The War in the East

The War in the East By: Danny Testin Conor Albian Frank Conforti And Connor Kaplan

War in Virginia By: Conor Albian http://www.robinsonlibrary.com/america/unitedstates/1861/campaigns/east.htm

Battle of Bull Run Conor Albian • Fought in 1861 next to Bull Run creek in Manassas • Union- 35,000 men • Confederate- 22,000 men • Confederate Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard and his troops waited for Union Gen. Irvin McDowell and his troops at a Bull Run Creek. • Union troops tried to find a way around the Confederates. • During that time, the Confederates gained 10,000 more men

The Battle Conor Albian • Union troops crossed the creek and saw Gen. Thomas Jackson standing like a stone wall. • He later got the nickname Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. • Confederate troops moved forward and attacked the Union. • The Union could not fight back so they were forced to retreat. • The Confederates won and this became known as the First Battle of Bull Run.

Conor Albian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Bull_Run

Conor Albian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson

More Battles in Virginia By: Frank Conforti

After the shock at Bull Run Lincoln looked to have a better army, he decided would he put General George B. McClellan in charge • McClellan assembled a force of 100,000 soldiers called the Army of the Potomac • Spring of 1862- McClellan launched an effort to capture Richmond called “Peninsular Campaign” • To prevent McClellan from receiving reinforcements from Washington Stonewall Jackson launched an attack towards Washington • Confederate army in Virginia was under the command of General Robert E. Lee. • Lee attacked Union forces in series of clashes called Seven Days’ Battles and forced Union army to retreat in June 1862 Frank Conforti

After Lee saved Richmond and forced McClellan to retreat, Lincoln ordered General John Pope to march directly on Richmond • Jackson’s troops met Pope’s Union forces on the battlefield in August in 1862. The three-day battle became known as the Second Battle of Bull Run, or the Second Battle of Manassas • The first day was a savage and ended in a stalemate • On the second day, Pope found Jackson’s troops and hurled his men against the Confederates but the attacks were pushed back due to casualties on both sides • On the third day, the Confederates crushed Union’s army’s assault and forced it to retreat in defeat Frank Conforti

http://my.hrw.com/tabnav/controller.jsp?isbn=0554003015 Frank Conforti

Robert E Lee https://www.google.com/search?q=robert+e+lee&biw=1366&bih=651&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=Sgh1U5K3LdKhqAaZvIDgCg&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ Frank Conforti

George B. McClellan https://www.google.com/search?q=george+b+mcclellan&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=jgl1U-_RJcmVqAa2sIKgCg&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=651 Frank Conforti

The Battle of AntietamBy: Danny Testin • Subsections • Before the Battle • Aftereffects http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Antietam_Overview.png

Before the Fighting • September 4, 1862- about 40,000 barely trained confederate soldiers begin crossing into Maryland • Gen. Robert E. Lee divides this army • Sends half to Harpers Ferry • They defeat Union forces and capture the town • Lee goes to Fredrick and urged them to join confederates • They wouldn’t abandon the union • Gen. McClellan hesitates attack when he learns of Lee planning to attack Harper’s Ferry; Confederates then had time to reunite their army Danny Testin

Aftereffects • Armies met Sept. 17, 1862 • Union suffered more than 12,000 casualties • Confederates suffered 13,000+ casualties • Battle stopped Lee’s advance into the North • Bloodiest single-day battle in United States history • It was also called the battle of Sharpsburg • Battle lasted for hours and became the bloodiest battle in United States history Danny Testin

The Battle of Antietam gave the North a slight advantage. • Confederate leaders wanted to follow Lee’s victories in Virginia with victory on northern soil. • Lee’s Confederate troops and McClellan’s Union army met along Antietam Creek in Maryland on September 17, 1862. • The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history, with more than 12,000 Union and 13,000 Confederate casualties. • Also called the Battle of Sharpsburg • It was an important victory for the Union, stopping Lee’s northward advance.

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Main Idea 3: Breaking the Unions Blockade • Subtitles • The Unions Naval strategy • Clash of the Ironclads By Connor Kaplan

The Union’s Naval Strategy By Connor Kaplan • Union’s navy quickly set up a blockade of southern ports. • Blockade prevented the South from selling or receiving goods. • Blockade hard to maintain because Navy had to patrol from Virginia to Texas. • Blockade reduced the number of ships entering southern ports from 6,000 ships to 800 ships a year. South's Naval Strategy • South used small, fast ships called blockade runners to outrun larger slower Union warships. • These runners would go to Bahamas or Nassau to buy supplies. • Runners could still not make up for the South's loss of trade.

Blockade Runner By Connor Kaplan http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Civil+War+Blockade+Runners&FORM=RESTAB#view=detail&id=3ADB7F19F5589DAD87E69E0B9B65AA7BD82898E8&selectedIndex=3

Clash of the Ironclads By Connor Kaplan • Hoping to take away the Unions advantage at sea, Confederates creates new type of ship called the Ironclad. • Confederates captured Union steamship and turned it into a Ironclad • Ironclad heavily armored with iron. • Soldiers described them as a huge half submerged crocodile. • March 1862 the Ironclad Virginia sunk 2 Union ships and damaged a smaller one. • John Ericsson designed Union Ironclad • Ironclad called the Monitor much smaller than confederates Virginia • Virginia and Monitor came to blows and fought for several hours • Smaller Monitor had more powerful weapons and forced Virginia to withdraw • Clash of the Ironclads signaled a revolution in Naval warfare

By Connor Kaplan http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=CSS+Virginia&Form=R5FD0#view=detail&id=7DC72D03894D81A00246D125F16E8F2EF4E6F791&selectedIndex=2

http://wn.com/ironclad_ships#2 By Connor Kaplan

Bibliography United States History beginnings to 1877. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print. Slide 12 of Civil war power point

The War in the East