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What are the civil war battle names starting with o?

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Oriskany, New York was the location of a major battle during the Revolutionary War. It starts with the letter O.

What was the primary reason the South was unable to unify as a country or support the war effort?

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There were several reasons why the South was unable to unify as a country or support the war effort during the American Civil War. One significant factor was the lack of a strong central government and infrastructure, making it difficult to coordinate resources and policies. Additionally, internal divisions among Southern states, such as competing economic interests and disagreements over the issue of states' rights, hindered unity and cooperation. The Union blockade also cut off vital supplies and trade routes, further weakening the Southern war effort.

Why was there a need for the states to form a single country?

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There were several reasons for the states to form a single country. Firstly, the states wanted a centralized government to address issues like defense, foreign relations, and interstate trade. Secondly, the states wanted to establish a unified identity and promote national unity. Lastly, a single country would provide a stronger and more cohesive presence on the world stage, enabling the states to compete with other global powers.

When did Robert E Lee write the Letter to His Son A after a bloody battle won by the Union B after the first battle of the Civil War C at the end of the Civil War D just prior to the Civil War?

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"Letter to His Son" by Robert E. Lee, was written on January 23, 1861. The Civil War began April 12, 1861. So the letter was prior (*) to the CW, but after States had begun to secede from the Union of the United States of America.

The 11 confederate states, in order of secession, were:

  1. South Carolina (seceded December 20, 1860)
  2. Mississippi (seceded January 9, 1861) *
  3. Florida (seceded January 10, 1861) *
  4. Alabama (seceded January 11, 1861) *
  5. Georgia (seceded January 19, 1861) *
  6. Louisiana (seceded January 26, 1861)
  7. Texas (seceded February 1, 1861)
  8. Virginia (seceded April 17, 1861)
  9. Arkansas (seceded May 6, 1861)
  10. North Carolina (seceded May 20, 1861)
  11. Tennessee (seceded June 8, 1861).

Which event could not be placed in the second slot?

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Any event that is dependent on the completion or occurrence of the event in the first slot cannot be placed in the second slot.

How many confederates fought during battle of Fort Sumter?

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Sumeter was mainly a shelling of the fort until the Union unit stationed there surrendered. There were 80 men on the Union side and 500 on the Confederacy side. No one was injured or died in the shelling.

Is Shem Suggs a boy or girl in Bull Run?

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Shem Suggs is a boy in this book and he was a confederate

What was an incident during the Civil War?

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One notable incident during the Civil War was the Battle of Gettysburg, which took place from July 1-3, 1863. It was the largest and bloodiest battle of the war, with over 50,000 casualties. The Union Army, led by General George G. Meade, successfully defended against General Robert E. Lee's Confederate forces, ending Lee's second invasion of the North and marking a turning point in the war.

Where was the battle of manassas junction?

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Northern Virginia. You can find it on a map by searching Battle of Manassas as it is known in the South, or Battle of Bull Run as it is known in the North. Actually there were two battles, the first in 1861 and the second in 1862. The battlefield site is a national memorial today, and it shouldn't be too hard to find.

What battle showed the north that it was going to be a long war?

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The Battle of First Bull Run, fought on July 21, 1861.

The disastrous defeat made the Union aware that the war would last far longer than few months, as estimated by the Federal Government.

During the US Civil War what state saw the most battles?

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Virginia saw the most (122) battles of the US Civil War.

What two battles proved to be the undoing of lees attempt to protect Richmond in the latter days of the US Civil War?

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1 - The Battle of Fort Stedman of March 25,1865, that was the last attempt to break through the Federal Lines east of Petersburg.

2 - The Battle of Dinwiddie Court House of March 31, 1865, when Pickett's Units of cavalry and infantry drove back Sheridan Army from Five Forks up to Dinwiddie but were not able to defeat the Federals, who, after a day long combat fought back, supported by the Fifth Corps lead by Gen. Warren.

The Confederates were then forced to retreat to the position of Five Forks.

Were there any Civil War battles fought in North Carolina?

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Yes, Bentonville, right at the end. It was Joe Johnston's last throw.

Why was industry important in the civil war?

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It gave the North the advantage in manufacturing everything from cannons to bullets to the very buttons on their uniforms. Most iron ore mines were in Northern territory, as well as the smelting plants. Couple this with the rich veins of coal for fuel, oil for heat, and an already trained and ready army, and you must wonder what southerners were thinking.

Where did the battle of fort sumfer takeplace?

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Fort Sumter is located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.

What was the Union strategy in the US Civil War?

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The "Anaconda Plan", to weaken the South then invade it.

The first plan put forward by the General-in-Chief, Winfield Scott, was based on the prospect of a long war, with a big emphasis on a naval blockade that would starve the Confederacy of its war supplies. This attempt had mixed results.

To most officers and politicians, this looked far too slow, as they were expecting a short war, all over in a few quick thrusts. They jokingly called it the Anaconda, as it sounded like slow strangulation, and Scott soon retired through old age, to be replaced by the popular young George B. McClellan.

But all McCLellan's attempts at marching on Richmond failed, and the war began to take shape in Tennessee, where the next General-in-Chief, Halleck, believed in occupying territory, rather than destroying armies, so progress was gradual.

Only when his subordinate, U.S. Grant, moved into the top job was the end of the war in sight. Grant ended the system of prisoner-exchange, so the Confederates were bound to run out of men eventually. Sherman's March to the Sea laid waste to the farms and railroads of Georgia, which helped to starve the Confederate troops in the field.

Eventually Lee surrendered to Grant with under 30,000 men left in the Army of Northern Virginia. Other Confederate armies surrendered soon after.

Although Lee urged Jefferson Davis to call for a general Southern surrender, Davis remained stubborn to the end. There were still about 175,000 Confederate soldiers in the field at the time of Appomattox, Lee and other leaders had to believe the most humane way to save lives in a now lost cause, was to surrender. This saved lives on both sides. And,they were all Americans.
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The Union Strategy, formulated at the start of the war by veteran Mexican War General Winfield Scott, became known as the Anaconda Plan. The plan consisted of blockading the Atlantic and Gulf ports of the Southern States, and seizing control of the Mississippi River Valley, preventing the South from receiving supplies from foreign countries, or from the Western States that sided with the South. It counted on the slow strangulation of the South's ability to wage war, with the possibility of forcing the South to the conference table to negotiate peace. In the event, Grant also captured the Cumberland Valley and the Tennessee Valley to further split the South, and Sherman's total warfare March to the Sea destroyed the South's ability to make war by preventing its armies in the field from receiving ammunition, uniforms, or food, forcing Lee to surrender because his army no longer had the materiels with which to fight or rations enough for a week.

Who was the Victorious General at Gettysburg but failed to completely capitalize?

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Gordon Meade.

He was told that he should have pursued and destroyed the Army of Northern Virginia.

What The Battle of Gettysburg is best remembered as?

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The Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) is remembered as the bloodiest single day of combat during the American Civil War.

It is arguably a Union victory, albeit by the slimmest of margins. (The Army of Northern Virginia retreated from the field and back across the Potomac River.) It was enough for Abraham Lincoln to announce his Emancipation Proclamation, which was intended to free the slaves held in the areas of rebellion.

When did America use the ironclads?

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The Ironclads have been used in America during the Civil War by both sides.

The first encounter took place on March 9, 1862 into Hampton Road, between the CSS "Virginia", that on march 8 successfully attacked a Union Fleet gathered there and USS "Monitor". The outcome of the fighting remained undecided but "Virginia" did no more attempt another sortie.

Many ironclads were built both by Confederates and Union sides for the duration of the war. The most notable battle in which ironclads were involved was the naval battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864.

What army won the US Civil War Battle of Fort Anderson?

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This battle took place in North Carolina in 1863. The Confederates were attempting to recapture Fort Anderson and the City of New Bern. The Federals were deeply entrenched and Confederate forces had to retreat. The battle took place between March 13 to 15, 1863.

Why did the north believe they could win the civil war?

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Remember at the beginning of the war, everyone thought it would be over very quickly. Many soldiers on both the North and South enlisted for 90 days or 1 year. The South thought the Northern states were not interested in going to war to fight to keep control of the Southern states. They felt that the Union soldiers were not dedicated as much as they were to defending their rights and homeland. The South quickly raised soldiers who were ready to fight. They had many officers and generals who were experienced soldiers & leaders. This was proven by the battles won by the Confederacy in the first year of the war.

Even after 3 years of fighting, the Confederacy was still seeking support from England. They felt that if England recognized them as a separate country, then that would legitimize their government and they would have support needed to continue to fight. This never happened.

Both sides in the conflict did not really understand the strength of feelings they each elicited on the other side. The North did not really believe the South will secede from the Union, since this had been threatened many times before but not actually carried through. The South, on the other hand, did not believe the North would go to war over the preservation of the Union since in every other respect the South was not actually threatening the Northern way of life. From their point of view all they wanted was to be left alone.

Interestingly, Lincoln was well aware of the weakness and intangibility of the North's cause and it is this which led him (among other reasons) to issue the Emancipation proclamation. Freedom is one of the few truly universal ideas for which people have been truly been willing to die.

The other point to remember was that the South saw itself as a far superior producer of soldiers than the North. This was not entirely inaccurate as the South did have the better officer cadre and its soldiers, raised in the wilder agrarian environment of the South , were more used to the rigors of military life. The fact that the North had the better industrial infrastructure necessary to support a War Economy was not immediately apparent and would only become apparent later on in the War.

Why the battle of Perryville was fought?

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On Oct.1,1862 the Union Army under Gen. Buell set out from Louisville marching southeast against Bragg's Confederate Army standing at Bardstown. The Confederates fell back toward Perryville, where on Oct. 8th the homonymous battle took place. It was part of the campaign fought for the control of Eastern Tennessee.

Why the North won and the South lost the US Civil War?

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Gettysburg ruined the South! Serves those Johnny Rebs right, they deserved it! because the north had better high ground and they had a lot more amount of people to fight for them. Grant's victory over Pemberton (a Pennsylvanian who chose to wear the uniform of a Confederate general) at Vicksburg is considered the most decisive battle by some historians because it split the South in two, completing one part of General Scott's three-part plan for strangling the South. [Efforts to capture Richmond were botched by General McClellan, and the US Navy blocade was only 2/3 successful.] Gettysburg was a three-day battle. Lee did well enough on the first two days, but he lost on the third day, more to Meade's subordinates than to Meade himself. Pemberton abandoned Vicksburg to Grant on the third day of Gettysburg, and Northern newspapers concentrated on Gettysburg instead. [In World War II, General Clark had his thunder stolen in a similar manner as he let a German army escape so he could capture Rome for its propaganda value, but it was all for naught because it coincided with Eisenhower's invasion of Normandy. Like the Seige of Vicksburg, the Italian Campaign had dragged on slowly. Like Gettysburg, the Normandy Invasion was new and exciting in the public consciousness. Unlike Vicksburg, Rome had no strategic value.] Also, note that Pemberton was disliked and distrusted by other Confederate generals because he was born in the North, yet he held Vicksburg until it became indefensible before withdrawing his army. To answer the original question, the South actually won most of the large battles, but Vicksburg was decisive for its strategic value, and Gettysburg was a fantastic Northern propaganda victory. It dissolved any chance that a British army would attack the North from Canada, and a French army would arise from Mexico to reinforce the South.

What side was the union army on North or South?

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The American Civil War was battled between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America, an assortment of eleven southern states that left the Union in 1860 and 1861. The contention started basically because of the long-standing conflict over the establishment of subjection. On February 9, 1861, Jefferson Davis, a previous U.S. Representative and Secretary of War, was chosen President of the Confederate States of America by the individuals from the Confederate protected show. Following four wicked long periods of contention, the United States crushed the Confederate States. Eventually, the states that were in defiance were readmitted to the United States, and the establishment of subjugation was abrogated from one side of the country to the other.

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