https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg Oral Presentation Notes en-us 2017-03-07 23:41:09 UTC 2018-05-23 16:48:28 UTC hello@padlet.com sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158526954 2017-03-07 23:42:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158526954 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158526965 2017-03-07 23:42:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158526965 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158526985 2017-03-07 23:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158526985 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158527015 2017-03-07 23:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158527015 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158527034 2017-03-07 23:43:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158527034 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158527124 President Abraham had offered General Ambrose Burnside's overall command of the Union's Army of the Potomac because of past annoyance with the Union's present commander, George B. McClellan. Burnside turned the offers down both times, the first time since the Peninsula Campaign failed and the second after the Confederate Army had won the Second Battle of Bull Run. On November 7th, Lincoln removed McClellan from command and appointed Burnside. Burnside was reluctant at the beginning, but was later happy with the promotion and decided to strive to get a victory. ]]> 2017-03-07 23:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158527124 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158527495 PLAN: Burnside's first plan was to move the large force into Virginia in an advance toward the Confederate capital (Richmond). Just weeks after he was command, he had moved two advance corps to Falmouth, located on the north bank of the Rappahannock River across from Fredericksburg.]]> 2017-03-07 23:48:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158527495 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158527628 RESPONSE: Lee rushed his troops to dig in position in the hills south of the Rappahannock before most of Burnside's army could arrive. ]]> 2017-03-07 23:50:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158527628 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158527707 Burnside wanted to ford near Falmouth (Rappahannock), but it was too deep, so Burnside had to wait for pontoon bridges to arrive in order to cross the river. Unfortunately there was a miscommunication between Henry Halleck (general chief of all the Union's army) and Burnside which was that the pontoons were delayed in arriving. ]]> 2017-03-07 23:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158527707 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158527970 grofhdskjfihrugbfjdns]]> 2017-03-07 23:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158527970 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158527997 James Longstreet's Confederate corps had only a small amount of time to occupy a strong position on Marye's Heights in Fredericksburg. ]]> 2017-03-07 23:54:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158527997 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158528092 December 11- Burnside crossed the Rappahannock with around 120,000 Union troops, but Lee offered only a small resistance so Stonewall Jackson's corps time to connect with Longstreet's (3mil long line of Confederate troops was being made).]]> 2017-03-07 23:55:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158528092 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158528478 December 13 - Burside requested that his left wing (led by General William B. Franklin ) attacks Lee's right (led by Jackson), which the rest of his army attempted to attack Longstreet's First Corps at Marye's Heights]]> 2017-03-08 00:00:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158528478 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158529460 The union had suffered approximately 13,000 casualties (most of them in front of Mary's High) while Confederates counted fewer than 5000. 

]]> 2017-03-08 00:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158529460 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158529575 Confederate Army won]]> 2017-03-08 00:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158529575 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158529618 Fredericksburg, Virginia]]> 2017-03-08 00:11:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158529618 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158529650 Union -- 13,053 casualties
Confederate -- 4,576 casualties 

]]> 2017-03-08 00:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158529650 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158529756 While that was happening, Burnside’s diversion against veteran Confederate soldiers who were fighting behind a stone wall induced lots of casualties. As more federal soldiers came to capture Marye’s Heights, the Confederate Army could not be penetrated, and had rifle and artillery fire from their position. “A chicken could not live on this field”

]]> 2017-03-08 00:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158529756 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158529866 2017-03-08 00:13:47 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158529866 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158529892 Flat ground - streets]]> 2017-03-08 00:14:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158529892 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158529939 2017-03-08 00:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158529939 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158529957 Marye's Heights]]> 2017-03-08 00:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158529957 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158731959 6 weeks after the battle, Lincoln removed Burnside as the commander of the Army of Potomac ]]> 2017-03-08 17:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/158731959 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/159283197 While the Union army was stalling, men died of typhoid in November, 297 died in December]]> 2017-03-10 14:55:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/159283197 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/159287710 2017-03-10 15:08:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/159287710 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/159438726 ALL FROM HISTORY.COM]]> 2017-03-11 15:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/159438726 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/159438784 1st source^]]> 2017-03-11 15:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/159438784 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/159438801 1st force^]]> 2017-03-11 15:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/159438801 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/159438996 Union men crossed the Rappahannock on a single 420 foot pontoon Bridge, then used Rocky Lane - original Road leading to the ferry and docks to enter the lower end of the city. (BOOK)]]> 2017-03-11 15:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/159438996 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/159441520 2017-03-11 16:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/159441520 sheuer18 https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/159496969 Lincoln needed to win a big bat]]> 2017-03-12 14:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sheuer18/7xtkfn0lsthg/wish/159496969