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No, they are two separate armies.
On the two main Confederate armies - the Army of Tennessee under Joe Johnston, and the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee. This was the initiative of the new General-in-Chief of the Union armies, Ulysses Grant, who was not interested in occupying territory. He just wanted to destroy the enemy.
Kentucky and Delaware were two.
On the two main Confederate armies - the Army of Tennessee under Joe Johnston, and the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee. This was the initiative of the new General-in-Chief of the Union armies, Ulysses Grant, who was not interested in occupying territory. He just wanted to destroy the enemy.
During the American Civil War, General Grant's armies secured tremendous advantages for the North through each year of the conflict. Being driven by Grant's tenacious and aggressive leadership, these armies broke the South in two with their capture of Vicksburg (Mississippi) in the Western Theater. Later, in the Eastern Theater, armies led by Grant pushed the Confederates back to the gates of Richmond and beyond, resulting in the end of the war as a whole.
No, they are two separate armies.
Th Union and the Confederate
On the two main Confederate armies - the Army of Tennessee under Joe Johnston, and the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee. This was the initiative of the new General-in-Chief of the Union armies, Ulysses Grant, who was not interested in occupying territory. He just wanted to destroy the enemy.
Kentucky and Delaware were 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.
On the two main Confederate armies - the Army of Tennessee under Joe Johnston, and the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee. This was the initiative of the new General-in-Chief of the Union armies, Ulysses Grant, who was not interested in occupying territory. He just wanted to destroy the enemy.
Chattanooga
Vicksburg
Concentrate on putting the two main Confederate armies out of action, ending the system of prisoner-exchange, so the enemy would run out of manpower first. Attack the Southern economy by burning farms and wrecking railroads, to starve the Confederate armies in the field.
Ordering his Generals to concentrate on putting the two main Confederate armies out of action, rather than occupying territory or capturing cities. Ending the system of prisoner exchange, knowing that the Confederates would run out of men first.
During the American Civil War, General Grant's armies secured tremendous advantages for the North through each year of the conflict. Being driven by Grant's tenacious and aggressive leadership, these armies broke the South in two with their capture of Vicksburg (Mississippi) in the Western Theater. Later, in the Eastern Theater, armies led by Grant pushed the Confederates back to the gates of Richmond and beyond, resulting in the end of the war as a whole.
the Fortress of Vicksburg