: Robert E. Lee was the Civil War's finest general, he was the best at the organization of war. As the country's most experienced general in 1861, he said no President Lincoln's offer to become leader the Union Army, even though he did not like slavery. As leader of the Confederate Army, Lee came across to other people as a strong leader. Why did the Civil War start?…
southern states and the northern states. The south were part of the Confederate States of America and the north were part of the United States of America. The main reason for the war were to protect slavery for the south and the north believed otherwise. Slavery in Virginia became one of the main states that were center of attention during the Civil War. The north were determined to abolish slavery and the south became outraged at the thought of not having slaves. Virginia were one of the…
U.S. Army engineer, railroad president and politician who served as a major general and contributed greatly to the outcome of the Civil War. He was a great strategist who didn’t want lives to be lost in vain. He was beloved by his soldiers because they felt that he cared a lot about their lives. McClellan would do everything in his power to ensure that he could keep as many of his soldiers alive as he could; because of this he was very cautious and it took him a long time to prepare his army for…
the American Civil War to an end. On April 12 Confederates sent warships to stop the supply to Fort Sumter and opened up a bombardment, The Civil War was now commenced. On April 15, Lincoln asked for over 75,000 volunteers to conjoin the Northern Army. Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee rendered their ties to the federal government. The Battle of Gettysburg was considered to be the most important battle of the Civil War because one of the main reasons is that it was the turning…
territory the Union Army has unsuccessfully attacked the Confederate Army several times. General Robert E. Lee takes the Confederate Army and marches north. The battle of Gettysburg takes place from July 1, 1863 to July 3 1863 in a small town called Gettysburg. General Robert E. Lee is leading the Confederate Army numbering approximately 70,000 troops. General George G. Meade commands the Union Army nearly 95,000. The Confederate Army was the Army of Northern Virginia, and the Union Army was…
Confederate capital. They marched to Virginia and took control of the Old Cold Harbor. Then the Confederates came and fought for 2 weeks. There were many deaths on both sides. At the end, the Confederates won and forced the union to leave. The battle of cold harbor took place in Richmond, Virginia, which was the capital of the Confederate States of America. The battle took place over a two week period. It started on May 31st and ended on June 12th in Northern Virginia. Ulysses S. Grant…
The first settlement was established along the James River and called Jamestown, Virginia. Due to the location of the settlement, it was subject to flooding. When the colony was in its infancy, food was scarce. Integration with Native Americans would prove productive in order to beat famine and start cultivating food. Due to this, Virginia’s…
Daniel Morgan was born on July 6th, 1736. Daniel sadly died on his birthday July 6th, 1802. He was only 66 when he died. Morgan moved to Virginia in 1753. He fell in love with Abigail Curry. With Abigail, he had two children named Nancy and Betsy. Daniel Morgan's parents were Eleanor Lloyd and James Morgan. He was one of the most amazing battlefield tacticians of the American Revolutionary War. Daniel Morgan was not only in the American revolutionary war. He was also in the Invasion or…
There is plentiful discourse as to why the Northern Union won the Civil War in 1865 against the Southern Confederacy. Although the military leadership from Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant in the North and Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee in the South both impacted the outcome, Jefferson Davis’s poor political leadership both as president and commander in chief led to the Northern victory, particularly his defective judgements regarding military affairs and his moderate leadership as…
Furthermore, the premise was that both armies would have engaged, and pressured Robert E Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia into either defeat, or surrender. Nevertheless, Sherman had other intentions when it came to this campaign. Sherman was very familiar with the south, and the confederate’s ideals, and tendencies. Moreover with…