1. Ch.11 Sect.1: The War Begins

2. Confederates Fire on Ft. Sumter
2/4/61 Confederacy formed
Took over…
By March 4, only 2…
Day after inauguration, urgent dispatch received
Lincoln’s Dilemma

6. 1st shots & VA Secedes Lincoln would not abandon Ft. Sumter
Jefferson Davis…
4:30 am April 12, shots fired
Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers
April 17, VA seceded
VA was most populated and industrialized
In May…
West VA…
Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, & Missouri stay

8. Union/Confederate Strategies
Short war?
Who had the advantage?
Confederacy advantages…
Southern limited govt.
Union 3 part plan to win…
Anaconda Plan
Southern strategy

9. Bull Run July 21 1st battle Union headed to Richmond Union leader…
Stonewall Jackson
Did Rebels go to D.C.?

12. Forts Henry/Donelson Lincoln called for 500,000 men George McClellan
Grant in Tennessee
The forts were on the…
“Unconditional Surrender”

14. Shiloh Grant went to Shiloh after won forts Battle taught…
25,000 men killed, wounded, or captured
Key battle, splitting Confederacy in ½ might work

15. Farragut Went to seize New Orleans Did they win?
He also took control of…
Only Vicksburg stood in the way of taking the…

16. Grant used them to capture
Ironclads
Ironclad could…
Grant used them to capture
Monitor vs. Merrimack

18. War for the Capitals McClellan…
Trained 120,000 for 5 months but needed…
Joseph E. Johnston was leader of Rebels, then…
Why did Lee join Rebels?
7 Days Battles

20. Antietam Lee won 2nd Battle of Bull Run Lee’s orders found…
Bloodiest single day battle in American History…
Who won?
11/7/62 McClellan fired

21. Ch.11 Sect.4: The North Takes Charge

22. Armies Clash at Gettysburg
Lasted 3 days
Turning point of the war
1863 had been good year for South
Chancellorsville
Jackson wounded, then died
Lee decided to invade…

23. Hooker

24. Gettysburg A.P. Hill led troops into town to get shoes
Ran into John Buford
Each side sent for reinforcements
Meade in charge of Union
Rebels took the town, but…
July 2…
Longstreet sent to attack Cemetery Ridge
Advanced to…
Josh Chamberlain fought Rebels at Little Round Top

26. George Meade

27. James Longstreet

28. Joshua Chamberlain

29. The Third Day Lee ordered…
Longstreet ordered to attack center (Pickett’s charge)
Who won?
Jeb Stuart sent to attack Meade
Union losses…
Rebel losses…
South would never recover

30. J.E.B. Stuart

31. George Pickett

32. Vicksburg Grant took Jackson, MS Set up a siege
What did the people eat?
City fell July 4

33. The Gettysburg Address

34. The Confederacy Wears Down
Low on…
Morale went down for Rebels
Resolution of 1863…
Desertion
Rebel leaders squabbled
Peace movements

35. Grant & Lee in VA Who could afford more loss of life?
May 1864, the Wilderness
Spotsylvania
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
How many men lost both sides?

36. The Wilderness

37. Petersburg

38. Sherman Grant became commander of all armies, 1864
William T. Sherman in charge of MS division
Total War…
March to the sea

39. Election of 1864 Many democrats joined… Nominated…
Radical Republicans nominated…
Lincoln supporters got a new name…
Who won?
Late March 1865, Rebels faced the end
What happened to Richmond?
4/9/65 Met in Appomattox Court House