HIUS 2051 Lecture 19: Shifting Tides of Fortune Summer 1812 through Spring 1863
24 Oct 2016
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Summer 1812 through spring 1863: the seven days a watershed. Battle of malborne hill wasn"t a battle, it was a murder: mcclellan suffered huge losses, he retreated. Huge confederate victory lee had driven him away from the gates of richmond: incredibly bloody, huge casualties. 16k of us army: shows the gravity of the war. Drink of water after a long drought for the confederacy: stunning change of morale behind the lines, all doubts of lee"s aggressiveness, he just lost 20k men, he"s aggressive. It, if anything, pushes congress and lincoln towards emancipation: cant overstate how important the seven days were, july 22, 1862 lincoln tells his cabinet he is going to declare proclamation. Waits for victory to declare it, antietam. Situation in july august 1862 expanding war. Us army threats across the board: forces threatening chattanooga (gateway to georgia, untouched by this point)
