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Shots Fired

Shots Fired. -war begins at Fort Sumter, S.C., 1861 -Bull Run -July 1861 -Southern victory -did not pursue the retreating Union army -citizens watched the battle. Shiloh. -April 1862 -costly victory for Grant -demonstrated the cost of victory would be great

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Shots Fired

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  1. Shots Fired -war begins at Fort Sumter, S.C., 1861 -Bull Run -July 1861 -Southern victory -did not pursue the retreating Union army -citizens watched the battle

  2. Shiloh -April 1862 -costly victory for Grant -demonstrated the cost of victory would be great - 72,000 Men fought- 23,000 killed or wounded. Confederate Losses 1,723 dead 8,012 wounded 959 missing Union Losses 1,754 dead 8,408 wounded 2,885 missing

  3. Antietam • -Sept. 1862 • -bloodiest single day of the war • -Union victory for McClellan • Emancipation Proclamation issued 3 days after Antietam • Gods & Generals

  4. Confederate Victories -Confederates greatly outnumbered but Lee still wins -Dec. 1862 -Fredericksburg -May 1863 -Chancellorsville -Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson is killed

  5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BrlqD5lkP8&feature=related Glory: The 54th Massachusetts Voluntary Infantry

  6. Gettysburg -July 1863 -Lee invades North -Cemetery Ridge -Pickett’s Charge -turning point of the war as Lee is defeated -Gettysburg Address given by Lincoln several months later

  7. Gettysburg -July 1863 -Lee invades North -Cemetery Ridge -Pickett’s Charge -turning point of the war as Lee is defeated -Gettysburg Address given by Lincoln several months later

  8. Vicksburg • May – July 4, 1863 • Crucial Win for Union Forces • Opened up Mississippi River. • Captured Jackson, Miss. • Capital • Famished soldiers ate mules & rats • -

  9. South is Split -July 1863 -Grant captures Vicksburg after long siege -Grant is called to command Union armies

  10. Sherman’s March -1864 -”March to the Sea”: -Total War “War is Hell” -burning of Atlanta -destroy the will to fight

  11. Sherman’s March -1864 -”March to the Sea”: -Total War “War is Hell” -burning of Atlanta -destroy the will to fight

  12. Grant in Pursuit -1864 -Lee in retreat -Grant attacks repeatedly at great loss of life -Lincoln wants speedy end to war

  13. War’s End -April 1865 -Grant surrounds Lee outside Richmond -surrender at Appomattox

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