Union Army

(History). Primary crops grown were cotton, corn, and wheat. Paulding County is well known for its role in the Civil War. In 1864, Union General William T. Sherman planned to take over Dallas to control the traffic on the county roads that led to larger cities such as Atlanta and Kennesaw (History). Confederate General Joseph Johnson commanded his troops to stop the Union from the attempted take-over. Three battles took place at New Hope Church, Dallas, and Pickett’s Mill. The battles delayed…

Georgia’s inlet which trade ships frequented. It also had the strategic advantage of providing oversight of Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. As the Civil War raged, capturing Savannah and her port became a priority to cripple the Confederate Armies re-supply system. On April 10,…

historical site that I decided to visit was Yellow Bluff Fort, Historic State Park. I chose to visit this site after I read the content in Module eight. Module Eight spoke about the battle between the Union Confederate navies at St. Johns Bluff which opened up the St. Johns River for use by the Union. Yellow Bluff Fort is actually located near the St. Johns River. The most amazing part about Yellow Bluff Fort is that it was an imperative position during the Civil War which gave access to some of…

cannons. Once the Confederates were close enough, they started shooting. There was a lot of shots fired too. A At the beginning I was worried about Lee out thinking us, but our general out thought him this time. This was the first time in the war that a Union general out thought the “great” Robert E. Lee. We put the Confederates back on their heels, and won that battle. Now we had total…

1824. He was the son of a court clerk and farmer, but had dreams of being in the army. In 1843 Burnside began his journey by receiving an appointment to west point, a United States Military Academy. To say he had a hard time is an understatement. After nearly being expelled several times, he ultimately graduated in 1847 at the middle of his class - 18th out of 38 students. Burnside began his career in the Army as a Brevet Second Lieutenant, and had his first career engagement in Veracruz,…

Introduction On the second day of July 1863, during the Battle of Gettysburg, Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was assigned to the far left of the Union line at the critical position of Little Round Top. With no other available options or ammunition, the 20th Battalion of Maine executed a bayonet charge led by Chamberlain at Confederate General John B. Hood’s approaching troops. Chamberlain’s act of courageousness and stoutheartedness led to the retreat of Hood’s men, the successful…

many battles he fought took place at Stirling Bridge, Stirling, Scotland. Our story begins on September 10 in the year 1297. William Wallace and the 3,000 Scottish freedom fighters arrived at River Fourth. That night the army set up camp and waited. When the English army of nearly 10,000 soldiers arrived, Wallace knew this was going to be a tough battle. Wallace and his men silently watched as the English knights and infantry trudged across the narrow bridge on the crisp early morning of…

The Civil and Revolutionary wars had similar circumstances when it came to the 2 armies fighting The smaller side of each war had a size disadvantage against opposing forces, couldn’t fund the war and had little resources. The larger side of each war had a size advantage, produced more supplies, and had a well-organized army. One advantage that was openly used during both of these wars was home field advantage. During the war, the smaller side would use this strategy to set up attacks. One…

Sappington Marmaduke’s Confederate cavalry division attacked the small Union garrison under Colonel Powell Clayton that had occupied Pine Bluff (Jefferson County) following the capture of Little Rock (Pulaski County) on September 10, 1863. The purpose was to return the strategic initiative to the Confederacy. Marmaduke led a force of some 2,000 Rebels out of Princeton (Dallas County) on October 24 to assault the 1,200 to 1,500 Union troopers of the Fifth Kansas Cavalry and the First Indiana…

highest status in Vietnam, Lao, and Cambodia; however, after 1949, with communist became more and more powerful at that time, Ho Chi Minh who led north Vietnam declares independence. There were many communists in lots of countries such as the Soviet Union and China. Presidency Kennedy had a theory called “Domino theory”. It means if more communists control other areas such as the southern part of…