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Road to Conquest
1862
Fort Henry & Fort Donelson The key to defeating
the Confederacy in the West was Union control over strategic river systems
Grant wanted Union control of the Tennessee & Cumberland Rivers
Grant’s Plan
Victory At Henry & Donelson
Victory at Ft. Henry on 2/6/1862 gave the Union control of the TN River (upper right)
Victory at Ft. Donelson on 2/16/1862 gave the Union control of the Cumberland River (lower right)
McClellan in Command
George B. McClellan Known as “Little
Mac” “Superb organizer
of an Army” Overly cautious
during battle Later becomes
Governor of New Jersey
The Peninsula Campaign 3/1862-7/1/1862
Shiloh Fought 4/6-4/7/1862 Key Leaders were:
Union: Ulysses S. Grant William Tecumseh Sherman Confederate: Albert Sidney Johnston First major bloody battle of the Civil
War, in which there were 23,741 casualties
Battle of Shiloh
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The Seven Days Battle
Fought 6/25-7/1/1862
Lee stops McClellan’s Army from invading Richmond, and halts the Peninsula Campaign
2nd Battle Bull Run/Manassas
Fought 8/29-8/30/1862 Another Confederate Victory led by Robert E. Lee Adds to the reputation of Lee as an
invincible leader.
The Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg
Fought on 9/17/1862 in Sharpsburg, MD
Bloodiest Day in American History with 23,300 casualties
McClellan (75,000) vs. Lee (50,000) The Confederacy needed a major
victory over the Union to gain foreign support from England and France
McClellan’s Victory
1. Took ¼ of Lee’s Army 2. Stopped Lee’s
invasion of the North3. Ended idea of Foreign
support from England and France
4. Provides Lincoln with need to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
Lincoln Fires McClellan McClellan could have
ended the war by pursuing Lee after Antietam, but did not.
When he ignored Lincoln’s order to do so, the President fired McClellan.
McClellan hated Lincoln and would run against him in the Election of 1864.
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