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What was the situation of generals Grant and Sherman as the month of July 1864 ended?
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General Grant was carrying on the Siege of Petersburg and at the same time his efforts to reach and interrupt the vital railway net which supplied the Confederate front of Richmond - Petersburg.
On July, 30th 1864 the Union offensive called "Battle of the Crater", aiming to break through Petersburg's front failed. The stalemate continued.
General Sherman was carrying on his efforts to conquest Atlanta but the progress was slow and not decisive so that it seemed that even on this front it had reached a stalemate.
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What was the outcome of General Grant's battles in Virginia and what significance did they have on the war?
They ended the war in the only way he thought possible - pure attrition. He had ended the system of prisoner-exchange, and simply waited for the Confederates to run out of manpower. It was Sherman who saw a solution that was less costly in casualties - destroying the farms and railroads that supported the Confederates in the field.
Where was Robert E. Lee during Sherman's march to the sea?
Lee was stuck in Petersburg, near Richmond, under siege by U.S.Grant. He had been kept on the defensive, and so was not free to conduct any of his famous bold thrusts. However he was costing Grant more casualties than Grant was costing him, although Lee was still the one running out of manpower, since Grant had ended the system of prisoner exchange.
What did General Sherman do after he destroyed the railroad bridge in Mississippi he was assigned to accomplish in 1863?
Based on the instructions from General in Chief Henry Wager Halleck, US Grant sent General Sherman to catch Confederate General Johnston's army. Sherman was unable to snare the elusive Johnston, but was able to destroy the railroad bridge as directed by Grant. Sherman was then directed to return his force back to the base on the Mississippi River. Sherman decided to extend his expedition a few extra days on his own initiative. He ordered his regiments to march along the tracks and seize the railway ties. The ties were positioned in such a way that when set on fire they formed a line and became the early versions of his famous Sherman "neckties". He then allowed his men to loot homes and burn them, leaving only blackened chimneys, called later on as "Sherman Monuments".As an aside, when the war ended he spent his unused anger on helpless Native Tribes.
Which battle ended hostillities in the western territories in the civil war?
Effectively the Siege of Vicksburg, which surrendered on July 4th 1863. This liberated the Mississippi and enabled Grant and Sherman to evacuate the Western region. It did not quite end hostilities, as there were still forces in Louisiana (Red River campaign), but these were insignificant, and when Grant became General-in-Chief, he sent no fresh troops to the West.
Which term describes General Grant’s strategy for crushing the Confederacy after the Battle of Gettysburg?
Attrition. After he ended the system of prisoner-exchange, the Confederates were bound to run out of manpower before the Union did.
How did the decisions of individual generals undermine or support Lincoln's overall strategy for the union?
Lincoln's overall strategy was simply to beat the Confederates. Most of the important decisions by his Generals were to do with talent-spotting new Generals - Fremont selecting Grant, Grant selecting Sherman and Sheridan. Among the tactical and strategic decisions: Grant crossing the Mississippi downstream of Vicksburg, totally confusing the garrison commander. This ended the war in the West. Grant ending prisoner-exchanges when he became General-in-Chief. This tilted the manpower numbers against the Confederates. Sherman turning East and crossing Georgia and the Carolinas, almost unopposed. This devastated Confederate morale, and helped to shorten the war.
What two generals met in durham and ended the war in North Carolina?
General William T. Sherman and General Joseph E. Johnston!
Who were the first Union Generals appointed by?
Abraham Lincoln I believe. However, the first generals he appointed all were fired or didn't want the position. In fact, he actually asked General Lee if he would take the position. Lee ended up going with the South. McClellan was hired then fired the hired then fired by Lincoln. There are a few more in between there. Then Sherman was hired, and so was Grant.
When did New Jersey Generals end?
New Jersey Generals ended in 1985.
Sherman's March ended in?
It ended in Savannah on December 22, 1864.
What generals were leaders of the US Civil War Battle of Cold Harbor?
That was Grant mounting a major assault against Lee - a costly failure, and the biggest mistake of Grant's career, as he admitted in his memoirs. After that, he settled in for the nine-month Siege of Petersburg - also costly, but not a failure. It brought Lee's surrender, and ended the Civil War.
Who was the team that ended the civil war?
In battlefield terms, Grant and Sherman - greatly helped by Abraham Lincoln, who had learned to choose and use good Generals in the second half of the war. Victory was achieved by Grant ending the system of prisoner-exchange, and basically waiting for the Confederates to run out of manpower, making sure that Lee was pinned-down and unable to carry out any of his famous bold thrusts. Meanwhile Sherman attacked the infrastructure of the Confederacy, burning farms and wrecking railroads, to bring the Southern economy to its knees and help to starve the Confederate troops in the field. This shortened the war by months, at almost nil casualties.
Which president had been a general during the civil war?
Grant was a professional soldier and commander of all union armies when the war ended, B. Harrison and Garfield were brigadier generals and Hayes was brigadier general of volunteers.
Why did the sherman's march want to split the confederacy in two?
It didn't split the Confederacy in two. It was a punitive raid of destruction that simply helped to destroy the Southern economy and starve the Confederate armies in the field. Splitting the Confederacy in two is what Grant (and Sherman) achieved earlier in the Siege of Vicksburg, which ended with the liberation of the Mississippi.
How long was Sherman's March?
Sherman's March to the Sea began on November 15 and ended on December 21, 1864. Sherman was a Major general in the Union Army.
Why did the confederate army get weaker?
They were losing too many men in war. How, because Grant ended the prisoner exchange and Sherman destroyed the the farms that contained the armies in the field. Also due to the fact the south had such a small population.
What were the benefits of Vicksburg?
It ended the war in the West, denying the Confederates all use of the Mississippi, and enabling Grant and Sherman to head East and help the Army of the Cumberland. It also took 30,000 paroled Confederate prisoners out of the war.
