Overland Campaign

Examples of Overland Campaign in the following topics:

• Grant's Pursuit of Lee

  • General Grant's Union Army pursued General Lee's Confederate Army in the Overland Campaign, resulting in an important victory for the Union.
  • Grant's Overland Campaign was a series of battles fought in Virginia during May and June 1864.
  • The Overland Campaign was the thrust necessary for the Union to win the war, and although Grant suffered a number of tactical defeats (most notably Cold Harbor), the campaign was a strategic success for the Union.
  • This map shows the Overland Campaign, from the Battle of the Wilderness to crossing the James River.
  • Describe Grant's Overland Campaign in pursuit of Lee and the resulting Union victory

• The Battles: 1863–1865

  • Confederate incursions into New Mexico territory were repulsed in 1862, and a Union campaign to secure Indian Territory succeeded in 1863.
  • Late in the war, the Union's Red River Campaign was a failure.
  • Union forces in the East attempted to maneuver past Lee and fought several battles during that phase of the eastern campaign, sometimes termed Grant's Overland Campaign.

• Siege of Vicksburg

  • During the Vicksburg Campaign, Union victory secured the important Mississippi River for the Union and was a turning point in the war.
  • During this period, the overland half of Grant's offensive was failing.
  • Unable to maintain his army without replenished supplies, Grant abandoned his overland advance.
  • Finally, Union gunboats and troop transport boats ran the batteries at Vicksburg and met up with Grant's men who had marched overland in Louisiana.
  • Grant's Vicksburg Campaign is considered one of the masterpieces of American military history.

• Oregon and the Overland Trails

  • The Oregon and Overland Trails were two principal routes that moved people and commerce from the east to the west in the 19th century.
  • The Overland Trail (also known as the Overland Stage Line) was a stagecoach and wagon trail in the American west during the 19th century.
  • While explorers and trappers had used portions of the route since the 1820s, the Overland Trail was most heavily used in the 1860s as an alternative route to the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails through central Wyoming.
  • The Overland Stage Company owned by Ben Holladay famously used the Overland Trail to run mail and passengers to Salt Lake City, Utah, via stagecoaches in the early 1860s.
  • Examine how establishment of the Oregon and Overland Trails enabled diverse groups to travel west

• The West and the Civil War

  • Western states and territories witnessed major military campaigns by Confederate and Union forces.
  • The western theater witnessed several important campaigns.
  • The Union began campaigns in the western theater by securing Kentucky in June 1861.
  • Referred to as the "back door" of the Confederacy, ports in Texas and western Louisiana continued to ship cotton crops that could be transferred overland to Mexican border towns and then shipped to Europe in exchange for badly needed supplies.
  • Significant campaigns include the Sioux Wars in Minnesota (1862) and campaigns against the Navajo in Arizona (1864).

• The Isaurian Dynasty

  • Following the latter's fall, in 716 Leo allied himself with Artabasdos, the general of the Armeniacs, and was proclaimed emperor while two Arab armies campaigned in Asia Minor.
  • Leo secured the Empire's frontiers by inviting Slavic settlers into the depopulated districts and by restoring the army to efficiency; when the Umayyad Caliphate renewed their invasions in 726 and 739, as part of the campaigns of Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, the Arab forces were decisively beaten, particularly at Akroinon in 740.
  • The campaign marked the culmination of twenty years of attacks and progressive Arab occupation of the Byzantine borderlands, while Byzantine strength was sapped by prolonged internal turmoil.
  • In spring 718, two Arab fleets sent as reinforcements were destroyed by the Byzantines after their Christian crews defected, and an additional army sent overland through Asia Minor was ambushed and defeated.

• Assembling a Campaign Staff

  • The campaign manager focuses mostly on coordinating the campaign staff.
  • Campaign managers will often have deputies who oversee various aspects of the campaign at a closer level.
  • In a modern political campaign, the campaign organization will have a coherent structure and staff like any other large business.
  • Successful campaigns usually require a campaign manager to coordinate the campaign's operations.
  • Apart from a candidate, the campaign manger is often a campaign's most visible leader.

• Analyzing Ad Campaign Effectiveness

• Creating a Comprehensive Ad Campaign

• The Modern Political Campaign

  • Signifying the importance of internet political campaigning, Barack Obama's presidential campaign relied heavily on social media, and new media channels to engage voters, recruit campaign volunteers, and raise campaign funds.
  • Late in the campaign, campaigns will launch expensive television, radio, and direct mail campaigns aimed at persuading voters to support the candidate.
  • Campaign finance in the United States is the financing of electoral campaigns at the federal, state, and local levels.
  • A campaign team must consider how to communicate the message of the campaign, recruit volunteers, and raise money.
  • Signifying the importance of internet political campaigning, Barack Obama's presidential campaign relied heavily on social media, and new media channels to engage voters, recruit campaign volunteers, and raise campaign funds.