1. CHAPTER 16:
The Civil War
Section 3:
The War in the West

2. VOCABULARY
 Siege: (Noun) A military blockade
of a city or fortified place to compel
it to surrender

3. The War in the West

4. ULYSSES S. GRANT
 General Ulysses S. Grant was
commander of Union forces in the
West
• Aggressive &
always wanted to
attack

5. Battle of Ft. Henry

6. Battle of Ft. Donelson

7. The Civil
War in the
West

8. FALL OF NEW
ORLEANS
 David
Farragut
commands
Union
Navy on
the
Mississippi

9. “Damn the torpedoes,
full speed ahead!!!”

10. The Civil
War in the
West

11. FALL OF NEW
ORLEANS
 He captures New Orleans
• Largest city in the
South

12. BATTLE OF SHILOH
 Confederates attack Grant in
Tennessee to start the Battle of
Shiloh

13. The Civil
War in the
West

14. The Battle of Shiloh

15. BATTLE OF SHILOH
 Grant won the battle
 He then controlled most of the
Mississippi

16. The Civil
War in the
West

17. SEIGE OF VICKSBURG
 Only the town of Vicksburg
stood in Grant’s way

18. Grant’s Strategy at Vicksburg

19. SEIGE OF VICKSBURG
 Vicksburg is too heavily defended
 Grant lays a siege on the town for
six weeks

20. The Siege at Vicksburg

21. Civilians inside Vicksburg

22. SEIGE OF VICKSBURG
 On July 4, 1863 Vicksburg
surrenders
 Grant has cut the South in half

23. The Civil
War in the
West