1. Chapter 15.2
Early Years of the War

2. Weapons of war had advanced much since the Revolutionary War

3. RIFLE – gun with a grooved barrel that causes a bullet to spin through the air

4. MINIE BALL – bullet with a hollow base, shot further and more accurate than a musket

5. IRONCLADS – warships covered in iron plates to protect it

6. A major Confederate ironclad was the VIRGINIA (MERRIMAC)

7. CSS VIRGINA (MERRIMAC)

8. A major Union ironclad was the MONITOR

9. USS MONITOR

10. USS MONITOR

11. Their famous battle ends in a tie after four hours of hitting each other

12. THE MERRIMAC VS THE MONITOR

13. THE MERRIMAC VS THE MONITOR

14. After the first two years of fighting, neither side had gained a decisive advantage

15. Lincoln had trouble finding a good and aggressive general to lead the Union troops

16. ULYSSES S GRANT – a Union general fighting in the west and winning battles

17. February 1862 – Union captures Fort Henry and opens the Mississippi River as a transportation route

18. A huge battle takes place at SHILOH – it is a Union victory
13,000 Union soldiers are wounded along with 10,000 Confederate soldiers

19. BATTLE OF SHILOH

20. BATTLE OF SHILOH

21. April 1862 – Union captures New Orleans and soon controls most of the Mississippi River, cutting the South in two

22. CAVALRY – soldiers on horseback

23. SEVEN DAYS BATTLES – June/July 1862 – Confederate victory in Virginia that prevents the Union from attacking Richmond

24. Lee feels confident and decides to invade the North

25. 3 reasons Lee decides to attack the North:
Force Lincoln to talk peace
Give Virginia farmers a chance to harvest crops
South could plunder Northern crops for food

26. England and France were thinking about helping the South?

27. A copy of Lee’s plans were left behind and found by a Union soldier

28. BATTLE OF ANTIETAM – Sept 1862 – bloodiest battle in American history
25,000 men wounded, Union victory but missed a chance to follow up the battle and finish the Southern army

29. Union general Mclellan is fired by Lincoln for not following up

30. BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

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BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

32. BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

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