II. Beginning of Civil War: A. Causes leading up to the Civil War – Freedom Rights B. Attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina. C. States seceding from the Union – Order of successions D. Choosing of the Confederate capital – Montgomery and Richmond
III. First Battle of Bull Run A. Preparing for battle – Not an army, volunteers, 35000 troops B. Objective or plan for the battle by the Union – Manassas C. Confederate plan and preparations – Additional troops by
train D. The Battle – Confederate recedes then goes back cause of Gen. Jackson E. Turn out of the Battle – Union runs back to D.C. and Confederates win; Casualties
IV. Preparing for War A. Strengths of the North and the South – Factories, Ammunition, money, railroads, military training, more troops B. Union Military Strategies – Blockades, Mississippi River and Ports C. Confederate War Strategies – Prepare and wait, war of attrition, exports D. Tactics and Technology – Bullets, shells, canisters
V. War in the West A. General George McClellan, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant – New army for the Union, top groups B. Forts Henry and Donelson – Gunboats, strategies, Soldiers C. The Battle of Shiloh – Corinth, Mississippi, Bloody D. Action on the Mississippi – Captures and control of Union on Mississippi
VI. War in the East A. The Monitor and the Merrimack – Materials and Purpose, wooden navies obsolete B. The Peninsular Campaign – 100,000 troops from D.C., Gen McClellan and Abraham Lincoln, Battle of Seven Pines
VII. The South Attacks A. Seven Days’ Battle – Strategy of Gen. Jackson B. The Second Battle of Bull Run – General John Pope, attack and defeat C. The Battle of Atietam – North Battle, European support, amount of troops before and wounded
VIII. Conclusion A. From Bull Run to Antietam – Give the topics B. Recap – What talked about C. Concluding sentence