Battle was shiloh, april 6 and 7, 1862. We talked about how grant thought the war was going to be over, one more battle and this thing will end and then after shiloh grant learns the war is going to last a lot longer and nothing short of absolute conquest of the south will end it. Today well talk about a Campaign Going on at the exact same moment over in the eastern theatre or virginia in this case. We will talk about the peninsula and the seven Days Campaign today. It starts in late march, early april, 1862 and is going to go until july of 1862. And it was the campaign that could have ended the war in the summer of 1862. The Union Strategy this time was if you can knock the confederate capitol out of the war, richmond, only 90 miles from washington, d. C. , if the Union General George Mcclellan can capture the confederate capital at richmond by the summer of 1862 the confederacy may throw in the towel. We cant know for sure. It is speculation. It could very well be that the confederac
Going to last a lot longer and nothing short of absolute conquest of the south will end it. Today well talk about a Campaign Going on at the exact same moment over in the eastern theatre or virginia in this case. We will talk about the peninsula and the seven Days Campaign today. It starts in late march, early april, 1862 and is going to go until july of 1862. And it was the campaign that could have ended the war in the summer of 1862. The Union Strategy this time was if you can knock the confederate capitol out of the war, richmond, only 90 miles from washington, d. C. , if the Union General George Mcclellan can capture the confederate capital at richmond by the summer of 1862 the confederacy may throw in the towel. We cant know for sure. It is speculation. It could very well be that the confederacy decides, ok, they took our capital but well keep on fighting. The war has been going on about a year. If the confederacy loses their National Capital within a year it very well could be th
Probably 1970s timeframe. How is this different from the southern version you heard earlier in the semester . What do you think . Extremely somber. Charles somber. In, really kind of depressing, right . Has the feeling of the war. Early on, there was people who are wanting to fight. Now people are sick of it. This has been building up over time. Charles ok. That is a good point. You said they have been fighting for over three years and it is wearing on people. There is so much death. There is so much loss and destruction and people are getting tired of it. Northern war wariness we ariness is gaining momentum in the summer and fall of 1864. And we begin to see during the election year, the campaigning starts in the summer and we begin to see the democrats step up their attacks on the lincoln administration. We see them come back, and the author says, boldly returning from canada. What are they going to exploit . What are they going to focus on in the election . I think they are going to
Probably 1970s timeframe. How is this different from the southern version you heard earlier in the semester . What do you think . Extremely somber. Charles somber. In, really kind of depressing, right . Has the feeling of the war. Early on, there was people who are wanting to fight. Now people are sick of it. This has been building up over time. Charles ok. That is a good point. You said they have been fighting for over three years and it is wearing on people. There is so much death. There is so much loss and destruction and people are getting tired of it. Northern war wariness we ariness is gaining momentum in the summer and fall of 1864. And we begin to see during the election year, the campaigning starts in the summer and we begin to see the democrats step up their attacks on the lincoln administration. We see them come back, and the author says, boldly returning from canada. What are they going to exploit . What are they going to focus on in the election . I think they are going to
Maudlin. Really kind of depressing, right . Has the feeling of the war. Early on, there was people who are wanting to fight. Now people are sick of it. This has been building up over time. Charles ok. That is a good point. They have been fighting for over three years and it is wearing on people in there is cash people. There is some much death. So much loss and destruction and people are getting tired of it. And wariness is gaining momentum in the summer and fall of 1864. And we begin to see during the election year, the campaigning starts in the summer and we begin to see the democrats step up their attacks on the lincoln administration. We see them come back, and the other says, boldly returning from canada. What are they going to exploit . What are they going to focus on in the election . I think they are going to focus on sort of the emancipation aspect of it. They are trying to get the more conservative republicans on their side in terms of saying, hey, we do not want to this eman