https://padlet.com/jmuno153/820ey9y1ax7r Bet en-us 2016-12-05 20:00:03 UTC 2016-12-06 19:28:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rafaelo.png jmuno153 https://padlet.com/jmuno153/820ey9y1ax7r/wish/142129407 Significant Leader: Albert Sidney Johnston, P.G.T. Beauregard, Ulysses S. Grant.

What Happened? Confederates performed a surprise attack from the woods on the Federals forcing them back into their camps. The Federals received back up troops and overpowered the confederates.

Union won.

What was significant? ]]> 2016-12-06 19:13:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jmuno153/820ey9y1ax7r/wish/142129407 vbystrowicz477 https://padlet.com/jmuno153/820ey9y1ax7r/wish/142129640 Significant Leaders: General McClellan, Robert E. Lee

What happened: This battle was fought in order to save Richmond. The Confederates were at a disadvantage with fewer soldiers and more casualties, but they had more determination. They got the Union to back away and head down the peninsula towards the sea.

Who won? The Confederates

Significance: The Confederates seemed as if they were going to lose. But, they ended up winning and the Union realized the South wasn’t that easy to defeat.]]> 2016-12-06 19:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jmuno153/820ey9y1ax7r/wish/142129640 djelenkovic106 https://padlet.com/jmuno153/820ey9y1ax7r/wish/142129964 Significant leaders: Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, Lt. Gen. John Pemberton

What happened: General Ulysses S. Grant’s armies converged on Vicksburg surrounding the city and entrapping a Confederate Army under Lt. Gen. John Pemberton. On July 4, Vicksburg surrender after prolonged siege operations.

Who won? Union

Significance: This was the pinnacle of one of the most brilliant military campaigns of the war. With the loss of Pemberton’s army and this vital position  on the Mississippi, the Confederacy was effectively split in half. Grant's successes in the West boosted his reputation, leading ultimately to his appointment as General-in-Chief of the Union armies..]]> 2016-12-06 19:15:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jmuno153/820ey9y1ax7r/wish/142129964 vbystrowicz477 https://padlet.com/jmuno153/820ey9y1ax7r/wish/142131132 Significant Leaders: General Lee, Joseph Hooker

What happened: Late on May 1, 1863, Lee and Jackson conceived one of the boldest plans of the war. On May 2, 1863 the Confederates attacked the union and wounded Stonewall Jackson. On May 3, 1863, the Confederates resumed their offensive and drove Hooker’s larger army back to a new defensive line nearer the fords. Lee defeated a rear separate Federal force. 

Who won? The Confederates

Significance: This was considered Lee’s greatest victory of the entire war.

]]> 2016-12-06 19:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jmuno153/820ey9y1ax7r/wish/142131132 djelenkovic106 https://padlet.com/jmuno153/820ey9y1ax7r/wish/142131242 Significant leaders: Conf. Gen. Mansfield Lovell, Union Admiral David Farragut

What happened: In the middle of the night of April 24, Admiral David Farragut led a fleet of 24 gunboats, 19 mortar boats, and 15,000 soldiers in a daring run past the forts. The river was open then so the Union Armada plowed through the Confederate Forces, Gen. Mansfield Lovell surrendered to the Union forces. because  Adm. Farragut threatened to burn the city down.

Who won: Union

Significance:The Confederacy lost a major city, and the lower Mississippi soon became a Union highway for 400 miles to Vicksburg, Mississippi.The capture of this vital southern city was a huge blow to the Confederacy.]]> 2016-12-06 19:18:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jmuno153/820ey9y1ax7r/wish/142131242 jmuno153 https://padlet.com/jmuno153/820ey9y1ax7r/wish/142131280 Significant leaders: George McClellan, Robert E. Lee, A.P. Hill.

What happened? Army of Potomac perform a series of assaults against the confederates. The Union had outnumbered them. The confederates counter attack swept back and forth between Miller’s cornfield. The Union pushed the confederates back to Antietam

Who won? draw

Significance: The Confederate retreat gave Abraham Lincoln the “victory” he desired before issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. This was the bloodiest battle in US history.]]> 2016-12-06 19:18:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jmuno153/820ey9y1ax7r/wish/142131280 jmuno153 https://padlet.com/jmuno153/820ey9y1ax7r/wish/142134420 2016-12-06 19:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jmuno153/820ey9y1ax7r/wish/142134420