GIGLIOTTI PRESENTS: PART III: "WAR IN THE WEST" THE CIVIL WAR

KEEP IN MIND THERE IS FIGHTING GOING ON SIMULTANEOUSLY IN BOTH THE EAST & WEST THROUGHOUT THE WAR THE WEST IS THE AREA AROUND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER -SOUTH DID NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO THREATEN THE WESTERN TERRITORIES EXCEPT SOME SYMPATHY IN NEVADA

U.S. GRANT ABOUT GRANT QUESTIONABLE CHARACTER ATTENDED WESTPOINT FROM OHIO

COORDINATE -ATTACK FORTS FORTS DONELSON & HENRY UNION TROOPS ENTER INTO KENTUCKY THEN TENNESSE “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” 1862 UNION ARMY & NAVY COORDINATE -ATTACK FORTS DONELSON & HENRY – WIN!

SHILOH UNION PLAN TAKE CORINTH GRANT WAITS FOR BUELL 1862 CONFEDERATES ATTACK AT SHILOH!

HORNET'S NEST UNION TROOPS SURPRISED! CSA ADVANCE – USA DIGS IN FIGHTING IN THE HORNET’S NEST JOHNSTON KILLED

TURNING POINT UNION LINE WILL NOT BREAK! – BEUREGARD TALKES COMMAND USES ARTILLERY UNION REINFORCED STILL UNION LINES HOLD! CONFEDERATES DRIVEN BACK

RESULTS OF SHILOH UNION VICTORY – CONFEDERATES DRIVEN BACK TO CORINTH GRANT IS REASSIGNED MORE TROOPS KILLED THAN IN REVOLUTION, WAR OF 1812, & MEXICAN WAR COMBINED! – BLOODIEST BATTLE IN AMERICAN HISTORY AT THE TIME REALITY OF WAR SETS IN ON BOTH SIDES – THIS WILL NOT BE A QUICK WAR “IT MUST BE A WAR OF CONQUEST!” - GRANT

SURRENDER OF NEW ORLEANS UNION ENTERS MISS. WITH GUNBOATS FORTS DEFENDING THE CITY THE FIGHTING! NEW ORLEANS SURRENDERS 1862

VICKSBURG “NAIL THAT HOLDS THE CSA TOGETHER GRANT’S PLAN HEAVY 1863 GRANT’S PLAN HEAVY FIGHTING! AFTER A 48 DAY SIEGE VICKSBURG SURRENDERS JULY 4TH - STARVING