Battle of Gettysburg

A. George Thomas :D

Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.

Both armies had several different commanders in different sectors of the war. By 1864, Ulysses S. Grant was the general-in-chief of the Union (Northern/Federal) forces, while Robert E. Lee was the general commanding the Confederate (Southern/"Rebel") forces.

Because they needed more men so the draft was that a law passed having all the men between 18 and 35 to serve in the army for 3 years.

The Union used a strategy known as the Anaconda Plan, devised by General Winfield Scott in the early days of the war. His plan was to use the industrial might of the North to slowly strangulate the South. The Navy would blockade the Southern seaports, preventing them from selling cotton to buy supplies. This bought time for the North to raise and train an army, and give the South time to reverse its decision, when it saw how hopelessly outclassed it was in men and materiel. Once the army was raised, it would secure the river ports along the Mississippi Valley preventing the Confederate States in the West from effectively communicating with those in the East. With a few tweaks, and the addition of the Doctrine of Total War after 1863, and the further division of the Eastern Confederate States by Sherman's March to the Sea, this is the strategy that won the war for the Union.

It's all speculation, but one possible scenario: Lee swings east, sending Hill's Corps toward Washington, followed by Ewell's Corps, leaving Longstreet's Corps to collect prisoners and then to act as rear guard against any action by the Army of the Potomac. Hill's Corps and Ewell's Corps take Washington, capturing many government officials, including Lincoln. The US sues for peace, and a separate country is recognized. This could easily have happened - if Meade had been decisively defeated. The Battle of Gettysburg was that important.

The Battle of Chancellorsville - the last and greatest tactical triumph by Lee and Jackson before the latter's fatal (and supposedly accidental) shooting.

Without Jackson, Lee said he had 'lost his right arm', and the Army of Northern Virginia was never so effective after that.

It was the Battle of Gettysburg, lasting from July 1st through July 3rd, 1863 and fought around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was known as the 'turning point' in the Civil War because there were an almost equal amount of casualties for each side; 23,055 casualties for the Union and 23,231 casualties for the Confederacy.

Additionally, this battle ended any more Confederate ideas about invading the North.

The answer would not be complete unless it states that most military historians do not classify Gettysburg as a major turning point in the war.

Also, military historians do not believe that Gettysburg caused any belief that the North could not be invaded again.

cause he can take advantage of LEEs army and take him as condfederacy prison

The Battle of Brandywine, also known as the Battle of the Brandywine or the Battle of Brandywine Creek, was fought in Pennsylvania between the American army of Major General George Washington and the British-Hessian army of General Sir William Howe on September 11, 1777. The British defeated the Americans and forced them to withdraw toward the rebel capital of Philadelphia. The engagement occurred near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania during Howe's campaign to take Philadelphia, part of the American Revolutionary War.

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A Yankee, soldier or civilian, was, as far as I can tell, simply someone from the North. A Rebel or "Johnny Reb" was Southern or Confederate.

I read something the other day, don't recall where (may have even been this site!): To the rest of the world an American is a Yankee;To a Southerner someone from the North is a Yankee; to a Northerner someone from New England is a Yankee... I think there was more, but that is all I can recall.

As far as different kinds of Yankee (or Union or Northern) soldiers goes, I think they had the same variety of soldiers as any military force. Cavalry, Infantry, etc. The only thing I can think of that might have been different would be if there were other types of soldiers based on the type of warfare employed during that era. For example, there were Zoauve units (don't know much about them, not even sure I spelled that right:)), guerrilla units and bushwhackers -which I doubt you could really classify as soldiers.

The North was divided into different units according to their states, many immigrants joined up as they came to this country, and there were also (eventually) units of freedmen. Interesting bit - it seems that the north fought to free the slaves, however, they didn't welcome them with open arms and didn't want to fight side by side. Change takes time, though.

60 percent because many farmers, blacks, foreigners could not read. Some whites had limited reading abilities. During the war the military accepted men who could not read. Many people had never been beyond 6th grade. The US culture was not as sophisticated as it is today with computers, many schools, many colleges and television. We still have illiteracy but more people can read now.

Command of the Mississippi River; which also cuts the Confederacy in half, if the North wins it.

During the American Civil War, the goal of the Union forces in the Western Theater was simple: to wrest control of the Mississippi River from Confederate forces as a prelude to invasions of the Deep South. The difficult part of the task came from the many fortresses and natural barriers between the Union forces and the achievement of their goal.

Ambrose Burnside.

Union States: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin. Confederate States: Alabama. Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North and South Carolina , Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

In WWI, the Germans did not capture Verdun. However, the battle for Verdun in 1916 lasted about 300 days. The French were able to defend Verdun, but casualties on both sides were high. Over 700,000 men died during this battle.

actually students or fellow classmates out there the north won the war since they had more money from manufacturing and other goods than the south

That so many of us would memorize his two minute speech and quote it often.

...use common sense.

Drink and brawl.

One theory is that Confederate morale suffered during the long intervals between battles, because they were naturally combative men who loved a good fight.

John 'Grey Ghost' Mosby, one of the principal keepers of the Lost Cause legend, claimed that this cost them the war. He actually theorised that if Grant had got his way in 1862, and been allowed to pursue the Confederate armies all the way to Alabama and the sea, the South would have won.

In the Adams County, some 10 kilometers north from Maryland border.

Probably the Union forces. Neither side lost any ground, nor was either army pushed away from its positions. But, the southerners were doing all the attacking that day, and failed to carry their objectives, which were to drive Union troops off high ground at both ends of their line. Thanks to though to many brave soldiers especially those of the First Minnesota Regiment we stayed in the fight.

Several months after the Battle of Gettysburg, President Lincoln gave the speech that is now called the Gettysburg Address