America: Pathways to the Present
Chapter 4
Section 1: From Bull Run to Antietam
The Civil War
(1861–1865)
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The First Battle of Bull Run
• The first major battle of the Civil War ended in a victory for the
Confederacy.
The First Battle of Bull Run
• The Union appeared to be winning at the beginning
The First Battle of Bull Run
• It became known as the First Battle of Bull Run because
Preparing for War
Strengths of the North and the South
Northern Advantages
Preparing for War
Strengths of the North and the South
Southern Advantages
Military Strategies
Union Military Strategies
Military Strategies
Confederate War Strategies
Military Strategies
Tactics and Technology
War in the West
• After Bull Run Lincoln appoints General George McClellan as the
Commander of the Army of the Potomac in the east
War in the West
• Union forces in the West were led by General Ulysses S. Grant
War in the East
The Monitor and the Merrimack
War in the East
The Battle of Seven Pines
The South Attacks
Chapter 4, Section 1
The Battle of Antietam