The Civil War cont.

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The Civil War cont.

• Shiloh
• David Farragut
• Monitor Merrimack
• Robert E. Lee
• Antietam

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Battle of Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing)

• CSA troops surprised Grant at Shiloh
• Union forces were on the edge of disaster
• Grant reorganized and fought back
• 25,000 people killed, wounded, or captured
• Union Victory
• CSA failed to hold on to Ohio and Kentucky
  frontier further helped Anaconda Plan

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David Farragut

• Admiral (Union)
• In charge of Union fleet
• Wanted to seize New Orleans
• April 24, 1862
• Also took Baton Rouge and Natchez
• Only Port Hudson, LA and Vicksburg, MS left
• Could gain control of entire Miss. River

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Monitor Merrimack

• Battle of the Ironclads
• March 1862
• Monitor
• Union
• Merrimack
• Confederate
• Battle was a draw
• Led to a new era of ironclad ships

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Robert E. Lee

• Joe Johnston was in charge of the Army of
  Northern Virginia
• Wounded in Seven Days Battle
• Replaced by Lee
• Old Granny
• Offered the command of the Army of the Potomac
• Former commandant of WestPoint
• Would not go against Virginia

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Lee cont.

• Lee proved himself against McClellan at Seven
  Days Battle
• McClellan tried to take Richmond
• Caught in Yorktown
• Almost made it to outskirts of Richmond before
  being turned back
• Lee tried to move against Washington

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2nd Battle of Bull Run

• McClellan met both Jackson and Lee
• Problems with Union communication
• Orders were confusing
• Rebel victory

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Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)

• Sept. 17, 1862
• Union intercepted messages that said Lee and
  Jackson were separated
• McClellan attacked
• 26,000 people killed Bloodiest day of the Civil
  War
• Rebs. ran off, but McClellan did not pursue and
  crush them
• Nov. 7, 1862 Lincoln fired McClellan
• Gen. Burnsides
• Gen. Joe Hooker