journey to gettysburg
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Journey toward GettysburgDr. Bruce Clary
Monday, January 10, 2011
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April 12
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April 15Following the firing upon Fort Sumter,
President Lincoln issues a call for 75,000
militiamen to put down the rebellion
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July 211st Battle of Bull Run
(1st Manassas)
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July 211st Battle of Bull Run
(1st Manassas)
• 3,000 Union casualties; 2,000 Confederate casualties
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July 211st Battle of Bull Run
(1st Manassas)
• 3,000 Union casualties; 2,000 Confederate casualties• Thomas Jackson earns his nickname, Stonewall
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July 211st Battle of Bull Run
(1st Manassas)
• 3,000 Union casualties; 2,000 Confederate casualties• Thomas Jackson earns his nickname, Stonewall•After the defeat, Lincoln issues an order for
another 500,000 recruits
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1862
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February 6-8
The Union and Gen. Ulysses S. Grant claim
their first significant victories at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in
western Tennessee
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April 6-7Battle of Shiloh
(Southwest Tennessee)
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• 13,000 Union casualties; 10,700 Confederate casualties
April 6-7Battle of Shiloh
(Southwest Tennessee)
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• 13,000 Union casualties; 10,700 Confederate casualties•Union surprised on Day 1
April 6-7Battle of Shiloh
(Southwest Tennessee)
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• 13,000 Union casualties; 10,700 Confederate casualties•Union surprised on Day 1•Courageous efforts by Grant and Sherman push
Confederates back on Day 2
April 6-7Battle of Shiloh
(Southwest Tennessee)
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April 24 New Orleans takenThis political, commercial, and strategic prize was taken without a battle in the city, meaning its rich cultural heritage survived intact.
June 25-July 1 Seven Days BattleLee drives back a Union invasion at high cost: 16,000 Union casualties; 20,000 Confederate casualties
August 29-30 2nd Battle of Bull RunUnion decisively beaten when Longstreet’s Corp finally pushes through Thoroughfare Gap (held for 6 hours by the cavalry commanded by John Buford) to reinforce Stonewall Jackson. 10,000 Union casualties; 8,300 Confederate casualties.
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April 24 New Orleans takenThis political, commercial, and strategic prize was taken without a battle in the city, meaning its rich cultural heritage survived intact.
June 25-July 1 Seven Days BattleLee drives back a Union invasion at high cost: 16,000 Union casualties; 20,000 Confederate casualties
August 29-30 2nd Battle of Bull RunUnion decisively beaten when Longstreet’s Corp finally pushes through Thoroughfare Gap (held for 6 hours by the cavalry commanded by John Buford) to reinforce Stonewall Jackson. 10,000 Union casualties; 8,300 Confederate casualties.
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April 24 New Orleans takenThis political, commercial, and strategic prize was taken without a battle in the city, meaning its rich cultural heritage survived intact.
June 25-July 1 Seven Days BattleLee drives back a Union invasion at high cost: 16,000 Union casualties; 20,000 Confederate casualties
August 29-30 2nd Battle of Bull RunUnion decisively beaten when Longstreet’s Corp finally pushes through Thoroughfare Gap (held for 6 hours by the cavalry commanded by John Buford) to reinforce Stonewall Jackson. 10,000 Union casualties; 8,300 Confederate casualties.
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Missouri Compromise of 1820
September 17Battle of Antietam
(Sharpsburg, Maryland)
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Missouri Compromise of 1820
•Union repels Lee’s invasion of the North
September 17Battle of Antietam
(Sharpsburg, Maryland)
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Missouri Compromise of 1820
•Union repels Lee’s invasion of the North• The bloodiest single day in the war with 23,000
casualties, 12,400 Union and 10,400 Confederate
September 17Battle of Antietam
(Sharpsburg, Maryland)
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Missouri Compromise of 1820
• The church in the background of this famous photograph is a Dunker Church. Members of the Church of the Brethren, with which McPherson College is associated, were known as Dunkers.
September 17Battle of Antietam
(Sharpsburg, Maryland)
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December 11-15Battle of Fredericksburg
(Fredericksburg, Virginia)
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December 11-15Battle of Fredericksburg
(Fredericksburg, Virginia)
•One of the war’s most one-sided battles
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December 11-15Battle of Fredericksburg
(Fredericksburg, Virginia)
•One of the war’s most one-sided battles•Under pressure from Washington, the new
commander of the Army of the Potomac, Ambrose Burnside, orders senseless, repeated charges up well-defended Marye’s Heights
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December 11-15Battle of Fredericksburg
(Fredericksburg, Virginia)
•One of the war’s most one-sided battles•Under pressure from Washington, the new
commander of the Army of the Potomac, Ambrose Burnside, orders senseless, repeated charges up well-defended Marye’s Heights• 12,700 Union casualties; 5,400 Confederate
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1863
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Manifest Destiny
January 1The final Emancipation Proclamation frees the slaves in seceded states. The proclamation served as official acknowledgement that the war was not just about preserving the Union; it was a war to end slavery in the U.S.
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Manifest DestinyMay 1-4Battle of Chancellorsville
(Chancellorsville, Virginia)
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Manifest DestinyMay 1-4Battle of Chancellorsville
(Chancellorsville, Virginia)
•Outnumbered 134,000 men to 61,000, R. E. Lee had his greatest victory here
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Manifest DestinyMay 1-4Battle of Chancellorsville
(Chancellorsville, Virginia)
•Outnumbered 134,000 men to 61,000, R. E. Lee had his greatest victory here•Gen. Jackson is accidentally shot by his own
men. He dies of complications of his wounds on May 10.
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Mexican-American War 1846-48
June 3Lee begins marching his army northward toward Pennsylvania
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