| Taken from "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Civil War": The Civil War in a Nutshell (with stats!) |
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Part Two: Rally Round (Continued) Chapter Eight: Ocean, Valley, and River (Continued) 3. Stonewall Jackson's Shenandoah Campaign was one of the most sweeping and brilliant shows of military maneuvering of the entire war. 4. Farragut's triumph at New Orleans was a brilliant coup that deprived the Confederacy of its most important port city. Chapter Nine: Blue, Gray, and Red 1. Although no great battles were fought in the far West, chronic guerilla and Indian warfare affected the war effort of both sides by draining manpower that might have been used elsewhere. 2. Of all states, Missouri suffered the reavages of guerilla warfare most severly. 3. For a short time during 1861-62, the Confederacy maintained the Confederate Territory of Arizona in the Southwest until the Battle of La Glorietta Pass (the "Gettysburg of the West") turned the tide toward the Union. 4. The demands of the Civil War greatly reduced the military presence in the West and gave rise to widespread Indian hostilities, most notably the Apache Uprising and Navajo War in the Southwest and the Santee Sioux Uprising in Minnesota. Chapter Ten: Seven Days and Another Bull Run 1. Fair Oaks and Seven Pines (May 31, 1862): Union forces were 41,797, Confederate forces equalled 41,816. USA: 5,031 casualties. CSA: 6,134 losses. 2. Armies consisted of several corps, which had two or more divisions. Commanded by a major general, the Union divisions had 6,200 soldiers and the Confederates had 8,700. A division had two or more brigades, which consisted of two or more regiments. These were further broke down into two or more battalions. A battalion had two or more companies. 3. Second Bull Run (Aug. 29, 1862): Union forces were 75,696, Confederate forces equalled 48, 527. USA: 1,724 killed, 8,372 wounded, 5,958 missing. CSA: 1,481 killed, 7,627 wounded, 89 missing. 4. McClellan's chronic hesitation caused him to bungle the Peninsular Campaign, greatly prolonging the war. 5. Robert E. Lee was a brilliant strategist, but some of his officers--particularly those in staff positions-- were unable to execute his elaborately choreographed plans. 6. The Seven Days' Battles were tremendously costly. While McClellan was the tactical victor, Lee won the all-important strategic objective of fending off an invasion of Richmond, the Confederate capital. 7. The Union defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run was even more disatrous than the defeat suffered at the First Battle of Bull Run. Part Three: Die to Make Men Free Chapter Eleven: In Blood Proclaimed 1. Antietam (Sept. 17, 1862): Union forces were 75,316, Confederate forces equalled 51,844. USA: 2,108 killed, 9,549 wounded, 753 missing. CSA: 2,700 killed, 9,024 wounded, 2,000 missing. 2. Lincoln moved cautiously on the issue of emancipation, to avoid alienating his soldiers and officers (most of whom were not abolitionists), and to avoid losing the tenuous loyalty of the border states. 3. Becaue of Gen. John Pope's terrible defeat at the Second Bull Run, Lincoln reinstated Gen. George B. McClellan to command of the Army of the Potomac. |
| Alpha Book by Alan Axelrod |
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