General's Defeat: A Narrative Fiction

The success of the Union’s joint Army-Navy forces during the second assault on Fort Fisher in January of 1865 was primarily due to the sound execution and decisions of the joint commanders. Significantly contributing to the failure of the Confederacy in repelling the Union at Fort Fisher was the shortcomings of General Bragg, the Confederate’s Wilmington Commander. Bragg failed by not acknowledging or heeding the request

The American Revolution marked the history of many heroic events that immaculately stand as true inspirations for the generations to come in the United States. Even today, the gallantry of a few soldiers that won independence for the country is not only kept in the hearts of the people but run in the American blood to demonstrate acts of valor at times of war and hardships. One such story recorded in the history dates back to 1776, about a sixteen-year old juvenile, Joseph Plumb Martin, joined the Rebel Infantry and recorded his tribulations about forty-seven years in a memoir titled as “A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier”. The book mainly focuses on the sufferings through the tough situation he went through.

They were told to fire three times at approaching British. The final and last line was the main force. By the time the British had reached the third line, they were tired and very worn out.

General Gates had underestimated his troops ability to fight until it was too late to back out. The start of the battle involved

After taking the town, Arnold’s men set fire to warehouses along the shore that soon burned through the rest of the town. Across the river, Arnold 's other column, led by Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Eyre moved north along the east bank with orders to take the high ground overlooking the harbor. The British demanded th Americans to surrender, but Ledyard refused to leave Fort Griswold. Eyre was ready to attack. Arnold, fearing another Bunker Hill sent a runner to tell Eyre to stop the attack, but he was too late.

All the commanders lose most of their men in this battle, and Lee finally admits his error to Longstreet, who gives his order to pull back. Longstreet knew all along that it wouldn’t work but an order is an order and sometimes people need to see their

"I'm gonna have you hanged!" The Major’s threat was hardly an idle one in a case of espionage. The fearsome and bloody War Between the States was raging into its second year. Union forces had occupied northern Alabama and had stalemated the Confederate onslaught at Shiloh, thousands upon thousands of sons and many daughters would never see their families again.

As soon as the fight opens they will send back to have the infantry hurried up? It is going to be hot as hell, and coming on run for five or six miles, their infantry will be so tired out we will ride right over them.” (p287). He arrived first at 10 A.M to Lee County and staged with his forces waiting for General Sturgis’s forces to show up and attack them. They were few men compare to the enemy however General Forrest’s philosophy was to make sure his forces will be exposed and totally visible to the enemy and ready to attack at any moment, which giving the enemy an overstate impression of Forrest’s forces strength, for that purpose General Forrest chose that area in order for him to deceive the

One display of communication failures proving to be catastrophic is the fall of the Hornet’s Nest. General Prentiss claims he maintained open and frequent communications with the divisions to his flanks, the Fourth Division under General Hurlbut and the Second Divison commanded by General W.H.L Wallace. Once General Hurlbut retreated as result of a strong Confederate advance, this left Generals Wallace and Prentiss without direct cover to their flank, which they decided would be worth the risk. The two brave generals did not, however, know that all of the units around beyond Hurlbut also retreated, leaving them completely isolated at the Hornet’s Nest. When General Prentiss first learned of his situation, the enemy was already encircling him, prompting him to order an all-or-nothing assault on the enemy that failed.

The British retreated from Fort St. Leger’s. The British are having severe losses in the battle with General Gates's army. But General Gates and the Americans would not going to be lured out from the cover of their Fort Bemis Height because he once was a British soldier and he knew how the British veterans fight in their next battle they stay calm and they obeyed their commanders orders that they are given. This is why General Gates

After the recognition of destruction and death struck General Lee, the Confederate Army retreated back to Virginia on September 18th. Reacting as a cautious leader would, McClellan hesitated attacking the vulnerable troops of the Confederate’s as they escaped back into the safety of the South. With both sides wounded and tired, Lee’s bluster to keep the fight going gave the Confederates enough time to gather their wounded and abscond the scene of battle. After Lee took his soldiers back South, McClellan wrote ‘that after a “careful survey of the situation and condition of our army, the strength and position of the enemy, I concluded that the success of an attack on the 18th was not certain”’. McClellan’s hesitation in pursuit was seen as a

A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier, Some of the Adventures, Dangers, Sufferings by Joseph Plumb Martin, is a collection of tales starting from when he was just a young boy at the age of seven and quickly goes through his childhood on the farm with his grandparents on his mother's side. Mr. Martin describes his memories from a much later stage in his life at the age of 70 in the year 1830. This is the tales of the crippling weather conditions, terrible living conditions and war stories told by a young enlisted soldier during the war. Mr. Martin was born to a preacher and his wife in 1760 in western Massachusetts. The story begins when he was just a young boy who was sent to live with his grandparents on a farm.

It is sometimes difficult for individuals to settle the discrepancy between truth and illusion, and consequently they drive others away, by shutting down. Mrs. Ross, in The Wars by Timothy Findley, is seen as brittle while she is attending church, and cannot deal with the cruel reality of the war and therefore segregates herself from the truth by blacking it out. As a result, she loses her eyesight, and never gets to solve the clash between her awareness of reality and the actuality of the world. She hides behind a veil, and her glasses to distance herself from reality. Mrs. Davenport has to wheel her around in Rowena’s chair to keep her awake, so she doesn’t harbour up subconscious feeling within her dreams, which she is unable to deal with.

As Lee’s army was about to win the second day of the battle, The Union charged at them which caused Lee’s army to retreat. On the third day, Lee made the biggest mistake in the battle. Lee commanded that his army used a tactic known as “Pickett's Charge”. Two out of three of the Confederate army were either killed or wounded while attempting to attack The Union from the middle chain.”

However, this did not stop Wilson. He continued to advance through the forest with his platoon and eventually took the lead of F Company—both drastically in need of men and supplies. When caught in battles, Wilson quickly reacted to the situation and employed the ‘fire and movement’ tactic he knew. This had a group of men move to the next position while the rest of the men laid down suppressing fire. Once the first group of men arrived at the position, the second group moved while the first group laid down suppressing fire.