Important facts about Battle of Fredericksburg J Union
Important facts about Battle of Fredericksburg (J)
* * Union * Ambrose Burnside *Q *Confederates *Robert E. Lee *I
* *Delays allowed the Confederates to become “entrenched” on high ground outside of town.
Example of entrenched Confederate troops
Here is the stonewall Confederates were “entrenched” behind at the top of Marye’s Heights
* *Burnside ordered his men to take the heights on the opposite side of the river *They failed – after more than 10 attempts *Thousands of men lay wounded on the field that night! *A Confederate officer asked to go over the wall and give water and aid to those fallen soldiers
* *Overwhelming Union defeat *Burnside withdrawals from Fredericksburg *Burnside then resigns (quits)
* (E) * Union general * Joe Hooker (U) * Confederate general * Robert E. Lee (I) Stonewall Jackson (G)
* *Occurs May 1 -4 th, 1863 *Confederate victory *Lee considers it his “most perfect” victory *Also it is his greatest loss—why? * Stonewall Jackson is accidentally killed by his own troops on the last night of the battle *Confederacy decides to invade North again!
* Lee learned of the wounding of Jackson in his left arm and was rumored to say: “HE HAS LOST HIS LEFT ARM AND I HAVE LOST MY RIGHT”
*Jackson’s burial site *Lexington, Virginia
* *Union general *George Meade (D) *Confederate general *Robert E Lee (I) *Largest battle of war – *150, 000 total men involved *Turning point battle of the war *Bloodiest battle of war - 50, 000 total casualties *First major Union victory *3 Day Battle *July 1, 2, 3
* PICKETT’S CHARGE (L) Huge (15, 000 ) infantry charge against Union center. Confederates casualty rates near 50% Union lines hold and Confederates retreat
Pickett’s Charge * Fighting at THE ANGLE
* *Vicksburg (R)falls * July 4, 1863 *Grant (K)is the victorious commander *Union now controls ALL of Miss River!
*Grant (K)/Sherman (A) capture *Chattanooga (O), Tennessee U. S. Grant William T. Sherman
*Lincoln at Gettysburg. November 19, 1863.
*Why is it so remembered? *Lincoln was able to, in a short speech, tell Americans why the war was important and why the Union needed to win it. *Four score and seven years ago. . *
*"I should be glad, if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes. " Edward Everett main speaker at the Gettysburg dedication. *
* This is the only photograph of Lincoln during the speech- sitting back down after the speech
* SERIES OF BATTLES OUTSIDE RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
The Wilderness (W)-(May 5 -7) -1864 Spotsylvania Courthouse (B) (May 8 -21)st Battle of Cold Harbor (T) (May 31 st – June 12 th) K
* *David Farragut (N) captures *Mobile Bay (S), Alabama
* (A)-*His forces push thru Tennessee *Eventually he surrounds Atlanta (C) *Takes the city in September 1864 *Decides to “March to Sea” *Will take over one month- to march to Savannah (P) - captures city in December 1864.
*Actual telegram
* Lee fights a long 9 month siege With Grant’s army. Petersburg (F )
* Soldiers wait in a trench for orders to move forward
* *Richmond (V) falls to the Union- April 3 *Lee(I) army flees westward
April 5 April 7 April 6 April 8/9 * April 3
* This home was the site of the surrender. Lee (I) surrender To Grant(K) (M)
There is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant…. . [and] I would rather die a thousand deaths. General Robert E. Lee *
* *More than 600, 000 dead *Union is triumphant *The federal government has gained power over the state governments. *Lincoln has guided the country through its toughest times since the Revolution.
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