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First Bull Run
Union strategy
- Blockade southern ports
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Take control of Mississippi river -
First Bull Run
General/Leader: General Thomas "stonewall" Jackson -
Battle of Fort Sumter
General/Leader: Lincoln
Cause: Confederate forces staged a 24 hour bombardment against the fort -
Battle of Fort Sumter
Effects: cause civil war to begin and prompted upper southern states to join the confederacy. -
Battle of Antietam
Effect: Deadliest one day battle
Encourages Lincoln to sign emancipation proclamation
Neither side secured a victory -
Battle of Antietam
September 1862
General/Leader: Robert E Lee
Cause: Maryland was a border state
Effect: Deadliest one day battle
Encourages Lincoln to sign emancipation proclamation
Neither side secured a victory -
Second Bull Run
General/Leader: General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson and Robert E. Lee -
Second Bull Run
- Pope forced to withdraw to protect Washington Location: Prince william co, Virginia
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Battle of Vicksburg
Effect: Turning point of the war.
The confederate loss control of Mississippi river and lost ability to maneuver their forces and supplies efficiently. -
Battle of Vicksburg
May through July 1863
General/Leader: Ulysses s. Grant
Cause: union wanted to gain control of the Mississippi river -
Battle of Gettysburg
General/Leader: Robert E. Lee
Cause: Robert E. Lee hoped that an invasion of the union territory would significantly weaken northern support for war. -
Battles of Gettysburg
Effect: Approximately 51,000 soldiers were killed.
The confederates retreated in defeat.
Lee gave up any further attempts to invade the union territory -
Battle of Atlanta
July through September 1864
General/Leader: William Tecumseh Sherman
Cause: Sherman's goal was to disrupt the confederacy's capacity to resupply its troops. Therefore Atlanta was the prime target. -
Battle of Atlanta
Effect: Union troops burned Atlanta to the ground.
Confederates recognized that they would lose the war and the north recognized that it would win