Union Army

forth and back of their past positions between the armed forces. Armed force of Potomac (90,000 men under Gen. George G. Meade) and the Confederate armed force (75,000 man of Northern Virginia Army under Gen. Robert E. Lee) met up in a three days of encounters. () The third day Lee requested an assault to the Union 's strengthened focus known as Pickett 's Charge yet it ended up being self-destructive for his armed force. There were numerous murdered and injured in this fight (23,000 from…

Ohio volunteer army to major general in the Union army at one point he was even nicknamed “The Young Napoleon.” However, his success was cut short by a series of failed battles and poor strategic decisions. President Lincoln began to see McClellan’s leadership as a hindrance to the Union Army, his perceived failure to induce a full-fledged success at Antietam was the last straw and caused Lincoln to dismiss him from his rank as general-in-chief. McClellan’s release from the Union Army as a…

Pennsylvania (The Gettysburg Foundation). This epic battle was three days long and resulted in a retreat to Virginia by Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Just two months prior to the Gettysburg battle, Lee had dealt a stunning defeat to the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville, Virginia. The battle started on the first of July when Lee took his army to…

of seven southern states, the state demanded that the U.S. Army abandon all of its bases contained within the Charleston Harbor. This was just the beginning of the bloodiest war in American history. The war comprised of approximately fifty major battles, along with ten thousand minor skirmishes or battles. (“Civil War Battles” 2016) The Union, compromising of the states who were opposed to slavery, had over two million soldiers in their army, while the Confederation had a little over one million…

Legends are legends, in the past and in the present. They are marked in history to be recognized and marveled at for centuries. The same recognition also serves the females that participated in helping the Civil War from 1861 to 1899 (Senker). “As is almost always the case in wartime, these women proved they were capable of doing these things, breaking down the cultural stereotypes regarding the appropriate role for women and what women’s work truly was” (“Transcript: Women of the North and the…

Picket was a very successful man during the civil war. Stating his power, Pickett left the army shortly Virginia won the battle against the union in April 1861. He went east to the Confederate capital at Richmond, where he protected a colonel in command of secure at Rappahannock River. George E. Pickett was a Confederate during the American Civil War (1861–1865) and one of the most powerful leaders in the Army of Northern Virginia. He was born in Richmond Virginia. He really loved it there…

successful strikes at Fort Henry and Donelson. However, Grant and the army ran into trouble when attacking Corinth, Mississippi. The army was caught unaware and the bloodbath of Shiloh took place. Though, the Union was victorious, but people/soldiers were mad at the bloodbath and the Union unpreparedness. With this victory, Grant and the Army of Tennessee push forward towards Vicksburg. This became a six month ordeal for the army and Grant. Grant tried a lot of maneuvers and eventually…

Ulysses S. Grant a man who led the Union victory in the Civil War. A man who was willing to fight was unconventional for the Union but that’s what ended up winning the war for the Union. Grant’s impact on the U.S. didn’t just effect the U.S. during the war but even after he made an impact when he became president afterwards during the reconstruction of the Civil War. Grant was a leader during and after the war. Even though he was and unconventional and was controversial for the time period he…

the blazing guns and the explosive artillery, which ultimately contributed to the South’s demise. Disease (dysentery, typhoid, malaria) ran rampant throughout Union and Confederate armies due to unsanitary conditions and the lack of medical knowledge. People began to realize the potency of these microscopic killers and citizens of the Union accepted women as nurses to help protect their soldiers while the…

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…