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General Robert E. Lee attacked the Union because he wanted to give the Southern farmers a break because their crops where exhuasted
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What is an incorrect description of the battle of manassas?
the union forces defeated the confederate forces
Who won the Battle of Chickamauga?
The Confederate forces defeated the Union forces.
Was the battle of chancellersville and the battle of fredricksberg the same battle?
THE BATTLE OF FREDRICKBURG IS DIFFRENT FROM THE BATTLE OF CHANCELLERSVILLE IN THE BATTLE OF FREDRICKSBERG IT WS THE UNION FORCES WHO ATTACKED THE CONFEDERATE FIXED POSITION, NUMEROUS UNION ATTACKS WERE REPULSED BY THE CONFEDERATE FORCES SUFFERING HEAVY CASUALTIES UNION FORCES COMMANDED BY GEN. BURNSIDE WHILE THE BATTLE OF CHANCELLERSVILLE WAS INITIATED BY THE CONFEDERATE FORCE, OUTNUMBERED 3 TO 1 THEY UT MANUVERED THE UNION FORCE ROUTING THEM, CONFEDERATE GEN STONEWALL JACKSON WAS WOUNDED ON THAT BATTLE BY FRIENDLY FIRE, BUT EVENTUALLY DIED A FEW DAYS LATER, IT IS IN THAT CONFEDERATE VICTORY THAT GEN LEE DECIDED TO INVADE THE NORTH
Was Robert lee confederate or union?
he was general of confederate forces during the civil war
Who were the Union and Confederate commanders at Middle Creek?
Colonel James A. Garfield's Union forces vs. Brigadier general Humphrey Marshall's Confederate Forces. Garfield defeated Marshall
What was the purpose of the Union advance that resulted in the battles at Bull Run?
The two battles of Bull Run were the result of the Union's attempt to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond. In both battles the Union forces were defeated.
Where did Confederate forces surrender to Union forces at the end of the Civil War?
Appomattox Court
How did the confederate forces win against the union forces?
Better tactics, better leadership.
Where did the confederate forces finally surrender to the union?
Battle of Gettysburg
Did the union and confederate forces fight in or near gettysburg?
Yes
Was Robert E. lee union or confederate?
he was general of confederate forces during the civil war
Where was the battle of prarie grove fought?
The actual battle was a stalemate since neither Union nor Confederate forces were able to dislodge their opponents but the effective winner was the Union since they had less need to advance than the Confederate forces had to drive them out. The Union forces were actually dangerously divided and if the Confederate offensive had succeeded it might have destroyed the Union forces in northern Arkansas and opened the way for the Confederate forces to advance into southern Missouri.
