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Who was Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant?
Ulysses Simpson Grant was an American soldier and statesman who served as Commanding General of the Army and President of the United States, the highest positions in the military and the government of the United States.
What army backed off towards the end?
General Robert E. Lee's army
What was one of the locations of the battle?
Spotsylvania
Who stared the war?
General Ulysses S. Grant
How many days did the battle last?
3 days
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Robert Edward Lee was an American and Confederate soldier, best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army. He commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865.
What force pushed General Robert E. Lee's army away?
Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's army
What was another location of the Battle?
Orange Counties
Why is the battle so important?
The onward advance that General Ulysses S. Grant ordered after the Battle of the Wilderness marked the first time in the course of the Civil War that the Army of the Potomac had continued on the offensive after an opening battle in a Virginia campaign.
What was the starting day of the war?
May 5
Who was the Union army?
The army that fought for the or North during the American Civil War.
What were the strengths of the Confederate Army?
outstanding military officers, strong motivation, fighting on home ground, soldiers were skilled with guns and horses.
Did they fight on clear land in the woods/forest?
Woods/forest
Why did Grant prevent Robert E. Lee from being charged with treason after the Civil War?
Grant believed leniency was critical to achieving a lasting peace, and he was furious when a federal grand jury later negated the terms of his agreement and charged Lee and several other Confederate generals with treason
What was the ending day of the war?
May 7th
Who was the Confederate army?
The army that fought for the south and had no commander till later in the war.
What were the strengths of the Union Army?
The population of 22 million, Many people to grow food and work in factories, Factories to make supplies for the Union army, Railroads, Strong navy.
Where did Robert E. Lee travel back to after the battle of the wilderness?
Robert E Lee took his army to Richmond.
Why didn't Grant use his real name in war?
Although he was always known as “Ulysses” during his youth in Ohio, Grant’s given name was actually Hiram Ulysses Grant. His phantom middle initial is the result of an error from Ohio Congressman Thomas Hamer, who accidentally wrote the future general’s name as “Ulysses S. Grant” when he nominated him to attend West Point.
What year was the battle
1864