Scenario#: 10 Date: July 1-3, 1863 Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Lee reasoned that his plans to invade Pennsylvania would keep the war in the north and allow his army to feed off the rich northern farmlands. He further hoped another victory could influence Britain and France to recognize the Confederacy, …
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Scenario#: 54 Date: July 2, 1863 Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The Union forces, under General Meade numbered around 60,000 while the Confederates, under General Lee had about 50,000 troops. At 4:00 in the afternoon the Confederates launched their attack with an artillery bombardment. The Confederates entered…
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Scenario#: 11 Date: July 1-3, 1863 Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Lee planned to launch the main assault against the Union center. Longstreet had misgivings and cautioned Lee, but spent the morning readying his brigades for the attack. An artillery bombardment prior to the attack failed to inflict significant…
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Scenario#: SE05 Date: July 17, 1863 Location: Muskogee County, Oklahoma
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Scenario#: 12 Date: September 19-20, 1863 Location: Chickamauga, Georgia
After Gettysburg, both armies maneuvered for position. Lincoln wanted to maintain pressure and pressed Rosecrans to advance with the Army of the Cumberland. Although slow to act, “Old Rosy,” as his troops called him, executed a masterful campaign and…
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Scenario#: 55 Date: September 19-20, 1863 Location: Chickamauga, Georgia
Union General William Rosecrans had gathered his army of 60,000 at Chickamauga, Georgia, located 12 miles southwest of Chattanooga. Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee would have 65,000 men. On the first day of battle, Bragg’s men…
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Scenario#: 56 Date: November 25, 1863 Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee
The Battle of Missionary Ridge was fought as part of the Chattanooga Campaign. Union forces in the Military Division of the Mississippi under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant assaulted Missionary Ridge and the Confederate Army of Tennessee, commanded by…
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Scenario#: SE09 Date: November 25, 1863 Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Battle of Missionary Ridge
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Scenario#: 9 Date: Dec. 31-Jan 2 1863 Location: Murfreesboro, Tennessee
After Shiloh, Grant campaigned to gain control of the Mississippi, while Buell advanced from Corinth toward the vital Confederate rail junction at Chattanooga. To draw Buell away from his intended target, the Confederate Generals Edmund Kirby Smith…
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Scenario#: 57 Date: May 5-6, 1864 Location: Spotsylvania County, Virginia
The Battle of the Wilderness was the first battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee. Grant attempted to move through the dense underbrush of the Wilderness, but Lee launched two of …
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