The battle of gettysburg is considered one of the most bloodiest battles of all time along with the battle of atlanta. These are two important battles during the civil war with Gettysburg being widely considered the turning point of the civil war. The battle of bull run is also important because it was the first battle of the civil war. It also demonstrated that the union was not able to defeat the confederate states as easily as they had initially planned. These two battles were significant to the civil war as the battle of bun run proved that it was not going to be an easy battle against the south and the result of the battle of Gettysburg stopped general from advancing further into the north.
As the tension between the south and the north
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The union knew of the confederate army movements and decided that they should follow the confederate army. The reason for this was the order of general Mcdowell who ordered the union army to attack the confederate army; this battle was called the battle of bull run.
Before the battle actually happened the confederate army decided that the Manassas gap line was important for the confederates to troops to move to Manassas and back to the valley if needed. General Lee who decided to follow the state he was born in, Lee became the general in charge of the confederate army. General cocke pointed out to Lee that the Manassas gap was very important. So the confederate army started fortifying at Manassas on may 15 as they needed to gain control of the Manassas gap line. General beauregard had spies to learn important things that the Union was doing so that the confederacy can be prepared. Beauregard had an ex-clerk who had volunteered to go back to the city and retrieve important information about the Union army and their movements. When the spy came back to General Beauregard, he came back with a message saying that that General McDowell of the Union army had been ordered to march towards Manassas that night. On july 17 the Union army marched to Fairfax Court House, but as the Union army got closer the confederate decided to retreat. The confederates retreated as they did not want
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The next day at 1 a.m, the telegram arrived and general Johnston. On the other side, McDowell started to move, he was told that Johnston will not be able to get to Beauregard because Patterson would prevent that from happening. General Tyler decided to attack even though his instructions were not to attack. He took a squadron and two light companies with him to attack. While this was happening two officer became worried about the turn of events that were taking place as they watched over. The two officers were Major J.G Barnard and Captain J.B Fry, these officer sent a messenger to Tyler to remind of what McDowell’s advice. McDowell had advised Tyler not to engage against the confederate army.
After Tyler got the message, he decided to turn to around and not engage, but something went wrong. While they were withdrawing, Tyler tried to withdraw in a orderly fashion some of the soldiers were confused and they panicked, the confused men ran for a mile until they were able to be set on the right track. Afterwards the two sides exchanged gunfire, it had begun at noon and it ended around 4 p.m. July 19th both sides were having problems thinking of what to do next. On the 21st of july, this was the day where it the actual battle begun and ended
The Battle of Gettysburg lead by Robert E. Lee was a three-day battle and was an immense turning point in the war for the Confederate army. Lee had designed brilliant plans for battle, but they were not always fully thought out and executed. Furthermore at Gettysburg Lee’s battle plans seemed to be a big guess or gamble and not really certain at all. Having well thought out
It all started in the year 1862. General George McCellen currently controls the army of the Potomac. When it was determined that McCellen was a bad general, in December of 1862 he was replaced with General Ambrose Burnside. Within a week, Burnside decided on a campaign to the Southern capitol, Richmond. He told his plans to Lincoln and Lincoln approved, but told Burnside the only way for a win was to move quickly. Burnside split his group into three grand divisions, each with two corps. Burnside’s division arrives first at Fredericksburg; when he arrived there weren’t many Confederates. After Burnside’s arrival there was a swarm of Confederates who arrived. The problem was, that while the Confederates moved into position, General Burnside had to wait for pontoon builders so they could cross the Rappahannock River. (See Map1) He had requested pontoons from Harper’s Ferry but they hadn’t arrived yet and came two weeks later. This gave the Confederates time to get an advantageous position over the Union. While Burnside waited he looked at the town from on top of a ridge.
Major Anderson thought that the people of Charleston were about t attempt to seize Fort Sumter. He would not stand for this, so since he was commander of all the defenses of the harbor, and without any orders to disagree with him, he said that he could occupy any one of his choice. Since he was being watched he only told his plan to three or four officers that he knew that he could trust. He first removed the women and children with a supply of provisions. They were sent to Fort Johnson on Dec. 26 in vessels. The firing of tree guns at Moultrie was to be the signal for them to be conveyed to Sumter. In the evening the garrison went to Sumter. The people of Charleston knew that the women and children were at Fort Johnson and thought that Anderson would take his troops there. (www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/battlefort-sumter.html)
The battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the civil war because a lot of the generals lost their lives from the great wars. According to the letters (Doc C) from General Robert E. Lee states “ General Barksdale is killed. Generals Garnett and Armstead are missing. Generals Pender and Trimore wounded in the leg. General Heth injured in the head. General Kemper is feared.” This shows that the battle of Gettysburg changed from that point on because the less generals that they had the harder it would be to train their soldiers, the less soldiers that know what to do it will be harder fight in the civil war. This connects back to why the
wanted to fight for what they believed in. In fact, the reasons why Confederate and Union
... or ending the war, because it was the only rail junction connecting Richmond to the rest of the Confederacy. Faced with the need to defend a line running continuously from north of Richmond to Petersburg, the Confederates were stretched thinner and thinner. Eventually their line broke. Within a little over a week it was over. The final year of the Civil War was something new in the history of warfare - never before had two large armies remained locked in continuous combat for such a long period of time. In the past the armies would fight, retreat, regroup, and usually meet at some later date and place but in 1864-65 even though they moved around some it was almost one continuous fight to the end.
The South was fighting against a government that they thought was treating them unfairly. They believed the Federal Government was overtaxing them, with tariffs and property taxes making their life styles even more expensive than they already had been. The North was fighting the Civil War for two reasons, first to keep the Nation unified, and second to abolish slavery. Abraham Lincoln, the commander and chief of the Union or Northern forces along with many other Northerners believed that slavery was not only completely wrong, but it was a great humiliation to America. Once can see that with these differences a conflict would surely occur, but not many had predicted that a full-blown war would breakout. One did and after three bloody and costly years for both sides we come to the date of July 1, 1863.
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America "Fourscore and seven years ago ." These are the first 5 of only two hundred seventy-two words that remade America. In Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America, the author, Gary Wills, informed us that Abraham Lincoln wanted equality among us and to unite as one. In Abraham Lincoln's own speech, he would not mention single individuals or even top officers. Everyone was considered as equal importance and was never any different. "Though we call Lincoln's text the Gettysburg Address, that title clearly belongs to Everett." 1 This is very true, which I think is interesting. Everett who was chosen by David Wills to commemorate the National Cemetery of Gettysburg, was supposed to be the speaker while Lincoln was only the dedicatory remarks speaker. Not only did Lincoln have the favorable speech, it was only three minutes while Everett's was two hours long. Lincoln also supposedly was not supposed to be there to speak; he actually just told a correspondent that he would be present. It's amazing to believe that a two hundred seventy-two word speech would say so much to thousands of people.
Both forces were moving towards Pennsylvania, when they converged upon Gettysburg. General Lee decided to take the fighting to Northern soil, and moved his troops to Maryland. While heading north, the two forces converged at Gettysburg, and the fighting began soon thereafter. After news of the fighting, General Meade arrived on the battlefield on the second day of battle..
The Unions had lost and the Confederates won this battle under the General Braxton Bragg. After the battle ended, Bragg was told to take troops to Chattanooga. Confederates required Chattanooga since it was one of the last spots to have entry to send and get men and supplies through the railroad. The union troops were surrounded by the Confederate troops. Ulysses S. Grant knew the Confederates had a preference since they were situated at a higher height and were looking down on the Union troops in Chattanooga. General Thomas was put in command of the troops in Chattanooga. Later on, Grant knew he had to defeat the Confederates at once. His first area was to assault Browns Ferry, which he did on October 27- 28. During the nights of October 27-28, two powers were sent to take control of Browns Ferry. One was sent by walking crosswise over Moccasin Point and the other was sent down the waterway to astonish the Confederates. “From the Pontoon Bridge already in place at Chattanooga, a road led directly westward across Moccasin Point for two miles until it hit the river again at Brown’s Ferry (Korn, 89).” This road was in the far distance from the confederates on Lookout Mountain which enabled the Federals to take Brown’s Ferry easily. “Outflanked and outnumbered, Confederate General Longstreet was forced to retreat to Lookout Mountain (Korn, 91).” At
On the second day, July 2nd, the Confederate Army awoke to find that the rest of the Union Army had arrived at Gettysburg. General Lee gave orders for his men to attack in the morning, but General Longstreet was quite slow in getting his troops into position, so the attack didn't take place until the afternoon.
...another language. General McDowell’s indecision to push his untrained troops forward to gain the upper hand showed his lack of effective communication with his combat commanders. This lead to a little too late concept that eventually caused the South to win the battle.
The Confederate commander looked through his field glasses and spotted a long column of Federal cavalry heading toward the town. He withdrew his brigade and informed his superior, Gen. Henry Heth, who in turn told his superior, A.P. Hill, he would go back the following morning and "get those shoes." Wednesday morning, July 1, two divisions of the Confederates headed back to Gettysburg. They ran into Federal cavalry west of the town at Willoughby Run and the skirmish began. Events would quickly escalate.
The battle of Gettysburg occurred over three hot summer days, July 1 to July 3, 1863, around the small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It began as a meeting engagement, but by its end involved approximately 170,000 Americans. The battle is considered to be the turning point in the American Civil War and is one of the most studied battles in American history. The events that took place at Gettysburg had a tremendous impact on the outcome of the Civil War and the fate of the United States.
The second battle of Bull Run, also known as the second battle of Manassas, is the second battle between the Union and the Confederacy on Bull Run. It took place in Prince William County in Northern Virginia. The Union controlled by John Pope and the Confederacy controlled by Robert E. Lee both took a full army on the battlefield August 28-30, 1862 during the American Civil War. This battle, deadlier and bloodier than the first, is American on American. The confederacy decides to take the defensive position and plans to wait until the union arrives. The union arrives groups by groups and decides to charge up to the confederate’s powerful defence position. Lee knows that his defensive position was solid enough for Major General James Longstreet