His military experience began when he was placed in command of the defenses of Charleston, South Carolina. At the battle of Fort Sumter Beauregard fired the first shots. Later became second in command to General Joseph. E. Johnston and soon became general after Johnson was killed in the Battle of Shiloh. His mistake at Shiloh made Jefferson Davis hate him more when Beauregard
Leonidas Polk was born in April of 1806 and grew up in North Carolina. He came from a wealthy family (Leonidas Polk) who had a bloodline of generals in the Revolutionary War. Along with being tied to the University of North Carolina, his family also had connections at West Point Military Academy. Polk would later start his military career by joining West point, but would eventually become a pastor (HistoryNet).
General Robert Edward Lee served as a military officer in the U.S. Army, was a West Point commandant and was the legendary general of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Robert E. Lee was born on January 19, 1807 in Stratford Hall, Virginia. Lee. He grew up in Northern Virginia with his mother and eight other siblings. His father, Henry Lee, left Robert, and his siblings, when he was six and died when Robert was 11.
January 12, 1807 Robert Edward Lee was born in Stratford,Virginia to Henry Lee and Anne Lee. He was a super adventurous child . Most of the time he wandered off into space when he convinced his mom he wouldn’t. During the harsh Civil War, Edward led the Southern forces from 1861 to 1865.And, for those years even though he had barely any soldiers he still fought through it .He also had not to much money for supplies they won many victories.
Stanley Ironmonger was a young man who signed up to join the war at age 22. Born in Suton, England he enlisted at Casula, Australia (Western Sydney). Before Ironmonger enlisted to join the war he was a local fireman who drove steam trains. Not much has been discovered about his life before the war including his family. The only family that is known to us is his Uncle Thomas Rixon, who Ironmongers will was sent to.
Powell Clayton was a Captain who fought in the bloodiest battle known in American history, he fought for the Union’s side. He lived until he was 80 years old and remained leader until his death. He served as a Captain of the first Kansas infantry and as time went by he slowly rose beyond captain. He was relocated into Arkansas after the war. During the Civil War he decided to join the army.
Winfield Scott Hancock was born on February 14, 1823, in Montgomery square, Pennsylvania. The son of Benjamin Franklin Hancock and Elizabeth Hoxworth Hancock. Winfield was named after the a famous general in the war of 1812. Winfield 's parents and family has lived in Montgomery for generations and there of English, Scottish, and Welsh descent. Winfield was first educated at Norristown and then when the first public school came out in the 1830s, he was taken out of Norristown Academy and was put in the-the new school.
He was initially appointed commander of troops in Virginia, but once the Army of the Confederate States was formed, he was named one of the first full Generals. One of Lee’s
He continued to try to get other tribes to join the Confederacy but no other tribes joined in his lifetime. A couple more joined after he died
April 26, Confederate troops under General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered to Sherman in North Carolina.
Thomas Jackson, also known as “Stonewall” Jackson, a professor at the Virginia Military Institute who desires the life he had as a solider of the Mexican War. Winfield Hancock was a quartermaster in a village in California. Lastly,
Alexander Wilson was sitting at the table contemplating the most import decision of his life. Anxious, uncertain, and in need of finances, Alexander enlisted in the Prussian army. In 1755, Alexander was eighteen years old, enlisted in the standing army under King Fredrick II. He would be one of the ten thousand soldiers serving under the newly formed regiment. The creation of this newly formed regiment was in response to the Seven Years’ War with Austria.
In high school, I was known as the party-pooper. Whenever we hung out after school, I was always the first one to leave. The reason was not because I did not enjoy the time with my friends or my guardians required me to return home early. It was because on the way riding back home, I always felt like I heard the sound of another bike tailgating me although there was no one actually riding behind me. I suffer from paranoia, similar to Doctor Minor in The Professor and the Madman.
As the war began, the people of Missouri angrily split between support for the union and the confederacy. Clemons opted for the latter, joining the Confederate Army in June 1861 I think that is brave of him and I respect him for that. Even though he had a very good life and successful and got a lot of rewards but it also made him anguish. Early in his marriage him and his wife lost their toddler son to diphtheria in 1896, they lost their daughter at the age of 24 and she was his favorite daughter and that loss broke his heart that just added to his grief he was just very depressed and was distant to his wife and
The American Civil War was the war that ended slavery. The civil war was known as one of the bloodiest and deadliest conflicts the United States had ever seen. The loss of life was an estimated amount of 620,000 men. It lasted four years, from April 12, 1861, through May 9, 1865. However, while slavery was a major cause of the American Civil War, there were several other major factors.
