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In the wake of McClellan's 1862 campaign, Union strategy shifted toward total war and included all of the following components except: Appealing to Britain and France to mediate a settlement with the Confederacy. The Ladies Do Their Part. June 1861.
July 1862. Having taken a month to fight their way through Yorktown's paltry defenses, "Tardy George" McClellan's troops failed to take the Confederate capital of Richmond and were bested by the Confederates in the Seven Days' Battles. McClellan's troops have been driven back to the sea by Lee's rebel forces, signaling the end ...
President Lincoln altered the course of the war today when he issued the _______________ . Effective January 1 , 1863, the decree declares slaves to be "forever free" in those areas of the Confederacy still in rebellion. Frederick Douglass has applauded Lincoln's move, announcing, "We shout for joy that we live to record this righteous decree."
Two Confederate diplomats, John Slidell and James Mason, en route to Europe on a ship known as the ___________________, were intercepted by the Union navy recently and are being detained at Fort Warren in Boston Harbor. Great Britain threatens war if the two are not released, arguing that the United States has violated the men's diplomatic immunity and its sovereign honor.
True or False: The Union navy never successfully blockaded the South. Smugglers were able to run supplies to the Confederacy throughout the war.
In the wake of McClellan's 1862 campaign, Union strategy shifted toward total war and included all of the following components except: Appealing to Britain and France to mediate a settlement with the Confederacy. The Ladies Do Their Part. June 1861.
July 1862. Having taken a month to fight their way through Yorktown's paltry defenses, "Tardy George" McClellan's troops failed to take the Confederate capital of Richmond and were bested by the Confederates in the Seven Days' Battles. McClellan's troops have been driven back to the sea by Lee's rebel forces, signaling the end ...
President Lincoln altered the course of the war today when he issued the _______________ . Effective January 1 , 1863, the decree declares slaves to be "forever free" in those areas of the Confederacy still in rebellion. Frederick Douglass has applauded Lincoln's move, announcing, "We shout for joy that we live to record this righteous decree."
Two Confederate diplomats, John Slidell and James Mason, en route to Europe on a ship known as the ___________________, were intercepted by the Union navy recently and are being detained at Fort Warren in Boston Harbor. Great Britain threatens war if the two are not released, arguing that the United States has violated the men's diplomatic immunity and its sovereign honor.
True or False: The Union navy never successfully blockaded the South. Smugglers were able to run supplies to the Confederacy throughout the war.