Shortly after the Army of Northern Virginia won a major victory over the Army of the Patomic at the battle of Charlottsville from April 30 – May 6th, he decided to make his move northward. General Robert E Lee’s immediate goal was to acquire urgently needed supplies from the rich farming district of Pennsylvania. General Lees long term goal was to bring the Union Army out into the open in one large battle. With the seventy five thousand strong army, he wanted to show the northern people that he could invade the north with a large army and surround the nations capital. By defeating the northern army on their own grounds, he hoped to bring the population of the north into a panic and settle for peace.
Lincoln tried to raise a army of 75,000 miltia men after the fall of Fort Sumter(Civil War). Lincoln tried to get a rough draft of the Emancipation Proclamation through Congress. On January 1, 1863, The Emancipation Proclamation was put into law and the document said that slaves could now join the army to preserve the Union(Civil War). The Proclamation didn’t free no slave, it was just a guideline that said they should fight to end slavery. To quote from the Emancipation Proclamation, “ slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” This is saying that slaves should be free, if not, then they are to be free by military forces.” This is how Lincoln found a new motive for the Union army to fight.
The negroes of the neighborhood are placed at work on the fortification. The report of a so called “fortification” at Marianna gave General Asboth the notion that Union prisoners were likely being held. The report of Union prisoners in Marianna fueled Asboth’s desire to embark on the relatively short ride to the east. It remained unclear whether the Confederate forces at Marianna actually possessed artillery pieces or not, but General Asboth did not doubt the possibility of their presence and announced his plan for the raid: I have the honor to report that owing to the information received and forwarded yesterday under No. 1045, I am to start a cavalry raid in the northwest portion of West Florida.
Under his command soldiers captured the cities of Saratoga in 1777 and Yorktown in 1781. After he and his forces crossed the Delaware River he retook New Jersey. His military experience gained him the privilege of being unanimously elected by the electors in 1788. His military experience helped with the way he ran the country by having first-hand knowledge of the weaknesses of the early American government and the struggles faced by the military of that time. The second president I would like to discuss is Abraham Lincoln.
During the battles portrayed in The Patriot, you see African-American soldiers fighting for the duration of the movie. During the earlier days of the war the enlistment of slaves as well as freeman was decided against by Congress with the agreement of General Washington. The largest concern was arming the slaves and chancing a revolt. Americans considered a slave revolt a larger threat than the opponents they were currently facing. The war started on April 19, 1775.
2nd Battle of Bull Run Battle Analysis SSG Jeremy M. Stevens 91X Senior Leaders Course The second Battle of Bull Run or also known as the Second Battle of Manassas was a pivotal battle and Confederate victory. The battle was fought in Prince William County, Virginia near the city of Manassas on 28-30 August 1862. The two key leaders of this Civil War battle was General John Pope for the Union, and General Robert E. Lee for the Confederate army. There were a few strategic objectives and reasons that lead up to the battle. The first reason was the creation of the Army of Virginia led by General Pope and tasked to protect Washing D.C. against the Army of Northern Virginia led by General Lee.
But the British King ordered General Cage to enforce the acts of Parliament. The 1st clashes were at Concord and Lexington. When the British vanguard approached Lexington on April 19, 1775 to seize an arms depot, they found a group of 70 militiamen. In the course of this confrontation the American war of independence began. The British adopted the same strategy they had used in Europe – capturing major cities.
Memoir of the Midnight Ride Paul Revere There was movement of the British on April 7th, 1775 and that suggested the possibility of troop movement. The king’s troops were planning to embark on boats from Boston bound for Cambridge and the road to Lexington and Concord. But not knowing for sure, I instructed Robert Newman to “go to the top of the top of the north church in the middle of sexton, to send signals by lanterns to tell which way the British were coming from. One if by land, two if by sea.” “Ok Revere will do Sir. I’ll get on my way now,” as he said while saddling up his horse and took off on his way.
The success of this speech is evident in the outcome of the American Revolution. In March 1775, Patrick Henry met with the members of the second Virginia Convention to discuss the need of a rebellion against the British. Henry spoke passionately about the need for military action if the British did not begin to succumb to the colonists’ needs. Throughout his speech, Henry effectively persuaded the members of the convention to unite and fight against British tyranny for American independence. Henry’s speech is considered judicial.
On June 24, 1863, General Robert E. Lee led his Confederate Army across the Potomac River and headed towards Pennsylvania, in response to this threat; President Lincoln replaced his army commander General Joseph Hooker into with General George Mead. As Lee's troops poured into Pennsylvania, Mead led the Union Army north from Washington. Lee’s cavalry commander, Jeb Stuart, who, instead of reporting Union movem2ents to Lee, had gone off on a raid deep in the Union rear, inadvertently helped Meade’s effort. This action left Lee blind to the Union's position. When a scout reported the Union approach, Lee ordered his scattered troops to converge west of the small village of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.