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First Battle of Bull Seven Days’ Battle Run/Manassas • Union General: Irvin McDowell • Union General: George McClellan • Confederate General: Stonewall Jackson • Confederate General: Robert E. Lee • Goal: The Union army wanted to push towards • Goal: Union assembled 100,000 troops to the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia attack Richmond • Outcome: Union retreated, the South proved • Outcome: General Lee attacked McClellan that the Union would not be able to quickly troops and forced the North to retreat away defeat them. from Richmond

Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of Antietam

• Union: McClellan • Union: McClellan • Confederate: Jackson, Lee • Confederate: Stonewall Jackson, Lee • Goal: South wanted to invade the North • Goal: Union continues to try to take Richmond • Outcome: North and South at Antietam Creek in • Outcome: 3 days of viscous fighting, Union Maryland, North lost 12,000 soldiers while the was forced to retreat, Lee decides to start South lost 13,000 soldiers. moving his army North – The North defeated the South and stopped their invasion of the North – Battle of Antietam is the single bloodiest day in the Civil War

Union Blockade Battle of Shiloh

• Overview: Union had way more ships than the • Union: Ulysses S. Grant (General in charge of South the Western campaign) – In retaliation, South began using Ironclads or ships armored with iron. • Confederate: A.S. Johnston • Goal: Union planned to blockade Southern ports • Goal Gain control of the Mississippi River to kill the Southern economy and supply lines. • Outcome: Both armies lost around 10,000 • Outcome: South sank several Union ships, but the men, Grant won the battle and gained more Union built their own ironclad called the Monitor control of the Mississippi River Valley for the – The Union was able to defeat the South’s navy and maintain the naval blockade. North.

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Fall of New Orleans Siege of Vicksburg

• Union: Admiral David Farragut • Union: Grant, Farragut • Goal: Take control of New Orleans (mouth of • Confederate: Pemberton the Mississippi River) • Goal: take control of Vicksburg (on the • Outcome: Farragut armored and camouflaged Mississippi River) his ships, was then able to defeat • Outcome: Grant surrounded the city and cut Confederates and take control of New of supply lines (siege). Orleans, and Baton Rouge – Soldiers and people starved – South surrendered

Struggles for the Far West

• Union, Confederate, and Cherokee involved • Goal: Keep Confederates from controlling the West • Outcome: North won battles to keep control of Missouri, Colorado, and Arizona – Cherokee helped the Confederates in hopes of gaining more freedoms.

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