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The Furnace of Civil War
Chapter 21 American Pageant, 13th edition
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Bull Run ends the “90-day War”
July 1861: Lincoln felt Bull Run (Manassas Jct.) Virginia would be a good test for Union soldiers Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s troops were unwavering The South got an ego boost The North got a wake-up call Bull Run ends the “90-day War”
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“Tardy George McClellan & the Peninsular Campaign
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The War at Sea
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The Pivotal Point: Antietam
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A Proclamation without emancipation
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Blacks battle bondage
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Lee’s last lunge at Gettysburg
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The war in the West
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Sherman scorches Georgia
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The politics of war
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The election of 1864
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Grant outlasts Lee
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The martyrdom of Lincoln
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The aftermath of the nightmare
Bloodiest war in American history Cost $15billion Cost 600,000 lives Scars are evident still today Now it is time to reconstruct a nation The aftermath of the nightmare
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