The Battle Of The Confederate And Union

The American Civil War has become a point of controversy and argument when discussing key events in shaping America. The arguments that arise when discussing the war tend to focus on whether the Confederate was constitutionally justified in seceding, or whether the North had the right to prevent the secession. However, when discussing the America Civil War and the idea of separation, it is important to be mindful that separation did not simply end at the state level. Letters written by Jesse Rolston, Jr. and Jedediah Hotchkiss portray two significantly different attitudes toward the war, despite the fact that the writers both fought for the Confederate States and give accounts of the same battle, one of which ended in the Confederate’s favor. When examining the documents, both writers express different viewpoints on life on and off the battlefield. This significant difference represents a division amongst the Confederate army.

McClellan had proven throughout the Peninsula Campaign to be an incredibly timid opponent. He had been deceived time and again into believing that he was vastly outnumbered when the Southern forces were of similar size to his own. Lee's aggressiveness had proven successful against him in every previous engagement, and Malvern Hill looked to be no different. However, his opponent was not McClellan, who” rode to Haxall’s Landing.. and determined the site of the Army’s new base” (Santoro, 191). As a result, Fitz John Patrick commanded Union forces at Malvern Hill (Krick). He was not intimidated by the Confederate offensive. This confusion over the nature of the enemy commander proved to be another major blow to the Army of Northern Virginia's assault. Had the enemy commander been more timid, he may have failed to reinforce the lines under assault with the reserve because he believed the Southern attack is a feint, a mistake McClellan would make at Antietam. Had this occurred, the Confederate attack might have met with more

Soldiers on both sides interpreted the meaning of the War for Independence in differing ways. The Confederates thought they were fighting for their own independence from a tyrannical government, while northerners believed they were fighting to preserve the Union. The initial impulse of why men enlisted for war came from what the French called rage military, which according to McPherson is a sense of duty, honor, and patriotism for your country (McPherson, 16). For the North the initial anger and fighting spirit came right at the beginning of the declaration of war. For the original Confederate states, it was not the attack on Fort Sumter that sparked their enthusiasm, but the when they seceded from the union. The upper Southern states of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee joined the Confederacy when Lincoln called for troops. The Confederates fought for liberty while the

General J.E.B Stuart is the cavalry leader assigned by General Lee to recon the movements of the Union army. Stuart rode too far north and was absent for most of the battle. Lee was left with no Intel on the Union army and was fighting in unfamiliar Northern territory. With no information about the movements of the Union army or the surrounding area strategic planning was

Throughout his time as commander in chief of the union army, Ulysses S. Grant understood and appreciated the commitment his soldiers made, as suggested by letters to his family, which forced him to focus greatly on war technique, ultimately allowing him to be a great leader of the Union army. In a letter written to his Father, in which he discusses the war, Grant states, “I do not wish to act hastily or unadvisedly in the matter.” Grant’s cautiousness and attention to details, when his troops and his army are concerned, shows that all decisions he makes concerning his troops have been carefully thought out, so he doesn’t put his troops in danger. Grant wishes to give “all the

The fires of “combat frenzy” were quickly doused, however, as the war extended long past expectations and more and more men realized the horrors of combat during that time. Many letters used by McPherson, express soldier’s absolute terror after their first engagement. After “seeing the elephant” for the first time, few men had any desire to see it ever again. However, even with the sentiments of fear of combat, many soldiers stood strong, ready to continue the fight on to victory. Some wavered, but more replaced them as the war prolonged into 1863 and 1864.

”(Document C, of the Gettysburg DBQ) The evidence shows that after just one loose, General Robert E. Lee believed he was incompetent to be leading the South. If the people at the top don’t believe they are capable, then how should the soldiers. The south’s morale took a major hit because they lost at

As the Army of the Potomac held off the Confederates from attempting to make their way through the North, it was Mclellan’s last major battle while he was the commander of the Army of the Potomac. On November 9th, 1862, the Union decided to appoint Major General Ambrose Burnside. He was not in command for long because he didn’t shine in his opportunity against the Confederates in the Battle of Fredericksburg. After a crushing defeat at the battle of Fredericksburg, the Union made a quick change of command by appointing Major General Joseph Hooker. They thought he could get the Union to get back on a roll, but they thought wrong. Against General Robert E. Lee, the Army of the Potomac didn’t fare so well. With another wrong choice of a strong commander who could not lead them to victory, they hand picked Major General George G. Meade. He was picked only days before the most important battle in the Civil War at Gettysburg. While the Army of the Potomac was holding off the final push of the confederates into the North, Meade got his first victory under his belt as the Commander of the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg. With this victory, the Union knew that Meade had the skills required to lead the Army of the Potomac. Meade and his army cruised to victory while handing the Confederates losses left and right. He later witnessed the surrender of Robert E Lee and his Confederate Army at Appomattox

Due to the decisions made by McClellan throughout this battle, the Confederate forces were able to shift the odds into their favor. At night, both sides tended to their casualties but in the heat of the war, but their heartless General Lee continued to attack our forces despite the already high casualties and death tolls. After the battle was over, General McClellan respected President Lincoln's placed emphasis on not pursuing the already weakened Confederate troops as General Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia retreated from Maryland.

The capture of this vital southern city was a huge blow to the Confederacy. In early 1862, the Confederates concentrated their forces in northern Mississippi and western Tennessee to prevent the Yankee invasion. Many of these troops fought at Shiloh in Tennessee on April 6 and 7. Eight Rebel gunboats were dispatched up the great river to stop a Union flotilla above Memphis, leaving only 3,000 militia, two uncompleted ironclads, and a few steamboats to defend New Orleans. The most imposing obstacles for the Union were two forts, Jackson and St. Philip. In the middle of the night of April 24, Admiral David Farragut led his troops in a daring run past the forts.

The Battle of Gettysburg was fought for three days from July 1 to 3. The Army of the Potomac, led by General George Meade, repelled the attack of the Confederate’s Army, led by General Robert E. Lee. The purpose of this paper is to examine General Lee’s effectiveness by analyzing his utilization of the mission command, and its principles.

The fight between the union and a separate entity called the confederacy was a profound event in American History, but how did this development evolve? Slavery and democracy had existed for many years, making the Civil War avoidable, yet the course of events still led the United States to the outcome stated above. In order for one to understand this change, one must try to piece together the many instances that would tell him/her the reasons for a Civil War as destructive as the one fought in the eighteen hundreds between the North and the South. The Civil War was caused by the North’s and South’s viewpoints on slavery.

In this critical reasoning paper, I will discuss the Battle of the Wilderness and its overall effects on the Civil War. History tells a story of the Battle of the Wilderness that started on the 5th of May, 1864 between Union forces led by General Grant with a primary attacking force led by General Meade, and Confederate forces led by General Lee. It can be argued that the battle started much earlier. It started, with the secession of the southern states from the northern states. Tensions heightened when General Robert E. Lee, turned down a commission to lead the Union Army in favor of serving his state if the need should arise (Davis, 1956, p. 15). When his home state, Virginia, finally seceded, the battle started for General Lee. General Lee changed a great deal on the road to the Battle of the Wilderness; a portion of this critical reasoning paper will focus on the evolution of General Lee and how this led to his aggressive leadership tactics in the Battle of the Wilderness. I will analyze the battle and how its significance to General Lee, the Confederate Army, and how it ultimately affected the outcome

The Confederate flags those hung in the campus of Harvard University on March, 1991 triggered many controversial disputes among the faculty of the Harvard community. Many students argued with the hanging of those offensive flags in the window of the dormitory are the symbols of Slavery and offer many offensive message, while others claimed that those symbols are the form of freedom of speech and it should be protected according to the First Amendment.

The American Civil War was one of the deadliest wars in American history, resulting in 620,000 casualties of soldiers and undetermined number of civilian casualties. Southern slave states declared their withdrawal from United States and formed the Confederate States of America; also know as “The Confederacy.” Northern twenty states free of slavery and five slave states in north came to knows as the Union. Many strategy and tactics were used during the American Civil War. In order to understand the military strategy and tactics of Union and the Confederacy, one must understand the manpower each side had, previous war experience of the commanding officers on both side, and using rivers and railroad to their advantages.