US Civil War Generals

Nathan Bedford Forrest was wounded three times:

the first one during a quarrel,

the second one at the Battle of Shiloh,

the third one at the Battle of Tupelo.

On April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House (Virginia), Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union general Ulysses S. Grant. This was effectively the end of the US Civil War. Lee and his men were "paroled" or released, as they had insufficient supplies and weapons to continue fighting.

P.T. Beauregard was a key figure in the Confederate army and has been badly under rated. Part of this is due to the constant conflicts he had with Jefferson Davis. Beauregard was involved in major battles in both the East and Western theaters. Here are his victories and accomplishments.He get credit for the surrender of Fort Sumter, however, it's clear the Union forces had no choice but to surrender.

He commanded 20,000 troops at the first Bull Run and he kept abreast of all the Union's movements prior to the battle.

At Shiloh, on the second day, he faced overwhelming odds as Grant received reinforcements and the Confederates did not.

After escaping to Corinth, the Union placed the city under siege. He was able to escape with his forces. Davis blamed him for not being able to hold the town. Military historians believe he made the right choice to retreat. Davis never forgave him.

In Virginia he defeated General Butler at Proctor's Creek.

Soon after he traps Butler's forces at the battle of Ware Bottom Church.

He gets back into Davis's good graces and does what he can against overwhelming troops commanded by Sherman.

When Lee is given control of all Southern forces, much too late in 1865, he informs Beauregard that he has free reign over what's left to command.

After the war, he and Johnston roundly blames Davis and vice versa.

it was the union he was with b/c he started with the union then joined over to the confederacy after he was kicked out and rejoined the union so dats the answer ok get it straight boo booh!

General Joseph Eggleston Johnston had attended the funeral of his old adversary William T. Sherman in New York as an honorary pallbearer. At the ripe old age of 84 funerals of old colleges and foes had become the norm for him. After the war he entered the insurance business, served in Congress and became a railroad commissioner.

Sherman's funeral took place on a cold and wet February afternoon and the elderly Johnston stood at the graveside with his hat in his hand. A fellow mourner urged him to put his hat on or risk getting sick. Johnston refused and replied "If I were in his place and he were standing in mine he would not put on his hat".

Johnston did get sick. He caught a cold which got worse. He spent the final weeks of his life in his sick bed, his condition getting worse as it evolved into full blown pneumonia. Johnston died on March 21 1891 of that illness.

Johnston and Sherman had negotiated the surrender of Johnston's army in 1865.

General Robert E. Lee, was the commander of the Army of the Confederate States of America. This did not happen until the last year of the war. For most of the war, the South had no overall commander to coordinate the efforts of its various forces.

For most of the war, the Confederates had no overall commander. They were effectively commanded by President Jefferson Davis, an ex-West Point officer, who saw himself as a great General.

Davis's performance, both as a notional General-in-Chief and as a President, showed that he had moved up out of his league.

Much too late, in 1865, he appointed Robert E. Lee to the top job. By then, Lee could do nothing except stay on the defensive until Grant's superior manpower simply wore him down.

Former Union general George B. McClellan's middle name was Brinton.

Robert E. Lee.

Like many senior Virginians, he disapproved of secession. But when the state voted Confederate, he went with his state.

There are speculations on how high a rank Lee was offered by either US President Lincoln or Winfield Scott. Certainly it would have been a high ranking position.

McClellan was relieved of his command on October 7, 1862, by President Lincoln for a number of reasons, including being insubordinate to the President, fighting with General Winfield Scott, and for being much too cautious with the enemy, often failing to press forward to win a battle.

Not long after his defeat at the second Battle of Bull Run, US General John Pope was sent west to end what was termed Indian uprisings in Minnesota. The results were horrible for Sioux. Pope's troops took Sioux prisoners and executed by hanging 38 Tribesmen in Davenport, Iowa. It was at the time the largest mass hanging in US history.

There are 40 Generals Currently on Active Duty. This does not count the Generals that are in the National Guard and Reserve who have been activated or otherwise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_four-star_officers

He collapsed while walking down a street in Texas, and died of an apparent stroke or brain hemorrhage.

US Grant's military strategy was built upon the Union's numerical advantages. This enabled him to mount frontal assaults. His casualties were high and his tactics was not always popular in the North.

Jackson led a determined stand against the Union Army

So they could all be ALLIED!

NEW RESPONDENT.

Becausethe Confederacy was splitinto two parts for the second time.

Particularly, the March to the Sea allowed the Union to to take from the rear the

easternfront of the Confederacy.

Robert E. Lee was the opposing general in the confederate army.

He was the head general of the union army during the first few months of the civil war, and he organized the Army of the Potomac, which is famous for fighting in the battle of Gettysburg and the battle of the First Bull Run.

US President Lincoln and his cabinet believed that if Richmond was captured early in the war, it would bring the end of the rebellion very quickly. The capture of Richmond would have been a severe blow to the morale of the Confederates and also weaken President Davis' diplomatic relations with England and France. Also, Richmond was a major arms producer and the logistical and command center for the South. Lincoln was sure that all of Virginia would then fall and Union troops could continue their drive into North Carolina. The loss of Richmond, along with the state of Virginia and the occupation of North Carolina, would lead to the end of the Confederacy.

Shiloh

Yes, he won it.

After a string of defeats by Robert E. Lee, nobody was expecting this Northern victory. But by chance, a Confederate officer dropped a set of orders in the field, and they were brought to McLellan's HQ.

It meant the game was in his hands. But unfortunately there was a Confederate spy in his camp, who alerted Lee about this development.

McLellan still won, but was not able to pursue and destroy Lee's army.

February 1891.

The funeral was on a freezing day in New York, and his old Confederate opponent Joseph E. Johnston was one of the pall-bearers.

Out of respect, the elderly Johnston insisted on remaining bare-headed throughout. His friends told him that he would catch his death, but Johnston was adamant. He said "If that were me lying there, Sherman would have left his head uncovered."

Johnston did, in fact, catch his death. He caught a cold that turned to pneumonia, and he died three weeks later.

General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865 after defeats at Vicksburg, Richmond, and Petersburg.

yes, James Calloway Bragg, James was raised by Lewis & Judah Smith.

Nathan Bedford Forrest is often mistaken as founding the KKK. Nathan was a member of the KKK, but it was six men from Tennessee who actually started the organization.