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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
THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN
Peninsular Campaign goes well at first for the North
THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN
Then Robert E. Lee is put in charge of the Army of Northern Virginia
THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN
He beats back McClellan in the Seven Days’ Battles
THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN
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
CLASH OF THE IRONCLADS
They built the ironclad Merrimack
CLASH OF THE IRONCLADS
North then built the ironclad Monitor
Monitor’s Rotating Turret
CLASH OF THE IRONCLADS
First battle between two ironclads
The Monitor and the
Merrimack
CLASH OF THE IRONCLADS
Monitor forced the Merrimack to withdraw Beginning of the end for wooden ships
Confederate
Submarine
“Hunley”
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