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The Federals Got A Very
Complete Smashing
• The Southern ship CSS Arkansas
sent two Union ships battered and
bruised in retreat up the Mississippi
River.
• Other Southern victories during the 7
Days Battles included Union
surrenders and tearing up the railroad
supply lines to the North.
• The Union planned a calvary
offensive.
• The Confederates marched into
Kentucky all the way to the capital and
prepared to install a Confederate
governor. The Union army was in full
retreat.
• The Union army was stricken with
serious illnesses which caused many
deaths.
The Federals Got A Very
Complete Smashing
• General Lee led an attack north of Richmond on Pope’s army. McClellan drug his feet on orders to reinforce Pope’s army due, in part, to his disdain for Pope. Pope suffered heavy casualties.
•After this, it was believed that Washington could be taken. The North was demoralized. Some felt McClellan should be court-martialed. Lincoln left him in because his troops loved him and this kept up morale.
• Democrats in the North were divided about the war. Lee hoped to influence those opposed to the war, thus also fight the war on the homefront.
• Lee advanced across the Potomac. Several pivotal decisions rested on the outcome of Lee’s victory or defeat: European intervention, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation & a willingness of the North to continue the war.
Showdown At Sharpsburg
• The Southern army was gaunt from
lack of food, they were filthy and wore
tattered uniforms; yet they fought
hard, undaunted.
• Maryland did not greet the South
with the Southern patriotism that Lee
had hoped for.
• A Northern soldier named Mitchell
discovered Lee’s orders to his Generals
detailing the strategy for the next
attack on the Union armies.
• This valuable information was
delivered to McClellan who sat on his
hands for an entire day.
Showdown At Sharpsburg
• McClellan missed two opportunities
to attack and crush the Southern
armies.
• When the battle at Antietam did
ensue, both sides suffered terrible
losses.
• The Confederates were out-
numbered. They were forced to retreat
to Sharpsburg.