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Civil War Project
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Civil War Mind Map
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First Battle of Bull Run
Manassas, Virginia
July 21,1861
General McDowell
Union
Control the best route to the Confederate capital
Stonewall Jackson
Confederate
George McClellan
Union
Slowly brings the forces
Seven Days' Battle
Richmond, VA
June 1862
Robert E. Lee
Confederate
Graduate of West Point. Served in Mexican War
Take risks, unpredictable moves
Lee strengthend his positions
Forced Union to retreat
Series of clashes
Confederacy won.
Second Battle of Bull Run
Manassas, VA
August 1862
Lincoln orders Pope to march on Richmond
Jackson wanted to defeat Pope's army
Pope gets pushed back
Antietam
September 17,1862
Union soldiers found a copy of Lee's battle plan
McClellan had learned that Lee had divided his army in order to attack Harpers Ferry
North: 12,000 dead South: 13,000 dead
McClellan kept four divisions of soldiers in reserve and refused to use them to attack Lee's devastated army
Clash of the Ironclads
March 1862
The Virginia and the Monitor
Confederates captured a Union steamship, the Merrimick
Turned the Merrimack into an Ironclad and renamed it, the Virginia
Before nightfall, the Virginia easily sank two of the Union's wooden warships
The Union navy had already built it's own ironclad, The Monitor
Battle of Shiloh
Shiloh Church
April 6, 1862
Ulysses S. Grant
Union
Fought in Mexican American War
Graduate of West Point
Veteran
Farmer, retail, real estate
Bold and restless
Unconditional surrender
Grant stops at Shiloh Church
Waiting for army of Ohio
Grant drills recruits instead of defenses
South ambushes North as they sleep
Johnston killed on Day 1
Ohio army arrives/push back the South
North wins/ ~ 10,000 each side dead
David Farragut
Union
Trained from Navy
Drove first ship at age 12
Naval Warfare
Battle of Vicksburg
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Mid-May 1863
Union protects and disguises ships
Union sneaks past Confederates to Vicksburg
Union lays siege to Vicksburg
As food ran out, residents and soldiers survived by eating horse, dogs, and rats
The Confederate soldiers became sick and hungry
Confederates surrendered
On July 4th, Pemberton surrendered
Grant sent food to the soldiers immediately
Battle of Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg, VA
April 1863
Burnside forces march to Richmond delayed by river
Meanwhile Lee reunites his army
2 armies fight and Burnside loses/retreats
Lee used most of his army to attack Hooker's troops
Lee's army had won a major victory but suffered severe casualities
Ambrose Burnside
Union
Swift decisive attack on Richmond
Battle of Chancellorsville
Chancellorsville, VA
April 1863
Hooker split troops to approach Confederate's flank/side
Lee used most of army to attack Hooker's troops
Union was almost cut in two
Union held a defensive line then retreated
Joseph Hooker
Union
Ordered 115,000 soldiers to split off and approach the Confederate side.
Battle of Gettysburg: First Day
Gettysburg, PA
July 1, 1863
Lee cut across northern Maryland to southern Pennslyvania
Lee's forces gather at Gettysburg
Lee's troops ran into Meade's troops
Lee and Meade's troops fight
Confederates pushed Union back
Lee orders Ewell to attack. Ewell hesitates
Union gains defensive position
Both camps wait for reinforcements
Battle of Gettysburg: Second Day
Gettysburg, PA
July 2, 1863
Lee ordered an attack on the left side of Union line
Union and Confederate troops fight for Round Top
Chamberlain and Oates fought/clashed
Union forced Confederates to pull back from Little Round Top
Confederates attack Cementary Hill
Attack is unsuccessful, both armies at a stand still
Battle of Gettysburg: Pickett's Charge
Gettysburg, PA
July 3, 1863
George Pickett
Confederate
For one mile, the Confederates marched slowly up toward Cementary Hill
Longstreet tries to convince Lee not to attack again, he does anyway
For an hour, Confederates shelled Cementary Ridge with cannon fire
Pickett charges Cementary Ridge
Confederates retreated
Meade does not pursue
Aftermath of Gettysburg
Lee's troops will never again attack Union
Confederates don't get backup from France
Turning point in war.
Gettysburg Address
November 19, 1863
What was it?
President Lincoln praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning Civil War in a speech
Why did Lincoln say the War was being fought?
The ideals of liberty, equality, and democracy
The Wilderness Campaign and Cold Harbor
Central Virginia
May through June
Grant ordered Meade to Spotslyvania
Over the next month, Union soldiers moves the Confederate troops back toward Richmond
Union suffered 7,000 casualities
Battle delayed Grant's plans to take the Confederate capital
Union suffered twice as much but Grant still continues
Grant slowly advanced his troops through Virginia
Grant hoped to take control of the key railroad junction
Grant was winning but had not captured Richmond
Lincoln was discouraged by Grant's failure
Generals
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Stonewall Jackson
Pemberton
McDowell
David Farragut
George McClellan
Joseph Hooker
William Oates
Joshua Chamberlain
James Longstreet
George G. Meade
Pierre G.T. Beauregard
D.H. Hill
John Pope
George Fairfield
A.H. Nickerson
Joseph E. Johnston
William Tecumseh Sherman
Ambrose Burnside
Winfield Scott
Abraham Lincoln
Wrote the Gettysburg Address.
President
Directed Union Generals
Advantages the Union and Confederates had
Union
22 million people.
Network of roads, canals, and railroads
Production of coal, iron, wheat, and wool increased.
Export of corn, wheat, beef, and pork to Europe doubled
Confederacy
Strong military tradition.
Many brilliant officers put into battle
Farms provided food for the soldiers
Strategic
Only needed to defend itself until the Union grew tired of fighting.
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