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Chapter 11 Section 1 April 12, 1861- Fort Sumter, SC- Civil War- Union vs. Confederacy
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Chapter 11 Section 1 Upper South seceded- VA, NC, TN, AR Confederate capital- Montgomery, AL to Richmond, VA “Forward to Richmond!” General Irvin McDowell- commander- Union troops July 16- McDowell to Manassas First Battle of Bull Run- north Confederacy- P.G.T. Beauregard Additional Confederate troops- freight cars 1 st time in history!
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Chapter 11 Section 1 General Thomas Jackson “Stonewall” Union returns to D.C. First Battle of Manassas- South Casualties- killed, wounded, MIA 2,900- North Less than 2,000- South
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Chapter 11 Section 1 Advantages- North- more railroad track Balance of economy More money Gov’t, army, navy, more pop., patriotism Advantages- South- military colleges Don’t get beat Preservation of life and self-gov’t
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Chapter 11 Section 1 Lincoln- blockade- seceded states Strategy- General Winfield Scott Choke off- Confederacy- control- Mississippi Anaconda Plan Seizing Richmond
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Chapter 11 Section 1 CSA President Jefferson Davis- “let us alone” War of attrition- continual losses- wear them out Northerners- no more fight in them South- “King Cotton”- Great Britain and France Europeans- India and Egypt Tactics- shells- devices- explode- air Canister- shell- bullets Cannons
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Chapter 11 Section 1 North- turns to George McClellan AR, LA, MS, TN- “War in the West” General Ulysses S. Grant- North Feb. 1862- Grant- Fort Henry and Fort Donelson- TN Fort Henry surrenders Fort Donelson surrenders Nashville falls
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Chapter 11 Section 1 March 1862- Grant vs. Albert Sidney Johnston Grant stops- Pittsburgh Landing, TN Waits- General Don Carlos Buell April 12, 1862- Battle of Shiloh Johnston’s army defeated- dead Union- 13,000- Confederacy- 11,000 Significance- bloodiest battle- NA
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Chapter 11 Section 1 April 1862- David Farragut- New Orleans falls Baton Rouge and Natchez, MS as well Then Memphis, TN Confederacy controls Vicksburg, MS and Port Hudson, LA
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Chapter 11 Section 1 War in the East Confederate ship- Merrimack- Virginia Union’s wooden navy no match Union warship- Monitor Monitor vs. Merrimack Impact- wooden navies- obsolete
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Chapter 11 Section 1 George McClellan- second attempt- capture Richmond Army of the Potomac- out of D.C. Encounter- Yorktown, VA Battle of Seven Pines- Northern victory CSA- General Joseph Johnston- wounded Robert E. Lee arrives
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Chapter 11 Section 1 Lee gets support from Stonewall Jackson- VA Seven Days’ Battles Union loses 16,000 people Confederacy- 20,000 people dead McClellan retreats Second Battle of Bull Run General John Pope- now in command- Union Pope defeated McClellan returns
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Chapter 11 Section 1 Battle of Antietam Lee- invade the North European support for the South? Western MD Sharpsburg, MD Confederates retreat Outcome: bloodiest day- Civil War
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