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Civil War Allee Krzyzak
- Battles
- First Battle of Bull Run
- Manassas,Virginia
- July 21,1861
- Generals
- McDowell
- Side:Union
- To Control the best route to the Confederate
Capital
- Stonewall Jackson
- Side:Confederate
- His unit stood in place and
did not let any Union
troops through
- George McClellan
- Side:Union
- Union troops gave out.They tried to make
an orderly retreat but the roads were
clogged. The Confederates had won the battle.
- Second Battle of
Bull Run
- Manassas,Virginia
- August 1862
- Generals: John Pope, Jackson,
Mclellan, Captain Fairfield
- Lincoln gave orders to John Pope to March on
Richmond. Jackson's troops clash with Pope's.
Pope gets pushed back. The Confederates win.
- Battle of Antietam
- September 17,1862
- Generals: Robert E
Lee, Stonewall
Jackson,McClellan
- Clash of the
Iron Clads
- Coastline,Virginia,Texas
- Ships:Virginia-the
South, Monitor-the
North
- The Confederates captured the Union
steamship and renamed it the Virginia. The
Virginia sank 2 of the Union ships. The Union
built an Ironclad named the it Monitor. After
several hours of fighting neither ship was
damaged. The Monitor forced the Virginia to
withdraw.
- Battle of Shiloh
- South, Tennessee
- April 6,1862
- Generals:Grant,
Johnston
- Grant stops at Shiloh church. Waiting for
army of Ohio. Grant drills recruits instead
of setting up defense. South ambushes
North. Johnston is killed on day 1. Ohio
army arrives and they push back South.
Northern Victory
- Battle of Fredricksburg
- Fredricksburg,VA
- April 1962
- Ambrose Burnside,Lee
- Burnside forces march to Richmond. Meanwhile
Lee reunites army. Armies fight. Burnside
Retreats
- Union
suffered
12,600
Casualities
- Confederates
suffered 5,300
casualties
- Battle of
Chanclorville
- Chanclorville
April 1863
- Generals:Burnside,Joseph
Hooker,Lee, Stonewall
Jackson
- Lee attacks Hooker.
Stonewall flanks
Hooker. The Union
army cut into 2.
Confederates win.
- Battle of Vicksburg
- Vicksburg,Mississippi
1863
- General Grant cut of the city of Vicksburg.
Soldiers of the Confederates ate horses,dogs,
and rats. In late June a group of soldiers sent
their commander a warning. On July 4th,
Pemberton surrendered and Grant immediantly
sent food to the soldiers.
- Seven Days Battle
- Richmond,Virginia
- 1862, Summer
- Generals: D.H. Hill, Lee, McClellan
- Lee strengthens position. Confederates
forced Union army to retreat
- Who Won: South/Confederates
- Battle of Gettysburg
- Small Town called
Gettysburg
- July 1863
- Generals:Lee, George G.
Meade, Ewell, James Long
- Second Day: Lee ordered an attack on the Union. The
Confederates attacked Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill. The
Union forces still held a strong defensive position. Last
Day:Longstreet tried to convince Lee to not attack. For over an
hour the Confederates shelled Cemetery Ridge with cannon
fire. The Union Won.
- Aftermath:The Union won but General Meade decided
not to follow Lee's army. This decision angered Lincoln.
He felt Meade missed an opportunity to crush the
Confederates and end the war.
- Abraham Lincoln
- Was the 16th President
- He was affected because of all fighting
going on and he was worried about the
country.
- African Americans
- Most were set free, so they
decided to help fight in the
war.
- Copperheads
- Copperheads were sent to jail
- Women
- They helped work and
tend to wounded
soldiers. They took over
jobs the men had
before the war started
- Advantages of the North
- More soldiers than
the
South/Confederates
- Advantages of the South
- More supplies than the North/Union