Civil was started in 1861.This battle was also considered one of the bloodest battles in the Civil war and is America’s most famous battle of all time. Going to Gettysburg for the south was lead by Robert E Lee in hopes of winning the northern most
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whereabouts. Robert E. Lee was sent to control the rebellion‚ but Brown’s forces would not surrender. Lee’s army stormed the armory killing ten raiders‚ two of which were Brown’s sons. Brown was tried and hanged on December 2‚ 1859 at Charleston‚ Virginia. Thanks to Brown’s willingness to fight‚ he made a name for himself among the abolitionists. The Southerners praised the use of force from antislavery forces. As tensions grew between the states about slavery‚ it was not until the results of the
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After his surprising triumph at the Battle of Chancellorsville‚ Virginia‚ in May 1863‚ Robert E. Lee drove his Army of Northern Virginia in its second attack of the North—the Gettysburg Campaign. With his armed force in high spirits‚ Lee expected to gather supplies in the inexhaustible Pennsylvania farmland and remove the battling from war-desolated Virginia. He needed to debilitate Northern urban communities‚ debilitate the North’s craving for war and‚ particularly‚ win a noteworthy fight on Northern
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to the rank of brigadier general and he took part in the first battle at Bull Run (July 1861) against the Union Army‚ led by Irvin McDowell. The Confederate troops led by Joseph E. Johnson‚ Jeb Stuart‚ Jubal Early and Pierre T. Beauregard defeated the Union troops. It was during this battle that Brigadier General Barnard E. Bee said Jackson stood against the Union forces "like a stone wall". After this‚ he was known as "Stonewall" Jackson. The summer of 1862 the main Union Army under George McClellan
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battle at Gettysburg was a defining moment in the Civil War not only because of the battle itself‚ but what prevailed with civilian opposition‚ and the events that changed the trajectory of the battle General Lee decided to bring the war to the north to destroy railways in Harrisburg. However‚ Lee received word that Union forces were in the area near Harrisburg‚ as his army marched towards Harrisburg they were surprised to be confronted by the Union forces at Gettysburg. The Union commander‚ perceiving
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Gods and Generals‚ 2003‚ Colonel Joshua Chamberlain (JEFF DANIELS)‚ Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee (ROBERT DUVALL)‚ Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (STEPHEN LANG)‚ Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker (MAC BUTLER)‚ and Capt. Alexander Sandie’ Pendleton (JEREMY LONDON). The movie Gods and Generals is a portrayal of the actions that were illustrated very eloquently and captivatingly in the book Gods and Generals‚ written by Jeff Shaara. The movie even though was less than mediocre in its appeal was full of accurate
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May 31 - June 12‚ 1864 In the overland campaign of 1864‚ Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant with the Army of the Potomac battled General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia for six weeks across central Virginia. At the Wilderness‚ Spotsylvania‚ North Anna and Totopotomoy Creek‚ Lee repeatedly stalled‚ but failed to stop‚ Grant ’s southward progress toward Richmond. The next logical military objective for Grant was the crossroads styled by locals Old Cold Harbor. May 31‚ 1864
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In the year 1861‚ while President Abraham Lincoln was in office‚ shots were fired at Union troops at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Lincoln requested the help of 75‚000 troops to protect the nation’s capital. At this time of the rebellion‚ the state of Virginia was assumed to be contributing to the revolt‚ however‚ had made no decision whether or not to secede. In 1861‚ General Irvin McDowell commanded his federal troops to surround Arlington House and became a headquarters for the Union Army
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cut off Robert E. Lee’s army that was heading for Richmond or at least get Lee’s army into an open field where the Unions would be able to take advantage with their superior numbers. It was Conf. general J.E.B. Stuart’s job to stop the federals from getting to Spotsylvania. For a couple of days‚ a part of Stuart’s cavalry‚ led by Fitz Lee‚ battled union horseman for the control of the Brock Road. The Brock Road was the most direct route between the wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House. Lee was forced
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the Potomac defeats Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia‚ putting an end to Lee’s invasion of the North. Main Characters: Confederate Army Robert Edward Lee: He is the commander of the Confederate army and very well respected in the South. He is fifty-seven years old in the Battle of Gettysburg and suffers heart problems. His combat strategies tend to be more traditional and reject modern defensive warfare. Unfortunately‚ Lee overestimates his troops and orders a final
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