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The Civil War
The Early Years
1861-1862
The Impact of New Technology
• Rifled Barrels and the Mini-ball made
gunfire more accurate
• Telegraph invented by Samuel Morris
in 1837 improved communication
• Railroad allowed for the rapid
movement of men and supplies to the
battlefield
• Photography
Battlefield Medicine
First Battle of Bull Run
• First Battle
of the War
• Virginia
• Confederate
Victory
The Battle of the Ironclads,
March, 1862
The Monitor
(Union) vs.
the Merrimac
(Confederate)
USS Monitor in action with CSS Virginia, 9 March 1862
The Hunley – The world’s first submarine, designed
and used in the Civil War by the Confederacy.
Battle of Shiloh
• Union victory
• 20,000 killed or
wounded
• Union gains control
of Memphis, TN
Capture of New Orleans
• Union captures New
Orleans
• David Farraguat (Union
Commander)
Seven Days Battle
• Battle for
Richmond
• Confederate
Victory
Battle of Antietam
• Battle fought in Maryland
• Lincoln had replaced Gen.
McClellan who had not pursued
Gen. Lee; Gen Meade takes over
• Very bloody battle; 6,000 killed
in one day
• Union victory
• Lincoln used the battle to change
the aim of the war
a. end slavery
b. Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation
• Freed Slaves in
Confederate States
occupied by Union
forces
• Did not free slaves in
Slaves states that were
part of the Union
• Did not end slavery
The Southern View of
Emancipation