Four Years of Fighting (Part 1)

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Four Years of Fighting (Part 1)

• I. 1st Battle of Bull Run
• 1. Union didnt take Confederacy seriously
• a. Joked along the way
• b. Invited family and friends
• to watch the defeat of the
• Confederacy
• 2. Confederate victory
• a. Union retreated to Washington D.C.

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II. The Confederacy (South)

• 1. Strengths
• a. Better trained soldiers
• b. Better leadership
• -Robert E. Lee
• -Thomas Stonewall Jackson
• c. Defensive war
• 2. Weaknesses
• a. Lack of industry
• b. Few roads and railways
• c. Inexperienced government

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III. The Union (North)

• 1. Strengths
• a. Higher population
• b. Industry
• c. Many roads and railways
• d. Experienced government
• 2. Weaknesses
• a. Poor military leadership
• b. Offensive war
• c. Copperheads
• -Confederate supporters
• in the North

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IV. War in the East

• 1. General George McClelland
• a. Army of the Potomac
• b. Goal
• -Capture Richmond VA
• -Union failure
• -McClelland fired
• 2. General John Pope
• a. 2nd Battle of Bull Run
• -Confederate victory
• 3. General McClelland reappointed
• a. Battle of Antietam (MD)
• -Wars bloodiest battle
• -Ended in a draw
• -Union proved it could compete

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Battlefield Info
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IV. War in the East Continued

• 5. General A.E. Burnside
• a. Union loss _at_ Fredericksburg
• 6. General Joe Hooker
• a. Union loss _at_ Chancellorsville
• -Confederates under Robert E. Lee
• -advance to Gettysburg Penn.

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IV. War in the East Continued

• 7. Battle of Gettysburg
• a. Turning-point in the War
• -Union victory
• -last battle on Union soil
• -Confederacy lost support
• -beginning of Confederate retreat

President Abraham Lincoln is shown delivering the
Gettysburg Address, on the occasion of the
dedication of a cemetery at the battlefield in
Gettysburg, Pa., on Nov. 19, 1863.
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