The best day he had was also his last. On May 2, 1863, at Chancellorsville, T.J.
“Stonewall” Jackson was accidentally shot by one of his own men. However, that was not his last day; Jackson died eight days later due to pneumonia. Stonewall was a better leader than General Robert E. Lee was to the South. General Stonewall Jackson is one of the most famous confederate generals after Lee because of his skilled tactics. The Mexican-American War was the first U.S. Artillery Stonewall Jackson joined as a second lieutenant. Jackson proved his bravery and ability to recover quickly on the field while serving under General Winfield Scott. Stonewall also served in the Siege of Veracruz, and the Battles of Contreas, Chapultepec and Mexico City. He was promoted to the rank of brevet major and was considered a war hero in 1846
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Jackson and his 17,000 men marched 646 miles in 48 days and won many battles. Jackson had a defeat at the First Battle of Kernstown (March 23, 1862), but it proved to be a strategic Confederate victory because President Abraham Lincoln reinforced his Valley forces with troops that had originally been designated for the Peninsula Campaign against Richmond. 2
Jackson’s masterpiece came at Chancellorsville, where defying every rule and principle of military science and history, he led an outnumbered army to victory in a flank march that ranks with Frederick the Great’s manoeuvre at leuthen as one of the greatest actions martial records.
His very successful military maneuver, in Spring of 1862, led up to the Seven Days Battle around Richmond, where Jackson’s performance gained momentum by the second. At Second Manassas he made a few showings and more in Sharpsburg at the Battle of Antietam. Because of this, the Army of Northern Virginia was reorganized and Jackson was designated lieutenant
When the time came for the Civil War Jackson was ready. He left VMI to become a colonel and lead a brigade of men in the Battle of Bull Run. This is the battle where he received his nickname. When General Bee saw Jackson holding his position he said, "There is Jackson standing like a stonewall. Rally behind the Virginians." He held his ground at Bull Run so he was promoted to General Jackson.
The battle of Gettysburg occurred over three hot summer days, July 1 to July 3, 1863, around the small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It began as a meeting engagement, but by its end involved approximately 170,000 Americans. The battle is considered to be the turning point in the American Civil War and is one of the most studied battles in American history. The events that took place at Gettysburg had a tremendous impact on the outcome of the Civil War and the fate of the United States. It is far easier for us in the present than it was for those at Gettysburg, to look back and determine the path that the leaders should have taken.
The battle of Antietam was the first battle that Thomas and his regiment were involved in.His regiment formed in the woods and marched toward the battle around 6 o'clock. Once they reached the battlefield they were met by the confederate General, General Mansfield.General Mansfield’s regiment was hiding in a cornfield at around 60 or 70 yards ahead of the 128th regiment. The regiment was “under fire immediately”(Wanner) and there was much confusion on how the regiment would apply an attack on the confederate forces due to that they were concealed by the cornfield. Before the 128th regiment could be deployed their Colonel was killed by a bullet to his skull.Soon after their Lieutenant Colonel was wounded in the arm. Putting the Major, Major Joel B. Wanner in charge of the regiment. He is q...
One of the best commanders in the Confederate army was Lee still; the Union stood at a better standpoint during the battle. “Perhaps the most significant lesson from July 3, 1863, concerns the method of decision-making. Though he may not have seen it as such, Lee’s decision to attack was at best a close call.” (Gompert 2006, pg.7). The battle of Gettysburg did not happen intentionally, planned however Lee did an astounding job and his best to defeat the Union army. Ultimately Robert E. Lee was responsible for the South’s loss
After the war, Lee was tried as a traitor by the Union but after his trial he only got his civil rights taken from him. Lee took the post at Washington University, where he served until his death in 1870. The school is now renamed Washington and Lee. On Sept. 28,1870, Lee suffered a stroke that made him unable to speak. On October 12, 1870, two weeks after Lee’s stroke, Lee died at Lexington, Virginia due to effects of pneumonia. Lee was buried underneath Lee’s Chapel at Washington and Lee University where his body remains today.
This class was considered one of the most difficult when he took it at West Point, but Jackson enjoyed it and thrived in the course, despite having little prior education, and thus made the class no easier for his own students. In fact, even gifted students were known to fail his class. Jackson also educated VMI cadets in artillery, drilling them for hours each day about tactical use of weapons (Gwynne 128). In the classroom, Jackson made use of an unusual method of teaching. Instead of lecturing the class, he had his students give speeches about the material, interjecting when they were wrong or simply not quoting their textbooks word for word (Gwynne 129). This made him immensely unpopular with students, as many failed and Jackson refused to explain materials more than twice. If students didn’t understand, he’d kick them out of class. Students had such an intense dislike for Jackson that a student once tried to drop a brick on him (Gwynne 130). Not wanting to know which of his students had attempted what he considered to be incredibly and unforgivably cowardly, Jackson refused an investigation. However, regardless of any and all disrespect in the classroom, he was revered for his accomplishments in the Mexican-American War, even by students that otherwise hated him. Many of his formerly disrespecting students later fought alongside him and grew to admire his
Andrew Jackson was a man that people see that he is a good person and others say he is a terrible person. Andrew Jackson can be bad person and a good person it depends what type of person is Andrew Jackson is he going to help out the world or is he going to mess up the world? Democracy is a form of government were the people have a right to assist in the law making process. If Jackson didn’t support the people and wasn’t in the government the bank and the people would be in a huge mess. Andrew Jackson was very democratic and there are political , economic and geographic ways to prove it.
Grant's following campaigns revealed his determination to apply merciless pressure against the Confederacy by coordinating the Union armies and exploiting the economic strength of the North. While Grant accompanied the Army of the Potomac in its ov...
When Lee died on 12 Oct. 1870 he was one of a significant number of Confederate heroes running second to Jackson.
He led the British in the battle of Bunker Hill. He led them down the hill about 3 times for retreat. But finally when the colonists ran out of ammo, they charged up the hill
The franklin-Nashville campaign also known as the battle of Tennessee was conducted from September 18 to December 27, 1864; it was one of the most important campaigns in the civil war, and was of significant strategic value to both the confederates and the union. The union forces under major general Sherman had won a decisive victory over the rebels in the battle of Atlanta led by lieutenant general John Bell Hood, and now occupied Atlanta in a possible move to march further down the south. Uncomfortable with the development president Confederate President Jefferson Davis visited Lt. Gen Hood and registered his displeasure at him for his abysmal performance in the battle of Atlanta which had left the south vulnerable to attacks from Maj. Gen
Grant’s perseverance was an important factor for the Union in the Civil War. In April 1862, Confederates attacked Grant’s troops in the early morning, pushed them back, and captured numerous Union soldiers. Surprisingly, Grant had managed to keep his position by the end of the day and when reinforcements arrived launched a counterattack that forced the South to retreat; the Battle of Shiloh resulted in tremendous losses (Waugh). General Grant attempted to attack Vicksburg, MIssissippi, which gave Confederates control over the Mississippi River, and after that failed, laid siege to the city for two and a half months; the town surrendered on July 4, 1863 (Havelin, 38). Even though Grant was blamed for the Union’s great losses, he did not give up and continued to attack aggressively. At night by the Rapidan River in Virginia on May 5, 1864, Ulysses Grant’s and Robert E. Lee’s forces clashed for the first time in the Battle of the Wilderness (Havelin, 45). Units of soldiers became lost during the battle and mistakenly fired on their own men; sparks from shots started wildfires which burned 200 wounded soldiers (Havelin, 45). In the first two days, approximately 11,000 Confederate troops and 17,000 Union troops died (Havelin, 45). Joan Waugh, a professor of history at UCLA, revealed that “[i]n the six-week “Overland Campaign” that followed, the Union Army suffered setbacks and high casualties in the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, and Cold Harbor
General Ulysses S. Grant was the best leader in U.S. history. He led the Union Army
During The Jacksonian Era many different views and ideas were predominant about the United States. The Jacksonian Democrats were a loose coalition of different peoples and interests pulled together by a common practical idea. That idea was that they all were followers of President Andrew Jackson. Jacksonian Democrats viewed themselves as guardians of the Constitution when in fact they were not. When dealing with politics and ideas within the Democratic Party of the time the Jacksonians proved to be both guardians and violators of the Constitution. Individual liberty is another area in which the Jacksonians were advocates to different sides of the topic at different times. The Jacksonians also proved to be champions for equality of economic opportunity. The Jacksonians demonstrated themselves to be, not the proponents they thought they were, but instead violators of the US Constitution.
Robert Lee makes bold moves to win victories. Lee was outnumbered two to one at Chancellorsville in May 1863; instead of just defending against the Union armies, he made an audacious move and split his army into two to encircle the enemy. Without Lee’s courageous move, the Confederacy might have lost another battle. But even if Lee was defeated, his performance would still stay on tract. When Lee was defeated at Antietam in September 1862, he quickly withdrew the remnants of his forces across the Potomac, reorganized his army, and res...