1. Road to Conquest
1862

2. Fort 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

3. Grant’s Plan

4. Victory 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)

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

6. The Peninsula Campaign 3/1862-7/1/1862

7. Shiloh 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

8. Battle of Shiloh

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

11. 2nd 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.

12. The Battle of Antietam/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

13. McClellan’s Victory Took ¼ of Lee’s Army
Stopped Lee’s invasion of the North
Ended idea of Foreign support from England and France
Provides Lincoln with need to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

14. Lincoln 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.