DK - The American Civil War
with just enough horsemen to screen the Southern army from Union cavalry probes, but not enough to provide him with a rapid scou ...
The Battle of Gettysburg Neither side intended to fight a major battle at Gettysburg but both poured troops into the area after ...
streets of Gettysburg, the victorious Confederates hot on their heels. Safety for the bluecoats beckoned on the high ground of C ...
THE UNION TIGHTENS ITS GRIP 1863 Robert E. Lee was discouraged by the events of July 2. When cavalry under General Jeb Stuart re ...
friend Hancock had been wounded. The men who followed him were killed, wounded, or captured. Pickett’s charge had failed. Throug ...
On the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, the Union defense extended from Culp’s Hill, around Cemetery Hill, and along Ceme ...
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James Longstreet courted Maria Louisa Garland, the daughter of his regimental commander. The couple were to enjoy a 40-year marr ...
the Confederate States Army and took command of a Virginia brigade. At the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861, he saw little ...
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PICKETT’S CHARGE, GETTYSBURG On the third day of battle at Gettysburg, the heroic but catastrophic charge by George Pickett’s in ...
The Vicksburg Campaign By late 1862, Vicksburg was the last significant Confederate bastion along the entire length of the Missi ...
cavalry brigade, was sent south, deep into Mississippi, to destroy the railroads supplying Vicksburg, confuse Pemberton, and kee ...
trapped within Vicksburg’s defensive works, the constant artillery barrage strained their nerves, and the scarcity of food teste ...
The loss of Vicksburg and the simultaneous defeat at Gettysburg made the South’s demise almost inevitable, but the rest of 1863 ...
After two attacks on Vicksburg failed, General Grant used siege warfare to compel the city to surrender. From May 25, the inhabi ...
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“I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.” ULYSSES S. GRANT, FROM HIS PERSONAL MEMOIRS,^1886 Dogged fighter Grant ...
his men to an early victory at Belmont, and then took Forts Donelson and Henry, demanding unconditional surrender. At the time, ...
The Home Front The Civil War was fought on two fronts: the battlefield and the home front. Although civilians far away from the ...
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