Which famous Civil war battle repressented the highest point of penetration by confederate troops into the North?
a. Appromattox
b. Sumber
c. Gettysburg
d. Antietam
Which famous Civil war battle repressented the highest point of penetration by confederate troops into the North?
a. Appromattox
b. Sumber
c. Gettysburg
d. Antietam
It has been considered that Gettysburg was the highest point of Confederate penetration into the North. (Pennsylvania). Actually , the site of Cemetery Ridge in the Gettysburg battlefield is sometimes referred to as “the high-water mark of the Confederacy”.
“The high-water mark of the Confederacy refers to a location on Cemetery Ridge, outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. A high water mark denotes the highest level reached by a body of water. Here it refers to the deepest penetration by the Confederate States Army of the Union Army lines during Pickett’s Charge of the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. The term does not imply that Gettysburg was the farthest north that Robert E. Lee’s army had advanced geographically, but is a symbolic reference to the arguably best chance the Confederate Army had of achieving victory in the war.
Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia retreated the next day, leaving Gettysburg for Virginia. Even though the war lasted almost another two years, Lee launched few offensive operations during that time, none of them near the scale of the Gettysburg Campaign.”
(Incidentally, the word in (b) should be “Sumter”, not “Sumber”. I assume it refers to Fort Sumter, the first engagement of the Civil War.
None.
Saint Albans, Vermont was the scene of a Confederate raid from Canada. They robbed a bank and escaped across the border.
Gettysburg. Duh.
I think it is C, but you’d better doublecheck
C
It could be argued that Harrisburg (Skirmish at Sporting Hill 29 June 1863) was a higher point of penetration.
Definitely Gettysburg! There may have been small enounters a little farther north, but this was the only major battle north of the Mason-Dixon line.
None of the above.danged revisionist history they teach now days…there were battles in indiana and minnesota.
None of the above. There was one Civil War battle fought in Indiana that would likely be the furthest north. Battles fought in Missouri were also farther north – the James brothers had many battles fought in northwest Missouri – the longitude of which exceeds all four locations listed.
If the question were worded, which “of the following”, then it could correctly be a choice from among the four solutions offered.