1. 1862

2. Albert Sidney Johnston
placed in command of CSA
Department #2 everything west
of the Appalachians
Built Ft. Henry on the Tennesse
and Ft. Donelson on the
Cumberland

3. FEBRUARY 1862
Grant moves on Fts. Henry and Donelson
15,000 and a squadron of gunboats under
the command of Andrew Foote

4. Henry and Donelson
February 6 – Ft. Henry surrendered

5. Fort Donelson held out for 3 days
Gen. John Floyd passed command rather than surrender
Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner asked for terms, Grant’s reply
“No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender”
Nashville evacuated by confederate troops

6. BATTLE OF SHILOH
April 6 & 7
Place of Peace

7. Day 1
CSA attack results in massive
Union retreat
Hornet’s Nest – Union troops in
sunken road hold up attack
Bought time for reinforcements
Albert Sidney Johnston killed
P.G.T. Beauregard assumes
command
Telegraphs Richmond of CSA victory

9. DAY 2
With 20,000 reinforcements
Grant launched counter-attack
After 10 hours of fighting
CSA forces retreat
CSA forces end up in Corinth,MS
strategic railroad center

10. RESULTS UNION (67,000) CSA (45,000) K-1,754 K-1,728 W-8,408 W-8,012
M-2,885
CSA (45,000)
K-1,728
W-8,012
M- 959
Grant got his nickname: “Unconditional Surrender”
Next Move: Corinth, Mississippi

11. Peninsula campaign Lincoln begging McClellan to take action finally
decides to approach Richmond up the York-James
Peninsula

12. Battle of Yorktown 16,000 CSA troops under Gen. Magruder
McClellan and Army of the Potomac start up the
Peninsula with 90,000 men
Battle of Yorktown
16,000 CSA troops
under Gen. Magruder
trick McClellan into
slowed McClellan’s
attack
“Virginia Creeper”
Quaker gun

13. JACKSON’S VALLEY CAMPAIGN

14. Jackson’s move into the
Shenandoah Valley convinced
Washington of a CSA invasion.
Through brilliant manuvering
Jackson with 17,000 men
tied up 3 Union armies (50,000)
30,000 troops were taken from McClellan
and placed near Washington

15. C.S.S. VIRGINIA

16. March 8 CSS Virginia sails down to Hampton
Roads. Sank the USS Cumberland, severely
damaged the USS Congress, the USS Minnesota
and two other vessels ran aground

17. John Ericsson designer of the USS
Monitor
It was built in 100 days

18. BATTLE OF HAMPTON ROADS March 9, 1862
Brought the age of wooden ships to an end

20. NEW ORLEANS New Orleans defended from the south by two forts along
the Mississippi River
Fort Jackson
Fort St. Philip

21. David Farragut
18 ships plus 20 schooners
converted to carry mortars
April 17 began a week long
bombardment of the forts
April 24 steamed upriver broke
through all opposition sailed
on to New Orleans

22. General Benjamin Butler
In charge of troops in New Orleans
Instituted martial law
Mob tore down the flag flying over
the Mint. Butler arrested a man
Found to be wearing a fragment
of the flag
Tried him for treason, sentenced him to death by
hanging, and hanged him in front of the Mint

23. BEAST BUTLER Women of New Orleans took every opportunity to show their
contempt for Union troops
After a woman emptied her
chamber pot on Admiral
Farragut, Butler issued
ORDER #28 “Woman Order”
“any woman by word, gesture, or movement insult an
officer of the U.S. shall be treated as a woman of the
town plying her avocation”

24. Even after the war ended, chamber pots featuring
Butler’s face were popular items in many
Southern homes

25. MISERY IN MISSOURI General John C. Fremont placed in
command in Missouri
Immediately began confiscating
property of CSA sympathizers
Declared martial law and proclaimed
the emancipation Missouri’s slaves
Lincoln was not ready for this. Fremont was
transferred to West Virginia

26. Henry w. Halleck commander
of the western department
Ordered Brig. Gen. Samuel R.
Curtis to drive the confederates
out of Missouri
Result: Battle of Pea Ridge
March 7 & 8 federals held their ground and
were able to drive csa from the field
11,250 union troops 1,380 were casualties
Battle saved missouri for the union

27. BACK TO THE EAST Battle of Fair Oaks / Seven Pines
Union: 41,797 – 5,031 casualties
CSA: 41,816 – 6,134 casualties
Inconclusive battle, except General
Joseph E. Johnston was severely
wounded
Johnston replaced by Robert E. Lee