Post on 13-Dec-2015
transcript
BE PREPAREDBE PREPARED…… Grab the Antietam Video packet
Today you will…Today you will… Examine the single bloodiest day of the Civil War
BATTLE OF ANTIETAMSEPTEMBER 1862
• LEE’S MESSENGER DROPS THE PLANS (wrapped around cigars) – falls into hands of Union
• With Lee’s plans in hand…McClellan attacks eventually Lee
Phase 1 – The Cornfield Phase 1 – The Cornfield
• Union and Confederates clash at Antietam, MD. (one of a few battles that took place on Northern soil)
• Mass devastation – After 3 hours of fighting…9,000 soldiers are dead
Phase 2 – The Sunken Road
• Next battle scene = Confederates are dug into a “sunken road”
• Union soldiers eventually outflank Confederates at the “Sunken Road”
Phase 3 – The Bridge Phase 3 – The Bridge
• Reinforcements come at the last minute to allow the Confederates to continue fighting
• 1862 – Lincoln has replaced McDowell with George McClellan as Commander of the Army of the East
• McClellan was a great student, but a cautious leader
George McClellan
Andy ReidHow are these How are these
two men two men similar?similar?
FIRE FIRE ANDY!ANDY!
Lincoln at Antietam
Lincoln visited Antietam
AFTER the battle urging McClellan to attack Lee’s
men
I am not happy with you, McClellan since you didn’t follow up Lee
BATTLE OF ANTIETAM
September 17, 1862 – 23,000 Americans lost their livesSeptember 17, 1862 – 23,000 Americans lost their livesBLOODIEST SINGLE DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY!BLOODIEST SINGLE DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY!
LINCOLN HAS THE VICTORY NEEDED FOR…
The Emancipation Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation
Antietam(on battle chart)
WINNER
• UNION CLAIMS VICTORY AFTER THE CONFEDERATES LEAVE
IMPACT OF BATTLE
• Lincoln replaces McClellan
• BLOODIEST SINGLE DAY OF THE WAR
• Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
DAY 1 VIDEO
NOTES
HIS SON, WILLIE, DIED
CONFEDERATESCONFEDERATES WERE WINNING THE WAR BY FIGHTING A DEFENISVE WAR; THIS WOULD CHANGE THEIR STRATEGY
LINCOLN NEEDS MORE SOLIDERS; NOT ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS
WORTH IT
EUROPEAN NATIONS (FRANCE/BRITAIN)
THEY RELIED ON THE SOUTH FOR COTTON
THEY HAD RECENTLY ABOLISHED SLAVERY (THEY’D BE HYPOCRITES)
IN HIS DESK
30 ACRE PATCH OF CORN
MOST LIKELY STOOD NEXT TO A FAMILY MEMBER
LEE’S BATTLE PLANIT WAS LEFT BEHIND, WRAPPED AROUND A
FEW CIGARS (FELL INTO UNION HANDS)
VERY CAUTIOUS; MADE EXCUSES NOT TO ATTACK
NO ONE ELSE
OBLITERATED; NOT MUCH LEFT
CAME IN ONE AFTER ANOTHER, LIKE WAVES
I HIT YOU, YOU HIT ME; NO DEFENSE
THEY HAVE MORE MEN
9,000
DAY 2 VIDEO
NOTES
THEY WERE BEING HELD CAPTIVE BY THE UNION
THEY’D JOIN LEE’S ARMY
LEE’S ARMY HAD NO UNDERWEAR, LOOKED HUNGRY…
INVADERS
ROAD THAT’S ERODED OVER TIME; MEN WERE COMPLETELY COVERED BY THE ROAD
THEY HAVE THEM TRAPPED
COULD HAVE POSSIBLY ENDED THE WAR EARLIER
DOESN’T WANT TO RISK LOSING HIS REMAINING TROOPS
CONFEDERATE TROOPS
CRIES OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS
A PHOTOGRAPHER
PICTURES OF THE DEAD AT ANTIETAM
HE SENT MCCLELLAN TO GET LEE’S ARMY, NOT LET HIM GO
PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
PRESERVE THE UNIONSLAVERY
SLAVERY
THE WAR IS NOW ABOUT ENDING SLAVERY, FRANCE AND BRITAIN HAD ABOLISHED SLAVERY ALREADY (CAN’T HELP SOUTH NOW)
REPLACES/FIRES