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

2. 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

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

4. 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!

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

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

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

8. 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

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

10. 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