Confederate Gen.famed for charge at Gettysburg?
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They are looking for you to name  Maj. Gen. George Pickett.  But surprise them by saying that and adding Brig. Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew and Maj. Gen. Isaac R. Trimble.\n\nGod Bless You and The Southern People.
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Tough one.  Hannibal, Alexander the Great, Napolean, Stonewall Jackson, and Rommell come to mind quickly for army commanders.\n\nNaval tactics....Nelson, Spruance, Tanaka, and Cunningham also come to mind quickly.\n\nPicking one great of all time is pretty difficult, especially given the different periods of warfare, and your particular definition of tactical.
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Home State Boy .... Abraham Lincoln
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In the final analysis, the Confederates were out numbered and out supplied. Arguably, Lee was a superior General to Grant but there's only so much  you can do when you are outnumbered.\n\nThanks for your excellent question.
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Hi, First Grant had nothing to do with Gettysburg he was at Vicksburg.  General Meade was just appointed commander of the Army of the Potomac.  John Reynolds a ranking Corp Commander was killed the first day and was replaced by Hancock who then commanded the First, Second, and Third Corps — three-fifths of the Union army and was considered by most the hero of Gettysburg.  Hope this helps.  God Bless You and The Southern People.
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?  If you mean the Battle of Gettysburg it was because Gen. Lee under the direction of Southern President Jefferson Davis needed a victory in the North to try and persuade the people in the North to pressure President Lincoln to sue for peace with the south. It would also have given European countries better reason for dealing arms to the Southern States.\n\nIf you mean what caused the Civil War or war "Between the States" it was due to several issues. Most of the Southerners were in it for what they considered to be States Rights. However many wealthy officers in that war were fighting for the right to keep slavery alive. They made huge profits for buying and selling slaves. They also had many cotton and sugar plantations where they worked the slaves that they owned. But slavery was only one of the issues.
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John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865), best known for assassining the President Abraham Lincoln.\nAlso an American stage actor
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Actually, the Battle of Gettysburg was never supposed to happen.  It was a battle that accidentally occurred when branches of each army ran into each other.\n\nMore here:\n\nThe greatest battle of the Civil War almost wasn't.  It was not a planned attack; rather the Confederate General Lee had his troops on the move trying to threaten other northern cities.  However, Confederate and Union troops came together at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for three days of the most intense fighting to occur during our country's Civil War.\n\n     The geology of the area around Gettysburg was an important factor of the three days of battle.  A number of ridges that play key roles in the fighting run mostly north and south.  These ridges are diabase sills.   The area is made up of the Piedmont proper, the Triassic basins, the Blue Ridge of Virginia, and the Great Valley.\n\nhttp://www.scsc.k12.ar.us/2000backeast/Trip/Members/CopleyJ/
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Very important as I was shocked to find out that I had a great great..........grandfather who was a Union Soldier and died at the Battle of Gettysburg
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Combatants\nUnited States of America Confederate States of America\nCommanders\nUlysses S. Grant\nDon Carlos Buell Albert S. Johnston†\nP.G.T. Beauregard\nStrength\nArmy of West Tennessee (33,085 men) and\nArmy of the Ohio (32,000 men) Army of the Mississippi (44,968 men)\nCasualties\n1,754 killed, 8,408 wounded, 2,885 captured/missing 1,723 killed, 8,012 wounded, 959 captured/missing\nFederal Penetration up the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers\nFort Henry – Fort Donelson – Shiloh – Corinth
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Lincolns Gettysburg address.
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General James Abercombie....I think so\njust check out where I found the answer to confirm it.
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Yeah, check out Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
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nope, sorry.  we have a relative from the civil war, but we dont know a SINGLE THING about him! lol.  (we found his uniform though)
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Lee was a gambler. He perhaps overestimated his Virginia boys, and he often took risks that other commanders wouldn't have. That's part of what makes him one of America's best generals, but it proved his undoing at this particular engagement. Besides, Pickett's Charge was a sort of echo of the way wars used to be fought. It proved that modern technology made that type of war no longer possible. The bayonet charge was no more.\n\nAlthough other small engagements were fought on Cemetary Ridge, I think you are talking about what is commonly known as Pickett's Charge. \n\nAnd about Fredricksburg: that was a Confederate victory. Burnside was an idiot, and he fought piecemeal. Perhaps Lee thought that if he used his men in one huge attack that artillery could not budge, and his lines would overwhelm the Union soldiers. After all, if a bayonet charge suceeds in gettting close enough to the enemy, the defenders often run. No one likes the idea of cold steel in their belly.\n\nedit: You are certainly correct that James Longstreet and General Trimble played a huge role in the attack. However, Lee gave the direct order to Pickett's brigade. Besides, Longstreet has always been a mediocre commander, despite what history says about him. He lacked initiative, and it cost Lee battles numerous times. However, he was a strong and steady left hand man (well...technically thats Stuart, and Jackson is the right).\n\nI disagree that the Virginians were Lee's best men. States do not define fighting men. Texans, in my opinion, were Lee's greatest asset. It was they that shouted "General Lee to the rear! Lee to the rear!" in 1864, and they fought like demons in the whole war. But that's not really important.\n\nAlso, I just remembered this. One reason Lee might feel a bit cocky is because on the morning of July 3rd, 1863, the Army of Northern Virginia launched the biggest artilley salvo ever heard in the Americas. They actually fired more rounds then the Army of the Potomac did, but the Federals dug in well and didn't retreat.\n\nI think that if more of Lee's men had held out along the flanks, maybe Pickett's Charge would not have been such a disaster. It still would have had ridiculous casualities, but Lee wouldn't neccessarily be forced to end his first and only invasion of the North. After all, Amistead's men managed it over the walls, and there was hand to hand fighting for hours. However, there weren't enough Rebs to make the Yanks run.
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Major General Gordon Granger was the one who really saved the Army But, you history book wants you to select George H. Thomas.  William S. Rosecrans' commanded the Army of the Cumberland but again your teacher wants you to name Grant.\n\nGod Bless the Army of Tennessee and the Southern People.
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Sounds like you might want to narrow things down a good bit.\n\nWhy not read an account of the Battle of Gettysburg? Then, pick out one of the major characters and use him as the focus of your paper. Research his background -- and talk about the role he played in the battle. Share what you learn about his family life.\n\nOn the Confederate side, Gen. James Longstreet (who was Gen. Robert E. Lee's number-two guy) would be a fine choice. Or, there's Gen. George Pickett -- the leader of the doomed Confederate charge on the third day of the battle. Or Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, leader of the Southern cavalry who -- along with his men -- was strangely absent for much of the battle. Stuart's failure contributed mightily to the Confederates' lack of decent intelligence on Union troop movements.\n\nOn the Union side, Gen. Abner Doubleday -- later credited with inventing the game of baseball -- played a big role in the early fighting. And Joshua Chamberlain, a college professor with zero professional military training who led a company of men in a key defense of Little Round Top -- and won the Medal of Honor.\n\nThere's plenty to write about. The key will be whittling the topic down to something manageable.