July 1862
... July 21, 1861 - The Union Army under Gen. Irvin McDowell suffers a defeat at Bull Run 25 miles southwest of Washington. Confederate Gen. Thomas J. Jackson earns the nickname "Stonewall," as his brigade resists Union attacks. Union troops fall back to Washington. President Lincoln realizes the war wi ...
... July 21, 1861 - The Union Army under Gen. Irvin McDowell suffers a defeat at Bull Run 25 miles southwest of Washington. Confederate Gen. Thomas J. Jackson earns the nickname "Stonewall," as his brigade resists Union attacks. Union troops fall back to Washington. President Lincoln realizes the war wi ...
The Third Day at Gettysburg: Culp`s Hill
... breastworks to fight behind. Both attacks were beaten back with heavy losses. The attacks against the heights were again fruitless, and superior use of artillery on the open fields to the south made the difference there. The fighting at Culp’s Hill ended at about noon with a futile counterattack by ...
... breastworks to fight behind. Both attacks were beaten back with heavy losses. The attacks against the heights were again fruitless, and superior use of artillery on the open fields to the south made the difference there. The fighting at Culp’s Hill ended at about noon with a futile counterattack by ...
The Civil War Begins - LOUISVILLE
... • The Monitor sank off the coast of North Carolina • The Merrimac and the Monitor were the first ironclad ships to be used in battle ...
... • The Monitor sank off the coast of North Carolina • The Merrimac and the Monitor were the first ironclad ships to be used in battle ...
July 21, 1861
... Objective: To examine the role of the navy and the battles of Bull Run and Antietam. ...
... Objective: To examine the role of the navy and the battles of Bull Run and Antietam. ...
Introduction
... • The American Civil War began in early 1861 when Confederate troops in South Carolina fired on the Union Fort Sumter. • Lincoln called for 75,000 men to stop the rebellion and both sides mobilized for war. • The first major battle took place at the Battle of Bull Run. • After the initial onslaught ...
... • The American Civil War began in early 1861 when Confederate troops in South Carolina fired on the Union Fort Sumter. • Lincoln called for 75,000 men to stop the rebellion and both sides mobilized for war. • The first major battle took place at the Battle of Bull Run. • After the initial onslaught ...
Substitutes were often recent immigrants to the US, but even before
... Because the Proclamation freed enslaved African Americans only in states at war with the Union, it did not address slavery in the border states. One reason the border states were omitted was because Lincoln did not want to endanger their loyalty. The Proclamation, by its very existence, transformed ...
... Because the Proclamation freed enslaved African Americans only in states at war with the Union, it did not address slavery in the border states. One reason the border states were omitted was because Lincoln did not want to endanger their loyalty. The Proclamation, by its very existence, transformed ...
Civil War Turning Points- Antietam, Gettysburg, and The
... Lee could not break the Union lines Pickett’s Charge resulted in nearly 12,000 casualties (over 50,000 total at Gettysburg) Big Union victory but Meade does not pursue!!- could have ended war ...
... Lee could not break the Union lines Pickett’s Charge resulted in nearly 12,000 casualties (over 50,000 total at Gettysburg) Big Union victory but Meade does not pursue!!- could have ended war ...
Name
... Answer the following questions What percentage of the vote did Lincoln receive in the election of 1860? Who was the first state to secede from the Union? What city was the Confederate capital? What were the advantages for the North and South going into the war? ...
... Answer the following questions What percentage of the vote did Lincoln receive in the election of 1860? Who was the first state to secede from the Union? What city was the Confederate capital? What were the advantages for the North and South going into the war? ...
The Civil War
... provided McClellan with an opportunity to overwhelm Lee’s army, but he was overly cautious and waited days before he attacked. ► This enabled Lee to gather most of his forces together near Sharpsburg, Maryland. ► The forces clashed on September 17 in the Battle of Antietam- the single bloodiest day ...
... provided McClellan with an opportunity to overwhelm Lee’s army, but he was overly cautious and waited days before he attacked. ► This enabled Lee to gather most of his forces together near Sharpsburg, Maryland. ► The forces clashed on September 17 in the Battle of Antietam- the single bloodiest day ...
Key Battles Of The Civil War
... to divide his army in two. • Lee fakes an attack on Fredericksburg and sends Jackson to attack the Union right flank. • Stonewall Jackson attack is a success but he is wounded by his ...
... to divide his army in two. • Lee fakes an attack on Fredericksburg and sends Jackson to attack the Union right flank. • Stonewall Jackson attack is a success but he is wounded by his ...
Civil Unrest in the South:
... 4. More than half were cut down before reaching their objective. 5. Lee retreated, and Meade did not follow, allowing the war to continue. ...
... 4. More than half were cut down before reaching their objective. 5. Lee retreated, and Meade did not follow, allowing the war to continue. ...
Civil War Erupts - WMS8thGradeReview
... 1st Battle of Bull Run/Manassas • The battle was won by the Confederates • General Thomas J. Jackson “Stonewall” • Confederates would attack with a blood curdling yell known as the “Rebel Yell” • Rebels felt the war was over! • Union realizes that they have under estimated their opponents ...
... 1st Battle of Bull Run/Manassas • The battle was won by the Confederates • General Thomas J. Jackson “Stonewall” • Confederates would attack with a blood curdling yell known as the “Rebel Yell” • Rebels felt the war was over! • Union realizes that they have under estimated their opponents ...
Civil War - Denton ISD
... • Grant leaves troops exposed • Johnston attacks, finding most of Grant’s troops still in their bedrolls • Johnston is mortally wounded, second in command calls off the attack • 20,000 dead total • Civil War Pattern: fighting leads to one side retreating, the other side not pursuing because they are ...
... • Grant leaves troops exposed • Johnston attacks, finding most of Grant’s troops still in their bedrolls • Johnston is mortally wounded, second in command calls off the attack • 20,000 dead total • Civil War Pattern: fighting leads to one side retreating, the other side not pursuing because they are ...
Unit 3 Day 6 1862
... Quote: “If General McClellan isn't going to use his army, I'd like to borrow it for a time.” - Abraham Lincoln (1862) Essential Question(s): How did the actions of political and military leaders influence the Civil War? Specified Content: Ironclads, Shiloh, New Orleans, Gen. Lee, Antietam, Frederick ...
... Quote: “If General McClellan isn't going to use his army, I'd like to borrow it for a time.” - Abraham Lincoln (1862) Essential Question(s): How did the actions of political and military leaders influence the Civil War? Specified Content: Ironclads, Shiloh, New Orleans, Gen. Lee, Antietam, Frederick ...
Chapter 11: The Civil War
... • Twenty miles to the south, in Corinth, Mississippi, Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston ordered his troops northward with the plan of attacking Grant before Buell arrived. • The stage was set for one of the Civil War's bloodiest battles. ...
... • Twenty miles to the south, in Corinth, Mississippi, Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston ordered his troops northward with the plan of attacking Grant before Buell arrived. • The stage was set for one of the Civil War's bloodiest battles. ...
Power Point
... (the South’s capital). Called the Peninsula Campaign, it took him about a month to capture Yorktown before finally making it to Richmond. •At just this time, President Lincoln diverted McClellan’s expected reinforcements and sent them chasing Stonewall Jackson (right) who was seemingly threatening a ...
... (the South’s capital). Called the Peninsula Campaign, it took him about a month to capture Yorktown before finally making it to Richmond. •At just this time, President Lincoln diverted McClellan’s expected reinforcements and sent them chasing Stonewall Jackson (right) who was seemingly threatening a ...
North South
... Ended the Confederate army’s first invasion into the North. General George McClellan – Union General Robert E. Lee – Confederate Over 23,000 casualties. Opportunity for President Lincoln to issue the ...
... Ended the Confederate army’s first invasion into the North. General George McClellan – Union General Robert E. Lee – Confederate Over 23,000 casualties. Opportunity for President Lincoln to issue the ...
Chapter 16 Study Guide - Liberty Hill Junior High
... Rifles with minie balls – a change in military technology which most affected the average soldier and increased the casualty rate Washington, D.C. – it that would have been surrounded by the Confederacy if Maryland had seceded Ulysses S. Grant – he commanded Union forces at Shiloh, Tennessee, and wa ...
... Rifles with minie balls – a change in military technology which most affected the average soldier and increased the casualty rate Washington, D.C. – it that would have been surrounded by the Confederacy if Maryland had seceded Ulysses S. Grant – he commanded Union forces at Shiloh, Tennessee, and wa ...
CIVIL WAR BATTLE CHART
... supplies, the worn-out and weary Army of Northern Virginia (led by General Lee) moved west after the fall of Petersburg and Richmond. With his army nearly surrounded, his men starving, and Grant closing in, Lee knew continued resistance was futile and ultimately self-destructive, and thus he agreed ...
... supplies, the worn-out and weary Army of Northern Virginia (led by General Lee) moved west after the fall of Petersburg and Richmond. With his army nearly surrounded, his men starving, and Grant closing in, Lee knew continued resistance was futile and ultimately self-destructive, and thus he agreed ...
Battle of Malvern Hill
The Battle of Malvern Hill, also known as the Battle of Poindexter's Farm, was fought on July 1, 1862 between the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, led by Gen. Robert E. Lee, and the Union Army of the Potomac under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan. It was the final battle of the Seven Days Battles during the American Civil War, taking place on a 130-foot (40 m) elevation of land known as Malvern Hill, near the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia and just one mile (1.6 km) from the James River. More than fifty thousand soldiers from each side took part, using more than two hundred pieces of artillery and three warships.The Seven Days Battles were the climax of the Peninsula Campaign, during which McClellan's Army of the Potomac sailed around the Confederate lines, landed at the tip of the Virginia Peninsula, southeast of Richmond, and struck inland towards the Confederate capital. Confederate commander-in-chief Joseph E. Johnston fended off McClellan's repeated attempts to take the city, slowing Union progress on the peninsula to a crawl. When Johnston was wounded, Lee took command and launched a series of counterattacks, collectively called the Seven Days Battles. These attacks culminated in the action on Malvern Hill.The Union's V Corps, commanded by Brig. Gen. Fitz John Porter, took up positions on the hill on June 30. McClellan was not present for the initial exchanges of the battle, having boarded the ironclad USS Galena and sailed down the James River to inspect Harrison's Landing, where he intended to locate the base for his army. Confederate preparations were hindered by several mishaps. Bad maps and faulty guides caused Confederate Maj. Gen. John Magruder to be late for the battle, an excess of caution delayed Maj. Gen. Benjamin Huger, and Maj. Gen. Stonewall Jackson had problems collecting the Confederate artillery. The battle occurred in stages: an initial exchange of artillery fire, a minor charge by Confederate Brig. Gen. Lewis Armistead, and three successive waves of Confederate infantry charges triggered by unclear orders from Lee and the actions of Maj. Gens. Magruder and D. H. Hill, respectively. In each phase, the effectiveness of the Federal artillery was the deciding factor, repulsing attack after attack, resulting in a tactical Union victory. After the battle, McClellan and his forces withdrew from Malvern Hill to Harrison's Landing, where he remained until August 16. His plan to capture Richmond had been thwarted.In the course of four hours, a series of blunders in planning and communication had caused Lee's forces to launch three failed frontal infantry assaults across hundreds of yards of open ground, unsupported by Confederate artillery, charging toward firmly entrenched Union infantry and artillery defenses. These errors provided Union forces with an opportunity to inflict heavy casualties. In the aftermath of the battle, however, the Confederate press heralded Lee as the savior of Richmond. In stark contrast, McClellan was accused of being absent from the battlefield, a harsh criticism that haunted him when he ran for president in 1864.