Transcript The Civil War Power Point: 1862

Road to
Conquest
1862
Fort Henry & Fort Donelson
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The key to defeating
the Confederacy in the
West was Union
control over strategic
river systems
Grant wanted Union
control of the
Tennessee &
Cumberland Rivers
Grant’s Plan
Victory At Henry & Donelson
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Victory at Ft. Henry
on 2/6/1862 gave the
Union control of the
TN River (upper right)
Victory at Ft.
Donelson on
2/16/1862 gave the
Union control of the
Cumberland River
(lower right)
McClellan in
Command
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George B. McClellan
Known as “Little Mac”
“Superb organizer of
an Army”
Overly cautious during
battle
Later becomes
Governor of New
Jersey
The Peninsula Campaign
3/1862-7/1/1862
Shiloh
Fought 4/6-4/7/1862
 Key Leaders were:
Union: Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
Confederate: Albert Sidney Johnston
 First major bloody battle of the Civil War,
in which there were 23,741 casualties
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Battle of Shiloh
80,000
70,000
60,000
50,000
40,000
30,000
Confederate
Union
20,000
10,000
0
Total
Troops
K
W
C
TL
The Seven Days Battle
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Fought 6/25-7/1/1862
Lee stops McClellan’s
Army from invading
Richmond, and halts
the Peninsula
Campaign
2nd Battle Bull Run/Manassas
Fought 8/29-8/30/1862
 Another Confederate Victory led by
Robert E. Lee
 Adds to the reputation of Lee as an
invincible leader.
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The Battle of
Antietam/Sharpsburg
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Fought on 9/17/1862 in Sharpsburg, MD
Bloodiest Day in American History with
23,300 casualties
McClellan (75,000) vs. Lee (50,000)
The Confederacy needed a major victory
over the Union to gain foreign support from
England and France
McClellan’s Victory
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Took ¼ of Lee’s Army
Stopped Lee’s invasion of
the North
Ended idea of Foreign
support from England
and France
Provides Lincoln with
need to issue the
Emancipation
Proclamation.
Lincoln Fires McClellan
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McClellan could have
ended the war by pursuing
Lee after Antietam, but
did not.
When he ignored Lincoln’s
order to do so, the
President fired McClellan.
McClellan hated Lincoln
and would run against him
in the Election of 1864.