Political Leaders of the Civil War Slide 2 Abraham Lincoln
President of the United States during the Civil War Against Slavery
but was willing to keep it to preserve the Union. Used the army to
arrest many pro-secession politicians in Maryland so he could save
Washington D.C. as the U.S. capital. President Lincolns 4
brother-in-laws were Confederates. He was the 1st president to wear
a beard. Slide 3 Jefferson Davis President of the Confederacy
during the Civil War The first Capital of the confederacy was
Montgomery, Alabama. When Virginia seceded the Capital of the
Confederacy was Richmond, Virginia Slide 4 Robert E. Lee In 1862
Lee took over the Confederate army. Born in Virginia Fought for the
U.S. in the Mexican American War. Lee privately ridiculed the
Confederacy in letters in early 1861, denouncing secession as
"revolution" and a betrayal of the efforts of the Founding Fathers.
Resigned from U.S. army to join the Confederacy because Virginia
seceded Slide 5 Lee was an excellent general and is one of the most
celebrated military figures in American History. Military
historians continue to pay attention to his battlefield tactics and
his maneuvering in battle. Lee mounted on his famous horse
Traveller Slide 6 Slide 7 Slide 8 Slide 9 Battle of Bull Run
(called Manassas in the south) The first battle of the Civil War
People on both sides thought this would be a quick war. After one
battle they figured it would be over. Tourist from Washington D.C.
came to watch the battle. Slide 10 Slide 11 Slide 12 Wilmer McLeans
home Slide 13 The battle was bloody. Union soldiers eventually fled
the battlefield giving the Confederacy its first victory. Thomas
Stonewall Jackson, General in the Civil War, received his nickname
at Bull Run. Slide 14 The Battle was bloody. Just under a combined
1,000 soldiers was killed. Slide 15 Slide 16 After the loss at Bull
Run the Union realized it needed to properly train its Army to
defeat the South. Lincoln selected George B. McClellan to train the
Union Army and invade Virginia George B. McClellan Slide 17
Peninsula Campaign McClellan eventually raised a 121,000 man army
and invaded the coast of Virginia. McClellan stalled his invasion
however when Confederate General John B. Magruder tricked him to
thinking the Confederates out numbered the Union forces. Slide 18
Seven Days Battles When Robert E. Lee took over the Confederate
Army in 1862 he was determined to stop McClellan from taking the
Capital Richmond. Gen. Lee attacked McClellan again and again - at
Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Savage's Station, Frayser's Farm, and
Malvern Hill. McClellan won four out of the five battles, but
proved as fearful in victory as he was in defeat, backing away
until he reached Harrison's Landing on the James river. The Seven
Days battles ended any hope The Peninsula Campaign could end the
war Slide 19 In Tennessee near an old church named Shiloh, the
Confederate Army attacked the Union army led by Ulysses S. Grant.
The Battle was a bloody and both sides suffered a combined 20,000
casualties. The Union won the battle and invaded south along the
Mississippi river. Battle of Shiloh Slide 20 Slide 21 Battle of
Antietam McClellan attacked Lee near Sharpsburg, Maryland. Over
25,000 casualties on both sides Battle was a draw but gave Lincoln
the confidence to announce the Emancipation Proclamation which
legally freed the Slaves in the Confederacy Slide 22 Slide 23
Fredericksburg After Antietam in Dec 1862, the North once again
tried to drive south to Richmond. Fredericksburg was one of the
most one-sided battles of the American Civil War. The Union Army
lost and suffered terrible casualties in a brutal frontal assault
on against Confederate defenders behind a wall in the city. Brought
to an early end their campaign against the Confederate capital of
Richmond. Slide 24 Union General Carousel McClellan was fired by
Lincoln for not being decisive enough. After McClellan followed :
Ambrose Burnside -The word for sideburns comes from his name. Lost
at Fredericksburg Joseph Hooker George Meade Beaten by Lee at the
Battle of Chancellorsville Even though he outnumbered him 2 to 1.
Won Gettysburg But didnt chase Lee which angered Lincoln
