1. By: Danny Testin Conor Albian Frank Conforti And Connor Kaplan
The War in the East
By:
Danny Testin
Conor Albian
Frank Conforti
And Connor Kaplan

2. War in Virginia By: Conor Albian
By: Conor Albian

3. Battle of Bull Run Fought in 1861 next to Bull Run creek in Manassas
Conor Albian
Fought in 1861 next to Bull Run creek in Manassas
Union- 35,000 men
Confederate- 22,000 men
Confederate Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard and his troops waited for Union Gen. Irvin McDowell and his troops at a Bull Run Creek.
Union troops tried to find a way around the Confederates.
During that time, the Confederates gained 10,000 more men

4. The Battle
Conor Albian
Union troops crossed the creek and saw Gen. Thomas Jackson standing like a stone wall.
He later got the nickname Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.
Confederate troops moved forward and attacked the Union.
The Union could not fight back so they were forced to retreat.
The Confederates won and this became known as the First Battle of Bull Run.

5. Conor Albian

6. Conor Albian

7. More Battles in Virginia
By: Frank Conforti

8. After the shock at Bull Run Lincoln looked to have a better army, he decided would he put General George B. McClellan in charge
McClellan assembled a force of 100,000 soldiers called the Army of the Potomac
Spring of McClellan launched an effort to capture Richmond called “Peninsular Campaign”
To prevent McClellan from receiving reinforcements from Washington Stonewall Jackson launched an attack towards Washington
Confederate army in Virginia was under the command of General Robert E. Lee.
Lee attacked Union forces in series of clashes called Seven Days’ Battles and forced Union army to retreat in June 1862
Frank Conforti

9. The first day was a savage and ended in a stalemate
After Lee saved Richmond and forced McClellan to retreat, Lincoln ordered General John Pope to march directly on Richmond
Jackson’s troops met Pope’s Union forces on the battlefield in August in The three-day battle became known as the Second Battle of Bull Run, or the Second Battle of Manassas
The first day was a savage and ended in a stalemate
On the second day, Pope found Jackson’s troops and hurled his men against the Confederates but the attacks were pushed back due to casualties on both sides
On the third day, the Confederates crushed Union’s army’s assault and forced it to retreat in defeat
Frank Conforti

10. Frank Conforti

11. Robert E Lee
Frank Conforti

12. George B. McClellan
Frank Conforti

13. The Battle of Antietam By: Danny Testin
Subsections
Before the Battle
Aftereffects

14. Before the Fighting
September 4, about 40,000 barely trained confederate soldiers begin crossing into Maryland
Gen. Robert E. Lee divides this army
Sends half to Harpers Ferry
They defeat Union forces and capture the town
Lee goes to Fredrick and urged them to join confederates
They wouldn’t abandon the union
Gen. McClellan hesitates attack when he learns of Lee planning to attack Harper’s Ferry; Confederates then had time to reunite their army
Danny Testin

15. Aftereffects Armies met Sept. 17, 1862
Union suffered more than 12,000 casualties
Confederates suffered 13,000+ casualties
Battle stopped Lee’s advance into the North
Bloodiest single-day battle in United States history
It was also called the battle of Sharpsburg
Battle lasted for hours and became the bloodiest battle in United States history
Danny Testin

16. The Battle of Antietam gave the North a slight advantage.
Confederate leaders wanted to follow Lee’s victories in Virginia with victory on northern soil.
Lee’s Confederate troops and McClellan’s Union army met along Antietam Creek in Maryland on September 17, 1862.
The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history, with more than 12,000 Union and 13,000 Confederate casualties.
Also called the Battle of Sharpsburg
It was an important victory for the Union, stopping Lee’s northward advance.

17.
Danny Testin

18. Main Idea 3: Breaking the Unions Blockade
Subtitles
The Unions Naval strategy
Clash of the Ironclads
By Connor Kaplan

19. The Union’s Naval Strategy
By Connor Kaplan
Union’s navy quickly set up a blockade of southern ports.
Blockade prevented the South from selling or receiving goods.
Blockade hard to maintain because Navy had to patrol from Virginia to Texas.
Blockade reduced the number of ships entering southern ports from 6,000 ships to 800 ships a year.
South's Naval Strategy
South used small, fast ships called blockade runners to outrun larger slower Union warships.
These runners would go to Bahamas or Nassau to buy supplies.
Runners could still not make up for the South's loss of trade.

20. Blockade Runner By Connor Kaplan

21. Clash of the Ironclads
By Connor Kaplan
Hoping to take away the Unions advantage at sea, Confederates creates new type of ship called the Ironclad.
Confederates captured Union steamship and turned it into a Ironclad
Ironclad heavily armored with iron.
Soldiers described them as a huge half submerged crocodile.
March 1862 the Ironclad Virginia sunk 2 Union ships and damaged a smaller one.
John Ericsson designed Union Ironclad
Ironclad called the Monitor much smaller than confederates Virginia
Virginia and Monitor came to blows and fought for several hours
Smaller Monitor had more powerful weapons and forced Virginia to withdraw
Clash of the Ironclads signaled a revolution in Naval warfare

22. By Connor Kaplan

23. By Connor Kaplan

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By Connor Kaplan

25. Bibliography
United States History beginnings to N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.
Slide 12 of Civil war power point