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THE BULL RUN

THE BULL RUN

• The Bull Run was the first major battle of th Civil War that took place in Virginia
• The Union was going to surprise attack the Confed. by a flank attack.
• But, the Union executed poorly giving the Confed. time to react.
• The end of the battle resulted in a Confederate win.
• The Union had about 28k men fighting and the Confed. Had about 32k fighting.

THE ANTIETAM

THE ANTIETAM

• The battle of Antietam took place near the Antietam River in Maryland.
• This battle was supposed to be the end to the war
• The Confed. Still won this battle, so the Union launched the Anaconda Plan
• This plan was to set up blockades at southern ports to decrease trade.
• This caused the Confed. to divide.

ANTIETAM CONT.

• At this point, Gen. Robert Lee who led the confed, decided to convince Maryland to join the Confed.
• This was in response to the Unions attack by ship to capture Richmond under G. Mclellan.
• The Union and Confed. Fought at Maryland.
• This resulted in a Union win when

GETTYSBURG

GETTYSBURG

• Lincoln wrote the emancipation proclamation that declared all slaves as free.
• This triggered the third battle.
• The Union started to draft soldiers due to a lack of army men.
• In outrage, the Confe. Decided to fight another battle.
• The Union was not happy due to the fact that habeus corpus doesn't count during a nat. Emergency.

VICKSBURG

VICKSBURG

• This battle marked the end of wooden warships.
• The ships were now covered with iron.
• The battle took place in the Missisipi River
• Merrimac and Monitor fought to a standstill.
• At the end due to another regiment, the Union controlled both ends of the Mississippi.

FORT WAGNER

FORT WAGNER

• This Battle marked the start of Africans joining in the war.
• Africans joined the Union mostly due to the fact that they wanted freedom.
• Africans were also fighting for the Confederacy because they were "promised" freedom.
• Massachusetts was the first state to have a regiment with African-Americans.
• Even though African-American Soldiers were poorly trained, they fought to end slavery.

APPOMATTOX

APPOMATTOX

• Total war means war on the enemy's will to fight. The Union General put total war into action.
• The Union chased the Confederacy for 20 miles to richmond, Virginia.
• Lincoln was elected during the end of this war, because He was acknowledged for his northern views.
• Gen. Grant demanded a surrnder from the Confederacy and Sent the Confederacy Troops home.

WOMEN IN THE WAR

• Women did the work when the men left for war.
• Women also helped the wounded and sick in the war.
• Dorothea Dix started the American Redcross.

THE UNION

THE CONFED.

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