Fort SumterFirst Shot!

Fort SumterWhen: April 14, 1861

Where: Charleston, South Carolina

Casualties: 0

Description: Forty hours of continuous shelling until Major Anderson surrendered the fort. He was defeated by his old artillery student, P.G.T. Beauregard.

Facts: 1st shots of the war

Confederate Plan

• CAPTURE THE UNION CAPITAL OF WASHINGTON D.C.

• FIGHT DEFENSIVE WAR

Southerners thought this would mean

VICTORY!

Northern Strategy- ANACONDA PLAN:

1. Union Navy would blockade ports

2. Move up the Mississippi and split the South in two

3. Capture the Confederate capital (Richmond, VA)

Northern Strategy

Advantages of the North

1. Manpower

2. Factories (firearms, iron, industry)

3. Railroads (very extensive system)

4. More Food

5. Decisive patient leader in LINCOLN

Advantages of the SOUTH

1. “King Cotton” on the world market

2. First rate Generals

Lee, Stuart, Jackson, Forrest

3. Strong military tradition

4. Motivated soldiers to defend the homeland

Battle of Bull Run(Manassas)

• Where: Virginia• Date: July 21, 1861• Commanders:

CSA: Thomas J. JacksonUnion: Irwin McDowell

• Outcome: Confederate victory• Casualties: 2,900 • Facts: 1. First Bloodshed

2. McDowell is fired 3. Secured Southern independence 4. people watched the battle as if on picnics

Honorable Manhood

A letter home

Battle of Shiloh

Battle of Shiloh

Where: TennesseeDate: April 6, 1862Commanders:

Confederate: Albert Johnston/BeauregardUnion: Ulysses S. Grant

Outcome: DRAW ?Facts: very bloody battle

important to send scouts/dig trenches

Georgia Private Edwin Jennison died at Shiloh

Battle of Antietam(Sharpsburg)

• Date: Sept 17, 1862• Commanders: McClellan=N / Lee=S• Outcome: standoff / Union victory but no

follow through• Casualties: 23,000• Facts: -Lincoln fires McClellan

-North finds the South’s strategy wrapped in cigars

Antietam Pictures

Dunker Church

Burnside’s Bridge

Bloody Lane

North v. South