The US Civil War
... • Grant gave generous terms of surrender – Confederates could return home – Were allowed to take private possessions and ...
... • Grant gave generous terms of surrender – Confederates could return home – Were allowed to take private possessions and ...
Major Battles of the Civil War (50)
... On September 17, 1862, McClellan and Lee clashed at ______________, marking one of the bloodiest days in the war. At the Battle of _________________, General Meade forced Confederate troops to retreat from Pennsylvania. After a six-week siege, the city of __________________ surrendered to Grant’s ar ...
... On September 17, 1862, McClellan and Lee clashed at ______________, marking one of the bloodiest days in the war. At the Battle of _________________, General Meade forced Confederate troops to retreat from Pennsylvania. After a six-week siege, the city of __________________ surrendered to Grant’s ar ...
CIVIL WAR
... Confederate troops cleared from West Virginia, Kentucky, much of Tennessee New Orleans captured ...
... Confederate troops cleared from West Virginia, Kentucky, much of Tennessee New Orleans captured ...
4-3
... Most decisive Battle of the Civil War – Lasted three days. Turned the tide squarely in favor of the Union ...
... Most decisive Battle of the Civil War – Lasted three days. Turned the tide squarely in favor of the Union ...
Mississippi in the American Civil War
Mississippi was the second southern U.S. state to declare its secession from the Union on January 9, 1861. With its Secession Ordinance, Mississippi joined with six other southern slave-holding states to form the Confederacy a month later, on February 4, 1861. Mississippi's location along the lengthy Mississippi River made it strategically important to both the Union and the Confederacy; dozens of battles were fought in the state as armies repeatedly clashed near key towns and cities.Mississippian troops fought in every major theater of the American Civil War, although most were concentrated in the Western Theater. The only Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, though born in Kentucky, spent his formative years in Mississippi. Prominent Mississippian generals during the war included William Barksdale, Carnot Posey, Wirt Adams, Earl Van Dorn, Robert Lowry and Benjamin G. Humphreys.