Rodes, Robert Emmett

Life Span
to
Full name
Robert Emmett Rodes
Place of Birth
Lynchburg, VA
Burial Place
Lynchburg, VA
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
Gettysburg Campaign
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