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1 CHAPTER 14: The Course of the Battle

2 Objectives: o We will study the military strategy and campaigns of the Civil War, leading to the Union victory in April of 1865

3 Ecc_3:8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

4 THE COURSE OF THE BATTLE: o The Civil War was the bloodiest war in American history where more than 618,000 Americans died. o More than any war combined prior to Vietnam. o There were nearly 2,000 deaths for every 100,000 of the population during the Civil War.

5 Technology of Battle: o New technologies transformed the nature of combat. o The Civil War was often been called the first modern war and the first total war. o The great conflict between the North and the South was unlike any war fought before it, and it suggested what warfare would be like in the future.

6 Technology of Battle: o Weapons innovation among the most important was the introduction of repeating weapons. o Such as the repeating pistol and repeating rifle. o Also greatly improved cannons and artillery a result of advances in iron and steel technology of the previous decades.

7 Technology of Battle: o These devastating advances in the effectiveness of arms and artillery changed the way soldiers in the field fought. o It was now impossibly deadly to fight battles as they had been fought for centuries. o For the first time in history, organized warfare infantry did not fight in formation, and the battlefield became a more chaotic place.

8 Technology of Battle: o Gradually, the deadliness of the new weapons encouraged armies on both sides to spend a great deal of time building elaborate fortifications and trenches to protect themselves from enemy fire.

9 Technology of Battle: o Hot-air balloons were utilized to view enemy formations in the field. o Iron clad ships, torpedoes and submarine technology all suggested the dramatic changes that would soon overtake naval warfare, although none played a major role in the Civil War.

10 Technology of Battle: o The railroad was particularly important in a war in which millions of soldiers were being mobilized and transferred to the front, and in which a single field army could number as many as 250,000 men.

11 Technology of Battle: o Transporting such enormous numbers of soldiers and supplies necessary to sustain them, would have been almost impossible without railroads. o Which made it possible for these large armies to be assembled and moved from place to place.

12 Technology of Battle: o Railroads also limited mobility. o Railroad lines and stations are fixed positions, commanders therefore were forced to organize their campaigns at least in part around the location of railroads whether the location was optimal or not.

13 Technology of Battle: o The telegraph impact was limited in both scarcity of qualified telegraph operators and by the difficulty of bringing telegraph wires into the fields where battles were being fought.

14 Technology of Battle: o Things improved after the new U.S. Military Telegraph Corps headed by Thomas Scott and future tycoon Andrew Carnegie trained and employed over 1,200 operators.

15 Technology of Battle: o Gradually too, both the Union and Confederate armies learned to string telegraph wires along with routes of their troops so field commanders were able to stay in close touch with one another during battles.

16 The Opening Clashes in 1861: o The Union and the Confederacy fought their first major battle of the war in northern Virginia. o Union Commanders believed the war might end at once if the Northern Army could destroy the Southern one stationed near the town of Manassas.

17 The Opening Clashes in 1861: o On July 21, in the First Battle of Bull Run or First Battle of Manassas, McDowell almost succeeded in dispersing the Confederate forces. o But the Southerners stopped a last strong Union assault and then began a savage counterattack. o The Union troops exhausted after hours of hot hard fighting suddenly panicked.

18 The Opening Clashes in 1861: o They broke ranks and retreated chaotically. o McDowell was unable to reorganize them had ordered a retreat to Washington and the midst of the retreat were the presence of many civilians. o Who had ridden down from the capital, picnic baskets in hand to watch the battle in nearby hills who were running back with the retreating troops.

19 Bull Run Shakes Union Confidence. But now the most extraordinary spectacle I have ever witnessed took place. I had been gazing at the numerous well-formed lines as they moved forward to the attack. I looked, and what a change had taken place in an instant. Where those well-dressed, welldefined lines, with clear spaces between, had been steadily pressing forward, the whole field was a confused swarm of men, like bees, running away as fast as their legs could carry them, with all order and organization abandoned. W.W. Blackford, Confederate Officer who fought in Bull Run. Source: Arthur L. White, Ellen G. White: The Progressive Years, , vol. 2,

20 Bull Run Shakes Union Confidence. [General] Beauregard had their cannons loaded with chain shot, and was about to fire. He looked toward the advancing host, and cried out: `The Yanks are all retreating. Don't fire the guns. A Mr. Johnson interviewed by J.N. Loughborough who fought in the battle. Arthur L. White, Ellen G. White: The Progressive Years, , vol. 2, 38.

21 Bull Run Shakes Union Confidence. I had a view of the disastrous battle at Manassas. The dead and dying were on every side. Both the North and the South suffered severely. The Southern men felt the battle, and in a little while would have been driven back still further. The Northern men were rushing on, although their destruction was very great. Just then an angel descended and waved his hand backward. Instantly there was confusion in the ranks. It appeared to the Northern men that their troops were retreating, when it was not so in reality, and a precipitate retreat commenced. Ellen White, Testimonies to the Church, vol. 1, 266.

22 The Opening Clashes in 1861: o These civilians rode down from the capital, picnic baskets in hand to watch the battle in nearby hills were now running back with the retreating troops. o The Confederates also disorganized by victory did not pursue. o The battle was severe blow to Union morale and to the president s confidence in his officers. o It also dispelled the illusion that the war would be a quick one.

23 The Opening Clashes in 1861: o Meanwhile a Union force under George B. McClellan moved east from Ohio into western Virginia. o By the end of 1861, it had liberated antisecession mountain people of the region. o They created their own state government loyal to the Union and were admitted to the Union as West Virginia in o It was limited military value but it was an important symbolic victory of the North.

24 The Western Theater: o After the First battle of Bull Run, military operations in the east settled into a long and frustrating stalemate. o The first decisive operations in 1862 occurred in the West. o Union forces were trying to seize control of the southern Mississippi River, which divide the Confederacy and give the North easy transportation into the heart of the South.

25 The Western Theater: o Northern soldiers advanced on the river from both the north and south, moving downriver from Kentucky and upriver from the Gulf of Mexico toward New Orleans.

26 The Western Theater: o In April a Union squadron of ironclads and wooden vessels commanded by David G. Farragut. o The squadron gathered in the Gulf of Mexico, then smashed past Confederate forts near the mouth of the Mississippi and sailed up to New Orleans and the city surrendered in April 25 defenseless. o The Rebels thought the attack would come from the north.

27 The Western Theater: o This was the first major union victory and an important turning point in the war. o From then on, the mouth of the Mississippi was closed to Confederate trade and the South s largest city and most important banking center was in Union hands.

28 The Western Theater: o In the Western Theater in Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, General Ulysses S. Grant with support from iron clad riverboats took two forts in that region. o By cracking the Confederate center, Grant had gained control of river communication and forced confederate forces out of Kentucky and half of Tennessee.

29 The Western Theater: o With about 40,000 men, Grant now advanced south along the Tennessee River to seize control of railroad lines vital to the Confederacy. o Grant s forces engaged confederate forces in Shiloh which resulted in a bloody narrow Union victory. o Northern forces occupied Corinth, Mississippi, the hub of several important railroads and established control of Mississippi River as far south as Memphis.

30 The Western Theater: o By the end of 1862, Union forces had made considerable progress in the West. o But the major conflict remained in the East, where they were having much less success.

31 The Virginia Front, o Union operations were being directed in 1862 by George B. McClellan, commander of the Army of the Potomac and the most controversial general of the war.

32 The Virginia Front, o McClellan was superb trainer of men but often appeared reluctant to commit his troops to battle. o Opportunities for important engagements came and went and McClellan seemed never to take advantage of them. o Claiming always that his preparations were not yet complete.

33 The Virginia Front, o During the winter of , McClellan concentrated on training his army of 150,000 men near Washington. o Finally, he designed a spring campaign to capture the rebel capital of Richmond.

34 The Virginia Front, o The navy carried his troops down the Potomac to a peninsula east of Richmond between the York and James River. o The army would approach the city from there, it became known as the Peninsular Campaign. o This less direct route was chosen to avoid Confederate defenses directly.

35 The Virginia Front, o McClellan began the campaign with only part of this army, approximately 100,000 men accompanied him down the Potomac. o Another 30,000 under General Irvin McDowell remained behind to protect Washington.

36 The Virginia Front, o McClellan insisted that Washington was safe as long as he was threatening Richmond and finally persuaded Lincoln to promise to send him additional men. o But before the president could do so, a confederate army under Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson changed his plans.

37 The Virginia Front, o Jackson staged a rapid march north as if he was planning to cross the Potomac to attack Washington. o Alarmed, Lincoln dispatched McDowell s corps to head off Jackson. o Jackson defeated two separate Union forces and slipped away before McDowell could catch him.

38 The Virginia Front, o Meanwhile Confederate troops were attacking McClellan s advancing army outside Richmond. o But in the two-day Battle of Fair Oaks, or Seven Pines, they could not repel the Union forces. o Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson led a combined force of 85,000 to face McClellan s 100,000. o Lee launched a new offensive known as the Battle of the Seven Days.

39 The Virginia Front, o McClellan was able to fight his way across the peninsula and set up a new base on the James River. o There, with naval support, the Army of the Potomac was safe.

40 The Virginia Front, o McClellan was now only twenty-five miles away from Richmond with a secure line of water communications and this in a good position to renew the campaign. o Time and again, McClellan found reasons for delay.

41 The Virginia Front, o Instead of replacing McClellan with a more aggressive commander, Lincoln finally ordered the army to move to northern Virginia and join a smaller force under John Pope. o The president hoped to begin a new offensive against Richmond in a direct overland route. o However Pope was rash as McClellan was cautious and was routed in the Second Battle of Bull Run. o Pope s forces fled back to Washington.

42 The Virginia Front, o Lincoln removed Pope from command and put McClellan in charge of all the Union forces in the region. o Lee soon went on the offensive again heading north through western Maryland, and McClellan moved out to meet him.

43 Antietam o McClellan had good luck to get a copy of Lee s orders which revealed that a part of the Confederate Army under Stonewall Jackson had separated from the rest to attack Harpers Ferry.

44 Antietam o On September 17, in the bloodiest single-day engagement of the war, McClellan s 87,000 man army repeatedly attacked Lees force of 50,000 with enormous casualties on both sides. o Six thousand soldiers died and 17,000 sustained injuries.

45 Antietam o But instead of attacking quickly, before the Confederates could recombine, McClellan delayed and gave Lee time to pull most of his forces together behind Antietam Creek near the town of Sharpsburg.

46 Antietam o On September 17, in the bloodiest single-day engagement of the war, McClellan s 87,000 man army repeatedly attacked Lees force of 50,000 with enormous casualties on both sides. o Six thousand soldiers died and 17,000 sustained injuries.

47 Antietam o The Confederate line appeared ready to break and McClellan might have broken through with one more assault. o Instead he allowed Lee to retreat into Virginia. o Technically, Antietam was a Union Victory but in reality, it was an opportunity squandered. o In November, Lincoln finally removed McClellan from command for good.

48 The Progress of the War: o Why did the Union with its much larger population and its much better transportation and technology than the Confederacy make so little progress in the first two years of the war? o Had there been a decisive and dramatic victory by either side in the war. o Many Northerners blamed the military stalemate on timid and incompetent Union generals.

49 The Progress of the War: o But an important reason was that it was not a traditional war of tactics and military strategy. o Winning or losing battles here and there would not determine the outcome of the war. o What would bring the war to an end was the steady destruction of the resources that were necessary for victory. o Ultimately it was the Union s resources that help propel the North to victory.

50 1863: Year of Decision: o In the beginning of 1863, General Joseph Hooker nicknamed Fighting Joe took command of the Army of the Potomac. o In the Battle of Chancellorsville Stonewall Jackson and Robert Lee engaged Hooker and his forces in battle and Hooker barely escaped with his army. o Lee had defeated the Union army objectives but had not destroyed the Union army.

51 1863: Year of Decision: o And his ablest officer Jackson was wounded during the battle and subsequently died of pneumonia. o While the Union forces suffered repeated frustrations in the East, they were continuing to achieve important victories in the West. o Grant and his forces laid siege on the city of Vicksburg and the city literally starving surrendered.

52 1863: Year of Decision: o At the same time, the other Confederate strong point on the river, Port Hudson, Louisiana also surrendered to a Union force that had moved north from New Orleans.

53 1863: Year of Decision: o The Union achieved one of its basic aims. o Control of the whole length of the Mississippi. o The Confederacy was split in two with Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas cut off from the other seceded states. o The victories on the Mississippi were among the great turning points of the war.

54 1863: Year of Decision: o During the siege of Vicksburg, Lee proposed an invasion of Pennsylvania which would, he argued, divert Union troops north and remove the pressure on the lower Mississippi. o Further he argued if he could win a major victory on Northern soil. o England and France might come to the aid of the Confederacy. o The War-weary North might even quit the war before Vicksburg fell.

55 Gettysburg o In June 1863 Lee entered Pennsylvania. o The Union Army of the Potomac commanded now by George C. Meade also moved north parallel with the Confederate movement staying between Lee and Washington. o The two armies finally encountered each other at the small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. o There on July they fought the most celebrated battle of the war.

56 Gettysburg o Meade s army established a well protected position on the hills south of the town. o Lee was confident even though he was outnumbered 75,000 to 90,000. o His first assault on the Union forces on Cemetery Ridge failed. o A day later he ordered a second larger effort. o In what is remembered as Pickett s charge a force of 15,000 Confederate soldiers advanced for almost a mile across open country while being swept by Union fire.

57 Gettysburg o Only about 5,000 made it up the ridge and this remnant finally had to surrender or retreat. o Lee lost a third of his army. o On July 4, the same day as the surrender of Vicksburg, Lee withdrew from Gettysburg another major turning point of the war. o Never again were the weakened Confederate forces able to threaten Northern territory seriously.

58 Battle of Chattanooga: o Before the end of 1863, there was a third important turning point, this one in Tennessee. o Grant in the Battle of Chattanooga drove Confederate forces from Tennessee back to Georgia. o Northern troops than occupied most of eastern Tennessee. o They achieved the second important objective, control of the Tennessee River. o Four of the eleven Confederate states were now effectively cut off from the Southern nation.

59 Battle of Chattanooga: o No longer could the Confederacy hope to win independence through a decisive military victory. o They could hope to win only by holding on and exhausting the Northern will to fight.

60 The Last Stage: : o In the beginning of 1864, Ulysses S. Grant became general in chief to all the Union armies. o At long last, the president had found a commander whom he could rely on to pursue the war doggedly and tenaciously.

61 The Last Stage: : o Grant believed in using the North s overwhelming advantage in troops and material resources to overwhelm the South. o He was not afraid to absorb massive casualties as long as he was inflicting similar casualties on his opponents.

62 The Last Stage: : o Grant planned two great offenses for o In Virginia, the Army of the Potomac would advance toward Richmond and force Lee into a decisive battle. o In Georgia, the western army under William T. Sherman would advance east toward Atlanta and destroy the remaining Confederate force farther South.

63 The Last Stage: : o Grant pursued Lee in a rough wooded wilderness area of northwestern Virginia in pursuit of Lee s 75,000 man army. o Lee turned Grant back in the Battle of the Wilderness but Grant was undeterred. o Grant continued to press on the offensive engaging the rebels in several battles. o But Victory was eluding him.

64 The Last Stage: : o Lee kept his army between Grant and the Confederate Capital and on June 1-3 repulsed the Union forces again, just northeast of Richmond, at Cold Harbor. o The month-long wilderness campaign cost Grant 55,000 men (Killed, Wounded, and captured) to Lee s 31,000. o Richmond had not fallen.

65 The Last Stage: : o Grant shifted his strategy. o He moved his army east of Richmond and headed South toward the railroad center of Petersburg to take the city thus cutting off the capital s communications with the rest of the confederacy. o But Petersburg had strong defenses; and once Lee came to the city s relief, the assault became a prolonged siege which lasted nine months.

66 The Last Stage: : o In Georgia, Sherman with 90,000 men faced less opposition as Confederate forces sought to avoid a direct engagement. o Although Sherman s forces faced several engagements from Rebel forces, Atlanta fell to Sherman s forces. o News of the victory electrified the north and helped unite the previously divided Republican Party behind President Lincoln.

67 The Last Stage: : o Sherman also sent forces to reinforce Nashville. o In the Battle of Nashville, Northern forces practically destroyed what was left of the resisting army.

68 The Last Stage: : o Meanwhile Sherman left Atlanta, and began his soon to be famous March to the Sea. o Living off the land, destroying supplies it could not use, his army cut a sixty mile wide swath of desolation across Georgia. o Sherman believed that war should be horrible and costly as possible for the opponent.

69 The Last Stage: : o Sherman sought not only to deprive the Confederate army of war materials and railroad communications but also to break the will of the Southern people by burning towns and plantations along his route.

70 The Last Stage: : o By December 20 he had reached Savannah, which surrendered two days later. o Sherman offered it to President Lincoln as a Christmas gift.

71 The Last Stage: : o Early in 1865, having left Savannah, Sherman continued his destructive march northward through South Carolina. o He was virtually unopposed until he was well inside North Carolina.

72 The Last Stage: : o In April 1865, Grant s Army of the Potomac still engaged in the prolonged siege at Petersburg finally captured a vital railroad junction southwest of the town. o Without rail access to the South, cut off from other Confederate forces, Lee could no longer hope to defend Richmond.

73 The Last Stage: : o With the remnant of Lee s army now about 25,000 men; o Lee began moving west in the forlorn hope of finding a way around the Union forces so that he could head South and link up with Johnston in North Carolina.

74 The Last Stage: : o But the Union army pursued him and blocked his escape route. o Finally recognizing that further bloodshed was futile, Lee arranged to meet Grant at a private home in the small town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia o There on April 9, he surrendered what was left of his forces. o Nine days later near Durham, North Carolina, Joseph E. Johnson surrendered to Sherman.

75 The Last Stage: : o Other forces in the South soon surrendered. o Jefferson Davis refused to accept defeat and fled from Richmond, later to be captured in Georgia. o The war ensured the permanence of the Union but many other issues remained far from settled. o What would happen to freedmen? o Could the North and South reconcile?

76 Impact of the North s Victory: o The war strengthened the North's economy, especially to industry and railroad development. o It generally weakened the South, by destroying millions of dollars of property and depleting the region s young male population. o Southerners had gone to war in part because of their fears of growing Northern dominance.

77 Impact of the North s Victory: o The war ironically confirmed and strengthened the North s dominance. o The future of the U.S. lay in the growth of industry and commerce, which would occur for many years in primarily outside the South.

78 Impact of the North s Victory: o But most of all, the Civil War was a victory of millions of African American slaves whose plight the conflict had largely begun in the first place. o The war produced Abraham Lincoln s emancipation proclamation and later the thirteenth amendment to the Constitution which abolished slavery.

79 Impact of the North s Victory: o It encouraged thousands of slaves to free themselves. o To desert their masters and seek refuge behind Union lines at times to fight in the Union armies.

80 Impact of the North s Victory: o The future of the freed slaves was not to be an easy one. o But 3.5 million people who had once lived in bondage emerged from the war as free men and women

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