Control the best route to the Confederate capital.
General U.S Grant
Union
Cut off resources to the South.
General Stonewall Jackson
Confederate
His unit stood in place and did not let any Union troops through.
General Robert E.Lee
Confederate
Takes risks and make unpredictable moves.
General Joseph Hooker
Union
He wanted to order about 115,000 of his troops to split off and approach the Confederates flank,or slide.Or just split his army.
General William Tecumseh
Confederate
To carry out the Union Plan to destroy
Southern railroads and industries.
General George Pickett
Confederate
One-mile March at Cematary Ridge
Manassas and Virginia
July 21,1861
It was the first major battle of the Civil War,and the Confederates' victory.The battle is also known as the First Battle of Manassas.It shattered the North's hopes of winning the war quickly.
Seven Days'Battle
Richman,Virginia
June 26,1862
North retreated because they were being killed in massive numbers.
South wins the battle
The Generals were George Mclellan,and Robert E.Lee.
Battle of Chancellorsville
Chancellorsville,Virginia
April,1863
Joseph Hooker Stonewall Jackson,Robert E.Lee,and Burnside are the Generals
Lee attacked Hooker,Stonewall flanks Hooker,Hooker's army retreats,South wins.
Battle of Shiloh
Tennessee
April 6th,1862
The Generals are Ulysses.S.Grant,and A.S. Johnston
Rebels attack Grant while North is sleeping.
Army of Ohio help General Grant.
Johnston killed on Day 1.
North won the battle.
Battle of Vicksburg.
Missippi and Vicksperg
May 1863
The generals are David Farragut and Ulysses S. Grant.
Union protects and disguises ships.
Sneaks past Confederates to Vicksburg
Union lays Siege to Vicksburg.
Confederates are desperate,Start to eat rats.
South surrenders,Union sends food to Southern.
Battle of Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg,Virginia
April,1863
The generals are Bunside,and Lee.
Burnside forces March to Richmond; delayed by river.
Meanwhile lee reunites army.
Two armies Fight,Burnside retreats.
Hooker´s army launched a frontal attack on Fredericksberg.
Flanking troops end up talking a defensive position at Chancellorsville.
The South won.
African Americans
They volunteered to be in the war.
Copperheads
They were midwesternes that sympathized with the South and opposed.
Women(Clara Barton)
The women had different jobs during the war
Clara Barton was the founded in the American Red Cross.
Noth had materials and South were not tired and they wore down the North.