DK - The American Civil War
THE SEVEN DAYS BATTLES The Seven Days Battles drove the Union army back 20 miles (32km), lifting the threat to Richmond and ensu ...
carried the day. The blow was far from decisive, however, and the approach of stronger Union forces saw Jackson withdraw back to ...
The Confederates feasted on bacon and canned lobster, while Jackson resupplied his army with Union horses, artillery, and ammuni ...
On the first two days of battle, Stonewall Jackson’s corps bore the brunt of the fighting. James Longstreet arrived with his cor ...
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Robert E. Lee father died, leaving the family in dire financial straits. Lee’s marriage later connected him indirectly with the ...
approach of Civil War in 1861 made Lee—still a lieutenant colonel at the start of the year—valuable to both sides. He chose the ...
Lee Invades Maryland The Confederate invasion of Maryland in September 1862 was a gamble based on a false estimate that the Unio ...
LEE INVADES MARYLAND Ordered by President Lincoln “to destroy the rebel army,” McClellan led a revitalized 70,000-strong force o ...
Field Artillery Although modern rifled artillery made of cast or wrought iron was used during the war, the most common gun was t ...
FIELD ARTILLERY ■(6 NAPOLEON CANNON ■(5 ARTILLERYMAN’S THUMBSTALL ■^ PACKET OF PAPER FUSES ■^ PAPER FUSE ■(2 QUADRANT AND FRICTI ...
CLASH OF ARMIES 1862 S ources of intelligence in the Civil War were varied, some traditional and some innovative. For example, a ...
army strength, which the general’s overcautious disposition made him only too ready to believe. An organized military surveillan ...
A t dawn on September 17, as Joseph Hooker’s corps advanced up the Hagerstown Pike to slam into the left flank of General Robert ...
Victory at Antietam strengthened President Lincoln’s political position—he issued the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation just ...
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Burnside’s Bridge at Antietam General Ambrose Burnside commanded the Ninth Corps on the Union left. He sent his troops across a ...
between Burnside and Richmond except the 400-ft (122-m) wide river. Bridging this obstacle had been given high priority in the p ...
BURNSIDE TAKES THE OFFENSIVE KIRKLAND MEMORIAL AT FREDERICKSBURG Although the fire from the Union guns on Stafford Heights made ...
THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG On December 13, 1862, Union General Burnside ordered a series of attacks on Marye’s Heights, a ridg ...
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