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The Civil War The Early Years 1861-1862 The Impact of New Technology • Rifled Barrels and the Mini-ball made gunfire more accurate • Telegraph invented by Samuel Morris in 1837 improved communication • Railroad allowed for the rapid movement of men and supplies to the battlefield • Photography Battlefield Medicine First Battle of Bull Run • First Battle of the War • Virginia • Confederate Victory The Battle of the Ironclads, March, 1862 The Monitor (Union) vs. the Merrimac (Confederate) USS Monitor in action with CSS Virginia, 9 March 1862 The Hunley – The world’s first submarine, designed and used in the Civil War by the Confederacy. Battle of Shiloh • Union victory • 20,000 killed or wounded • Union gains control of Memphis, TN Capture of New Orleans • Union captures New Orleans • David Farraguat (Union Commander) Seven Days Battle • Battle for Richmond • Confederate Victory Battle of Antietam • Battle fought in Maryland • Lincoln had replaced Gen. McClellan who had not pursued Gen. Lee; Gen Meade takes over • Very bloody battle; 6,000 killed in one day • Union victory • Lincoln used the battle to change the aim of the war a. end slavery b. Emancipation Proclamation Emancipation Proclamation • Freed Slaves in Confederate States occupied by Union forces • Did not free slaves in Slaves states that were part of the Union • Did not end slavery The Southern View of Emancipation