4-word term for Gen. McClellan's Union forces that guarded D.C. against invasion across a certain river
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Peninsula Campaign - Wikipedia  The Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War was a major Union operation launched in southeastern Virginia from March through July 1862, the first large-scale offensive in the Eastern Theater. The operation, commanded by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, was an amphibious turning movement against ... As McClellan's army reached the outskirts of Richmond, a minor battle...
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jeopardy/1762_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  AN "ARM" OR A "LEG" | 4-word term for Gen. McClellan's Union forces that guarded D.C. against invasion across a certain river | Army of the Potomac. right: Sri.
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Union Army - Wikipedia  The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War, ... The U.S. Army consisted of ten regiments of infantry, four of artillery, two of ... Military Divisions were similar to the more modern term Theater; and were .... Gen. McClellan, built and trained the massive Union Army of the Potomac,...
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Sherman's March to the Sea - Wikipedia  Sherman's March to the Sea is the name commonly given to the military Savannah Campaign in the American Civil War, conducted through Georgia from November 15 to December 21, 1864 by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army. The campaign began ... By moving in Lee's rear and performing a massive turning movement against...
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George B. McClellan - Wikipedia  ... Scott portrait of McClellan in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.. George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826  October 29, 1885) was an American soldier, ... McClellan organized and led the Union's army in the Peninsula Campaign (also known ... During a temporary armistice in which the forces of Gen.
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George B. McClellan - Wikipedia  George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826  October 29, 1885) was an American soldier, ... Initially, McClellan was somewhat successful against the equally cautious ... He served bravely as an engineering officer during the war, was frequently subject to enemy fire, and ..... (From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper).
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Opening the West - Dictionary definition of Opening the West ...  Lewis and Clark assembled a group of explorers called the "Corps of ... two French river men, a slave named York, and Lewis's pet Newfoundland dog, Seaman. ..... The Army Corps of Topographical Engineers was instrumental in opening the West for ... Known as "the Pathfinder," Frmont led five expeditions into the West...
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Military Milestones from the First Marine Landing to a ... - Bearing Arms  Mar 2, 2010 ... The landing  largely unopposed (the British garrison spiking their own guns ... poem by Washington, D.C. lawyer Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812. ... the British night-bombardment of Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Sept. 13-14, 1814, from the deck of a Royal Navy ship aboard which had been detained.
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George McClellan | HistoryNet  Facts, information and articles about George McClellan, a Union Civil War General during the American Civil War ... Nicknamed "Young Napoleon" and "Little Mac," he twice was commander of ... After the rout at Bull Run, also known as the First Battle of Manassas, the ... In 1878, he was elected governor of New Jersey.
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Jeopary Questions page 1807 - USED STUFF - TriviaBistro.com  A VERY BIZET MAN: Bizet served in the national guard to protect Paris from a siege of the city during this 1870-71 conflict  GOVERNMENT WORK: Term for a...
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Vicksburg Campaign: Unvexing the Father of Waters - Civil War Trust  Vicksburg and the Mississippi River circa 1863 (Library of Congress) ... his civil and military leaders to discuss strategy for opening the Mississippi River and ... After the fall of New Orleans, as the Union pincer slowly closed along the river, the ..... Grant and his army had been working toward all these many weeks of siege.
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Siege of Yorktown - Wikipedia  The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown, ... This article is about the American Revolutionary War battle. .... The British, not wanting to engage in a major battle, withdrew to Petersburg on May 10. .... yards (1,800 m) long, running from the head of Yorktown to the York River.
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George McClellan - American Civil War - HISTORY.com  George B. McClellan (1826-1885) was a U.S. Army officer, railroad president and politician ... of the Potomac in 1861 and briefly served as general-in-chief of the Union Army. ... By 1860, he had become president of the Ohio and Mississippi River ... McClellan was called to Washington and given command of forces that he...
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George McClellan - American Civil War - HISTORY.com  George B. McClellan (1826-1885) was a U.S. Army officer, railroad president and ... the Potomac in 1861 and briefly served as general-in-chief of the Union Army. ... and he also failed to decisively defeat Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army at the ... Lincoln removed McClellan as general-in-chief in March of 1862, stating that...
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Civil War Timeline - Gettysburg National Military Park (U.S. National ...  May 24, 1861- Union forces cross the Potomac River and occupy Arlington Heights, ... A Confederate defeat, the battle resulted in Union occupation of eastern .... the Union column in the dense woods and underbrush of an area known as the...
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George B. McClellan - New World Encyclopedia  George B. McClellan, portrait by Mathew Brady, 1861 .... Before the outbreak of the American Civil War, McClellan became active in ... The first called for 80,000 men to invade Virginia through the Kanawha Valley ...... Mr. Lincoln's Army: The Odyssey of General George Brinton McClellan and the Army of the Potomac.
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Eastern Theater of the American Civil War - Wikipedia  The Eastern Theater of the American Civil War consists of the major military and naval .... The skirmish on June 3, 1861, known as the Battle of Philippi, or the "Philippi ..... As the Union Army drew towards the outer defenses of Richmond, it became ... McClellan kept most of his army north of the river, expecting McDowell to...
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When Washington, D.C. Came Close to Being Conquered by the ...  The year was 1864, and the South was all but beaten, yet Jubal Early's ragged army had D.C. within its grasp. ... The role of savior did not fit snugly on the tall form of the man they called "Old Jube. ... He had argued caustically against secession and for the Union until his state seceded, whereupon he became an equally...
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Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People - Springtown ISD  skills she had used to help free fugitive slaves before the war had greatly prepared her for a role ... complaint by serving as a cook, laundress, and nurse. ... who had came to South Carolina at the beginning of the war in 1861 by following a Union Army unit. ... expedition during the Civil War, called the Combahee River Raid.
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Washington, D.C. - U.S. States - HISTORY.com  Size: 68 square miles. Nickname(s): D.C.. Motto: Justitia omnibus  Justice for All. Tree: Scarlet Oak. Flower: American Beauty Rose. Bird: Wood Thrush...
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Winfield Scott by Paitin Smith on Prezi  nicknamed "Old Fuss & Feathers" wrote his ... in 1861, he went to Washington D.C to recruit troops to defend the capital ... became general in chief in 1841