1. Civil War: Early Battles

2. War in the East Centered around the two capitals

3. Battle of Bull Run 1 st battle of the war- July 21, 1861 –A.K.A. Battle of Manassas

4. Battle of Bull Run –Irvin McDowell led Union troops –Picnickers came to watch McDowell J. E. Johnston Beauregard

6. Battle of Bull Run –Union winning until Confederate Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson held the line. Jackson

7. Battle of Bull Run –Union retreated back to Washington, D.C.

8. Battle of Bull Run Showed the war would not be over quickly War was not a picnic Effects…

9. Battle of Bull Run George B. McClellan was put in charge of the Union troops in the east Effects…

10. War in the West Along the Mississippi River –Union goal to capture the Mississippi

11. War in the West Ulysses S. Grant was put in charge of the Union troops in the west –bold and always willing to attack

12. Grant War in the West Fort Henry and Fort Donelson- Feb. 1862 –Union troops capture forts –“Unconditional Surrender” Grant

13. Battle of Shiloh- April 6, 1862 War in the West

14. A. S. Johnston War in the West –Confederates attacked Grant’s camp in southern Tenn. Grant Costly Union victory Battle of Shiloh

15. War in the West I can’t spare this man; he fights. Battle of Shiloh

16. War in the West Admiral David Farragut was in charge of the Union fleet going up the Mississippi Battle of New Orleans Farragut Grant

17. War in the West –April 12, 1862- “camouflauged” Union ships snuck past forts blocking New Orleans. Battle of New Orleans

18. War in the West –Union ships captured New Orleans. –Farragut continued up the river, capturing Confederate cities along the way. Battle of New Orleans

19. War in the East continued Robert E. Lee was put in charge of the Confederate army in June of 1862 –Originally asked to lead Union army but would not go against Virginia

20. Seven Days Battles- June/July 1862 – Union retreated –Confederate victories kept the Union from reaching Richmond McClellan Lee War in the East continued

21. Second Battle of Bull Run/Manassas- August 1862 –Confederate victory –Confederates now ready to take the fighting to the North. Pope Jackson