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FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN BY COLLINS MCKAY On July 21, 1861, two armies, one confederate and the other Union, prepared for the first major land battle of the Civil War. In 1861 Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as President. The Southern states had seceded and the South had fired on and captured Fort Sumter on April 12 1861. After the Fort Sumter battle, both the North and the South began preparing for war by raising armies. This was done quickly and neither side spent much time training the

How did the Minié Ball Affect Infantry Tactics in the U.S. Civil War? The U.S. civil war was the most bloody conflict that the U.S. had ever been involved in. It brought over 1,100,000 casualties from both sides, with over ninety percent of these casualties resulting from small- arms fire (Howey “Weaponry, the Rifle-Musket and the Minié ball”). The Minié Ball has been widely attributed to a majority of these cases. The Ball was a bullet developed by Claude-Étienne Minié and Henri-Gustave Delvigne

FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN On July 21, 1861, two armies, one confederate and the other Union, prepared for the first major land battle of the Civil War. In 1861 Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as President. The Southern states had seceded and the South had fired on and captured Fort Sumter on April 12 1861.      After the Fort Sumter battle, both the North and the South began preparing for war by raising armies. This was done quickly and neither side spent much time

of the Civil War • America before the Civil War • America leading into the Civil War II. Union troops heading into Antietam • Placement of forces for the battle • Commanding officers during the battle III. Confederate troops heading into Antietam • Movement of Confederate troops after Richmond • Lee victorious to move into Maryland IV. The battle • Three phases of battle throughout the day • Union bad choices opportunity for Confederacy V. Conclusion  SFC Fuentescolon SSG Lund SSG Patruno

Why the North Won the American Civil War Union officer William Tecumseh Sherman observed to a Southern friend that, "In all history, no nation of mere agriculturists ever made successful war against a nation of mechanics. . . .You are bound to fail." While Sherman's statement proved to be correct, its flaw is in its assumption of a decided victory for the North and failure to account for the long years of difficult fighting it took the Union to secure victory. Unquestionably, the war was won

American Civil War. Although it was a Confederate victory, the Union Army won the war. This battle took place near the present day Rio Grand River. It is sometimes called the Battle of Palmito Ranch or the battle on the Gulf Coast. There are many opinions on how many soldiers died that day, but the most reliable seems to come from CivilWar.com. They say that 118 Union soldiers were lost, compared to only around 6 Confederate soldiers. The Union Army’s purpose was to disrupt any reported Confederate camps

The Battle of Prairie Grove was the last time two armies of almost equal strength faced each other for control of northwest Arkansas. When the Confederate Army of the Trans-Mississippi withdrew from the bloody ground on December 7, 1862, the Union forces claimed a strategic victory. It seemed clear that Missouri and northwest Arkansas would remain under Federal protection. Brigadier General James G. Blunt’s Union command remained in the Cane Hill (Washington County) area after the engagement there

Emancipationawassone of the most profound consequences of the American Civil War. During and after the war, about four million enslaved African Americans in the United States became free persons. This generation had a significant influence on American history, an influence that has yet to be fully recognized. During this remarkable period of transition, former slaves stabilized their family lives, sought to control their work environments, established their own schools and churches, and participated

were allowed to join the Union army. These announcements were crucial to the Union as they gained support from the Negro communities and politically helped preserve the Union. The battle of Gettysburg took place between July 1st - 3rd 1963. In the May of 1963 Lee had been given the go ahead for a north invasion. Lee hoped that a victory in the north would help increase the peace movement which was gathering some support there. This, along with the weakening of the Union army, may initiate talks of

provides many details about the history of America. The Killer Angels describes the story of the Battle of Gettysburg. The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac fought one of the largest battles in the American Civil War on July 1, 1863. The Army of the Potomac is also known as the Union Army and the Army of Northern Virginia is known as the Confederate Army. When the battle was finished, 51,000 men were dead, wounded, or missing. While reading, I learned that many of the characters