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clear results for either party, Grant’s army from the Union Part and Lee’s army from the Confederate part. Instead, fighting had to carry on but the battle influenced the balance of power in the region and marked the beginning of Southerners’ retreat and advancement of the Union army. Now let's talk about what influence the battle of the wilderness have on the Civil War. The Battle of the Wilderness

attack Meade on his flanks. He placed General James Longstreet in charge of the main advance on the left flank of the Union line while General Richard Ewell was to lead the supporting attack on the right. Longstreet, however, was strongly against the idea of attacking. Instead, he wanted the main body of the Confederate army to move around the Union left to get between that army and Washington. This would have forced Meade to come out into the open and attack, thus giving the tactical advantage

novel we see the views of both Confederate and Union armies. The officers for both sides in this novel used to go to war with each other but are now on different sides according to their political views. In the end both armies realized the war had accomplished nothing but all the deaths of soldiers. During the novel, the armies are going to war against their opponents and not necessarily their enemies.Despite the fact that the Confederate and Union armies were entirely concerned with defeating their

Although Lee was mistaken in his assessment of the tactical leader of Union forces on July 1, he understood the operational leader, McClellan, very well. Throughout the entire Peninsular Campaign, McClellan had been easily fooled into believing that the Confederate army was considerably larger than its actual size. Throughout the Seven Days Campaign, he had been repeatedly driven back, from the threshold of the Confederate capital to the coast of Virginia, despite any substantial victories by the

The Union troops started marching in columns through Virginia towards their destination of Arlington. The army took Arlington without a scratch and the next morning it was flooded with Union members. The Union army soldiers stole souvenirs from the mansion which were left behind from the Lees. Arlington soon became a busy village full of army tents and even telegram posts connecting to the War office. Arlington started losing

Economics, political viewpoint, and union leadership were the primary reason the union won the war. Although, Abraham Lincoln, committed to the preservation of the union, his leadership was not the primary reason the north won. The union economy had an advantage to winning the war over the south. The northern states had more money; which allowed them to increase their assets, such as, their industries, technologies, as well as transportation. The North acquired their money by raising loans and issuing

accurate. During its use by the Union army, the weapon was still in its earliest stages. Although the Confederate army did not adopt this specific weapon, they had similar ideas such as the Raines grenade, which was similar in appearance, but completely inadequate for battle. Instead of cardboard fins for a stable flight, the Raines grenade had a cloth streamer. Ketchums were used in several important battles such as the battle of Vicksburg and the siege of Petersburg. Union soldiers threw the grenades

Do you envision a Commander as a failure if they have lost many troops? My answer is No. As long as the Commander utilizes the six principles of mission command they have not failed as the Commander. Therefore, in the Cold Harbor Civil War General Grant did an outstanding job as the Commander. He played a major role in utilizing all principles of mission command. The five roles I will elaborate on and describe in which General Grant exercised great are building cohesive teams through mutual trust

state of Kentucky to the Confederacy. The Confederacy also wanted to move its western border to the Ohio River, while diverting Union forces from southern strongholds. Since the first artillery ordinance crossed the waters at Fort Sumter, little did the state of Kentucky know it would play a critical role in the outcome of the Civil War. Tennessee seceded from the union after President Abraham Lincoln called upon the Volunteer State to overpower the rebellion; Kentucky laid just to the north and

Key Battles of the War In this 4-year-long war, the Union engaged 2 100 000 soldiers, much more than Confederacy's 1 000 000. The deadliest battles were fought at Bull Run (Manassas), Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Vicksburg. After the bombardment of the Fort Sumter which initiated the War, four