Mr. Lincoln’s Army is in its most basic form, about the American Civil War during the early existence of the United States. This book covers the (northern) Union Army's early years and formation, the ascension and command of a young and dashing General George B. McClellan, the Peninsula…
Important Person-Irvin McDowell graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1838, and taught tactics at the academy from until 1845 to many of the generals he would eventually face on the battlefield. He served as an aide-de-camp to General Wool during the Mexican-American War, and received a promotion to Captain for his service at the Battle of Buena Vista. when the Civil War started on May 14 Irvin McDowell was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General because of connections to the Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon Chase. Although he had never before commanded troops in combat, McDowell attacked Confederate forces at the First Battle of Manassas where he was consequently defeated. After the defeat, General McClellan was Promoted…
Pickett at the start of the Civil War. George resigned from the U.S. military and was chosen as a colonel in the Confederate army ( Civil War Trust). When he was done with the U.S. military, George first saw combat during the Peninsula Campaign, where he led his bridge at the battles of Williamsburg, Seven Pines, and Gaines’ Mill. At Gaines’ Mill, George was wounded in the shoulder and forced out of command until September of 1862 ( Civil War Trust). After all the battles, George was promoted to major general and placed of a small division in general James Longstreet's corps. George and his command were present at the battle of Fredericksburg, but saw only little combat, and then took part in the Suffolk Campaign. George’s most important role in the war however would come at the Battle of Gettysburg(Civil War Trust). When George was done with his jobs, George entered the Civil War in 1861 and served as a brigade commander at the Battles of Seven Pines and Williamsburg before being wounded at the Battle of Gaines’ Mill ( History). Later in the Civil War, he was done commanding the defense of the Lower Rappahannock River, he was appointed a brigadier general on January 14,1862 Civil War Trust). That is the life of George E. Pickett during the Civil…
Lee, decided to make his way over to Richmond to lead the repel of the Union attack. General Lee, mustered up around 55,000 thousand ground troops and around 14 artillery batteries. Once Gen. Lee got to Malvern Hill, he surveyed the land for his main priority, artillery positions. Gen. Lee used fellow Confederate Gen. James Longstreet to compare observed land survey for artillery positions. They agreed two grand battery with additional other artillery pieces in support, positions would be place at the left and right sides of Malvern Hill, and conspired to weaken the Union frontal attack with artillery crossfire so that the exhausted Confederate attack would push back the Union forces. The Generals also would use the artillery fire as suppression to redraw forces if the main plan had no success, both plans were base off of artillery, not ground forces. The Union Army, commanded by Gen. McClellan, also survey Malvern hill, and was aided by Henry Hunt, a Union Chief Artillerist, who provided expert advice on current capabilities and deployment of the artillery systems in the current Union forces. With both armies using artillery as its base for both offenses, the army with the best artillery guns and plan, stand to win. The stage is set for a good old fashion artillery…
At about one in the afternoon the Confederate cannons opened fire on the Union Position at Cemetery Ridge, the Union than slows its cannon fire, and trick the Confederate Armies into thinking that they knocked out most of the Union’s Cannons. General Pickett of the Confederate armies charges the Union line, but the opposing army opens fire again. The confederates are slaughtered by the Unions Cannons, Pickett's Division lost about 3000, whereas the Union lost 1,500. The confederates then retreat, and General Robert E. Lee blames himself for all the casualties of the confederates, he rides out to survivors and apologizes to them. The Confederate Forces then retreat and move away from Gettysburg. Gettysburg was the last attempt by the Confederates to move into the Union's Territory and to take…
The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain positively impacted the battle. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was a hero at Gettysburg because of his great leadership, the trust of his men and holding the Union flank.…
Most people would think that General Washington was a successful military tactician is because of how he was employing a tactic of exploiting the night on several occasions or also known as the espionage tactics during the American War. In detail, General Washington first discovered that spy tactics was very crucial to gaining military advantages over enemy troops and the importance of codes and ciphers for wartime correspondence. In the French and Indian War, as General Washington served his time, he had experimented with a group he organized to conduct spies as well as ciphering. As he experiences that important aspect of winning that War period, he had the potential and the central operation to win the Revolutionary War. When he oversaw…
After some of the southern states had begun to secede, the Confederate soldiers started taking over federal establishments, including forts. Fort Sumter was a federal fort located in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.…
Regan Montgomery Thaddeus Stevens Reflection. Thaddeus Stevens was not in favor of an easy re-entry into the Union for former Confederate states. He was in favor of punitive action against the South because he believed it was necessary to ensure justice and protect the rights of freed slaves. Stevens also thought that without consequences, the former Confederate states might revert to their old ways and continue to oppress the newly freed African Americans. Without violence involving punishment principles, two positions have been suggested: the Southern states should be treated as they never left because the Constitution doesn’t allow secession, and the Southern states, by seceding from the Union, had positioned themselves as enemies of the…
George Pickett was a major general for the Confederate Army best known for his role in “Pickett’s Charge,” the unsuccessful assault against Union forces at the Battle of Gettysburg. Pickett was born on January 16, 1825 in Richmond, Virginia to Robert and Mary Pickett, the oldest of their eight children. Remembered as a jovial young man, he attended West Point Military Academy and graduated last in his class in 1846. His classmates included Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, George McClellan, and George Stoneman.…
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Though the Union and Confederate soldiers both fought for the victory of their nations, each side had its own reasoning and purpose for doing so. Soldiers relied on their families from home and in battle for encouragement. They wanted to fight not only for their nation, but for their family at home. They didn't want to let them down, alongside of their nation. Their family in regiments was just as beloved. They all felt the same pain and pride, therefore becoming closer to one another. They'd watch each other win and watch each other die. Backing out of it was the last thing they wanted to do and be considered a coward. Soldiers had rather die of honor than live a coward. They were all in it together and that bond with each other kept them from giving up. The leaves that were given gave those enlisted a break from the soldier life for a short period, which was a great privilege. The problem was that the leaves were abused and soldiers wouldn't come back when their time was up, therefore being a deserter. The government wasn't in control enough to do anything about the deserters.…
Duncan Meade enters the Irving School a senior this year. As a school tradition, each senior gets their own dorm room without having to share it with anyone. On the first day of school, each senior will go to the senior hall and find their room; and in the room, there will be "treasures" left behind for them from the previous senior who lived there. Duncan has one fear: he is afraid to find out if the smallest room in the hall belongs to him. And of course, it does. The treasures the previous owner, Tim Macbeth, leaves behind for Duncan is a note and a stack of CDs. Those CDs play the recordings of Tim's story for Duncan as the "meat of your Tragedy Paper," which is the Irving School's senior English paper to be handed in at the end of the…
He was able to do so from his extensive education at West Point; as well as making a name for himself in the Mexican war (Tagg, 1998). Brigadier General Hunt was part of reviewing the Army’s Light Artillery Tactics, accordingly , he assisted in the creation of the “Bible for artillerymen on both sides of the Civil War” (Tagg,1998). The battle of Gettysburg Brigadier General Hunt demonstrated superior tactical patience; luring General Robert E. Lee army within devastating reach of the Union’s artillery. If not for Brigadier General Hunt the course of the battle could have strayed from the Union…
The Union general, Winfield S. Hancock, arrived shortly after and “sent a favorable report on the terrain to Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, who ordered the entire army to concentrate at Gettysburg.” Later that night, reinforcements for both the Union and Confederate army arrived. Though it is portrayed that there wasn’t much fighting going on, on the first day,…