The Battle Of The Fairfax Court House In Virginia

He positioned his trained infantrymen on top of the first hill as the last line of defense. The militia was placed in front of the hill and the sharpshooters were place in front of the militia. The militia was the first line of defense and Morgan ordered his sharpshooter to target specifically the officers and cavalry and fall back in the line of militia before they get in firing range of the redcoats. Once the sharpshooter gets in position with the militia the British army advanced the attack the militia. The militia’s duties were to engage the redcoats for a short amount of then run away to the right side of the side of the hill. Tarleton expected the militia to run away. He sent one infantry unit and one cavalry unit after the militia. However, waiting behind the second hill was Lieutenant Colonel William Washington and his dragoon unit. The British cavalry didn’t expect to encounter another cavalry unit. Washington wiped out the Tarleton’s cavalry then flanked the right of Tarleton’s main element. Simultaneously, the militia ran around the hills to flank the left side. Tarleton found himself in a double envelopment. Tarleton receives 110 casualties, 229 wounded and 829 captured or missing, meanwhile Morgan suffered 25 casualties and 124

As you already know, this battle lasted only two days. The Yankees (North) left with 10,000 individuals wounded and killed, while the Rebels (South) lost about 1,300 with 7,000 wounded. This battle was similar to the first battle in terms of what they were striving to accomplish. In this battle, the Union constructed a plan to obtain the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. The Union thought they were being surrounded and retreated into southern artillery.

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A little while later, we came across a group of Confederates in the forest. I think they were searching for us, yet we won the engagement. Then we came across some Confederate outposts. We also won that engagement, as well.

The Battle of Gettysburg was the most brutal battle in the American Civil War. Many people consider this the turning point of the Civil War, for every major battle prior to this won by the Confederate Army, led under the famous Robert E. Lee. In the span of three days in the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the Union Army persevered and won. There were many men at fault for the Confederate loss, however the only person to fully blame is the cavalry leader J.E.B. Stuart. He was in the wrong by not doing his job; Stuart failed to give the position of the Union Army before the battle, he failed to give the information necessary during the battle, and he failed to re-enforce the Confederate army. J.E.B. Stuart was most at fault for the Confederate loss at the Battle of Gettysburg.

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Morgan’s famous heroic stand below Goldsboro Road would begin on March 18th. His “division (Second), Fourteenth Army Corps, took the advance for the Left Wing at 5:30 A.M. on Saturday the eighteenth”(Hughes Jr., 17). After Morgan helped federal foragers in his division fight off small rebel forces near Bushy Swamp, Sherman ordered him to hold his division where it was. In the early morning of March 19th, Morgan’s men would advance along with Sherman and WilliamCarlin’s men. They would soon be told to hold position again as Carlin went to engage against Confederates. It wouldn’t be until the afternoon at three o clock that Morgan would soon have to help Carlin and Slocum against the Confederates, due to Carlin’s inability to stop them in the skirmishes. After Mitchell had placed his men into the appropriate area, Morgan’s unit would march in. He would send one of his men to send a message to generals in the battle. First he sent a message “to Davis requesting that Vandever’s brigade (backed with the wagons at the rear of the corps) be rushed to him”(Hughes Jr, 98). Morgan also sent one to Benjamin Fearing to ask if he could help General Mitchell by being at his right while having some of his men attack to help “stiffen Vernon’s skirmish line” (Hughes Jr., 98). Also seeing that there were no enemy troops on the right side near Goldsboro road, Morgan ordered one of his men to perform reconnaissance. Later, he and his men would have to

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The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought towards the beginning of the American Civil War that spanned over the course of four years, April 1861- April 1865 and consisted of 50 major battles and thousands of minor battles. The Battle of Fredericksburg lasted exactly five days, December 11-15, 1862. Its location was centered on Fredericksburg, VA and surrounding areas along the Rappahannock River including Falmouth, Marye’s Heights, Stafford Heights, Prospect Hill, and Hamilton’s Crossing (Yandoh, 2001). The Federal Union and Confederates had the same goal. To preserve their way of life, but that’s where the similarities stopped. Both sides wanted a different way of life preserved. The Confederates goal was to gain independence from the politically oppressive North and to establish an independent nation that allowed slavery (Olson-Raymer, 2014). The Federal Union’s initial goal was to restore the Union. But, its goal changed when it became obvious they would lose the war. The Union decided to reunite states under a banner in which slavery was no longer acceptable or tolerated. “The war from beginning to end would be a noble crusade for democracy for all people, not just in America, but throughout the world” (Olson-Raymer, 2014).

This battle in particular was the final of a succession of battles known as the Seven Days Battle, or the Peninsula Campaign. Over the course of the first six days General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate forces managed to hold off General George G. McClellan’s offensive on the peninsula in an attempt to take the confederate capitol in Richmond (Gabriel, 2011). On the night of June 30th General McClellan’s Army on the Potomac took its place atop Malvern Hill. After doing a hasty inspection of the area General McClellan left to board a gun ship approximately one mile north on the James River. He left General Fitz-John Porter in charge of the positon on the hill. Given the Advantage in terrain, General Porter Strategically placed his infantry in a U-shape with approximately 36 guns on the western and northern slopes of the hill. The Army had heavy artillery in reserve on the southern of Malvern Hill which consisted of 20 and 30 pound parrot rifles (Gabriel, 2011). This was a battle in which artillery played a very heavy role on both sides. Although the Union and Confederate were somewhat equal in numbers, communication proved to be key in the Unions favor. During Confederate attacks the Union laid down effective artillery gun fire that took many casualties. General’s James Longstreet and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson of the Confederacy constructed an excellent strategy where they would

By the first evening advance elements of the army reached Fairfax courthouse. The few Confederate pickets there quickly retreated. On the 18th the first elements reached the hamlet of Centerville. A brigade was sent out from Centerville to reconnoiter the confederate lines, they found the confederates and lost 80 men. General McDowell brought up the balance of his forces.

First, the numbers. There were over 20,000 soldiers altogether, and 250 items of artillery. It resulted in the deaths of 6,000 rebels out of the 15,000 that were part of the charge.There were only 6,500 Union soldiers to hold off the attack, but they were dug in and armed with cannons. The rebels were able to take a position in the Union

Shay’s men marched across open fields in a plan of sneak attack. Little did they know, their message had been intercepted by the colonial militia men and they too planned to attack the rebels’ weaker forces. After the battle, four men were dead and most were injured. As they attempted to flee, the militia captured over half the rebel’s men. They were then sentenced to hang for treason, but after going through court, most of them were pardoned.

The attacks began around 4:00 pm . The terrain was rough, rocky and wooded. Our defensive line faced the southwest towards the higher hill with our right flank tight up against the left flank of the 83rd Pennsylvania. As we moved into position, I sent Company B under the command of Captain Walter G. Morrell to join up with skirmishers of the 16th Michigan to protect the left flank . However, Captain Morrell did not find skirmishers and decided to take up position behind a stonewall 150 yards to the

After we had successful gathered our remaining forces, I saw the conflict was at an inflection point. Zetia showed me the bird’s-eye view of the battle from her PDA. The 2nd regiment had been bent back to the road by the enemy and the 3rd regiment was likewise pressed away from their starting position. They had fewer than half their men were still fighting. Fortunately, the two regiments had used their reserve companies to make one combined square. That quick thinking probably had saved the army from total destruction. Yet, they were cut off from the mercenary company that was pinned against the bay. Thus, the Raiders had successfully cut our line in two places. Indeed, the fighting square was surrounded by the Raiders; and, what was left of the mercenaries was completely cut off from retreating. Furthermore, I saw a few nobles on horses with the mercenaries on the beach. Count Vee and his remaining Lancers were back with our mules in the rear. So, essentially the road to Heraldsburg was open to the enemy.