Turning Points of the Civil War

1. Holding the Border

Maryland

Baltimore Riot

Lincoln and War Powers

RRs/Habeas Corpus

Congress

1791 M ilitia Act

Kentucky

Neutrality

Fort Donelson

Fort Henry

Missouri

1863 Raid on Lawrence

General Order #10

William Quantrill/

“Bloody” Bill Anderson

2. Capture of New Orleans

Confederacy’s Largest Port

Confederacy’s Largest City

Mouth of the Mississippi River

Experiment in Reconstruction

Benjamin Butler

Woman’s Order

1864 Election

3. Battle of Antietam

Army of the Potomac’s First “Victory”

Seven Days

Second Manassas

Effect on Great Britain

Opportunity for Lincoln

4. Emancipation Proclamation

Union war aim

Undermined Confederate War Effort

Foreign Policy Ramifications

5. Vicksburg Campaign

Closing of the Mississippi/Splitting Confederacy

Demoralization

Rise of U. S. Grant

6. Rise of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

Integrated Strategy/Pressure on all points

Sherman’s March

Shenandoah Valley

Red River Campaign

Overland Campaign

Determination

Culmination of Total War

7. Election of 1864

Guarantees War Will Continue

Cements Republicans’ Power

Solidifies Lincoln’s Reputation

8. Sherman’s March

Chattanooga to Atlanta

“Making Georgia Howl”

Through the Carolinas

Burning of Columbia