No End in Sight

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No End in Sight

• In the First TWO years of the War, neither side
  gained a decisive victory over the other

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Key Vocabulary and Key People

• Key Terms
• Battle of Shiloh
• Cavalry
• Seven Days Battles
• Battle of Antietam

• Key People
• Ulysses S. Grant

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Call of the Sirens

• Ulysses S. Grant used a strategy of finding,
  fighting, destroying, and moving on from your
  enemy to fight in the west
• Grant would make a Bold Move into Tennessee to
  capture Fort Henry and Fort Donelson opening up
  river ways to the South
• When the forts were captured people fled
  Nashville which Grant took control of

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Just another Day on the Battlefield

• Albert S. Johnston of the South would order a
  retreat of his forces but would surprise attack
  Grant near Shiloh Church as he waited for more
  troops
• The Battle of Shiloh saw Generals rally their
  soldiers, but Johnston would be killed in the
  fighting
• After gaining more troops in a severe
  thunderstorm grant would attack a tired southern
  army and win the Battle of Shiloh
• The North lost 13,000 soldiers compared to the
  Souths 11,000 but would continue to fight under
  Grant

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GUNBOATS.I THOUGHT YOU SAID GUMBO!!

• The North, led by David Farragut, Would capture
  New Orleans Under Heavy Gunfire
• The Capture of New Orleans nearly split the South
  in two and was a huge setback to the Confederacy
• The Union needed only to take Vicksburg,
  Mississippi to split the South

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Worst Week Ever

• With Grant Successful in the West George
  McClellan looked to recapture Richmond in the
  East
• Robert E. Lee would use a Cavalry of Spies to
  scout on McClellans Army then order attack
  leading to the Seven Days Battles
• The Loss of the Seven Days Battles and the
  Second Battle of Bull Run ended The Northern
  Threat in Virginia and

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Northern Exposure

• After the success of his Battles in the East, Lee
  decided to invade the North at Maryland
• Assuming a quick victory, Lee wanted to force the
  North to Talk peace and give the Virginia farmers
  a chance to harvest their crops
• Lee also hoped a victory would bring Europe onto
  the confederate side
• France and Britain were preparing to recognize
  the confederacy as a country and now badly needed
  cotton for their factories

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Red Corn Rising

• As Lee drew up plans for the North a confederate
  soldier left the plans behind and they were
  Turned over to General McClellan
• Lee and McClellans Army met at Antietam creek
  and started fighting the Battle of Antietam,
  seeing the bloodiest day of American history
• 25,000 men would lose their life in the Battle
  and Lee would retreat to the south
• McClellan, unwilling to follow Lee, would be
  fired by Lincoln, who was fed up with McClellans
  Leadership

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