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Battles for Chart

Battles for Chart. Fort Sumter 1 st Battle of Bull Run Shiloh New Orleans Peninsular Campaign Yorktown, Seven Pines, 7 Days Campaign 2 nd Bull Run/ Manassas Antietam Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Gettysburg Vicksburg Sherman’s march to the Sea- Atlanta Petersburg Appomattox.

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Battles for Chart

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  1. Battles for Chart • Fort Sumter • 1st Battle of Bull Run • Shiloh • New Orleans • Peninsular Campaign • Yorktown, Seven Pines, 7 Days Campaign • 2nd Bull Run/ Manassas • Antietam • Fredericksburg • Chancellorsville • Gettysburg • Vicksburg • Sherman’s march to the Sea- Atlanta • Petersburg • Appomattox

  2. Respond • “On this first day of January, A.D. 1863, all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free…”

  3. Chapter 12 Civil War 12.3 Fighting the War

  4. I. The War in the West • Confederates wining in East- Four different commanders. Grant wining in West • Battle of Shiloh- April 6, 1862 • Confederates attack Grant • Grant counterattacks • Union- 13,000 casualties Confederacy- 10,000 • Advantage in the control of Mississippi

  5. I. War in the West Cont. C. New Orleans- late April 1862 1. fight for control of Mississippi 2. Union ships attack two forts- then sail past 17 ships 3. Confederates forced to surrender 4. Weakens morale

  6. II. Eastern Campaigns • Peninsula Campaign • McClellan cautious • Plan to attack Richmond • Yorktown and Seven Pines- first week April 1862 • McClellan meets Confederates at Yorktown • Lays siege and Confederates retreat on May 31, 1862 • Lee placed in command of Confederate forces • Seven Days’ Campaign (June 25- July 1) • 16,000 Union casualties 20,000 Confederates • Union retreats • McClellan replaced by General John Pope

  7. At the Bell • You are Union army communication officers. Compose telegrams to Washington after the Battles of Shiloh and New Orleans reporting the outcome of each battle. Remember that telegrams must be brief, descriptive, and to the point.

  8. III. Shift in War Goals • Beginning to move against slavery- July 1862 • Authorized African Americans to serve in the military • Freed slaves held by Confederate soldiers or Confederate Allies • Hoped would weaken the South • Emancipation Proclamation • Meeting with cabinet • Plan to free slaves in all Confederate states

  9. IV. Antietam (September 1862) • Lee on the offensive • McClelland counterattacks • Bloodiest single day in U.S. history 1. 13,000 Confederate- 12,000 Union • Union Victory • Lincoln releases Emancipation Proclamation

  10. V. African Americans take up Arms • Emancipation Proclamation encouraged African Americans to enlist • Many of the first- 54 Massachusetts Infantry • Attack against Fort Wagner • Col. Robert Gould Shaw • Discrimination 1. Commanded by white officers. First African American promoted to rank of Major- Martin Delany • 180,000 served

  11. VI. New Union Commanders • Ambrose E. Burnside replaced McClellan • Fredericksburg (Dec. 1862) 1. “great slaughter pen” • Chancellorsville (April 1863) • Joseph Hooker new commander • Union withdrew in defeat • Stonewall Jackson- mistaken and shot

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