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Why did the confederates defend Petersburg so Fiercly?
It was a rail link to the Confederate Capital.
What happen at ft Sumter?
it was attacked by Confederates leaving no deaths but 9 injuries 5 from union and 4 from confederates but they didnt die so neither union or confederates won
Why would confederates burn their own ammunition?
So that it could not be captured by the north.
What made Lee's situation at Petersburg so grim?
He was surrounded on three sides by Grant.
What was the strategy of the north at the battle of Petersburg?
After the setback of the Battle of Crater, Grant extended the siege lines south and southwest of the beleaguered city. The front remained stabilized. After Lee's failed offensive against Fort Stedman in March 1865, Grant seized again the initiatives extending the siege lines farther and farther westward, attempting to outflank Lee's right wing and threaten the Boydton Plank road, until the Confederates defences stretched so far that they could be no more adequately manned. That led Lee, after the decisive defeat of Five Forks on april 1 and the penetration of the Confederate positions between Petersburg and Five Forks the following day, to order the evacuation of both Petersburg and Richmond to avoid of being encircled.
Why did the confederates defend Petersburg so Fiercly?
It was a rail link to the Confederate Capital.
Why did the Confederate army defend Petersburg?
Petersburg was a rail link to the Confederate capital. The Confederates defended so fiercely Petersburg because that fortified town covered Richmond, their Capital city, its complex of military installation and industries and the strategic railroad net leading to the area Richmond-Petersburg, vital for the prosecution of the war.
What two battles proved to be the undoing of Lee?
Gettysburg, which ended his hopes of invading the North. Petersburg, the long siege conducted by Grant, who was now General-in-Chief of the Union armies, and had ended the system of prisoner exchange, so that the Confederates were bound to run out of men first.
What strategy did union troops use at the Battle of petersburg?
Simple attrition. Grant had ended the system of prisoner exchange, so the Confederates were bound to run out of men first. Then he simply battered away at Lee's army till his lines grew too thin to hold.
What happen at ft Sumter?
it was attacked by Confederates leaving no deaths but 9 injuries 5 from union and 4 from confederates but they didnt die so neither union or confederates won
What tactic did Ulysses Grant use succesfully against the confederates at petersburg?
a siege
Is st petersburg highschool haunted?
Very much so...
How did the terrain play a part In the civil war?
Most battles were in the South, so the terrain was familiar to the Confederates, and not to the Union troops. Much of the Tennessee/Georgia terrain was mountainous, much easier to defend than to invade, and Sherman's army suffered many attacks on its long supply-line.
What was US Grant's approach to conducting the Civil war?
Attrition. He was not likely to defeat Lee in a war of movement. So he cornered him at Petersburg, having abolished the system of prisoner-exchange, and just waited for the Confederates to run out of manpower. Meanwhile he had authorised Sherman and Sheridan to wreck the farms and railroads, to help starve the Confederate armies in the field.
Why would confederates burn their own ammunition?
So that it could not be captured by the north.
Why the rights of the accused?
so they can defend themselves
What made Lee's situation at Petersburg so grim?
He was surrounded on three sides by Grant.
