Chapter+3-3.+Fighting+the+War

Chapter 3-3: Fighting the War

Key Words/Terms:
 * Battle Of Antietam: bloodiest single-day battle
 * 54th Massachusetts Infantry: First African American soldiers recruited by union served in this

Key People:
 * Ulysses S. Grant- Union Commander, 1862, he capture Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in Tennesse
 * David Farragut: commanded union ships
 * George B. McClellan: General
 * James E.B Stuart: gathered information on enemy positions
 * Martin Delany: First African American promoted to the rank of major
 * Ambrose E. Burnside: replaced general McClellan

Key Events: The War in the West- Eastern Campaigns A Shift in War Goals Antietam African Americans Take Up Arms New Union Commanders
 * Ulysses S. Grant- Union Commander, 1862, he capture Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in Tennessee
 * 1862 battle of Shiloh, Union surprised attacked Confederates
 * Union won
 * David Farragut: commanded union ships
 * Union ships attacked two forts guarding new Orleans
 * George B. McClellan: Genera
 * The President didn't like him because McClellan was too hesitant
 * James E.B Stuart: gathered information on enemy positions
 * Emancipation Proclamation: all slaves living in areas still rebelling against the United States would be free.
 * President hoped that if slaves learned North was fighting for their freedom they would abandon owners, thereby weakening South's economy
 * President lacked constitutional authority to abolish slavery
 * Battle Of Antietam: bloodiest single-day battle
 * President fired McClellan
 * This defeat gave President the political support to move forward with his plans to free the slaves in the south
 * 54th Massachusetts Infantry: First African American soldiers recruited by union served in this
 * Martin Delany: First African American promoted to the rank of major
 * Attack on Fort Wagner was first time that the African American troops had been assigned a key role in a military campaign
 * Union army did not offer them full equality
 * they earned half of the pay of white soldiers
 * pay equalized pay scale in June 1864
 * Ambrose E. Burnside: replaced general McClellan
 * Burnside sent Union soldiers across Rappahannock, 114,000 Union soldiers, 75,000 Confederate