Rodes, Robert Emmett

Life Span
to
    Full name
    Robert Emmett Rodes
    Place of Birth
    Burial Place
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    South
    Origins
    Slave State
    No. of Spouses
    1
    Family
    Virginia Hudson Rodes (wife)
    Education
    Other
    Other Education
    Virginia Military Institute
    Occupation
    Educator
    Other
    Other Occupation
    Civil Engineer
    Church or Religious Denomination
    Presbyterian
    Military
    Confederate Army
    Date Event
    - The Army of the Potomac concentrates on Chancellorsville in preparation for an attack on Lee
    Union and Confederate armies collide near Chancellorsville in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
    "Stonewall" Jackson's flanking movement seizes the initiative in the Battle of Chancellorsville
    Lee's Army of Northern Virginia forces back entrenched Union forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville
    - The beaten Union Army retreats across the Rappahannock, ending the Battle of Chancellorsville
    - In western Virginia, the second Battle of Winchester ends in heavy Union defeat
    - The Second Corps of the Army of Virginia crosses the Potomac and marches on Pennsylvania
    Near Greencastle in Franklin County, a Union cavalry probe meets Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania
    Twenty year William H. Rihl becomes the first Union soldier killed meeting Lee's invasion
    - In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Confederate troops occupy a town familiar to some of their officers
    - In Carlisle, Rodes' infantry enjoy a brief but comfortable respite at the U.S. Army Cavalry School
    In Pennsylvania, the Confederate Second Corps begins to pull back to concentrate on Gettysburg
    - Battle of Gettysburg
    At dawn, the last Confederate occupiers of Carlisle, Pennsylvania leave the town
    In the Shenandoah Valley, Union forces triumph at the hard-fought Third Battle of Winchester
    How to Cite This Page: "Rodes, Robert Emmett," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/6503.