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President Lincoln did not tell his generals to drive Grant out of Chattanooga. There seems to be no record of this that the author can find, at. The President did push for Rosencrans, the general in command at the battle, to press the rebels. Grant was not initially in charge at Chattanooga, General Rosencrans commanded the union troops. Lincoln pushed the commander of the Union forces to drive the rebels out of Stone River area in Tennessee. The union forces had captured Vicksburg, but Read the rest of this entry »

The Battle of Antietam, one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, occurred on September 17, 1862, and became the seminal turning point in the Civil War both for the Union and for the Confederate States. Despite the historical tactical inconclusive state of the battle, President Lincoln skewed Antietam as a Union victory and used the resulting boost in public morale to make the Emancipation Proclamation. Of course, this victory was in spite of General McClellan’s inability, due Read the rest of this entry »

The Battle of Shiloh was the bloodiest two-day battle in American History. The total loss of life in this battle was over 20,000. General Grant was moving his Union Army troops south to battle the Confederate Army in Corinth, Mississippi. General Grant had stationed his men a few miles from Shiloh Church, the battle site, in Pittsburg and Crump’s Landings Tennessee. Corinth was important because it was a strategic railway point. Generals Johnston and Beauregard commanded the Confederate Army divisions stationed at Corinth. They Read the rest of this entry »

One of the most famous and deadliest battles of the Civil War happened in a little town called Gettysburg. The three-day long battle started on July 1st 1863 when confederate General Robert E. Lee attempted to invade the northern town. Union Major General George Gordon Meade and his Army of the Potomac managed to fend off the invasion.

Gettysburg is often labeled as the battle that turned the war in favor of the Union army. More than 50,000 men from both sides lost their lives in the epic battle. Read the rest of this entry »