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
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Confederate Army of Northern Virginia‚ and their general Robert E. Lee took place. The Battle of the Wilderness was the first step towards capturing the Confederate capital of Richmond. It began with a meeting between President Abraham Lincoln and Union leader Ulysses S. Grant to discuss war tactics. The goal was to battle Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and keep it under pressure to defend the capital‚ making it impossible for Lee to send more soldiers to defend against the Union advance
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Bibliography: Beringer‚ Richard E.‚ Hattaway Herman‚ Jones Archer‚ and Still William N. Why The South Lost The Civil War. University of Georgia‚ 1986. Davis‚ Kenneth C. Don ’t Know Much About History. New York: HarperCollins‚ 2003. Underwood‚ Robert. (Editor) Retreat From Gettysburg: Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. New York‚ Oxford University‚ 1986 Being for the most part contributions
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clear about the recent “Battle of Seven Pines‚” one thing is for sure. It was fought between the Union ( North) and Confederacy (South). Leading the Confederacy was confederate commander Joseph E. Johnston. The Union was led by General George McLellan.  This battle all began with Joseph E. Johnston’s (pictured above ) plan to defend the capital. This original plan was supposed to take two thirds of the Confederate army to do defending. The other one third of the army would stay
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who values and morals are waivered by no outside influence; his name is General Robert E. Lee‚ also known as “the Old Gray Fox”. He is a very religious man who takes time to observe what is happening and waits to make a decision and sequentially allows his actions to unfold with the support of his trusted underlings and his God. “’…General Lee makes decisions and he moves‚’” (Shaara 251). **As well as all of these‚ Lee was passionate and determined about winning the war. ** He truly cared for all
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Potomac. Unlike his success in the past few jobs‚ Burnside would not rise to the occasion because he makes a few costly mistakes but in Burnside’s defense he had no idea who he was up against. Burnside was up against a skilled leader named‚ Robert E. Lee. Robert E. Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia. He was an experienced and beloved general whose army was very successful. He was born on January 19th 1807 in
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17‚929 casualties in total (United States 13‚353; Confederate States 4‚576). As seem by the casualty ratio‚ it was a victory for the Confederate Army. The commander of the United States Army was Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside and the commander for the Confederate Army was Gen. Robert E. Lee. This battle is important in a few ways. One way is that it is remembered as one of the most one-sided battles in all of the Civil war. It was a failed attempt to attack the southern capital of Richmond. Another
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the Union advanced from Chancellorsville toward general Robert E. Lee‚ but general Lee split his army‚ leaving a small group at Fredericksburg to discourage Major General John Sedgwick from advancing‚ while he attacked Hooker’s force with about four-fifths of his army. After making contact with Lee on May 1st on the Orange Turnpike east of the Chancellor house‚ Hooker pulled his men back and gave up the initiative to general Lee. That night‚ Lee and General "Stonewall" Jackson came up with one
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“When you’re through learning‚ you’re through” – Will Rodgers. The book‚ Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee‚ takes place in a small town in the heart of Tennessee‚ Hillsboro‚ and the Bible Belt in the 1920’s. The play covers one of the first evolution v. religion cases in the South. A teacher named Bertham Cates thought the teachings of Darwin were fascinating. Even though it was outlawed to teach evolution‚ he decided to teach his students the teachings. Not soon after‚ he finds
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generals of the civil war era faced off‚ that is‚ Maj. Gen. George Meade who led the Union’s Army of the Potomac‚ against Gen. Robert E. Lee of the Confederate’s Army of Northern Virginia. Given the
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