Williamsburg+BL4

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**By: Michael Stout and Jenny Weaver **
1. The battle is called Williamsburg. 2. The battle ocured on May 5th, 1862. 3. The battle took place at York County and Williamsburg. 4. The generals from both armies were General George B. McClellan (Union States); General James Longstree t (Confederate States). 5. In the US army there was 40,768 Men and in the Confederate States there was 31,823 Men, and total together there was 72,591 Men. 6. The Williamsburg battle occurred in two places, York County and Williamsburg. There were 41,000 federalists and 32,000 Confederates who were part of the battle. The battle was on May 5th, 1862. Hooker’s division followed the Confederate retreat coming from Yorktown, near Williamsburg. Hooker attacked Fort Magruder alongside of Williamsburg road, but was forced to fall back. Confederate counterattacks, supervised by Maj. General James Longstreet, were threatening to defeat Union’s left flank. Then Kearny’s division came to maintain the federal site. After that Hancock’s army started threatening the Confeder ate left flank, and took over two left behind defense stations. The Confederate’s counterattack was unsuccessful. Hancock’s local win was not used to a great advantage of being known, and the Confederates kept backing off. 7.  Both armies got help from other places. Kearny's and Hancock's divisions helped them. 8.  Most people say that the battle was a draw but the real outcome was that as night came on the day of the battle General James Longstreet and his men withdrew and General George B McClellan pronounce it as a victory. 9. <span style="background-color: rgb(100, 7, 7);">The amount of casualties was 3,843 and the amount of Men died in this war was US 2,283; CS 1,560. 10.<span style="color: rgb(22, 17, 90);"> <span style="color: rgb(33, 0, 255);">Both sides gained something from this battle. Longstreet had held the Union attack off for a day, and allowed the Confederate supply trains to withdraw.<span style="color: rgb(20, 39, 163);">In one day of fighting the Federals had pushed the rebels away from a defensive line that would have taken them a month to do. The Battle was the climax of the Peninsula campaign at Richmon  <span style="color: rgb(20, 39, 163);"><span style="color: rgb(33, 0, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(22, 17, 90);">d. Credits: [|google], [|google images], [|www.americancivilwar.com], http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/va010.htm[|,http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_williamsburg.html], [|www.old-picture.com] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">