Unit 3 Day 6 (1862) Quote: “If General McClellan isn't going to use his army, I'd like to borrow it for a time.” - Abraham Lincoln (1862) Essential Question(s):

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Unit 3 Day 6 (1862) Quote: “If General McClellan isn't going to use his army, I'd like to borrow it for a time.” - Abraham Lincoln (1862) Essential Question(s): How did the actions of political and military leaders influence the Civil War? Specified Content: Ironclads, Shiloh, New Orleans, Gen. Lee, Antietam, Fredericksburg State Standards: Strand 1 Concept 6 PO 2

1862 March 1862: the first battle between “ironclads” takes place as the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia battle to a tie off the coast of Virginia. This begins a new form of naval warfare.

1862: In the Western theatre the Union will win a victory against the Confederates at the battle of Shiloh and they will take the city of New Orleans.

In the East, General Lee will be appointed commander of the main Confederate Army. Although outnumbered, the Army of Northern Virginia (CSA) drove the Army of the Potomac (USA) away from the Confederate capitol of Richmond.

Sept. 17 th 1862: Gen. Lee invades the North resulting in the Battle of Antietam. It will be the bloodiest day of the war with 22,720 casualties.

December 13 th 1863: a Union army suffers a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg, VA. The Union suffered 13,353 casualties compared to the South’s 4,576.

Activity Write down the following question: 1.Who took this photograph? 2.When and where was this photo taken? 3.What was the purpose of this photo?

Antietam, Md. Confederate dead in a ditch on the right wing, Alexander Gardner Sept. 1862