Confederate General Edward Porter Alexander graduated from West Point in 1857. Among the 38 cadets who graduated that year, Alexander ranked 3rd. General Alexander was in agreement with General Longstreet. His proposal was that the combined forces of generals Bragg and Johnston would defeat Union General Rosencrans which would have allowed the Confederates to then drive towards Cincinnati, Ohio. This would solve many problems. With General Lee crossing the Potomac and heading towards Pennsylvania, and another Confederate army marching towards Ohio would surely end any siege around Vicksburg. The North simply could not afford to have two powerful Union states be occupied with Southern armies.
Confederate General George Edward Pickett graduated with the West point class of 1846. He ranked last in his class of 59 students.
Confederate General Edward Porter Alexander proposed in 1863 that the Confederacy abandon the idea of trying to protect Confederate territory that was too far away. This would of course mean places such as Vicksburg. Alexander was not the first general to propose this. In February of 1862, General Braxton Bragg believed that a "compact" area of vital places be set for protection. Both he and Alexander believed that a "compacted" Confederacy would create a stronger and more dangerous opponent for the North.
Edward Alexander Bouchet was the First African-American to earn a Ph.D. and The first African-American to graduate from Yale University.
General Robert Edward Lee.
Union General who has a monument at Vicksburg National Battleground Park
Confederate General George Edward Pickett graduated with the West point class of 1846. He ranked last in his class of 59 students.
Edward Higgins - Confederate general - was born in 1821.
Confederate General Edward Porter Alexander proposed in 1863 that the Confederacy abandon the idea of trying to protect Confederate territory that was too far away. This would of course mean places such as Vicksburg. Alexander was not the first general to propose this. In February of 1862, General Braxton Bragg believed that a "compact" area of vital places be set for protection. Both he and Alexander believed that a "compacted" Confederacy would create a stronger and more dangerous opponent for the North.
Edward Higgins - Confederate general - died on 1875-01-31.
· Alexander Stephens (Vice President of the Confederate States of America) · Braxton Bragg (Confederate General) · Cadwallader Washburn (Union General) · Davis, Jefferson (Confederate President) · Edward M. Stanton (Union Secretary of War) · Forest, General Nathan Bedford (Confederate General) · General George McClellan (Union General) · Hannibal Hamlin (Lincoln's Vice President during the war) · Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" (Confederate General) · Kane, Thomas (Union General) · Lee, Robert E. (Confederate General) · Mallory, Stephen R. (Confederate Secretary of the Navy) · Philip Kearny (Union General) · Quantrill, Confederate Captain William · Richard Taylor (Confederate General) · Stuart, James Ewell Brown "Jeb" (Confederate General) · Taliaferro, William B. (Confederate General) · Ulysses S. Grant (Union General) · Van Cleve, Horatio (Union General) · Wadsworth, James S. (Union General) · Zook, Samuel (Union General)
Edward Alexander Bouchet was the First African-American to earn a Ph.D. and The first African-American to graduate from Yale University.
Edward Alexander Bouchet was the First African-American to earn a Ph.D. and The first African-American to graduate from Yale University.
Confederate Edward Johnson graduated from West Point in 1838. Among the graduating cadets of 45, Johnson was ranked 32nd. Johnson spent most of the war in the Army of Northern Virginia. He took part in the Battle of Gettysburg, and eventually was placed in charge of Stonewall Jackson's divisions.
· Earl Van Dorn (Confederate General) · Edward M. Stanton (Union Secretary of War) · Edward C. Walthall (Confederate General) · Ezra Church (Georgia), battle of
In his memoirs, Confederate General Edward Porter Alexander believed that General Lee's efforts as he began to create a threat to the North in 1863 was flawed. Porter wrote that the operational and strategic concepts were inherently weak. For example, Lee did not have full control of all the troops he believed were necessary for a successful raid into the North. And there was a gap in communications between Lee and the Southern department of war.
Confederate General Robert Edward Lee died in 1870at Lexington, Virginia.
General Robert Edward Lee.