1. 16-2
War in the East

2. Battle of Bull Run/Manassas
Location: Manassas, Virginia
Date: July 12, 1861

3. Battle of Bull Run/Manassas
Generals
Confederates:
General Pierre G. T. Beauregard
General Joseph E. Johnston
General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Union:
General Irvin McDowell
Johnston
Beauregard
Jackson
McDowell

4. Battle of Bull Run/Manassas
Who Won?
2st Major battle Confederates won
Importance
Shattered the North’s hopes of winning the war quickly
Lincoln put General George B. McClellan in charge of better training his army

6. 7 Days Battle Location: Outside Richmond, Virginia
Date: June 26th, 1862

7. 7 Days Battle Generals Confederates: Union: General Robert E. Lee
General George McClellan
Lee
McClellan

8. 7 Days Battle Who Won? Importance:
Confederate victory forced McClellan to retreat from Richmond
Importance:
Forced the Union army to retreat from Richmond

10. 2nd Battle of Bull Run
Location: Manassas, Virginia
Date: August 1862

11. 2nd Battle of Bull Run Generals Confederates Union
General Robert E. Lee
Union
General John Pope
Pope
Lee

12. 2nd Battle of Bull Run Who Won? Importance: Confederate Victory
Robert E. Lee decided it was time to take the war to the North

14. Antietam
Location: Antietam Creek, Maryland
Date: September 17, 1862

15. Antietam Generals Confederates: Union: General Robert E. Lee
General George McClellan
Lee
McClellan

16. Antietam Who Won? Importance: Union won Lee’s battle plans were found
Allowed McClellan to attack Lee
Bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War
Lee’s northward advance had been stopped

18. Merrimack vs. Monitor Ironclads: Ships heavily armored with iron
Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia
Date: March 1862
Monitor
Merrimack

19. Merrimack vs. Monitor Who Won? Union Importance:
Saved the Union fleet and continued to blockade the South
Ironlcad was a new revolution in navl warfare