Five Generals had their crack at destroying Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia. The only times Lee lost was on Union soil at Antietam (Sharpsburg) and Gettysburg. The army had also flailed away at trying to take the Confederate capital of Richmond and they were defeated on Virginia soil by Robert E. The biggest problem for Lincoln was who could he put in charge of the Union armies to go after Lee in the eastern theater.įor two and a half years, the Army of the Potomac had protected the nation’s capital.
Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia were still on the loose his army badly beaten after Gettysburg but they still could put up a fight at the beginning of 1864, albeit only on Virginia soil. Some politicians were clamoring for peace. Despite huge wins at Gettysburg and Vicksburg in July of 1863, the public and press were still clamoring for victory at the beginning of the new year.
The Civil War was being won slowly and that was a problem. When 1864 began, Abraham Lincoln and the Union were at a crossroads.
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