The objectives of the invasion of Maryland were the following:
1 - Threaten the vital centers of the enemy, taking away any possibility of sending troops against Richmond.
2 - Make his Army to live on the resources of Maryland, giving relief to the devastated and impoverished Virginia.
3 - Encourage and provoke the people of Maryland to actively siding with the South.
4 - Draw the Army of the Potomac far away from the entrenched camp of Washington trying to inflict them a decisive defeat.
5 - Thanks to this victory to get the Confederacy recognised as independent state by Great Britain and France and making probable their intervention in the conflict.
The objectives of the invasion of Maryland were the following:
1 - Threaten the vital centers of the enemy, taking away any possibility of sending troops against Richmond.
2 - Make his Army to live on the resources of Maryland, giving relief to the devastated and impoverished Virginia.
3 - Encourage and provoke the people of Maryland to actively siding with the South.
4 - Draw the Army of the Potomac far away from the entrenched camp of Washington trying to inflict them a decisive defeat.
5 - Thanks to this victory to get the Confederacy recognised as independent state by Great Britain and France and making probable their intervention in the conflict.
The objectives of the invasion of Maryland were the following:
1 - Threaten the vital centers of the enemy, taking away any possibility of sending troops against Richmond.
2 - Make his Army to live on the resources of Maryland, giving relief to the devastated and impoverished Virginia.
3 - Encourage and provoke the people of Maryland to actively siding with the South.
4 - Draw the Army of the Potomac far away from the entrenched camp of Washington trying to inflict them a decisive defeat.
5 - Thanks to this victory to get the Confederacy recognised as independent state by Great Britain and France and making probable their intervention in the conflict.
To assert the credibility of the Confederacy as a viable nation, capable of invading enemy territory.
This was to convince the British to grant official resognition and send military aid.
Robert E. Lee led his Army of Northern Virginia into Maryland for several reasons:1. He wanted to forestall any Union assault on Richmond. By moving north he would force the Army of the Potomac to abandon any plans for invading Virginia; and
2. Lee also believed that he would have the opportunity to crush the Army of the Potomac and destroy it in detail; and
3. By doing this, the Union would be in chaos and the chances for a peace settlement was possible.
He wanted to inspire a pro-Confederate uprising.
Topological
because he is mad
George McClellan (Union) and Robert E. Lee (Confederate).
قاد الجنرال روبرت إي لي الجيش الكونفدرالي لشمال فيرجينيا في معركة أنتيتام.
The Battle of Antietam was in Maryland in 1862. Robert E. Lee's army, the Army of Northern Virginia, took on heavy casualties. He had little choice but to retreat back to Virginia.
Most of Lee's battles were fought in Virginia, but Antietam was in Maryland, and Gettysburg was in Pennsylvania.
The commander of the Confederate army at Antietam was General Robert E. Lee.
The Confederate Army was commanded by General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Antietam.
The commander of the Confederate army at Antietam was General Robert E. Lee.
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee
The commander of the Confederate army at Antietam was General Robert E. Lee.
General Robert E. Lee
The Confederate Army was commanded by General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Antietam.
General Robert E. Lee commanded the Confederate army at the Battle of Antietam, known in the south as the Battle of Sharpsburg.
inspire a pro confederate uprising
because he is mad
Confederate: Robert E. Lee ,,, Union: George B. McClellan