The name “Chattanooga” comes from the Creek Indian word for “rock coming to a point.” This refers to Lookout Mountain which begins in Chattanooga and stretches 88 miles through Alabama and Georgia. The city itself started out with two different names: Ross’s Landing and Lookout City.
Q. How many soldiers died in the Battle of Chickamauga?
With 16,170 Union and 18,454 Confederate casualties, the Battle of Chickamauga was the second costliest battle of the Civil War, ranking only behind Gettysburg, and was by far the deadliest battle fought in the West.
Table of Contents
- Q. How many soldiers died in the Battle of Chickamauga?
- Q. When did the Battle of Chattanooga start?
- Q. How many died at Battle of Chattanooga?
- Q. Was Tennessee a Confederate state?
- Q. Why was the Union army staying on the offensive bad for the rebel forces?
- Q. How many soldiers died in the battle of Spotsylvania?
- Q. How many died in Cold Harbor?
- Q. Who attacked first in the battle of Spotsylvania?
- Q. What major battle took place only a few days before the battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse?
- Q. Why did the North win the Civil War?
- Q. What were three short term consequences of the civil war?
- Q. Where was the bloody angle in the Civil War?
- Q. Why is it called the Bloody Angle?
- Q. Which generals led the Union and Confederate armies in this battle?
- Q. What was the nickname given to the place where the fiercest fighting of the battle took place?
Q. When did the Battle of Chattanooga start?
Nove
Q. How many died at Battle of Chattanooga?
5,800 casualties
Q. Was Tennessee a Confederate state?
On June 8, 1861, Tennessee seceded from the Union, the 11th and final state to join the Confederacy.
Q. Why was the Union army staying on the offensive bad for the rebel forces?
-They were running out of supplies and food. Why was the Union staying on the offensive bad for the Rebel army? -Their defensive positions each time were poor. Therefore everytime the Union regained their troops and moved the Confederates were collapsing as a threat and force to Grant.
Q. How many soldiers died in the battle of Spotsylvania?
32,000 men
Q. How many died in Cold Harbor?
18,000 soldiers
Q. Who attacked first in the battle of Spotsylvania?
On May 5, after Grant’s army crossed the Rapidan and entered the Wilderness of Spotsylvania, it was attacked by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Although Lee was outnumbered, about 60,000 to 100,000, his men fought fiercely and the dense foliage provided a terrain advantage.
Q. What major battle took place only a few days before the battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse?
The Battle of the Wilderness
Q. Why did the North win the Civil War?
Possible Contributors to the North’s Victory: The North was more industrial and produced 94 percent of the USA’s pig iron and 97 percent of its firearms. The North even had a richer, more varied agriculture than the South. The Union had a larger navy, blocking all efforts from the Confederacy to trade with Europe.
Q. What were three short term consequences of the civil war?
Some short-term effects took place once the Civil War was resolved. The union solidified under President Lincoln’s rule, the North victory led to the development of the Emancipation Proclamation, created by Lincoln. The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves from the southern states that had succeeded.
Q. Where was the bloody angle in the Civil War?
Gettysburg
Q. Why is it called the Bloody Angle?
Early on the morning of May 12, a massive Union attack overwhelmed the Confederates stationed in a bulge in the Confederate lines known as the Mule Shoe because of its shape. Around mid-morning, an extremely extensive, bloody fight broke out around a slight bend in the trenches that became known as the Bloody Angle.
Q. Which generals led the Union and Confederate armies in this battle?
After a great victory over Union forces at Chancellorsville, General Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania in late June 1863. 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.
Q. What was the nickname given to the place where the fiercest fighting of the battle took place?
Bloody Lane