2. Section 2: The Civil War Begins

3. Confederate Union

5. Battle of Bull Run One of the first battles of the war was the Battle of Bull Run. The North realized after this battle that the war would not be easy and would not be over soon.

6. Battle of Antietam: The first time the Confederacy invaded Northern territory was the Battle of Antietam. It was also the bloodiest battle day in U.S. history. 23,000 men lost their lives that day. The Union army stopped the Confederate army.

7. New Weapons Many new weapons were used during the Civil War. One of these weapons was an ironclad ship. An ironclad ship was a ship with iron plates on it to protect it from cannon fire. The Monitor & the Merrimac

8. First metal ships in the world!

9. Other new weapons Deadlier cannons and bullets More accurate rifles

12. Technology made the Civil War … The Monitor

13. …More efficient and deadly

15. Bigger weapons = more damage!

16. Union Dead

17. Confederate Dead

18. Over 618,000 military deaths during Civil War.