Civil War quiries! Please help! Million thanks in Advance!?

Question:Can anybody with a knowledge of Civil war answer some of my quiries! I would be grateful to whoever takes the trouble! Thanx a million in advance! If you even know one of the following please do answer!

What did General James Longstreet believe about modern war?

What was General Lee’s route to Gettysburg

Why was the move into Pennsylvania made by General Lee?

Why did the soldiers on both sides believe that the coming battle was the last major battle of war?

What did Longstreet think about Lee’s plans?

Why did Lee and Longstreet volunteer for the Confederacy?

How did the man in Union army feel about ***** freedom and Equality?

Thanx people!

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Can anybody with a knowledge of Civil war answer some of my quiries! I would be grateful to whoever takes the trouble! Thanx a million in advance! If you even know one of the following please do answer!

What did General James Longstreet believe about modern war?

What was General Lee’s route to Gettysburg

Why was the move into Pennsylvania made by General Lee?

Why did the soldiers on both sides believe that the coming battle was the last major battle of war?

What did Longstreet think about Lee’s plans?

Why did Lee and Longstreet volunteer for the Confederacy?

How did the man in Union army feel about ***** freedom and Equality?

Thanx people!

General James Longstreet, C.S.A., was well-versed in the form of Napoleonic Warfare, with the certain changes brought on by the Civil War - I am not aware of his ever referring to the war he was engaged in or any wars he knew of after as "modern."

General Lee's route to Gettysburg: "McLaw's division of the First Corps marched from Fredericksburg, and Hood's from near Orange Court House; Rode's division of the Second Corps followed, then Johnson's and Early's. Pickett followed the course of Hood's division. All assembled at Culpepper Court House.

Ewell marched for the valley by Chester Gap. Ewell marched to Winchester and attacked. After his sucess, he crossed the Potomac and occupied Hagerstown, and Sharpsburg.

The plan or march was from the valley of Virginia, the Second Corps divided and croseed the Potomac River at Williamsport and Shepherdstown, the column through Williamsport to march through Hagerstown and Chambersburg toward Harrisburg. The eastern column marched through Sharpsburg, Emmitsburg, and Gettysburg towrds the bridge over the Susquehanna River at Wrightsville. The Third Corps was to draw back from the Blue Ridge, cross the Potomac at Williamsport and ride toewards Baltimore."

Lee admitted that the purpose of moving into Pennsylvania was to keep his Army of Northern Virginia supplied with food and other essentials that were becoming rare in Virginia.

Many soldiers were under the false impression that First Bull Run/First Manassas would be the last battle in the war, it was from the belief that defeating the major army or armies that protected the capital would allow the victor to march into the capital and proclaim victory (The influence of Von Clausewitz). At the time, many politicians and members of the public thought this way too.

General James Longstreet opposed Lee's plans at Gettysburg, and says so in "From Manassas to Appomattox."

Robert E. Lee fought for Virginia, and would not fight against the people of his own State. Longstreet too must have been of the same mind when South Carolina and Alabama seceded.

One man in the Union army could not speak for all - many opposed fighting for the Emancipation of the slaves, while others came from Abolitionist families or circles, so they supported it. Many who supported Abolition knew that the major goal was to preserve the Union first - abolish slavery second.

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