Bell Ringer!Put the following in chronological order :A) Confederates fire on Fort Sumter, SCB) Lincoln elected PresidentC) South Carolina secedes from USD) Battle of Bull Run/Manassas

Lincoln elected PresidentSouth Carolina’s secessionConfederates fire on Fort Sumter, SCBattle of Bull Run/Manassas

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EARLY BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR

1861-1863

Why was Fort Sumter significant?

Bull RunJuly 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

AntietamSeptember 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

FredericksburgDecember 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

ChancellorsvilleMay 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, TennesseeUlysses 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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