1. Chapter 9 Section 2
The Early Stages

2. First Battle of Bull Run
25 miles south of Washington D.C.
Lincoln was hoping an Union victory would lead to a quick end to the conflict
At first Union pushed Confederates back from their position behind Bull Run River
Confederate leader Stonewall Jackson from VA held the line

3. First Battle of Bull Run
Union retreated
Confederate Victory
North would need large well trained army to win conflict
New bill for enlistment of 500,000 men
Militia Act gave Lincoln the authority to call state militias into federal service

4. Naval War, Blockade, & New Orleans
Lincoln proclaimed a blockade of all Confederate ports
1862- Every southern harbor on Atlantic was sealed except Charleston & Wilmington
Southern Blockade Runners- smuggled goods for trade with Europe
David Farragut takes control of South’s largest city and center of cotton trade-New Orleans

5. Battle of Shiloh
Tennessee near the Mississippi border- 20 miles north of Corinth- near a church named Shiloh- Union led by Grant
Confederate launched surprise attack on Grant’s troops
Grant assembled defensive line that held off repeated Southern attacks
20,000 troops were killed or wounded

6. Battle of Murfreesboro
Confederate leader- Braxton Bragg
Bragg took troops into KY
Union leader General Buell stopped Bragg’s forces at the Battle of Perryville
Lincoln replaced Buell with Rosecrans
Bragg’s forces attacked
Battle ended inconclusively

7. Yorktown &Seven Days’ Battle
George McClellan took 30 days to capture Yorktown allowing Confederates to regroup
Robert E. Lee began series of attacks on McClellan's army in Seven Days’ Battle
Lee unable to defeat Union army
McClellan retreated to James River
Both sides suffered more than 30,000 causalities

8. Second Battle of Bull Run
South forced North to retreat
Confederates only 20 miles from Washington
Word arrived in the White House that Lee’s forces crossed into Maryland and begun an invasion of the North

9. The Battle of Antietam Lee decided to invade Maryland
Wanted to convince North to accept South’s independence
Victory on Northern soil would convince British to recognize the South
Help Peace democrats to win control of Congress
Lee could feed his troops from Northern farms

10. The Battle of Antietam
Draw Union troops out of Virginia during harvest season
Fought between Lee and McClellan's forces
The bloodiest one day battle in the war and in American history-6,000 men killed and 16,000 wounded
Lee retreated to VA
Victory for the Union

11. The Battle of Antietam
British would have intervened as a mediator if the South had won the battle and would have recognized the Confederacy in the event that the North rejected mediation.
British waited after Union victory
Lincoln decided time had come to end slavery

12. The Emancipation Proclamation
Write a 25 word GIST on the Emancipation Proclamation