Union Army

war, Robert E. Lee acted as the commander of the Northern Virginia Army. The Northern Virginian Army was a tandem of warriors feared in the Union as an efficient war machine. He spent the last year of war as the head of the Confederate Army. 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…

the most important engagement in the Civil War or the the turning point in the war. Robert E. Lee marched his North Virginia army into Pennsylvania. It was caused by Commander Robert E. Lee. The Confederates were strong but not strong enough. As confederate forces drove out out-numbered federal forces, Lee gave orders to attack cemetery hill. Dwell decided to attack Union corps and formed a defensive line. “Over the next several hours, bloody fighting raged along Sickles’ line, which stretched…

The Battle of Shiloh was fought on April sixth to April seventh in 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. The Union Generals were Ulysses S. Grant and Don Carlos Buell, the Confederate General was Albert Sidney Johnston. The Battle of Shiloh was considered the bloodiest battle of the Civil War with around 23,700 deaths in all. This was one of the first successful outcomes for the Union and sparked a light of hope for the fighting soldiers. The battle begins with Confederate General Johnston…

The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the civil war because at the end the Union won.There was three different battles the Confederate army and the Union fought each battle was fought in a different place on different days.The Union had many advantages such as the geography of gettysburg.The Union had a smaller army than the Confederate army.This war killed soldiers,generals and the morale of both the Union and the Confederacy. It also helped show that Robert E. Lee could be defeated…

Robert lee’s army at Virginia, by tactically taking advantage of the current position of the union forces to engage them separately, before they could converge with Thomas at Nashville. Hood planned to march to Tuscumbia so as to wait for supplies and Forest cavalry to arrive, and then march forward to Columbia. With the union army marching to Nashville, precious time was been wastred at Tuscumbia. General hood had failed to take into account the logistics required to furnish his army with…

The Gettysburg campaign (several related operations aimed at subduing the Union) was the Confederacy’s last ditch attempt to turn the war in their favor. Although the history books now tell us that Lee’s army failed and were forced from the deep North never to return that far ever again (Doc A), we lest not forget an alternative scenario in which Lee’s army won. Had this scenario occurred, then the North would be on the ropes, as the Confederacy would not cease to capture everything that…

the ability to visualize each scene as it unfolded in the past.. The Battle of Gettysburg is regarded as one of the bloodiest battles fought on America soil and was a turning point in the civil war. The Confederates took the offensive while the Union defended the higher ground. These events, normally told from a third person view are now told through the eyes of soldiers who documented their experiences. In The Killer Angels, the reader sees the formulation and execution of plans, as well as…

The Battle of Antietam On September 16, 1862, the Union army of the Potomac, under the control of Major General George B. McClellan, went to war against Robert E. Lee’s Confederate soldiers who were a part of the Army of Northern Virginia. The war began in Sharpsburg, Maryland at dawn on September 17, when the Union corps under the control of Major General Joseph Hooker led a strong assault against Robert E. Lee’s left flank. This is ultimately what began the Battle of Antietam, which turned…

battles. The first phase was the Battle of Third Winchester (September 19), which pitted General Sheridan’s Army of the Shenandoah amassing approximately 50,000 union troops against General’s Jubal Early’s Army of the Valley with a confederate force approximately 13,000 troops. General Sheridan attacked Early inaugurating a campaign that would drive the Confederates out of the Shenandoah…

Is there someone to whom to blame for the loss for the Confederate Army at the battle of Gettysburg? The battle of Gettysburg lasted only three days and it is the battle that decides who would take the upper hand within the war. Confederates made several crucial mistakes that cost them the battle. Many people may believe that General Longstreet is the one who is the reason why the Confederates lost the battle of Gettysburg because his hesitation within the battle. General Lee is the one who…