Civil War

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Civil War

• 1862

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March 9
Iron Clads

• USS Monitor
• Engineered by John Ericsson
• Only 18 inches of deck showed above the water
  line.
• Contained a rotating turret
• Had to be towed from Brooklyn to Hampton Roads
  because it was too slow.

• CSS Merrimack (CSS Virginia )
• Built 1855 in Boston Harbor. Was burn to the
  waterline in 1861 and the hull sunk in the
  Elizabeth River.
• Redesigned and built by Liuetant John Brooks.
• fitted with a 1,500-pound iron ram affixed to her
  bow, enabling her to crush the hulls of opposing
  ships.

Battle of Hampton Roads The USS Monitor meets
up with CSS Merrimack ending in a draw. Naval
warefare will never be the same.
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Battle of Shiloh

• On April 6, Confederate forces attacked Union
  forces under General Ulysses S. Grant at Shiloh,
  Tennessee. By the end of the day, the union
  troops were almost defeated. Yet, during the
  night, reinforcements arrived, and by the next
  morning the Union commanded the field. When
  Confederate forces retreated, the exhausted
  federal forces did not follow. Casualties were
  heavy -- 13,000 out of 63,000 Union soldiers
  died, and 11,000 of 40,000 Confederate troops
  were killed. Confederate General Johnston was
  wounded in the leg and bled to death.

April 6-7
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Union Capture New Orleans

• This was an important link between the
  Mississippi river and the open Sea.

April 25
Stonewall Shenandoah Campaign
Confederate Victory
May- June
2nd Battle of Bull Run / Manassas
Confederate Victory
Aug 29-30
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Antietam / Sharpsburg
September 17
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Lincoln announces Emancipation Proclamation

• Unless the Confederate states returned to the
  Union by January 1, 1863, all Confederate slaves
  Shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.
• Changes the goal of the war
• 1. Bring southern states back into the Union
• 2. Free the slaves
• This also officially allowed African Americans to
  enlist in the armed service.

September 22
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Lincoln Replaces McClellan with General Ambrose
Burnside
November 7
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Battle of Fredericksburg
Burnsides attempt at capturing Richmond. Troops
crossed the Rappahannock River pontoon rafts.
Confederate sharpshooters picked of Union troops.
Confederate Victory! Burnside replaced with
General Joseph J. Hooker
December 13