Transcript EARLY BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR

Bell Ringer!
Put the following in chronological order
:
A) Confederates fire on Fort Sumter, SC
B) Lincoln elected President
C) South Carolina secedes from US
D) Battle of Bull Run/Manassas
Lincoln elected President
South Carolina’s secession
Confederates fire on Fort Sumter, SC
Battle of Bull Run/Manassas
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Most shoes that were issued during
the war were cut the same for left and
right foot – often resulting in blisters
for soldier’s marching up to 40 miles a
day!
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EARLY BATTLES OF
THE CIVIL WAR
1861-1863
Why was Fort Sumter
significant?
Bull Run
July 1861, Virginia
•Confederates
• “Stonewall Jackson”
• Lee
•Union
• McClellan
Robert E. Lee
Bull Run
• Union broke through
the Confederate lines
but troops rallied
behind Stonewall
Jackson forcing a
Union retreat
• Confederates used the
Rebel Yell!
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• Confederate victory!
Bull Run
• Significance?
• 1st major battle
• Both sides realize it is going
to be a long and bloody war
• Troops need training!
Stonewall Jackson
George McClellan
Birth of the
“IRONCLADS”
Union Ironclad
Confederate Submarine
Antietam
September 1862, Maryland
• Lee (CSA) wanted a victory on
Northern soil
Confederates• Lee
• Jackson
• Union• McClellan
Antietam
• Union soldier found Lee’s
attack plan wrapped
around three cigars
• McClellan delayed
• 1 Day battle, more than
23,ooo casualties (killed
or wounded) total
• No clear winner or
battlefield
• Union victory
• McClellan lets Lee
escape!
“Bloody Lane”
Antietam
• Bloodiest single day battle
• Raised northern morale
• Lincoln was waiting for Northern victory
to deliver the Emancipation Proclamation
• Burnside replaces McClellan
Fredericksburg
December 1862, Virginia
• Confederates• Lee
• Jackson
• Union
• Burnside
Ambrose Burnside
Fredericksburg
• What Happened?
• Lee’s forces dug
into the crest of a
hill
• Strong defensive
position
• Mowed down wave
after wave of
attacking Union
troops
• (Marye’s Heights)
Fredericksburg
• One of the Union’s
worst defeats
Chancellorsville
May 1863, Virginia
•Confederates –
• Lee
• Jackson
•Union
• Hooker
Joseph Hooker
Chancellorsville
• Took place on
thickly wooded
ground near
Chancellorsville,
VA
• Three day battle
• Confederate
victory at a high
price
Chancellorsville
• Stonewall Jackson is killed
by friendly fire
• Huge loss for the South
• Lee…”I lost my right arm.”
Shiloh
April 1862, Tennessee
Ulysses S. Grant
Surprised by Confederates, Grant
showed toughness and
determination and beats back the
Confederates to a victory
Ulysses S. Grant
Shiloh
• Union will go on to
capture New Orleans
(April 1862) and
secure the takeover
of the Mississippi
River in July 1863 at
Vicksburg
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