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Chapter 16.2
Vocabulary/Two Column Notes
The War in the East
War in Virginia
Bull Run/Manassas
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson: Confederate
General/stood like a stone wall at First Battle of
Bull Run
First Battle of Bull Run (July 1861): General
Irvin McDowell vs General Thomas “Stonewall”
Jackson/first major battle of the Civil War/Also
known as First Battle of Manassas
● Spectators gathered around to watch/kept
Union from retreating together
● Confederate Victory
● Dashed Union hopes of winning the war
quickly
War in Virginia
More Battles in Virginia
● Lincoln knew the Union needed a better
trained army
George B . McClellan: General who assembled
100,000 highly disciplined soldiers/Called Army
of the Potomac
● After months of training, McClellan hesitated
to attack the Confederate army
● Spring of 1862 McClellan launches an attack
on Richmond called the Peninsular
Campaign
Robert E. Lee: Graduate of Military Academy at
West Point/Lincoln asked Lee to lead the Union
Army….he declined/Becomes commander of
Confederate army in Virginia
War in Virginia
More Battles in Virginia
● June 26th, Lee and the Confederates
launch the Seven Days’ Battles forcing the
Union to retreat near Richmond, Virginia
● Lincoln ordered General John Pope to
march directly on to Richmond
Second Battle of Bull Run: Jackson and Pope
fight a three day battle that ends in a
Confederate victory
❖ Robert E. Lee decides to take the war to
the North
Battle of Antietam
● September 4, 1862 Robert E. Lee divided
his 40,000 man army
● Half his men went with Stonewall Jackson
to Harpers Ferry, Virginia/Captured town
● Lee took his men to Frederick,
Maryland/urged people to join
confederates/they refused
● Copy of Lee’s battle plan is found at
abandoned Confederate camp
● McClellan and Lee meet at Antietam
Creek, Maryland on September 17, 1862
Battle of Antietam: bloodiest single-day
battle of the Civil War-- and of U.S. history
● Union won/Lee’s advancement stopped
Breaking the
Union’s Blockade
The Union Naval Strategy
Clash of the Ironclads
● Union Navy controlled the sea/experienced
naval officers/industry to build ships
● Confederacy got ships from British
companies
● Block southern seaports/damage economy
● Reduced ships in southern ports from
6,000 to 800 per year/devastating
Ironclads: ships heavily armored with iron
● Confederates received these from the
British even though they were neutral
● Confederates captured the Merrimack, a
Union ship/turned into ironclad/named it
the Virginia
Breaking the
Union’s Blockade
The Union Naval Strategy
● Union had an ironclad called the Monitor/it
was designed by swedish engineer John
Ericsson
● The Monitor battled the Virginia in an effort
to keep the Union blockade going/success
❖ The use of wind powered wooden ships
was coming to an end