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Blockade of the south
In the South cotton was an important cash crop to other foreign Countries. For this reason the North had a plan to block the South’s economy by naval. The Union Blockade maintained for a while and was successful. -
First Battle of Bull Run
The First Battle of Bull Run was a great victory for the Confederacy. The battle had frightened the North. The Battle of Bull Run had Confederate soldiers outnumbered The Union’s soldiers. -
The Battle of Shiloh
At Shiloh was a battle that had General Grant at risk. Waiting on reinforcements, Grant’s army stayed under fire in the rain. By Dawn Grant received fresh troops from the ferries importing in. -
February 1862 Grant moves on Tennessee
The Battle of Shiloh turned Tennessee into the fiercest fighting the Civil War had yet seen. At the battle it cost the Union a staggering victory over the Confederacy. Hour s in the thunderstorm, General Grant finally gets reinforcement. -
March 1862 Warships Monitor and Merrimack clash
The Clash was a battle of two famous warships called the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. This naval battle lasted two days without a letdown. This clash was famous for the two ironclad ships. -
Fall of New Orleans
New Orleans to the South was the biggest city of all. During the naval blockade of spring 1862, Admiral Farragut is ordered to take New Orleans -
May 1862 -- "Stonewall" Jackson Defeats Union Forces
Was a Confederate general during the War and one of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Lee? His military career includes the Valley Campaign of 1862 and his service as a corps commander in the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee. Confederate pickets accidentally shot him at the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863; the general survived with the loss of an arm to amputation. -
July 1862 -- The Seven Days' Battles.
The Seven Days began on June 25, 1862, with a Union attack in the minor Battle of Oak Grove, but McClellan quickly lost the initiative as Lee began a series of attacks at Beaver Dam Creek (Mechanicsville) on June 26, Gaines's Mill on June 27, the minor actions at Garnett's and Golding's Farm on June 27 and June 28, and the attack on the Union rear guard at Savage's Station on June 29. -
September 1862 -- Antietam.
The Battle of Antietam was one of the bloodiest battles ever in the Civil War. Mostly 25,000 men died on each side of the armies. The Union would have won if General McClellan had pushed harder on his men. -
November 1862 Lincoln relieves McClellan of command
News form to President Lincoln that General McClellan has failed an assault in Antietam. Then President Lincoln sets out to the frontlines to find General McClellan. When Lincoln found Gen. McClellan, the president starts to talk to McClellan then fires him from duty in from all his men.
