Maryland campaign - Wikipedia
WEBThe Maryland campaign (or Antietam campaign) occurred September 4–20, 1862, during the American Civil War. The campaign was Confederate General Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North.
Confederate Heartland Offensive - Wikipedia
WEBThe Confederate Heartland Offensive (August 14 – October 10, 1862), also known as the Kentucky Campaign, was an American Civil War campaign conducted by the Confederate States Army in Tennessee and Kentucky where Generals Braxton Bragg and Edmund Kirby Smith tried to draw neutral Kentucky into the Confederacy by …
New Mexico campaign - Wikipedia
WEBThe New Mexico campaign was a military operation of the trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War from February to April 1862 in which Confederate Brigadier General Henry Hopkins Sibley invaded the northern New Mexico Territory in an attempt to gain control of the Southwest, including the gold fields of Colorado and the ports of ...
Robert E. Lee's Decision to Invade the North in September 1862
WEBFeb 6, 2009 · General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia entered the final stage of a protracted season of campaigning as it marched toward Maryland during the first week of September 1862.
Confederate Heartland Offensive, Campaign, Summary, History
WEBAugust–October 1862. The Confederate Heartland Campaign, also known as Bragg’s Invasion of Kentucky, was a Confederate invasion of the border state of Kentucky in 1862.
Battle of Gettysburg: Summary, Facts & Casualties | HISTORY
WEBOct 29, 2009 · On July 1, the advancing Confederates clashed with the Union’s Army of the Potomac, commanded by General George G. Meade, at the crossroads town of Gettysburg. The next day saw even heavier...
Battle of Antietam | Summary & Significance | Britannica
WEBSep 10, 2024 · Battle of Antietam, a decisive engagement on September 17, 1862, in the American Civil War that halted the Confederate invasion of Maryland. President Abraham Lincoln used the costly Union victory as an opportunity to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
The Maryland Campaign of 1862 - American Battlefield Trust
WEBSeptember 1862 was a momentous month, a period of crisis for the United States and exciting opportunity for the Confederate States of America. The bright hopes of Northerners that the rebellion could be crushed that summer had wilted like the leaves of fall.
When Washington, D.C. Came Close to Being ... - Smithsonian Magazine
WEBEvery regimental commander in the leading Federal brigade was shot down; a hundred Confederate dead were later found lying on the field between Fort Stevens and the Blair house.
How the Battle of Gettysburg Turned the Tide of the Civil War
WEBJul 1, 2019 · In the first days of July 1863, two great armies converged at the small town of Gettysburg, in southern Pennsylvania. Begun as a skirmish between Union cavalry and Confederate infantry...
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