1. From Bull Run to Antietam
Chapter 11 Section 1
From Bull Run to Antietam

2. Civil War
War between the Union states of the North and the Confederate states of the South

3. First Battle of Bull Run
1st major battle of the Civil War
35,000 soldiers involved
2,900 union casualties
Confederates suffered fewer than 2,000 casualties
Confederate victory

4. Casualty
Military term for those killed, wounded, missing or captured in battle

5. War of Attrition
In this this type of war, one side inflicts continuous losses on the enemy in order to wear down its strength

6. Shell
Devices that exploded in the air or when they hit something

7. Canister A special type of shell filled with bullets.
Turned cannons into giant shotguns

8. Battle of Shiloh
1862
Union troops under Ulysses S. Grant were pushed back after the first day
Urged to surrender but refused
Attacked Confederates on the 2nd day
Union Victory

9. Battle of Shiloh Union- 13,000 casualties
Confederates- 11,000 casualties
Bloodiest battle ever on the North American continent up to that time
Ended union hopes of a quick war

10. Battle of Antietam Lee decides to invade the North
Union discovers Lee’s orders
12,000 die in first 3 hours of battle
At day’s end
12,000 union casualties
14,000 Confederate casualties

11. Battle of Antietam - Confederates retreat
- Lincoln orders Union General McClellan to destroy the Confederates
McClellan does not

12. Battle of Antietam
Becomes the bloodiest single day of the Civil War

13. Which side won the First Battle of Bull Run? Why?
The Confederacy
Stonewall Jackson’s leadership and the arrival of fresh confederate troops just as the Union army was beginning to fall back guaranteed Confederate victory

14. What were the effects of the invention of new kinds of rifles, bullets, shells, and canister?
They turned the tactic of attacking a position with massed troops into an act of slaughter

15. Briefly describe the war strategies of the North.
Implement “Anaconda plan by blockading the South and gaining control over the Mississippi River
Seize Richmond

16. Briefly describe the war strategies of the South.
Fight a war of attrition
Apply pressure on Great Britain and France to help by stopping cotton exports
South produced 75% of the world’s cotton