Transcript How do personalities begin to mold the outcome of the war?

How do personalities begin to
mold the outcome of the war?
February 1862
General US Grant takes over
• Grant wins battles in Tennessee at Fort Henry
and Fort Donelson
• Grants earns the nickname “Unconditional
Surrender”
February 1862
General US
Grant takes
over
April 6th & 7th 1862
Battle of Shiloh
• Shiloh is a Hebrew word
meaning “place of peace”
• 1st day of battle –
Confederates led by
General Albert Sydney
Johnston push the Union
back
April 6th & 7th 1862
Battle of Shiloh
• 2nd day of battle –
Union General Grant
is reinforced by Buell
and the Union
reclaims the
battlefield. General
Johnston is killed
Battle of Shiloh
“Hornet’s nest”
• A place on the battlefield that experienced the
deadliest fighting
• It is the bloodiest battle of the Civil War to
date
result’s of tHe Battle of sHiloH:
• 24,000 casualties (killed or wounded)
• A Union victory
Hornet’s nest
Admiral David Farragut
takes New Orleans
April 25 to May 1, 1862
• The Union captures the biggest Southern City
• New Orleans controls the entrance to the
Mississippi River
War in the East
1861-1862 General George McClellan takes over
• Union General assumes command of the Army of
the Potomac (North)
• McClellan was excellent at training and preparing
for battle
• …..but when will he fight?
Spring 1862 Peninsular
Campaign
• McClellan attacks
Richmond, VA
• Union forces sail around
and land eat of Richmond
with 120,000 soldiers
• The south tricks the
union and McClellan
decides to dig in
(defensive)
June & July 1862
The Seven Days Battles
Army of Northern Virginia
• A series of battles outside of
Richmond, VA
• Robert E. Lee and his army of
Northern Virginia drive the Union to
the Sea
Results:
• McClellan retreats to Washington, DC