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The Civil War
 Big
Ideas:
• After the 1st “Battle of Bull Run” it became
apparent that the war would be bloody and not
be won quickly.
The Unknown Soldiers
of the Battle of Bull Run
tomb contains the
remains of 2,111
bodies gathered from
the Manassas
battlefield.
 The
First Battle of Bull
Run was the first
major conflict
between the two
armies.
• Union forces under
General McDowell
were routed by the
forces of General
Beauregard and
Colonel "Stonewall”
Jackson.
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After Bull Run, Lincoln
replaced General
McDowell with:
• General McClellan who
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was then replaced by
General Burnside who
was replaced by
General Hooker, who
was replaced by
General Meade who
was replaced by
General Grant
 The
Naval War:
• Lincoln wanted to
capture New Orleans
to hinder the South’s
ability to trade with
Europe.
• In April of ’62, 42
warships sailed up the
Mississippi River to
New Orleans and
unloaded 15,000
troops who took
control of the city.
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General Ulysses S.
Grant was tasked with
seizing control of the
Cumberland &
Tennessee Rivers.
• Confederate troops
Gen. William T. Sherman
attempted to defeat
Grant’s Army of the
Tennessee at the Battle
of Shiloh.
 The Union won, but it was
the bloodiest battle in
American history at that
time with 3,500 killed.
While General Grant
was fighting in the
West, General
McClellan set out to
capture the
Confederate capitol of
Richmond, VA.
 After 7 days of fighting
General Lee’s army,
McClellan was forced
to retreat, and Lee
marched towards
Washington D.C.
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Lee’s and McClellan’s
forces collided at the
Battle of Antietam in
Maryland on Sept. 17,
1862.
The Union was victorious,
but at a great cost. It is
the bloodiest day in
American History.
• The Union had 12,401
casualties with 2,108 dead.
• Confederate casualties
were 10,318 with 1,546
dead.
Lincoln was furious
with McClellan for not
perusing Lee’s weary
army.
 However, the victory at
Antietam gave Lincoln
the opportunity to
declare freedom for
slaves being held in
Confederate territory.
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September 22, 1862
Lincoln announced the
Emancipation
Proclamation that
would free all slaves
still in rebel territory
on Jan. 1st of 1863.
 This changed the
purpose of the war
from saving the Union,
to destroying slavery.
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