Eastern Campaigns & Battles
At this disastrous December 1862 battle, repeated Union assaults against Lee’s entrenched forces on Marye’s Heights resulted in enormous casualties and helped doom Ambrose Burnside’s command.
What is Fredericksburg?
After the bloody failure of his frontal assaults at Fredericksburg and the fiasco of the January 1863 “Mud March,” Lincoln replaced Ambrose Burnside with this general as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
Who is Joseph Hooker?
Grant’s repeated efforts to approach Vicksburg from the north were frustrated in part by its formidable position atop high bluffs overlooking this river.
What is the Mississippi River?
In the summer of 1863, this Union general used maneuver rather than costly frontal attacks to force Braxton Bragg out of Middle Tennessee during the Tullahoma Campaign.
Who is William Rosecrans?
The regiment at the center of Glory was this famous Black Union unit, organized in 1863.
What is the Massachusetts 54th Infantry Regiment?
Despite being heavily outnumbered, Lee repeatedly divided his army to win this stunning May 1863 victory over Joseph Hooker—though the Confederacy lost Stonewall Jackson, who was mortally wounded by his own men.
What is Chancellorsville?
After hearing that Joseph Hooker had been bragging about his own prowess and entertaining fantasies of personal command, Lincoln told him to deliver military success—and that he was willing to “risk” this.
What is a dictatorship?
This Union admiral made Grant’s campaign possible by daringly running his gunboats past Vicksburg’s powerful batteries under cover of darkness.
Who is David Dixon Porter?
Rosecrans’s success at Tullahoma and subsequent advance forced Bragg to abandon this strategically vital Tennessee city—only for Rosecrans to pursue him into Georgia.
What is Chattanooga?
This young Boston abolitionist from a prominent family commanded the 54th and was killed leading its assault on Fort Wagner.
Who is Robert Gould Shaw?
At Chancellorsville, this Confederate general led a roughly 12-mile march around the Union army before smashing into Hooker’s exposed right flank; wounded by friendly fire that night, he died eight days later.
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
Lee argued that an invasion of the North might strengthen this Northern political faction, whose electoral success could lead to negotiations and ultimately peace.
Who are the Peace Democrats?
Grant finally solved the problem of Vicksburg by marching his army down the Louisiana side of the Mississippi and crossing the river at this point south of the city.
What is Bruinsburg?
At this September 1863 battle, a mistaken Union order opened a gap in Rosecrans’s line that Confederate forces under James Longstreet exploited, producing a major Confederate victory.
What is Chickamauga?
As depicted in Glory, Black soldiers initially received $10 per month rather than the $13 paid to white soldiers, prompting the 54th to protest by doing this.
What is refusing their pay?
On Gettysburg’s second day, this Union corps commander controversially advanced his men from Cemetery Ridge into an exposed salient around the Peach Orchard.
Who is Daniel Sickles?
Lincoln placed this Pennsylvania-born general in command of the Army of the Potomac on June 28, 1863—just three days before fighting began at Gettysburg, with Lee’s army already in Pennsylvania.
Who is George Gordon Meade?
Grant finally solved the problem of Vicksburg by marching his army down the Louisiana side of the Mississippi and crossing the river at this point south of the city.
What is Jackson, Mississippi?
After Chickamauga, Union forces were effectively besieged in Chattanooga until Grant reopened their supply line, known by this food-inspired nickname.
What is the cracker line?
The film depicts the 54th’s climactic assault on this Confederate fort guarding the approaches to Charleston Harbor in July 1863.
What is Fort Wagner?
On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Lee ordered this massive assault against the center of Meade’s line, later associated with the Confederacy’s “High Water Mark.”
What is Pickett's Charge?
During the Gettysburg Campaign, this Confederate cavalry commander became separated from Lee’s main army, leaving Lee with unusually poor intelligence about the movements of the Army of the Potomac.
Who is J.E.B. Stuart?
In the assigned account of life under siege at Vicksburg, the author describes slicing, drying, grinding, and brewing sweet potatoes as a substitute for this increasingly scarce commodity.
What is coffee?
At Chattanooga, Union soldiers ordered to capture Confederate rifle pits at the base of this position unexpectedly continued uphill and broke Bragg’s army in one of the war’s most dramatic assaults.
What is Missionary Ridge?
Although the 54th’s assault on Fort Wagner failed, the regiment’s performance helped answer racist doubts about Black soldiers and accelerated this larger Union policy.
What is recruitment and enlistment of black soldiers?