Army of the Potomac

any forces from the Army of the Potomac would make its way down the I-70. Within the last twenty-four hours BG Lane was notified that elements of the 82nd Airborne were making its way north-east to support him and his Marines. The 82nd would take an alternate route circumnavigating Baltimore and coming up south of the Marines current position. Once the 82nd was five to ten miles from the Marines they would halt, dig in and wait for further orders. If the Army of the Potomac decided to head south

Roughly fifteen hundred Marines would head towards Baltimore and seventeen hundred would head north east to cut on any potential move by the Army of the Potomac. He would lead the Marines heading into Baltimore, there orders were to clear the city if need be, secure the oil terminals along the course and act as a blocking force in the even the Army of the Potomac turned West. Colonel Ramon Bit, a fine combat Marine, with multiple tours with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq and Afghanistan

Roughly fifteen hundred Marines would head towards Baltimore and seventeen hundred would head northeast to cut on any potential move by the Army of the Potomac. He would lead the Marines heading into Baltimore. Their orders were to clear the city if need be, secure the oil terminals along the course and act as a blocking force in the event the Army of the Potomac turned West. Colonel Ramon Bit, a fine combat Marine, with multiple tours with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq and Afghanistan

Life of a soldier is very tough and full of discipline, in the Army of the Potomac the soldier has to keep his body in shape for any battle that might come up. The soldier would do drills every morning. The camps for a soldier were tents, they would pitch a tent and that’s what they would sleep in. The soldier would play games to keep himself entertained and not get bored. Soldiers in the Army of the Potomac would live and sleep in camps. In the camps they would build small two man tents, they are

The Army of the Potomac had stopped at the War College; General Magnus was a very unhappy man to find no one home. The entire place had been cleaned out by he assumed, the 28th ID, and something else wasn’t quite right. There was something nagging at him. Why hadn’t anyone really engaged them in battle, well outside of the gangs and civilian formed militias. Where the hell was the 28th ID heading? What were the Special Forces up to? Who were they reporting to? He had so many unanswered questions

The Army of the Potomac Famous members and history of the regiment The Army of the Potomac was created in 1861. It was the first corps legalized in the U.S. during the beginning of the Civil War. The center of the Army of the Potomac was called the Army of Northeast Virginia, commanded by Brig.Gen. Irvin Mcdowell. They fought the Battle of Bull Run under Mcdowell and lost. Soon after the loss, the Union Army had a change of plans for the leadership of the Army of the Potomac. They appointed

battle in the Civil war. The battle was fought by two different armies within the Union and the Confederacy, The Army of the Potomac (Union) and The Army of Northern Virginia (Confederate). Antietam Creek is located just to the east of the Potomac River in Maryland. The battle was fought on a hill just above the west bank of Antietam Creek. The Army of the Potomac, who was on the offensive, was pushing towards the river. The Army of Northern Virginia, who was on the defensive, was on the bank defending

of the Army of the Potomac and the leaders of the Army of Northern Virginia with antithetical attitudes in relation to the Civil War. Although the causes of the leaders of the Union Army and the Confederate Army were both associated with the notion of freedom, the perspectives on freedom were contrasting with the Union Army advocating freedom of the individual, and the Confederate Army advocating freedom the states. Also, the leaders of the Army of the Potomac and the leaders of the Army of Northern

privately owned and run warships. These ships were used to take the Union’s trade ships. Getting rid of the privateers meant that the Union could transport goods easier. Scott 's anaconda plan needed the Union’s army and navy to surround the Confederacy. After encompassing the Confederacy the army and navy would tighten in, and effectively strangle the South. This contained two

lead the Confederate army, at less than half the size of the Union army, to victory. When General Robert E. Lee defeated an enemy with an army twice the size of his, the battle was not won by brute force nor luck, it was won by Lee’s risky decision to split his army in half to fight on two different fronts. The Battle of Chancellorsville started on April 30, 1863 and lasted through May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. In this battle General Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia