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Major Civil War Battles
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Attack on Fort Sumter – SC (1861)
“First Shots” of the Civil War
After Fort Sumter fell:
-Lincoln called for volunteers for the army and Northerners rushed to sign up
-Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee seceded from the Union (now 11 states in the CSA)
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Battle of Bull Run – VA (1861)“First Battle” of the Civil War
People thought the war would be “a picnic”
Troops on both sides were inexperienced – Why?
Union troops retreated
(Lincoln asks 500,000 more men to enlist for next battle)
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Remember the Anaconda Plan…
1.) Cut off trade by blockading southern ports.
2.) Cut the Confederacy in TWO by taking control of Mississippi River
3.) Capture the Confederate Capital at Richmond, VA
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Attack on Fort Donelson - TN (1862)
U.S. General Grant captured the fort and gained control of:
Tennessee RiverCumberland River(access to Mississippi River)
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Battle of the “Ironclads” (1862)
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Battle of Shiloh – TN (1862)General Grant
Wanted to gain control of the Mississippi River
25,000 casualties
Confederates retreated
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Battle of Antietam – MD (1862)
Union army advancing toward Richmond, VA
Battle was a standoff – but the CSA retreated
26,000 casualties (bloodiest single-day battle in American history)
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Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8N2O9LRt14 Link to audio of Emancipation Proclamation
Follow along with the Emancipation Proclamation as it is being read out loud.
Are all slaves being freed?
What is Lincoln’s larger purpose for this document?
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Mathew Brady and Photography
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The Camera Goes to War
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“THE VOICE OF WAR has long been heard and the literature of war is almost as old as organized warfare itself. The vision of war proved more difficult to fix …”. - Keegan, John
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WARNINGThe following images are graphic and real images
from war.
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Battle of Gettysburg – PA (1863)
CSA wants supplies
3-day battle
CSA defeated
23,000 USA casualties28,000 CSA casualties
the bloodiest battle of the Civil War
“Gettysburg Address”
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Civil War in Print
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Gettysburg Address (1863)
“Four score and seven years ago (87)….”
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Siege of Vicksburg – MS (1863)
General Grant wanted control of the Mississippi River
What is a siege?
CSA surrendered
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Siege of Petersburg – VA (1864)
General Grant attacked Petersburg because it was a railroad center.
Why?
USA - 65,000 casualties
Standoff
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Election of 1864
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Sherman’s March to Sea – GA (1864)
Gen. Sherman (USA) marched his troops through Georgia and destroyed everything in his way
He used tactics of TOTAL WAR
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CSA Surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse, VA (1865)
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Casualties of the Civil War
North South
Battle Deaths 110,070 94,000
Disease, etc. 250,152 164,000
TOTAL 360,222 258,000
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The Cost of War