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How old are the soldiers in the Civil War?
Most of the soldiers in the Civil War were 18 to 35 years. Some soldiers as young as 12 and 13 participated in the war. Men as old as about 45 were welcomed into the Army. Many of the generals and colonels were much older. Robert E Lee was 58 at the end of the war. General Winfield Scott was 75 years old when he resigned early in the Civil War.
What was the war that trained many of the officers before the Civil War?
This was probably the war against Mexico and the Mexican dictator, Santa Anna. Many distinguished Civil War generals and heroes had their roots in this war. Robert E. Lee served as an artillery lieutenant in the war, and his career was followed with great interest by Winfield Scott. Later generals Longstreet and Picket both fought as lieutenants in the war, and Longstreet was wounded in the last major battle of the war.
Who was the winning general for the North in the Civil War?
Lincoln was of course the Constitutional Commander in Chief. Politically he had two Secretaries of War in his cabinet, the corrupt Simon Cameron, who had to be replaced by Edwin Stanton. He had several Generals in Chief in command of the Army, the first being the man in charge when Lincoln got to Washington, who had been General in Chief since 1839, and on active duty with the Army since 1808. This was Winfield Scott, "Old Fuss and Feathers", who was an authentic hero of both the War of 1812 and the Mexican War. But Scott was now 75 years old, weighed 400 pounds and was riddled with gout, and tended to drop off to sleep in the midst of conversations. If he tried to mount a horse he had to be hoisted onto the back of that long-suffering animal with a block and tackle. A stingy Congress had failed to provide any system of retirement for military officers, and the pay was too low to save anything for retirement, so officers continued to serve until they died of old age (and younger officers only got promoted then too). So, Scott was still in the Army, after 53 years. Scott was continually embarrassed and humiliated by the commander of the main Yankee field army near Washington, George McClellan, "The Young Napoleon". This eventually caused Scott to resign in 1862, and McClellan was appointed General in Chief in his place, while continuing to command the Army of the Potomac. After a few months his insolent and insulting behavior toward Lincoln, combined with his absolute refusal to move his army against the Rebels, caused Lincoln to remove McClellan as General in Chief, though he still commanded the field Army of the Potomac until after Antietam. As the new General in Chief Lincoln brought in a general from the west, who had enjoyed some success in Tennessee, Henry W. Halleck, "Old Brains". In reality most of Halleck's success had been due to the work of his subordinate Ulysses Grant, for which Halleck stole the credit. Halleck proved to be a disappointment as General in Chief, and was replaced by Grant early in 1864. Grant kept the job through the rest of the war, and until he was elected president in 1868.
How many people did Robert falcon Scott kill while he was in the navy?
Captain Scott is not known to have 'killed' anyone during his service time in the British Royal Navy.
How many kids did Feozva Nikitichna Leshcheva have?
2, Volodya, Olga
