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What were the outcomes of the battles for both sides by the end of 1862? First Battle of Civil War Bull Run or 1st Manassas • July 21, 1861 • Both armies are unseasoned and “green” • Geographical location: short distance South and West of Washington DC Bull st Run/1 Manassas • The Confederate Army • • • • Defend the crossroads Defend the railway Occupy the high ground Draw “Billy Yank” into a fight on the ground of their choosing • Good showing… • The Union Army • Swift victory • Capture the railway • Threaten the rear of the Rebel Army • Destroy the Army if possible • Relieve pressure on Washington DC • Civilians show up with a picnic lunch to watch! • Both Armies prepare to attack the others left flank • The fighting is close, personal and BLOODY • 4700 casualties • Now everyone knows what is in store for the Union • Monitor and the Merrimack (renamed CSS Virginia) March 9, 1862 • Also called the Battle of Hampton Roads OR Battle of the Ironclads • Ended in a draw; Union claimed victory • Forts Henry and Donelson (February 1862) • Protect Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers from Union • Forts fall to “Unconditional Surrender” Grant1st Union victory of the war • Action on the Mississippi (April-June 1862) • Union forces moved up Miss. R. and took New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Natchez, Memphis Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing) • April 6-7 1862 • Tennessee • First big battle in the “west” • 23,000 casualties • Union victory • The country is shocked by the bloodshed Seven Days Battle • June 26 – July 2 1862 • Virginia • 1st extended battle of the war • Strategic Confederate victory • McClellan vs. Lee • Union withdrew from James Peninsula in Virginia Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) • August 28-30th, 1862 • CSA under Stonewall Jackson destroy Union supply base there • Strategic Confederate victory • Morale in the North sinks Antietam • Sept 17, 1862 • Maryland • Single deadliest day of the war • 23,000 casualties • No clear winner: Confederates retreat, Union claims victory • Lincoln drops the Emancipation Proclamation Fredericksburg • Dec 11th -13th 1862 • Virginia • Urban combat • Irish Brigade losses 50% of its men • 18,000 casualties • Confederate victory! "It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.“ Gen. Robert E. Lee
