Battle of Gettysburg

During the first three days of July, 1863, Confederate Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. This was the last offensive that Lee undertook for the rest of the war. Although the battle was a punishing defeat for the South, it did not end the possibility that the South still had a chance to win this civil war. The South had to hope that the war would end because the North would see that the cost of lives needed to end the Confederacy was too great to carry on the war.

It only seemed like that, because it was the first battle of the war, and both sides were in denial about the costs of real combat.

The figures looked modest indeed, when compared against the casualties that would soon be happening.

This was Second Manassas (Second Bull Run) in August 1862.

Lee had to act quickly to defeat one part of the Union army, under Pope, before McLellan's larger army was able to reinforce it.

His diversionary tactics were entirely successful, and the Union troops were totally routed.

"The Union" means the North when writing about the Civil War. The South is the Confederacy or the Confederates, sometimes the rebels. The union is what was left of the United States after the southern states seceded.

Battle of Antietam (or Sharpsburg) stopped General Lee's first invasion of the North. The second invasion was stopped at Gettysburg, PA.

In a technical sense, Antietam caused the invading Army of Northern Virginia to retreat from its already launched invasion of the North.

Satan? - I think we can do better than that:

America's leading gunpowder manufacturer as well as weapons makers and war suppliers. After that obvious beginning the Industrial North would be next as the war not only destroyed the price structure of commodities insuring low prices on raw materials and food, but also wrested control of the U.S. government from the Agrarian Tradition beginning with the Founding Fathers.

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The victory opened the way to the conquest of the strategic junction of Corinth,that the Confederates were no more able to defend because of the heavy losses suffered at Shiloh, and the further penetration in the Mississippi.

The Battle of News Orleans began on April 25, 1862, and ended with a Union victory on May 1, 1862.

Chamberlain commanded the 20th Maine Infantry at Gettysburg, holding the extreme left flank of the Army of the Potomac, against repeated assaults, for which he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1893 The main event Joshua did was the swinging gate. With no ammo they all charged and surrounded the Confederates attacking Little Round Top. Fortunately, the confederates surrendered, thinking they would be shot if they didnt.

Lee retreated across the Potomac, and was never able to mount another invasion of Northern soil. However, he was able to continue the war by fighting a series of spoiling offensives to keep the Army of the Potomac at bay for nearly two more years. In a sense, all of Lee's victories were Pyrrhic victories, because he was not able to replace his losses, even more so following Gettysburg, the bloodiest battle of the war.

What, exactly, counts as a "speech"?

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was listed in the program as "Dedicatory Remarks." It was intended by the organizers as a courtesy to the President, but very definitely was not the "main event" of the occasion; for that they had Edward Everett, a politician from Massachusetts who was widely considered to be one of the foremost American speakers of the day. Everett gave a two-hour oration; Lincoln was given a couple of minutes for his remarks since it seemed disrespectful to have the President there and not allow him to say SOMETHING.

There are plenty of times when a President makes a few public remarks or introduces someone. In that sense, there's really no answer to the question: is "No comment" a speech?

That said: it's certainly one of the shortest SIGNIFICANT speeches made by a US President.

They never again went on the offensive in the North. They began to suffer from desertions, especially after Sherman's March to the Sea cut off their supplies. Southern defense degenerated into a series of holding actions. The Siege of Petersburg occurred partly because fewer men and supplies were needed to defend entrenchments than were needed for maneuver.

There were eleven states in the Confederacy - South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina. The Confederates put thirteen stars on their flag though, with stars for Kentucky and Missouri, which were slave states and where there was some effort to secede, and which sent part of their men to both armies. Maryland tried somewhat more seriously to secede as well, but was prevented from doing so when Lincoln had their governor and the state legislators thrown in jail. Maryland was a slave state, but if Maryland had been allowed to secede Washington DC would have been surrounded by seceded states, so this could not be permitted. Maryland also sent men to both armies, but got no star on the Rebel flag. I think the thirteen starts made southerners feel a likeness to the Rebels of the original American Revolution, the original thirteen states, so, no star for Maryland.

Studies of census records reveal that most southern soldiers were not slave owners. Most Confederate soldiers believed they were fighting for their independence, just like grandpa did against the British in the Revolution. Would you go fight, and fight hard, for years, just so some rich man could keep his slaves? Neither would the average rock hill small farmer, who were most of the southern troops.

The battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862 was declared a Union victory merely because the Confederate army retreated from the field during the evening of September 18th. In actuality it was a draw with both sides sustaining huge casualties and neither side clearly defeating the other. It was common during the 19th century for an army to declare victory after an enemy quit the field regardless of the damage inflicted to their own ranks. The victor of Antietam is still a subject for debate among historians and aficionados of the war.

Just about everything one could imagine except for positions that are normally thought of as powerful and respectable. They worked the fields, plowed planted and chopped cotton, took care of the vegetable gardens, grainery, etc. Did all the domestic work in the home including cooking, caring for children and serving all the family. Also,caring for the plantation owner's wife if she became ill.Took care of livestock, chopped wood, carried water, did the butchering of animals, and so on and so on.

The Union (North) won the battle over the Confederacy (South), about 7,500 soldiers were killed from both sides of the armies, and the site of the battle is where Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address.

The battle of Gettysburg is considered to be the turning point of the Civil War because, prior to this battle, the South had been beating the North relentlessly. Gettysburg was a victory to the North and Southern morale was damaged by the battle more than by any other before it. Additionally, it was the second time that Lee had failed to invade Pennsylvania.

The battle also destroyed Lee's ability to carry out an offensive in the North and Vicksburg choked off the South's ability to move troops and supplies on the Mississippi.

General Robert Lee tried to invade the union with the battle of Gettysburg but it did not end good. The Confederacy was hurt badly. After this battle the South didnt try to invade the north again. Thus a reason for the union win.

Until the last months of the war, there was no commander to oversee the overall strategy and logistics for the entire army. In essence, Davis did that himself, with nominal help from his Secretary of War. Davis finally appointed Lee to the position. Until then, Lee mainly served as the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.

The Battle of Antietam was an important battle in the US Civil War. Even though Lee had to retreat, the battle was a technical draw. The battle was important for other reasons as well, however, the main importance of the battle was to show the North that it could be invaded by a smaller army than the Union fielded during the battle. The so-called avenue of the Emancipation Proclamation was really a side issue in terms of the military situation at that time.

I found an article which stated that the last civil war "victim" was Pvt. Patrick Conley from New Jersey. I found the article when I googled my name . . . which is the same.

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You bet!! It was a slave state so It was fighting for the south. Pretty much all the states were involved in the Civil War.

This is a whole list of battles just fought in Georgia:

Battle of Adairsville

Battle of Allatoona

Battle of Atlanta

Battle of Brown's Mill

Battle of Buck Head Creek

Battle of Chickamauga

Battle of Dallas

Battle of Dalton I

Battle of Dalton II

Battle of Davis' Cross Roads

Battle of Ezra Church

Battle of Fort McAllister (1863)

Battle of Fort McAllister (1864)

Battle of Fort Pulaski

Battle of Griswoldville

Battle of Jonesborough

Battle of Kennesaw Mountain

Battle of Kolb's Farm

Battle of Lovejoy's Station

Battle of Marietta

Battle of New Hope Church

Battle of Peachtree Creek

Battle of Pickett's Mill

Battle of Resaca

Battle of Ringgold Gap

Battle of Rocky Face Ridge

Battle of Utoy Creek

Battle of Waynesboro

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