2. Fort Sumter Fort Sumter First Shot! Fort Sumter When: April 14, 1861 Where: Charleston, South Carolina Casualties: 0 Description: Forty hours of continuous shelling until Major Anderson surrendered the fort. He was defeated by his old artillery student, P.G.T. Beauregard. Facts: 1 st shots of the war

3. Confederate Plan CAPTURE THE UNION CAPITAL OF WASHINGTON D.C. FIGHT DEFENSIVE WAR Southerners thought this would mean VICTORY!

4. Northern Strategy -ANACONDA PLAN: 1.Union Navy would blockade ports 2.Move up the Mississippi and split the South in two 3.Capture the Confederate capital (Richmond, VA)

5. Northern Strategy

6. Advantages of the North 1.Manpower 2.Factories (firearms, iron, industry) 3.Railroads (very extensive system) 4.More Food 5.Decisive patient leader in LINCOLN

7. Advantages of the SOUTH 1. “King Cotton” on the world market 2.First rate Generals Lee, Stuart, Jackson, Forrest Lee 3. Strong military tradition 4. Motivated soldiers to defend the homeland

8. Battle of Bull Run Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) Where: Virginia Date: July 21, 1861 Commanders: CSA: Thomas J. Jackson Union: Irwin McDowell Outcome: Confederate victory Casualties: 2,900 Facts: 1. First Bloodshed 2. McDowell is fired 3. Secured Southern independence 4. people watched the battle as if on picnics

9. Honorable Manhood A letter home

10. Battle of Shiloh

11. Battle of Shiloh Where: Tennessee Date: April 6, 1862 Commanders: Confederate: Albert Johnston/Beauregard Union: Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant Outcome: DRAW ? Facts: very bloody battle important to send scouts/dig trenches

12. Georgia Private Edwin Jennison died at Shiloh

13. Battle of Antietam Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) Date: Sept 17, 1862 Commanders: McClellan=N / Lee=S Outcome: standoff / Union victory but no follow through Casualties: 23,000 Facts: - Lincoln fires McClellan -North finds the South’s strategy wrapped in cigars

15. Antietam Pictures Dunker Church

16. Burnside’s Bridge

17. Bloody Lane

18. North v. South