Chapter 9 Section 2 The Early Stages

First Battle of Bull Run 25 miles south of Washington D.C. Lincoln was hoping an Union victory would lead to a quick end to the conflict At first Union pushed Confederates back from their position behind Bull Run River Confederate leader Stonewall Jackson from VA held the line

First Battle of Bull Run Union retreated Confederate Victory North would need large well trained army to win conflict New bill for enlistment of 500,000 men Militia Act gave Lincoln the authority to call state militias into federal service

Naval War, Blockade, & New Orleans Lincoln proclaimed a blockade of all Confederate ports 1862- Every southern harbor on Atlantic was sealed except Charleston & Wilmington Southern Blockade Runners- smuggled goods for trade with Europe David Farragut takes control of South’s largest city and center of cotton trade-New Orleans

Battle of Shiloh Tennessee near the Mississippi border- 20 miles north of Corinth- near a church named Shiloh- Union led by Grant Confederate launched surprise attack on Grant’s troops Grant assembled defensive line that held off repeated Southern attacks 20,000 troops were killed or wounded

Battle of Murfreesboro Confederate leader- Braxton Bragg Bragg took troops into KY Union leader General Buell stopped Bragg’s forces at the Battle of Perryville Lincoln replaced Buell with Rosecrans Bragg’s forces attacked Battle ended inconclusively

Yorktown &Seven Days’ Battle George McClellan took 30 days to capture Yorktown allowing Confederates to regroup Robert E. Lee began series of attacks on McClellan's army in Seven Days’ Battle Lee unable to defeat Union army McClellan retreated to James River Both sides suffered more than 30,000 causalities

Second Battle of Bull Run South forced North to retreat Confederates only 20 miles from Washington Word arrived in the White House that Lee’s forces crossed into Maryland and begun an invasion of the North

The Battle of Antietam Lee decided to invade Maryland Wanted to convince North to accept South’s independence Victory on Northern soil would convince British to recognize the South Help Peace democrats to win control of Congress Lee could feed his troops from Northern farms

The Battle of Antietam Draw Union troops out of Virginia during harvest season Fought between Lee and McClellan's forces The bloodiest one day battle in the war and in American history-6,000 men killed and 16,000 wounded Lee retreated to VA Victory for the Union

The Battle of Antietam British would have intervened as a mediator if the South had won the battle and would have recognized the Confederacy in the event that the North rejected mediation. British waited after Union victory Lincoln decided time had come to end slavery

The Emancipation Proclamation Write a 25 word GIST on the Emancipation Proclamation