Bull Run 1861, Antietam 1862 & the Emancipation Proclamation

1. Bull Run 1861, Antietam 1862 & the Emancipation Proclamation

2. Directions for note taking • Get out a piece of paper and a pen/pencil. Set up Cornell Notes and copy down all the notes in red. • Title: Bull Run & Antietam • Put these notes in your notebook as #29

3. Importance of Bull Run (picnic battle) July 21, 1861 • 1) 1st Major battle of the Civil War. • 2) People were shocked by the huge number of casualties. • 3) Northern soldiers retreat…South doesn’t follow but doeswin the battle. • 4) Both the North and the South realized it was not going to be a quick bloodlesswar.

5. General Lee Invades the North • The Southern Armies were under the command of General Robert E. Lee. • The South won several battles over the North in 1861-1862. • General Lee decided to invade the North.

6. Reasons to Invade • 1) He hoped a win on Northern soil would force President Lincoln to sign a peace treaty ending the war. • 2) He also hoped that England or France would see how strong the South was and help the Southern side.

7. The Battle of Antietam • September 17, 1862 • The North and the South met at a place called Antietam. • They fought all day. • At the end of the day the Union declared victory.

8. Confederate Dead at Antietam

9. The Importance • 1)Antietam was the single bloodiest day in American History. • Both sides added together, had 23,000 casualties. • 2) It was the victory Lincoln had been waiting for. • After the battle, Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation.

10. Lincoln at Antietam

11. Emancipation Proclamation • January 1, 1863 • Freed all the slaves in the South. • Not the slaves in the North. • Why? • Because he didn’t want to lose the border states. (MO, KY, MD, & DE)