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3 giorni fa · For military professionals, Henry Wager Halleck, author of the standard American work on the topic, defined strategy as “the art of directing masses on decisive points, or the hostile movements of armies beyond the range of each other’s cannon.” 1 Halleck’s definition drew from both Jomini’s ideas on strategy and from a more commonplace distinction between strategy and tactics—i.e ...
2 giorni fa · columbia university and when the war begins, he be asked to, be a consultant, a helper to general henry halleck, who is the senior officer in the united states army. halleck in addition to his west point training, had been a lawyer after he left the army in the 1850s. and lieber is brought to into the war department to write what will become ...
18 ore fa · The two Union armies in the Battle of Shiloh were part of the Department of the Mississippi, which was commanded by Major General Henry Halleck. Although Halleck hoped to lead the two armies in an eventual attack on Corinth, he was not present at Shiloh. The combined armies present for the battle totaled to 66,812 men.
- April 6-7, 1862
- Union victory
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4 giorni fa · Meanwhile, the Union forces in Missouri, previously occupied in the North-central and western parts of the state chasing Gen. Sterling Price, were now under the command of Maj. Gen. Henry Halleck. Halleck put together a plan for collapsing the Confederate western flank, which included the Mississippi River defenses at Island No. 10 ...
18 ore fa · The action, later known as the Battle of Shiloh, was the bloodiest of the war to date; Garfield was exposed to fire for much of the day, but emerged uninjured.[49] Major General Henry W. Halleck, Grant’s superior, took charge of the combined armies and advanced ponderously toward Corinth; when they arrived, the Confederates had fled.[50]
1 giorno fa · Halleck arrived from St. Louis on April 11, took command, and assembled a combined army of about 120,000 men. On April 29, he relieved Grant of field command and replaced him with Major General George Henry Thomas. Halleck slowly marched his army to take Corinth, entrenching each night.
