Confederate General James Longstreet was hampered in his plans to assault Union troops on July 2 1863 because of an unforeseen delay. Longstreet's plan for July 2, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg was to make an assault as early as possible on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Although the head of his army approached the soon to be battle zone at 7 am, a good deal of his army was almost three hours behind his leading column. As a result of this, Longstreet's assault did not begin until the late afternoon. Because of this delay, Union General Meade was able to bring in reinforcements which gave Meade a numerical superiority.
With the Peninsula campaign virtually over by July 1,1862, newspaper articles in Richmond gave General A. P. Hill exaggerated praise for Hill's role in the final battles of that campaign. Hill reported to General James Longstreet. Longstreet became jealous of the praise poured on his subordinate officer and a war of words broke out. At one point a duel to the death was a distinct possibility. When Hill refused to reach an understanding with Longstreet that would have peacefully ended the problem, Longstreet had Hill arrested on July 10, 1862 for insubordination. Not long after Hill was returned to active duty on July 26th due to the intervention of General Robert E. Lee.
None. Jeb Stuart was at the Battle of Gettysburg with his cavalry getting whipped by a much smaller force led by General Custer. Stewart was attacking from the north while Pickett's division attacked from the south. The two forces never joined in the middle as Lee had planned.
Desertion
On July 13, 1862 Robert E. Lee is in Richmond and faces a serious problem. Union General McClellan still has 85,000 troops at Harrison's Landing, Virginia. Lee also must contend with the 45,000 Union troops under General John Pope that seems to be moving south to Richmond.
Part of JEB Stuart's problem was that the long ride around the Army of the Potomac cost him to be late and tired from a long and difficult attempt to reach Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg. He did have the vision however to see that if he could rout Union forces at the crucial crossroads of Hanover and Old Dutch Road, would allow a flank attack on General Meade, cut off his supply and communications lines and cause panic among many Union troops were not battle veterans that Lee had. Also, Lee believed that the replacement of General Joseph Hooker by Meade could cause that some confusion and communication problems with the large Army of the Potomac.
The semi-blockade of the lower Potomac River set by Confederate artillery banks seemed to elude McClellan's attention. This problem was basically solved when Confederate General Longstreet, abandoned the "blockade" as he was sure he would not be able to sustain it.
With the Peninsula campaign virtually over by July 1,1862, newspaper articles in Richmond gave General A. P. Hill exaggerated praise for Hill's role in the final battles of that campaign. Hill reported to General James Longstreet. Longstreet became jealous of the praise poured on his subordinate officer and a war of words broke out. At one point a duel to the death was a distinct possibility. When Hill refused to reach an understanding with Longstreet that would have peacefully ended the problem, Longstreet had Hill arrested on July 10, 1862 for insubordination. Not long after Hill was returned to active duty on July 26th due to the intervention of General Robert E. Lee.
None. Jeb Stuart was at the Battle of Gettysburg with his cavalry getting whipped by a much smaller force led by General Custer. Stewart was attacking from the north while Pickett's division attacked from the south. The two forces never joined in the middle as Lee had planned.
In late November of 1863, Union General US Grant was ordered to drive Confederate forces out of Tennessee. On November 23, 1863, Grant launched an assault with his 70,000 troops against Confederate General Braxton Bragg with 40,000 troops. Grant ordered General Thomas to attack the center of Bragg's lines while General Joe Hooker was attack the right side of Bragg's forces.The only Union problem came with the failure of Sherman's army to move Bragg's forces on the left side. A single division under Confederate Major General Patrick R. Cleburne held Sherman's troops at bay.Grant was concerned now that because of Sherman's failure to move Cleburne, Sherman was ripe for a counter attack. To distract the Rebels, Grant ordered more forces against the center of Bragg's army and Thomas took control of Missionary Ridge.This saved an attack on Sherman and Bragg had to retreat. By November 27, 1863, Bragg made his way to Dalton, Georgia.President Davis had hoped that General Longstreet could aid Bragg but it was impossible to do so. General Longstreet was forced to take Winter quarters in Morristown, Tennessee.The attempt to remove all Southern forces out of the state was successful except for having Longstreet remain in Morristown.
George G. Meade. The problem was that he failed to exploit that victory and the remnants of Lee's army escaped to fight on for two more years.
Confederate General Albert S. Johnston was given a difficult task by Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Johnston was to defend the West however, this area contained three rivers that the Union could use for invasion purposes. The land problem was that Johnston had to defend along the Louisville and Nashville railway line.
Desertion
As the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg came closer, General Lee was hampered by the fact he was not sure of the enemy's position. Lee had an idea that the battle would be near the small town of Gettysburg, however, he lacked specific information he deemed critical. Many will be surprised that the problem here was JEB Stuart's failure to provide Lee with solid reconnaissance information and was unable to move to General Meade's supplies and cause damage.On this basis alone, Lee had marched into Pennsylvania "half blind".
On July 13, 1862 Robert E. Lee is in Richmond and faces a serious problem. Union General McClellan still has 85,000 troops at Harrison's Landing, Virginia. Lee also must contend with the 45,000 Union troops under General John Pope that seems to be moving south to Richmond.
Thomas Bragg was the Confederate attorney general had expressed many doubts about the wisdom of secession. He was a former Whig Party member and the national politics that broke up the Whigs, Bragg saw as a problem. He was sure that the South's rebellion was far too risky to take. Yet, he was loyal and accepted his appointment to the attorney general's position in Davis' cabinet.
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Confederate General Wade Hampton attacked Union General Butler's troops that were trapped between the James and Appomattox Rivers. Hampton thus defeated Butler's attempt to cut the east - west railway of the Virginia Central Railroad at Trevilian Station. The first plan to defeat Butler was devised by Confederate General Beauregard was rejected by both Lee and Confederate President Davis.