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CHAPTER 16: The Civil War

Section 2: The War in the East

VOCABULARY Flank: (noun) The side of a military objective Ironclad: (noun) A ship heavily armored with iron

BATTLE OF BULL RUN Battle of Bull Run

was the first major battle Also called the Battle of Manassas

Spectators Picnicking at the Battle of Bull

Run

BATTLE OF BULL RUN Confederates won the

battle Ended hopes of a short war

Battle of Bull Run

GEORGE B. McCLELLAN Lincoln puts General

George B. McClellan in chargeof the Army of thePotomac• Loved by troops• Too cautious andslow moving

THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN

McClellan wants to attack Richmond’s flank


Peninsular Campaign goes well at first for the North


Then Robert E. Lee is put in charge of the Army of Northern Virginia


He beats back McClellan in the Seven Days’ Battles


Another Confederate victory

2nd BATTLE OF BULL RUN

Lincoln is frustrated He orders General John Pope to attack Richmond directly

Second Battle of Bull Run

2nd BATTLE OF BULL RUN

Confederates win again at the Second Battle of Bull Run

BATTLE OF ANTIETAM Lee now wants to

take the war to the North

"Here is a paper with which, if I cannot whip Bobby Lee, I will be

willing to go home."

BATTLE OF ANTIETAM Antietam is the

bloodiest day in American history Also called the Battle of Sharpsburg

The Cornfield

The Sunken Road

Burnside’s Bridge

Antietam – The

Bloodiest Day in

American History

BATTLE OF ANTIETAM The fighting ends in a

stalemate But the South is stopped from advancing so it is a Union victory

Lincoln and McClellan at Antietam

CLASH OF THE IRONCLADS

South had trouble getting through the Union blockade

Confederate Blockade Runner


They built the ironclad Merrimack


North then built the ironclad Monitor

Monitor’s Rotating Turret


First battle between two ironclads

The Monitor and the

Merrimack


Monitor forced the Merrimack to withdraw Beginning of the end for wooden ships

Confederate

Submarine

“Hunley”

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