(10) American Pageant Chapter 20-21 Civil War Battles APUSH Review

Civil War Battles

. Battle of Bull Run (July 1861) : Proved war would not be short. South wins!

. Anaconda Plan : Winfield Scott’s Plan to use US Navy to blockade Confederacy and take control of Mississippi River.

. Antietam (Sept. 1862): Lee Hopes to earn foreign recognition and bring border states into the conflict.

• Lee retreats to Virginia and Lincoln prepares for Emancipation Proclamation.

• Chance at foreign recognition lost.

*Ulysses S. Grant wins much needed Union Victories in the west*

Two Huge Defeats for South

. Gettysburg: General Lee helped to win a victory on Union soil. Failed and forced to retreat to Virginia.

. Vicksburg (July 4th) : General Grant in the West wins complete control of Mississippi River

. Sherman’s March to Sea

• William Tecumseh Sherman lead March of deliberate destruction throughout the state. Tactic of total war.

  • Destroyed everything

  • Atlanta defeated in September 1864 (Helps Lincoln’s reelection in 1864)

*Surrender at Appotamattox in April 9th 1865*

*April 14th, 1865, John Wilkes Booth kills Lincoln in Ford’s Theater*