Battles of the Civil War

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Battles of the Civil War
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Abraham Lincoln

• Won the election of 1860 with 40 percent of the
  votes
• None came from the southern states.
• Capital of the Union was in Washington, DC

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Southern Secession
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Jefferson Davis

• Elected president of the Confederacy.
• Gave many government positions to his friends and
  family members even though they were incompetent
  of doing the job.
• Did not delegate responsibilities well.
• Capital of Confederacy was in Richmond, VA

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Fort Sumter

• Civil War begins with Fort Sumter being fired
  upon by the Confederate soldiers April 12, 1861
• After 2 days of fighting the North surrenders to
  the South
• No one was killed during the battle but one
  soldier died when a cannon backfired during the
  surrendering ceremonies.
• THIS WILL MARK THE BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR

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Manassas, Virginia 1st Battle of Bull Run
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July 21, 1861
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The First Battle of Bull Run
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After the Battle of Bull Run

• The moral of the north was very low and they
  could see that there was a mighty war ahead.

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Clara Barton

• Northern woman who gave water to dying soldiers.
• Was given permission by Lincoln to travel behind
  the battle lines
• Appointed as the Lady in Charge of the
  hospitals for the Union Army.
• Was in charge of locating missing men and set up
  and mark graves.
• Founded the American Red Cross

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General George B. McClellan

• The 1st Battle of Bull Run didnt go so good for
  the Union so Lincoln fired General McDowell and
  George B. McClellan was appointed as the new
  General of the eastern section of the Union Army.

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BATTLE OF THE IRON CLADS

• Northern ship Monitor

• Southern ship Merrimack

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• Battle took place March 8-9, 1862 in Hampton
  Road, VA
• The ships bounced shells off of each other for 2
  hours while people stood on shore and watched.
• It ended in a draw with neither side winning.
  The North however was able to keep the South from
  getting past to get supplies from their allies.
• This battle was significant because it signaled
  the end of wooden ships in navies all over the
  world.

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Manassas, VA2nd Battle of Bull Run
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2nd Battle of Bull Run

• August 29-30, 1862
• Confederate General Stonewall Jackson
• Union General John Pope
• The Union lost 16,000 soldiers while the
  Confederate Army lost only 9,000
• Stonewall Jackson and General Lee were able to
  save Richmond once again.

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The South Invades the Union Territory
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Battle of AntietamSharpsburg, MD

• September 17,1862
• Battle took place in Farmer Millers corn field
  along the Antietam River.
• Battle known as single bloodiest day during the
  Civil War
• 23,500 soldiers were killed along the Bloody
  Lane

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• The South held the North on Burnside Bridge for 4
  hours. When they ran out of ammunition, they
  threw rocks to keep the North from advancing.
• The Union wins the Battle of Antietam

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The Emancipation Proclamation

• January 1, 1863 Lincoln proclaimed the
  emancipation of all slaves living in the states
  that seceded from the Union.
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General McClellan is Replaced

• After the win at Antietam, McClellan didnt
  pursue the South.
• Lincoln was so upset with how cautious McClellan
  was he replaced him with General Ambrose Burnside.