Journey to Gettysburg

Journey toward GettysburgDr. Bruce Clary

Monday, January 10, 2011

April 12

April 15Following the firing upon Fort Sumter,

President Lincoln issues a call for 75,000

militiamen to put down the rebellion

July 211st Battle of Bull Run

(1st Manassas)


(1st Manassas)

• 3,000 Union casualties; 2,000 Confederate casualties


(1st Manassas)

• 3,000 Union casualties; 2,000 Confederate casualties• Thomas Jackson earns his nickname, Stonewall


(1st Manassas)

• 3,000 Union casualties; 2,000 Confederate casualties• Thomas Jackson earns his nickname, Stonewall•After the defeat, Lincoln issues an order for

another 500,000 recruits

February 6-8

The Union and Gen. Ulysses S. Grant claim

their first significant victories at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in

western Tennessee

April 6-7Battle of Shiloh

(Southwest Tennessee)

• 13,000 Union casualties; 10,700 Confederate casualties



• 13,000 Union casualties; 10,700 Confederate casualties•Union surprised on Day 1



• 13,000 Union casualties; 10,700 Confederate casualties•Union surprised on Day 1•Courageous efforts by Grant and Sherman push

Confederates back on Day 2



April 24 New Orleans takenThis political, commercial, and strategic prize was taken without a battle in the city, meaning its rich cultural heritage survived intact.

June 25-July 1 Seven Days BattleLee drives back a Union invasion at high cost: 16,000 Union casualties; 20,000 Confederate casualties

August 29-30 2nd Battle of Bull RunUnion decisively beaten when Longstreet’s Corp finally pushes through Thoroughfare Gap (held for 6 hours by the cavalry commanded by John Buford) to reinforce Stonewall Jackson. 10,000 Union casualties; 8,300 Confederate casualties.

Missouri Compromise of 1820

September 17Battle of Antietam

(Sharpsburg, Maryland)


•Union repels Lee’s invasion of the North




•Union repels Lee’s invasion of the North• The bloodiest single day in the war with 23,000

casualties, 12,400 Union and 10,400 Confederate




• The church in the background of this famous photograph is a Dunker Church. Members of the Church of the Brethren, with which McPherson College is associated, were known as Dunkers.



December 11-15Battle of Fredericksburg

(Fredericksburg, Virginia)



•One of the war’s most one-sided battles



•One of the war’s most one-sided battles•Under pressure from Washington, the new

commander of the Army of the Potomac, Ambrose Burnside, orders senseless, repeated charges up well-defended Marye’s Heights



•One of the war’s most one-sided battles•Under pressure from Washington, the new

commander of the Army of the Potomac, Ambrose Burnside, orders senseless, repeated charges up well-defended Marye’s Heights• 12,700 Union casualties; 5,400 Confederate

Manifest Destiny

January 1The final Emancipation Proclamation frees the slaves in seceded states. The proclamation served as official acknowledgement that the war was not just about preserving the Union; it was a war to end slavery in the U.S.

Manifest DestinyMay 1-4Battle of Chancellorsville

(Chancellorsville, Virginia)



•Outnumbered 134,000 men to 61,000, R. E. Lee had his greatest victory here



•Outnumbered 134,000 men to 61,000, R. E. Lee had his greatest victory here•Gen. Jackson is accidentally shot by his own

men. He dies of complications of his wounds on May 10.

Mexican-American War 1846-48

June 3Lee begins marching his army northward toward Pennsylvania

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