· 1st Union attack on the Confederacy in July of 1861.
· The Confederates, led by Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, won the battle.
* This battle showed each side that they needed training.
* It also showed that the war would be long and bloody.
· The Union blockade on Southern ports hurt the South.
· Therefore, the South created an ironclad ship called the Merrimack to attack the Union navy.
· In response, the North created an ironclad ship called the Monitor.
* Ironclad ships changed naval warfare forever!
· The Confederate General Robert E. Lee decided to attack the Union in Maryland, on Union soil, in September of 1862.
· Over 23,000 Union and Confederate troops were killed or wounded.
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