1. UNIT 9.3
NO END IN SIGHT
MR LANGHORST

2. Lincoln had trouble finding a good and aggressive general to led the Union troops

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

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

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

6. BATTLE OF SHILOH

7. BATTLE OF SHILOH

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

9. CAVALRY – soldiers on horseback

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

11. Lee feels confident and decides to invade the North

12. 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

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

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

15. 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

16. BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

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BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

18. BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

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BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

20. Union general McClellan is fired by Lincoln for not following up

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