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Name: Mr. Perkins
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Topic: Early Battles and West Campaign
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First Battle of Bull Run
34,000 Union - General Irvin McDowell
July 21, 1861
30,000 Confederate - General P.G.T. Beauregard
Near Manassas, VA
FIRST MAJOR ENGAGEMENT in the Civil War
Washington D.C. residents went to picnic and watch the fighting
North had upper hand early, then south held like a “stone wall”
General Thomas Jackson earns the nickname “Stonewall” Jackson
South are victorious and north retreats back to Washington D.C.
Troops retreat alongside shocked civilians who watched the battle.
Lincoln Appoints General George McClellan to lead the Union Army
Battles of Fort Henry
Union- General Ulysses S. Grant
February 6, 1862
Fort Henry was bombarded and mostly evacuated before attacked by Grant
Border of Kentucky and Tenn
Union victory - gave the Union CONTROL OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER
Fort Donelson
24,000 Union Troops vs. 16,000 Confederate Troops
February 16, 1862
Union- Ulysses S. Grant vs. Confederates- General Gideon Pillow
Tennessee
Grant surrounds the fort and bombards it from boats on the river
Union victory – gave the Union CONTROL OF THE CUMBERLAND RIVER
Grant earns the nickname “Unconditional Surrender” Grant (U.S. Grant)
Battle of the Ironclads
Metal Ships – NEW TECHNOLOGY
March 8 and 9, 1862
Confederate Merrimack (renamed Virginia) attacks Union’s wooden ships
Atlantic Ocean
Union ships could not do damage to the Merrimack
North sent the Monitor to engage the Merrimack
Neither ship could sink the other
INDECISIVE
FIRST BATTLE BETWEEN METAL COVERED SHIPS
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Battle of Shiloh
40,000 Union Troop – General Ulysses S. Grant
April 6 and 7, 1862
Less than 30,000 Confederate Troops – P.G.T. Beauregard
Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee
Began with surprise attack by Confederates near a church named Shiloh
Some of the most BITTER, BLOODY fighting of the war
23,000 casualties – 13,000 Union, 10,000 Confederate
Union Victory – led to more victories to CONTROL MISSISSIPPI RIVER
Narrow Union victory- lost more men
Union captures New Orleans
Union Navy- Admiral David Farragut
April 25 - 29, 1862
24 gunboats, 19 mortar boats, 15,000 Union Troops
New Orleans, Louisiana
Confederates – General Mansfield Lovell
Two forts protect New Orleans – Fort Jackson and Fort Phillip
Union Navy attacked Confederate fleet sinking 8 ships
Confederates abandoned New Orleans to avoid siege
Both forts surrendered and occupation began on April 29.
Union victory – led to Union CONTROL OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO VICKSBURG
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