Antietam/Sharpsburg (Maryland)
Confederate reinforcements won the battle and forced the Union troops to retreat. (study island ;)
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German forces were forced into full retreat
Antietam/Sharpsburg (Maryland)
Lee lost and was forced to retreat back into Virginia.
Yes it did. After three days of fighting (1-2-3 July 1863), Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was decisively defeated and forced to retreat.
The Confederate Army was forced to retreat to Virginia.Many died.It was the turning point to the war.
General Meade made the Confederates retreat from Gettysburg on October 1, 1863.
Robert E. Lee was forced to retreat from the North due to his losses at the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg.
After a month of preparation, Union General Sherman was totally organized and sent forces south of Atlanta and cut off General Hood's line's of communications. This forced Bell to evacuate Atlanta and retreat. On September 2, 1864, Sherm occupied Atlanta.
Confederate reinforcements won the battle and forced the Union troops to retreat.
Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia were planning to make a significant raid on Harrisburg Pennsylvania. Northern forces of the Army of the Potomac were sent to not allow that to happen. By strictly chance the two opposing armies met at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was a three day battle in which the North and Union General George Meade won. This forced Lee to retreat back to Virginia.
Confederate General Robert Seldon Garnett graduated from West Point in 1841. His graduating class of 52 cadets had Garnett ranked 27th. General Garnett was involved in the early battle in western Virginia. He was forced to retreat there, giving the Union a foothold in Virginia. He was also the first general to die in the war. He was killed shortly after the Battle of Rich Mountain in 1861.
Confederate reinforcements won the battle and forced the Union troops to retreat.
Confederate reinforcements won the battle and forced the Union troops to retreat.