took place on the third day when Lee ordered General George Pickett plus six brigades from adjacent corps to charge up the middle of Cemetery Hill where the Federal center was located and ultimately unhinge Meade’s entire force. The…

A union blockage war assembled around the Confederacy forcing the, to send goods through Mexico. So the Union sent its first invasion force towards the Virginia. This campaigns only made it as far as Bull Run and the war in the east became one of attrition. Confederate troops were more skillfully by the strategically commanders for example Robert E. Lee. The industrial power of the north kept union troops and supplies coming. After Kentucky declared that…

line in the election of 1864. Further, Generals in the second half of the war like Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan were all Republican generals who destroyed resources in the South, plantations, food supplies, slaves, and railroads. Democratic leaders earlier in the war like McClellan did nothing to destroy the South’s economy. Those generals were not against slavery, but only wanted to hold the Union together. If Grant had not won, the battle of Vicksburg it would not have split the South…

(5-1) pulled away to pick up a 108-102 victory in Quicken Loans Arena. The win was the Cavs’ fifth straight after a season-opening loss in Chicago against the Bulls. “Obviously, we did not have our best defensive game tonight,” Blatt said. After two quarters, Cleveland trailed the winless Sixers (0-5) 50-49. The…