Turning Points of the Civil War
1. Holding the Border
Maryland
Baltimore Riot
Lincoln and War Powers
RRs/Habeas Corpus
Congress
1791 M ilitia Act
Kentucky
Neutrality
Fort Donelson
Fort Henry
Missouri
1863 Raid on Lawrence
General Order #10
William Quantrill/
“Bloody” Bill Anderson
2. Capture of New Orleans
Confederacy’s Largest Port
Confederacy’s Largest City
Mouth of the Mississippi River
Experiment in Reconstruction
Benjamin Butler
Woman’s Order
1864 Election
3. Battle of Antietam
Army of the Potomac’s First
“Victory”
Seven Days
Second Manassas
Effect on Great Britain
Opportunity for Lincoln
4. Emancipation Proclamation
Union war aim
Undermined Confederate War
Effort
Foreign Policy Ramifications
5. Vicksburg Campaign
Closing of the Mississippi/Splitting Confederacy
Demoralization
Rise of U. S. Grant
6. Rise of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Integrated Strategy/Pressure on all points
Sherman’s March
Shenandoah Valley
Red River Campaign
Overland Campaign
Determination
Culmination of Total War
7. Election of 1864
Guarantees War Will Continue
Cements Republicans’ Power
Solidifies Lincoln’s Reputation
8. Sherman’s March
Chattanooga to Atlanta
“Making Georgia Howl”
Through the Carolinas
Burning of Columbia