At the Battle of Chancellorsville‚ the Army of Northern Virginia was faced with a serious threat by the Army of the Potomac and its new commanding general‚ Major General Joseph Hooker. General Lee decided to employ a risky tactic to take the initiative and offensive away from Hooker’s new southern thrust – he decided to divide his forces. Jackson and his entire corps went on an aggressive flanking maneuver to the right of the Union lines: this flanking movement would be one of the most successful
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us from progress. Historic statues like the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville‚ Virginia should not be removed from public
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Lee impacted race‚ class‚ gender‚ and/or ethnicity in the United States in many ways. He offered up his life to the most memorable and the best battle in America‚ the Civil War. Just by participating in this event it showed many people who he genuinely
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Research Paper: First Draft James Longstreet is one of the most talked about figures in the American Civil War. As Robert E. Lee’s right hand man he fought at Second Bull Run‚ Fredericksburg‚ Chickamauga‚ Seven Days Battles‚ Antietam‚ Battle of the Wilderness‚ and the most controversial at Gettysburg. Often referred to as Lee’s “old war horse”‚ Longstreet played a major role in the outcome of the Civil War. Longstreet is blamed for the Confederate loss of the Civil War primarily because of his
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that I thought about the people that had died for their beliefs and we put shame to them because they believed in something different. After I thought about it for a while‚ there was one person that came to mind‚ and that person is General Robert E. Lee. Lee fought in what he believed in since he graduated college and got a wife and seven kids. When the reporter said that they took down the flag because the flag means to hate African-Americans. I felt angry‚ that is a good enough reason to take
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The Killer Angels Book Review The novel I chose for the historical book review is called The Killer Angels‚ by Michael Shaara. This novel is about the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War‚ and it is written from the perspective of the people fighting while sharing their thoughts and feelings about the battle as it goes on. Although it is historical fiction‚ The Killer Angels centers around the Battle of Gettysburg‚ which‚ of course‚ really took place. While the strategy of the battle is factual
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think and out fight General Robert E. Lee. If the Confederates had bet the Union in the battle
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consent of either army leader‚ Robert E. Lee or George G. Meade. It ended May 9‚ 1865‚ when Robert E‚ Lee surrendered the last Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse. The Battle of Gettysburg is the most famous American battle in the Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg was a battle that took place during the Civil War that lasted for three days. It is known as by far the costliest battle of the Civil War‚ but not
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novel gives the facts straightforward and provides no commentary by the people involved in history. The historical account of the Battle of Gettysburg‚ as seen in Killer Angels‚ provides the facts of the battle as seen through the eyes of Generals Robert E. Lee‚ Joshua Chamberlain‚ James Longstreet‚ and John Buford. The feelings and inner-thoughts of each General and the conditions of the battle are seen‚ heard‚ and felt by the reader in the historical account. Shaara takes historical license with letters
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very harsh battle that turned the tables in the Civil War. There were more than 20‚000 casualties on each side. The Civil War was into it’s third year before the Battle of Gettysburg took place. The general who led the Confederates was General Robert E. Lee‚ the general of the Union was General George Meade. In each army there was about 75‚000 soldiers. Stated in the background essay‚ “Over the next three days Gettysburg would change from a little known farm town in southern Pennsylvania to the most
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