Road to Conquest 1862: Fort Henry & Fort Donelson

Road to Conquest 1862: Fort Henry & Fort Donelson
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The Union's key to defeating the Confederacy in the west during the Civil War was to gain control of strategic river systems. General Grant knew that Union control

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Slide1Road toConquest 1862

Slide2Fort Henry & Fort Donelson The key to defeating the Confederacy in the West was Union control over strategic river systems  Grant wanted Union control of the Tennessee & Cumberland Rivers

Slide3Grant’s Plan

Slide4Victory At Henry & Donelson Victory at  Ft. Henry on 2/6/1862 gave the Union control of the TN River (upper right)  Victory at  Ft. Donelson  on 2/16/1862 gave the Union control of the Cumberland River (lower right)

Slide5McClellan inCommand  George B. McClellan  Known as “Little Mac”  “Superb organizer of an Army”  Overly cautious during battle  Later becomes Governor of New Jersey

Slide6The Peninsula Campaign3/1862-7/1/1862

Slide7Shiloh Fought 4/6-4/7/1862  Key Leaders were: Union:  Ulysses S. Grant                William Tecumseh Sherman    Confederate: Albert Sidney Johnston  First major bloody battle of the Civil War, in which there were 23,741 casualties

Slide8Battle of Shiloh

Slide10The Seven Days Battle Fought 6/25-7/1/1862  Lee stops McClellan’s Army from invading Richmond, and halts the Peninsula Campaign

Slide112nd  Battle Bull Run/Manassas  Fought 8/29-8/30/1862  Another Confederate Victory led by Robert E. Lee  Adds to the reputation of Lee as an invincible leader.

Slide12The Battle ofAntietam/Sharpsburg  Fought on 9/17/1862 in Sharpsburg, MD  Bloodiest Day in American History with 23,300 casualties  McClellan (75,000) vs. Lee (50,000)  The Confederacy needed a major victory over the Union to gain foreign support from England and France

Slide13McClellan’s Victory1. Took ¼ of Lee’s Army 2. Stopped Lee’s invasion of the North 3. Ended idea of Foreign support from England and France 4. Provides Lincoln with need to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

Slide14Lincoln Fires McClellan McClellan could have ended the war by pursuing Lee after Antietam, but did not.  When he ignored Lincoln’s order to do so, the President fired McClellan.  McClellan hated Lincoln and would run against him in the Election of 1864.