Did Robert E. Lee Lose the Civil War for the South? Abstract Most history books portray Robert E. Lee as the greatest general of the American Civil War, acknowledging his brilliance as the reason that the South lasted four years against a vastly superior Union force. The reality was that Lee’s strategy and tactics actually was the reason that the South lost what was a “winnable” conflict. Where the South needed a tie, Lee went for the win and therefore was a major reason the South lost. This paper will evaluate Lee’s military strategic capability in the context of the war and his battlefield leadership, demonstrating how his aggressive “Virginia first” strategy directly contributed to the Confederate loss.
What would turn into a four-year conflagration and take more American lives than two subsequent world wars together was expected by many at first to be no more than a "show of power" exhibited by both factions that would end in quick compromise. But, it soon became apparent that the South would not bargain. It didn’t matter that the industrial North was considered unbeatable with its larger population and its iron factories able to churn out artillery by the carloads. The pride of the South was wounded, and the scars were enough to inspire its men to victory in the first several engagements, including the First Battle of Manassas, 30 miles from Washington
While both great generals started, their military careers the same way the rest of their careers were very different. General Lee was a great military general continuing a family tradition while Grant simply excelled at something he was forced to do. Through correspondence of letters both General Grant and General Lee agreed to end the war on April 9, 1865 in at the village of Appomattox Court House. Some believe if General Lee had more support and ammunition then he would have been the winner easily and it would not have taken four years to get the job done. The Comparison of General Grant and General Lee There were many comparisons between the two generals over the course of the Civil War.
Did Abraham Lincoln Free the Slaves? “Your country? How came it yours? Before the Pilgrims landed we were here. Here we have brought our three gifts and mingled them with yours: a gift of story and song… in an ill-harmonized and unmelodious land; the gift of sweat and brawn to beat back the wilderness… and lay the foundations of this vast economic empire two hundred years earlier than your weak hands could have done it; the third, a gift of the Spirit.” -W.E.B.
As shots rang out, Jesse and his comrades had to retreat. Several members of the gang would be cut down, others captured; in the end only Jesse and Frank would make it back the 500 miles to safety in Missouri. Their most ambitious operation ended in the greatest disaster. But before they left the bank that day, one of them, Frank or Jesse, did the one thing that more than any other defined their life of crime; he raised his revolver and shot the unarmed bookkeeper dead. A man by the name of Charlie Bigelow was calling himself Jesse James.
When we read the history of the United States of America , we remember above all two great names : George Washington and Abraham Lincoln . George Washington , the general who commanded the North American Army in the War of Independence against Britain , became the first President of the United States . He and those who fought with him did much for their country : they freed it from colonial oppresion . But Abraham Lincoln had a greater wish : he wanted to see all the people of the United States, including the Negroes , free from oppression and exploitation by the rich , the owners of the big plantations . Abraham Lincoln was the son of a poor farmer .
Although at the beginning of the rebellion, the three main generals were not actually all in Spain. Sanjurjo was in Portugal, but was killed en route back to Spain in a plane crash before any major military action occurred. At the same time, even though Mola had raised 6,000 troops in Pamplona in eastern Spain, he still needed Franco's Army of Africa, which was stationed in Spanish Morocco. The Army of Africa was Spain's most sufficient military fighting force, but because the Spanish Navy had remained loyal to the
They would usually hold their own guns to their heads and simply pull the trigger. In some other cases, men would stand in open range and allow themselves be shot by their enemy. As proven in the above paragraphs, life in the trenches in World War One was terrible. Soldiers' day-to-day lives were full of lice, rodents, disease and death. Many men were killed, even more injured, and tons left
However it causes me great sorrow that we have lost 3500 of our own men. All of us fought in this battle to show that we were capable of planning and carrying out a successful attack. Throughout this war, I was scared Emily because my life was under constant threat, bullets were being randomly fired at us, I was seeing men die all around me from a bullet or because of fever and disease, I am thankful and proud that I survived this war. I love you so much and I can’t wait to see you and the children at
Sitting Bull Sitting Bull was one of the most famous Indian chiefs in North America. He was born around 1834 and belonged to the Hunkpapa Teton Sioux who lived on the prairie. In his youth, Sitting Bull decided to fight the White Man and he never changed his mind. After the battle in 1865 at the river, Power, where a lot of his men lost their lives, he realized however the fact that all their bravery and spirit was if wasted they only had a bow and arrow to fight with. The difference between the soldier’s and the Indian’s weapons were too great.