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New Orleans Falls! April 25, 1862
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New Orleans Falls! April 25, 1862
New Orleans was wealthiest confederate city
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New Orleans Falls! April 25, 1862
David Farragut battles at sea (75 miles from N.O.)
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New Orleans Falls! April 25, 1862
David Farragut battles at sea (75 miles from N.O.) - Tries to knock out forts (Ft. Jackson, Ft. St. Phillip)
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New Orleans Falls! April 25, 1862
Two weeks of shelling fails; gauntlet instead
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- All but one ship survive, take New Orleans!!
Largest Southern port now UNION CONTROLED!!
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New Orleans Falls! Union soldiers take over the city!
General Benjamin Butler raised Union Flags in the city, and women spat on his men for it. When one man tried to take the Union Flag back down, Butler had him hung. Confederates called him “Beast” Butler. Confederate citizens destroyed boxes and boxes of supplies including ammunition, cotton, and other goods so the Union couldn’t have them. Union soldiers take over the city!
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New Orleans Falls!
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Bull Run (Part II) August 29, 1862
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Bull Run (Part II) August 29, 1862
North calls 300,000 more volunteers
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Bull Run (Part II) August 29, 1862
North calls 300,000 more volunteers McClellan called back to meet Pope
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Bull Run (Part II) August 29, 1862
North calls 300,000 more volunteers McClellan called back to meet Pope Robert E. Lee sends for Stonewall (50 miles / two days) to attack a Union supply base at Manassas
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Bull Run (Part II) August 29, 1862
Robert E. Lee sends for Stonewall (50 miles / two days) to attack a Union supply base at Manassas
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Bull Run (Part II) August 29, 1862
(REBEL WIN; casualties similar; 4,000 Union soldiers captured)
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Bull Run (Part II) August 29, 1862
Rebels only 25 miles outside of Washington
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Bull Run (Part II) Rebels only 25 miles outside of Washington
- North getting weary of war
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ANTIETAM (SHARPSBURG) September 17, 1862
Jefferson Davis huge victory = foreign support (England, France)
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ANTIETAM (SHARPSBURG) Lee Marches toward Maryland
September 17, 1862 Lee Marches toward Maryland
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ANTIETAM (SHARPSBURG) September 17, 1862
“Three Cigars” shows McClellan’s true colors (4 day wait) U=75,000 C=40,000
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ANTIETAM (SHARPSBURG) September 17, 1862 Morning: Cornfield
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ANTIETAM (SHARPSBURG) September 17, 1862
- Morning: Sunken Road; “Bloody Lane”
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ANTIETAM (SHARPSBURG) September 17, 1862
- Morning: Sunken Road; “Bloody Lane”
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ANTIETAM (SHARPSBURG)
September 17, 1862 Afternoon: Rebs hold Burnsides Bridge (4 hrs) then finally retreat!
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ANTIETAM (SHARPSBURG) September 17, 1862
Afternoon: Rebs hold Burnsides Bridge (4 hrs) then finally retreat! ANTIETAM (SHARPSBURG) September 17, 1862
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ANTIETAM (SHARPSBURG) September 17, 1862
Afternoon: Rebs hold Burnside’s Bridge (4 hrs) then finally retreat! UNION WIN (only because Lee’s invasion is stopped)
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ANTIETAM (SHARPSBURG) September 17, 1862
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ANTIETAM (SHARPSBURG) September 17, 1862
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“Destroy the rebel army!”
ANTIETAM (SHARPSBURG) September 17, 1862 Lincoln “Destroy the rebel army!” Lincoln visited the site at Antietam
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ANTIETAM (SHARPSBURG) September 17, 1862
Lincoln “Destroy the rebel army!” McClellan declines, removed for Ambrose Burnside
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ANTIETAM (SHARPSBURG) September 17, 1862
Single bloodiest day in American History 6,000 dead: 17,000 wounded
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ANTIETAM (SHARPSBURG) September 17, 1862
- Single bloodiest day in American History 6,000 dead: 17,000 wounded - Victory helps Lincoln push Emancipation
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