Union Army

Benefits of the Black Union Army-Did Blacks Receive Equal Treatment? Introduction The black union army is a term commonly used to refer to the black men of African American origin who were mostly recruited into the American army as a consequence of the civil war between the northern and southern states. This war came to an end with the surrender of the nonfederal forces in 1865, after a fierce battle that had started three years prior with the firing on Fort Sumter. As a result racial of discrimination

The Union and the Confederate Armies had many strategies in the first half of the war as they experience success and defeats from both sides. As part of a strategy for the confederacy they created an army from scratch equipping them with lots of many useful sources, while the North/Union didn’t have to as they had navy and armies. After the South separated they reorganized themselves and expanded their militias which were more like clubs. An Union plan was when the obstruction of the Southern line

Edmonds, also known as, Cuff, Bridget O’Shea, Charles Mayberry, et cetera, et cetera. But today, I’m here as plain Ms. Edmonds. You might know me from my book Nurse and Spy in the Union Army, which was published in 1864. During the dreadful war, I served as a male nurse in the Union army under General McClellan. But when a Union spy in Richmond was discovered and died before the firing squad, and my good friend, James Vesey, was killed in an ambush (rest his soul), I felt it was my duty to avenge his

was a turning point in the civil war because the union got the victory and that gave them a big advantage over the Confederate. In the late summer of 1863 Confederate general, Robert. E. Lee, had a plan to invade union territory. He explained his plan to President Jefferson Davis but, he never liked it. Even though President Jeff never agreed with him, General Lee still went with his plan to invade the north. News spread to the north of Lee’s army. This caused civilians to panic, resident of Harrisburg

the afternoon of May 2nd. Opposing them was a Union force that had gathered for supper and was wholly unprepared to defend itself. Union forces rapidly withered and routed under the Confederate onslaught, retreating within hundreds of meters of General Hooker’s headquarters. Within several hours of the initial attack, nightfall forced a halt to the Confederate offensive and offered a reprieve for Union forces. Determined to prevent the Union Army from regrouping and consolidating its lines during

Chapters 1-2 Summary Lieutenant General Longstreet of the Confederate army paid a spy to find information about the Union. When the spy returns with crucial information about the whereabouts of the Union, Longstreet must take action. He goes to General Lee and informs him that the Union army is very close and in large numbers. The Confederate army army is spread out. They were not expecting an attack and had no idea the union army was so close. They make a plan to seize the element of surprise and

fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. A Union force known as the Army of the Tennessee under Major General Ulysses S. Grant had moved via the Tennessee River deep into Tennessee and was encamped principally at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee on the west bank of that river, where the Confederate Army of Mississippi, under General Albert Sidney Johnston and second-in-command Pierre G. T. Beauregard, launched a surprise attack on Grant's army from its base in Corinth, Mississippi. Johnston was

On September 1, 1864 Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, Commander of the Military Division of Army of Mississippi with his Union troops, had successfully captured Atlanta from the Confederate Army led by Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood. At that time Atlanta considered as the heart of the South for the Southerns and for the Confederate Army. On the other hand “Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant General in chief of the U.S. Army believed that the Civil War would come to an end only if the Confederacy 's strategic, economic

On the 21st, they met a Confederate army near Manassas and were defeated. Following the defeat at Bull Run, Major General George McClellan was given command of the new Union Army of the Potomac. In early 1862, he shifted south to attack Richmond through the Peninsula. Moving slowly, he was forced to retreat after the Seven Days Battles. This campaign saw the rise of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. After beating a Union army at Manassas, Lee began to move north into Maryland. McClellan

Cavalry Corps that ran into parts of the Army of Northern Virginia outside of Gettysburg. He only had enough strength to post one man per yard of ground, Buford instructed one of his brigades, under Colonel Williams Gamble, to dismount and delay the progress of A.P. Hill’s Confederate III Corps along the from the road by Cashtown. Buford’s clever defensives of troops arrangement along with bravery, dedication, and well trained ability of his men, gave the Union 1st Corps under Major General John F