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THE CIVIL WAR
MAJOR BATTLES
VICKSBURG
ANTIETAM
GETTYSBURGConclusion
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VICKSBURG BATTLE WAS FOUGHT IN VICKSBURG,
MISSISSIPPI ON MAY 18 –JULY 4 1863 THE FORCES FIGHTING WERE THE ARMY OF
THE TENNESSEE [US] VS ARMY OF VICKSBURG [CS]
THE CAMPAIGN WAS A PART OF MAJOR GENERAL ULYSSES S GRANT’S OPERATION AGAINST VICKSBURG
THE GENERAL’S IN CHARGE WERE MJR GEN ULYSSES S GRANT[US] AND LT GEN JOHN C. PEMBERTON[CS]
THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT MILITARY CAMPAIGNS OF THE WAR.
WITH THE LOSS OF PEMBERTONS ARMY THE CONFEDERACY WAS SPLIT IN HALF
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 37,532 CASUALTIES (4,835 UNION AND 32,697 CONFEDERATES)
REVIEW1. IN WHAT STATE WAS THIS BATTLE
FOUGHT?
2. HOW MANY TOTAL CASUALTIES WERE IN THIS BATTLE?
3. WHO WERE THE COMMANDERS IN CHARGE OF THIS BATTLE?
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ANTIETAM THE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT IN ANTIETAM,
MARYLAND ON SEPTEMBER 16-18, IN 1862 THE FORCES INVOLVED WERE LEE’S ARMY OF
NORTHERN VIRGINIA [CS] AND McCLELLAN’S UNION REGULARS[US]
AT SEPTEMBER 17, HOOKER’S CROPS MOUNTED A POWERFUL ASSAULT ON LEE’S LEFT FLANK THAT BEGAN THE BLOODIEST DAY IN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY.
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 22,717 CASUALTIES IN THIS BATTLE 12,401 UNION AND 10,316 CONFEDERATES
THIS VICTORY GAVE PRESIDENT LINCOLN THE CONFIDENCE TO ANNOUCE THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
THE COMMANDERS OF THE BATTLE WERE MJR GEN GEORGE McCLELLAN [US] AND GEN ROBERT E. LEE [CS]
1. IN WHAT STATE WAS THIS BATTLE FOUGHT?
2. HOW MANY TOTAL CASUALTIES WERE IN THIS BATTLE?
3. WHO WERE THE COMMANDERS IN CHARGE OF THIS BATTLE?
BACK TO MAJOR BATTLES
REVIEW
GETTYSBURG THIS BATTLE WAS FOUGHT IN GETTYSBURG,
PENNSYLVANIA FROM JULY 1-3, 1863 MAJOR SKIRMISHES OF THIS BATTLE WERE
DEVIL’S DEN, LITTLE ROUND TOP, AND PICKETTS CHARGE
THIS BATTLE WAS DESCRIBED AS THE TURNING POINT IN THE WAR.
THE ARMIES FIGHTING WERE MEADE’S ARMY OF THE POTOMAC AND LEE’S ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 158,300 OF CASUALTIES IN THIS BATTLE 83,289 UNION AND 75,054 CONFEDERATE
THE COMMADERS OF THIS BATTLE WERE MJR GEN GEORGE MEADE [US] AND GEN ROBERT E. LEE [CS]
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS BATTLE LINCOLN MADE HIS FAMOUS SPEECH “THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS”.
REVIEW1. IN WHAT STATE WAS THIS BATTLE
FOUGHT?
2. HOW MANY TOTAL CASUALTIES WERE IN THIS BATTLE?
3. WHO WERE THE COMMANDERS IN CHARGE OF THIS BATTLE?
Back to MAJOR BATTLES
CONCLUSION• THERE WERE THREE MAJOR BATTLES
THAT HELPED SHAPE THE CIVIL WAR (ANTIETAM, VICKSBURG, AND GETTYBURG).
• MANY AMERICANS PERISHED FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR CAUSES.
• THE CIVIL WAR WAS LED BY SOME OF THE BRIGHTEST MILITARY MINDS IN HISTORY.
SOURCES• WIKIPEDIA ENCYCLOPEDIA. (N.D.)
VICKSBURG, ANTIENAM, GETTYSBURG. RETRIEVED FROM HTTP://WWW.WIKIPEDIA.ORG
• PREMIER INTERNET INC. (N.D.) BATTLES: ANTIENAM, GETTYSBURG, VICKSBURG. RETRIEVED FROM HTTP://WWW.CIVILWAR.COM