Control of the Mississippi River
Western Battles!!
Name __________________________________________________________Date ___________Period ___________
• Why did the Union peruse this strategy?
– Cut off the eastern ______________________ from sources of
_______________________________________________
– Using bases on the Mississippi the Union could attack _______________________
and _____________________________________ networks
• Fort Henry and Donelson
– February 1862
– Grant’s Army of the Tennessee were ______________________
• Battle of Shiloh
– At the Battle of Shiloh in Mississippi in April of 1862, _____, probably in a drunken
state, was ___________________ by an early morning CSA attack lead by
__________________.
– The casualties were immense as each side lost _________ of their armies! The
battle raged on despite dark thunderclouds rolling in, and the Union suffered
_________________ casualties to the Confederate __________________!
• _____________________ was a sunken road that was the center of much
of the bloody battle and the loss of Union lives when they were surrounded
by the Confederates.
– The next day ___________________________ will arrive and be able to remove
the Confederates from their position
– More ________________ died in this battle than both the Revolution and the
Mexican Wars combined. The CSA commander, Joseph __________________
was killed.
– As night fell, and a terrific storm ensued, the fighting stopped. Both sides looked
down on the battlefield from their camps and watched as the lightning
sporadically lit up ______________________________________ dead bodies.
• Impact
– _____________________________________________________________.
• Newspapers claim this as a Confederate victory although they themselves
had retreated.
• Union Army gained greater control of the Mississippi River Valley
– ______________________________________________________________.