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Confederate generals Gideon Pillow and John B. Floyd fled, leaving behind 13,000 soldiers, who waved a white flag above their fortifications. When the rebels asked for terms of surrender, Grant replied that no terms “except unconditional and immediate surrender” would be acceptable. This earned...
Quickly marching north, Buell sought to prevent Confederate forces from taking Louisville. Reaching the city ahead of Bragg, he began efforts to expel the enemy from the state. Outnumbering Bragg, Buell compelled the Confederate commander to fall back towards Perryville. Approaching the town on Octob...
A crucial transportation and supply centre for the Confederate states during the Civil War, Atlanta was captured by Union General William T. Sherman in 1864 and much of the city was burned. Atlanta became the permanent state capital of Georgia in 1877 and by the turn of the century was the...
Both generals had plans to surprise each other the morning of August 10, 1861, but rain the night before postponed the Confederate movement. Southern soldiers awoke at 5 a.m. to the sound of gunfire around them. The Battle of Wilson’s Creek had begun. Neither side had a medical director...
From First to Last is complete life story of one of the most controversial yet least well known generals on either side during the Civil War. The number one graduate of the West Point class of 1843, William Buel Franklin served in the U.S. Army's Corps of Topographical Engineers and ...
Army major general George Gordon Meade concerning Meade's pursuit of Confederate general Robert E. Lee following the... GALLAGHER, GARY W. - 《Civil War Times》 被引量: 0发表: 2013年 TWO ROADS TAKEN. The article offers a profile of U.S. Major General George Gordon Meade. Emphasis is ...
Lee and His Generals: Essays in Honor of T. Harry Williams But few of the war's generals felt the sting of disappointment and failure more during their lifetime of high hopes and aspirations than General Robert E. Lee's "old warhorse," his ever-stalwart corps commander, Lieutenant General...
Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee was a noted cavalry leader during the American Revolution and the father of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
A crucial transportation and supply centre for the Confederate states during the Civil War, Atlanta was captured by Union General William T. Sherman in 1864 and much of the city was burned. Atlanta became the permanent state capital of Georgia in 1877 and by the turn of the century was the...