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THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. (1861-1865). Bull Run (First Manassas). Bull Run (First Manassas). July 21, 1861 Virginia Irvin McDowell P.G.T. Beauregard Joseph E. Johnston Thomas J. Jackson. Bull Run (First Manassas). Lincoln was pressured to attack the south

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THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

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  1. THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (1861-1865)

  2. Bull Run (First Manassas)

  3. Bull Run (First Manassas) July 21, 1861 Virginia Irvin McDowell P.G.T. Beauregard Joseph E. Johnston Thomas J. Jackson

  4. Bull Run (First Manassas) • Lincoln was pressured to attack the south • Jackson’s stand: given nickname “stonewall” • Union army retreated to Washington D.C. • Lincoln replaced McDowell with McClellan • Northerners realized war would be long and costly

  5. Shiloh (Pittsburgh Landing)

  6. Shiloh (Pittsburgh Landing) April 6-7, 1862 Tennessee Ulysses S. Grant Don Carlos Buell William Tecumseh Sherman Albert Sidney Johnston† Beauregard

  7. Shiloh (Pittsburgh Landing) • Union attempt to control the Mississippi River • Confederate attacked and won the first day • Union counter-attacked and won the second day • “Hornet’s Nest” most intense location of fighting • Albert Sidney Johnston is killed in action (Lee’s most trusted general, next to Jackson) • Largest and bloodiest battle in American history until Antietam: 23,741 dead

  8. Monitor vs. Merrimac (Ironclads)

  9. Monitor vs. Merrimac (Ironclads) March 9, 1862 Hampton Roads, Virginia Monitor Merrimac

  10. Monitor vs. Merrimac (Ironclads) • Merrimac– (abandoned Union frigate) clad with iron/steel plates and renamed USS Virginia • Monitor– invented by John Ericsson, made of iron/steel and had revolving turrets • “Ironclads” rammed into wooden ships and easily sunk them

  11. Monitor vs. Merrimac (Ironclads) • Merrimac sunk ships at Hampton Roads • Monitor arrived for support • Two ships shelled each other for 4 hours (inconclusive) • Confederates were unable to break the Richmond blockade • Changed naval warfare worldwide • Union eventually out-built the Confederacy in ironclads

  12. TO BE CONTINUED…(STILL IN PROGRESS)

  13. Bibliography

  14. Bibliography • Lynch, Matt “untrodenleader”.American Civil War. Digital image. Deviant Art. 9 Sept. 2007. Web. 8 May 2012. <http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=american+civil+war#/d12f3hx>. • Beth “vacuumslayer”.Cannons at Bull Run. Digital image. Deviant Art. 22 July 2008. Web. 8 May 2012. <http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=cannons+at+bull+run#/d1j1dcm>. • Cuerdan, Adam. Battle of Shiloh WIP. Digital image. Deviant Art. 22 Jan. 2011. Web. 8 May 2012. <http://adamcuerden.deviantart.com/art/Battle-of- Shiloh-WIP-194543938>. • DarkRiderDLMC. Ironclads. Digital image. Deviant Art. 11 July 2010. Web. 8 May 2012. <http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=ironclads&order=9&offset=0#/d2ts6qs>. • Jasmine “steler”.America. Digital image. Deviant Art. 30 Jan. 2008. Web. 8 May 2012. < http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=america&order=9&offset=24#/d19a86e >

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