Vicksburg

Significance of 1864 Grant, in 1864, began a war of attrition against Lee’s army in Virginia. At the end of six weeks of fighting, Grant’s casualties stood at 60,000—almost the size of Lee’s entire army—while Lee had lost 25,000 men. General William T. Sherman entered Atlanta, seizing Georgia’s main railroad center. The Election of 1864 Republicans nominated John C. Fremont on a platform calling for a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery, federal protection of the freed people’s…

General William Tecumseh Sherman was born on February 8, 1820 in Ohio. He was one of eleven children. His parents were Charles Robert Sherman and Mary Hoyt Sherman. Charles Sherman was a distinguished lawyer, and until his unexpected death in 1829, he had been serving on the Ohio Supreme Court. William Sherman moved in with Thomas Ewing, a senator. When he was 16, Sherman attended the famous military school West Point. Although he was an excellent student, he did not concur with the school’s…

It was the bloodiest single day fight in American history, with more than 23,000 setbacks. The Union triumph there prompted the Emancipation Proclamation. Gettysburg and Vicksburg i had major impacts such that Gettysburg was a union that stopped Robert Lee in the North and Vicksburg gave the union army control over the Mississippi River. The political effect of Sherman’s capture in Atlanta was politically important as it convinced many people in the North that the war would…

David Glasgow Farragut was an Admiral in the Union navy who fought in the American Civil War. He is credited with several important victories including the taking of New Orleans, The Battle of Mobile Bay, and helping the Union to gain control of the Mississippi River. David Farragut was an important figure in the Civil War and an influential admiral. David Farragut was born on July 5, 1801 as James Farragut. His father was Jorge Farragut, who had served as a Spanish merchant captain in the…

Its rapid elongation rates, high leaf area indices, high photosynthetic rates, and frequent rooting at stem nodes make kudzu an aggressive competitor with native shrubs and trees. This aggressive species is known for forming large stands and suppressing the growth of native tree and understory species making them effective structural parasites in forest communities (Forseth, 2004). The economic impact of kudzu in the United States is estimated at $100–500 million lost per year in forest…

The Battle of Gettysburg was a major turning point in the war. After Lee’s win at Chancellorsville, he led his army through the Shenandoah Valley to begin his second invasion of the North. The battle began on July 1, 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Meade was pursuing Lee from the South and they accidentally bumped into each other at Gettysburg. By the end of the first day, the Confederates pushed the Union through the town of Gettysburg. The Union formed in the shape of a fish hook on…

With the rise of sectional differences caused by conflicting views regarding slavery, Lewis Cass, a Democratic Senator from Michigan, proposed a new idea to solve this issue. He introduced the concept of popular sovereignty, in which states decide whether or not to allow slavery based on a majority vote. In 1848, Cass became the Democrat nominee for the presidential election based around his campaign of popular sovereignty, also known as “squatter”. His opponents included Mexican war hero…

Freehling does a splendid job organizing the battles of the war chronologically to go along with what he aims to say. From the assault on Fort Wagner to the battle of Vicksburg, he brings a new perspective to each of these crucial events during the Civil War. The name anti-Confederates does not only apply to the whites in the Border States, but blacks also. Many served as soldiers against the Confederate Army. This ultimately…

was defeated at Antietam. After numerous attempts to capture and defeat Lee, Lincoln made the Emancipation Proclamation undermine southern efforts and unify northerners. The Union turned the tables by defeating Lee's army in Gettysburg and taking Vicksburg to gain full control of Mississippi. Abraham Lincoln got reelected, while the common people suffered from hunger, disease, and lawlessness. Riots broke out in the major cities like New York. Grant had closed in on Lee's troops forcing them to…

The North managing to win the war having many advantages compared to the South such as more resources, diving into the fourth theme “The Reasons for Northern Victory.” McPherson starting to get into it on page 115 with the more resources McPherson says, “The Confederacy, in other words, lost the war not because it fought badly, or because its soldiers lacked courage, or because its cause was wrong, but simply because the enemy had more men and guns.” (McPherson 115) Furthermore, the North…