battle was a turning point because it was the Confederate Army’s best attempt to breach Union Territory (Gettysburgfoundation.org Staff). Strength for the Confederate’s military was never better as when they fought at Gettysburg (Gettysburgfoundation.org Staff). However‚ the war continued for two more years (Gettysburgfoundation.org Staff). The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in the time span of three days‚ and although
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brought the conflict out of Virginia and drew union soldiers away from Vicksburg where the Confederates were losing. On July 1st‚ day one of the battle of Gettysburg‚ after learning the army of the Potomac was on there way Lee planned to gather his army in Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania. Upon arrival one of the confederate divisions were met with an unwanted surprise‚ two union brigades were already there. The Confederates however were able to push back union forces to Cemetery Hill. With this advantage over
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Networks‚ 2013. Web. 25 Sept.2013.http:// www.history.com/topics/battle-of-gettysburg This article contains information on the three day bloody battle of Gettysburg‚ where Robert E. Lee’s overconfident Confederate Army strived to take down the Unions’. “In May 1863‚ Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia had scored a smashing victory over the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville” (History.com). However‚ President Abraham Lincoln succeeded the Army of Potomac’s commander James
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South. It is considered by many to be a turning point within American history because it ended the issues of rights and slavery in the U.S. And while the war was also believed to be inevitable‚ the outcome certainly was not. Many factors such as Confederate strategy‚ lack of morale‚ and the outcome of the of the 1864 election could have tilted the scale to the South’s favor. During the long and hard-fought Civil War‚ Union victory was not inevitable. Strategy and tactics have been known to go hand
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southern Confederate armies‚ who were comparing the Civil War to the Revolutionary War. They saw their enemies‚ the Northern Yankees‚ as nothing more than tyrants trying to oppress the south. Just as the British had done to the colonists a century and a half ago. This gave them a "holy cause of southern freedom"‚ a reason to step into the shoes of their famed forefathers and once again fight for their liberties and constitutional rights. Chapter one also gives acounts of Confederates lives through
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The main character is a planter named Peyton Farquar. Farquar wanted to be a soldier in the civil war fighting on the Confederates side‚ but instead of fighting he stayed home to care for his family and farm. Though he wanted to still be useful to the cause and was willing to do anything for the Confederates. So when the chance came for him to help the Confederates he did by doing a secret mission at the bridge. The story starts
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whose outcome signaled the death toll for the Confederate Army. The railroads that ran through Petersburg were the locomotion that shipped many of the supplies that General Lee and his troops needed to Richmond‚ the ‘capital’ of the south‚ thus “General Ulysses S. Grant cut off all of Petersburg’s supply lines ensuring the fall of Richmond…” (National Park Service). The fall of Richmond was a critical and final blow to General Lee and the confederate army. General Ulysses S. Grant was upset with
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significant deficits on both the armies of the Union and the Confederacy. These casualties were large numbers of individuals that these armies would not be able to use in battles preceding it. This inability to use troops stalled out the second Confederate offensive in the North. More importantly the casualties stopped General Robert E. Lee. Although he had lost the Battle of Gettysburg‚ General Lee was an apt military leader. His forces were often outnumbered but he would manage to utilize his troops
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Grant told his army not to let go of the sunken road. The union held the road as bullets passed them. All the bullets sounded like a mad Hornet’s nest. The confederates attacked the “Hornets nest” eleven times. The Union still held strong. General Prentiss of the union army encouraged his soldiers to keep fighting‚ but then the Confederates came with sixty-two canons and lined them up against the road. The cannons did considerable amounts of damaged and the Union was forced to surrender. Not
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bravely under Confederate General Robert E. Lee. At the start of the whole thing we were quite confident in our ability to win due to the astounding victory at the Battle of Chancellorsville‚ Virginia‚ in May 1863. We all felt extremely good in the direction this was heading‚ as General Lee only intended to collect supplies from Pennsylvania farmland. He also believed that we needed to leave poor Virginia alone‚ as the majority of the fighting had occurred there already. Us Confederates only wanted
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