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Learning Objective: We will understand how the major battles impacted the events and results of the Civil War. 1ST battle of the Civil War A Union army of 28,000 men Confederate army of 33,000, led by General Thomas Jackson Union: Attempted to seize Manassas, VA, vital railroad Confederate troops aligned the creek waiting for Union forces at Bull Run Confederate forces defeated the Union Merrimack: An abandoned Union warship used by the South Salvaged the ship, covered it with thick iron plates, iron-clad. Renamed it the Virginia North’s wooden ships could not damage the Confederate ship Monitor: North’s Iron-clad ship Ships could not sink each other North successful in keeping the Merrimack in harbor Battle marked a new age for Naval warfare Used ships as models to build more iron-clad ships Single bloodiest day of the entire war Both armies suffered heavy losses, neither was destroyed Lee, Confederate General, retreated allowing Union to claim victory Crucial victory for the Union British government ready to intervene as mediator if General Lee’s invasion had been successful Impact on War Lincoln used the battle to take action against slavery 5 days later Lincoln announced his plan to free all enslaved people in the Confederacy Vicksburg stood on high bluff above the Mississippi River Gain control of the Mississippi River was a major war goal Ulysses S. Grant forced Vicksburg surrendered Impact on War The Union had complete control of the Mississippi River Sealed Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas from the Confederacy Cut the South in two Largest battle of the war, lasting three days Union was victorious General Lee (Confederate): The defeat forced Lee to withdraw his army toward Virginia Destroying Lee’s hope of carrying the fight further up North Gettysburg Address: Lincoln beautifully addressed what the war had come to mean Helped war-weary Americans look beyond the images of the battlefield and focus on their shared ideals
