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Union General Rosecrans was able to advance towards Murfreesboro from his base in Nashville. This was in part due to being able to contain Confederate raids on his supply lines.Rosecrans opponent was Confederate General Braxton Bragg. Here the South was outnumbered by 47,000 Union troops to Bragg's 35,000 troops. Bragg was forced to retreat. Casualties were 13,000 for the Union and 12,000 for the South.
US President Lincoln was appreciative of the results in that he continued to be criticized for his poor performance as commander in chief. The Rosecrans victory helped Lincoln politically.
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Union general rosecrans followed bragg into Georgia not knowing that confederate troops had been reinforced and numbered over?
Yes, General Rosencrans followed Bragg into Georgia not knowing that Confederate Army had been reinforced. He firmly believed that Bragg were still retreating towards Rome and Atlanta and he even neglected to regroup his scattered divisions which were coming out from the Lookout Mountain's gaps.
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The first and most important effect was the stopping of the yihad advance towards Europe during two centuries, and the opening of Holy Land for christian pilgrims.
In which 1864 battle did general ulyssis grant move towards Richmond and surrounded general Robert E. Lee and his troops?
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What is the battle of stones river?
Also called Murfreesboro in Northern Tennessee. An inconclusive battle fought in freezing conditions through New Year's Eve 1862-63, where the Confederates under Braxton Bragg eventually abandoned the field, so it was counted as a victory for the Union under the newly-appointed William Rosecrans. Nothing came of it for few months, then Rosecrans started a skilful move towards Chattanooga that could have destroyed the enemy. But his divisions became widely separated in the mountains, and the chance was missed.
What decision by Union General George B McClellan delayed his advance to Richmond in the Peninsula campaign?
On April 4, 1862, General McClellan decided that the best way to force the Confederates out of Yorktown, was to lay it to siege. This caused a serious delay in McClellan's advance westward towards Richmond.
Union general rosecrans followed bragg into Georgia not knowing that confederate troops had been reinforced and numbered over?
Yes, General Rosencrans followed Bragg into Georgia not knowing that Confederate Army had been reinforced. He firmly believed that Bragg were still retreating towards Rome and Atlanta and he even neglected to regroup his scattered divisions which were coming out from the Lookout Mountain's gaps.
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The first and most important effect was the stopping of the yihad advance towards Europe during two centuries, and the opening of Holy Land for christian pilgrims.
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Why was it imperative for Union General Buell to advance quickly towards Chattanooga in 1862?
Confederate guerrilla raids had hampered the advance of Union General Don Carlos Buell to Chattanooga. If it was too slow or ineffective, the Union would be surrendering the initiative to the Confederates. Southern forces had been gathering in the region between the Mississippi and the Appalachians. Their plans were for a counter offensive at Pittsburg Landing. Buell needed to reach Chattanooga to alter the South's plans.
Why was the Shiloh battle fought?
Grant's Union Army was sent by Gen. Halleck to seize the imp0ortant position of Pittsburgh Landing, where they had to be joined by the Army of Ohio under General Buell. Then a successive advance towards Corinth should have been followed. At the same time the Confederate Army of Mississippi under Gen. Albert Sydney Johnston gathered at Corinth and started to advance towards Pittsburg Landing, aiming to scatter or destroy the enemy army. The advance was carried on in a way that it was not possible for the Union outposts to realize in time that a great attack against their encamped units was about to be broken out.
Why was the Battle of Shiloh fought?
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What became one technical reason for General George B. McClellan's slow advance during the Peninsula campaign?
The ever so cautious Major General George B. McClellan was confident that he was facing a Confederate army during the Peninsula campaign that was actually smaller than he believed it really was. To prevent a major reversal in his advance towards Richmond, McClellan ordered that entrenchments and field fortifications were built at the end of each day's march. This was a sound practice, however, his overestimates of the size of the enemy's armies and the time to build field fortifications slowed his advance.
