How do personalities begin to mold the outcome of the war?

February 1862General US Grant takes over

• Grant wins battles in Tennessee at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson

• Grants earns the nickname “Unconditional Surrender”

February 1862General US Grant takes over

April 6th & 7th 1862Battle of Shiloh

• Shiloh is a Hebrew word meaning “place of peace”

• 1st day of battle – Confederates led by General Albert Sydney Johnston push the Union back

April 6th & 7th 1862Battle of Shiloh

• 2nd day of battle – Union General Grant is reinforced by Buell and the Union reclaims the battlefield. General Johnston is killed

Battle of Shiloh“Hornet’s Nest”• A place on the battlefield that experienced the

deadliest fighting• It is the bloodiest battle of the Civil War to

dateResult’s of the Battle of Shiloh:• 24,000 casualties (killed or wounded)• A Union victory

Hornet’s Nest

Admiral David Farragut takes New Orleans

April 25 to May 1, 1862• The Union captures the biggest Southern City• New Orleans controls the entrance to the Mississippi

River

War in the East1861-1862 General George McClellan takes over• Union General assumes command of the Army of

the Potomac (North)• McClellan was excellent at training and preparing

for battle• …..but when will he fight?

Spring 1862 Peninsular Campaign

• McClellan attacks Richmond, VA

• Union forces sail around and land eat of Richmond with 120,000 soldiers

• The south tricks the union and McClellan decides to dig in (defensive)

June & July 1862The Seven Days Battles

Army of Northern Virginia• A series of battles outside of

Richmond, VA• Robert E. Lee and his army of

Northern Virginia drive the Union to the Sea

Results:• McClellan retreats to Washington, DC