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The Civil War Battles and
Blockades
The Battle of
Chancellorsville
The Battle of Chancellorsville
will have a devastating effect
on the south.
• Union Victory
Outcome:
1. General Stonewall Jackson
was accidentally shot by
one of his men and died.
2. The Confederacy will lose
one of its most important
Generals.
Gettysburg
Important Facts to Know
• Gettysburg is know as the bloodiest
battles of the Civil War.
• The south decide to invade the north
for the second time in the war’s
history in another effort to capture
Washington D. C.
• The Battle of Gettysburg was perhaps
the best known battle of the Civil War.
• Men on both sides showed extreme
courage and determination, making it
the bloodiest battle with the highest
death toll.
Outcome:
1. Union victory.
2. Marked the turning
point of the war.
3. The Union will begin
winning more battles
and the north moves
closer to Georgia soil.
4. After the battle of
Gettysburg, the south
would never again
invade the north.
Ultimate Outcome
The battle of Gettysburg marked a major turning point of the
war in favor of the Union.
• Union Victory
• During the Battle of
Vicksburg the Confederate
Army had to retreat.
Outcome:
1. The Union army gains
control of the Mississippi
River.
2. Cuts the South in two
denying the South of
supplies from the West.
3. The confederacy begins to
run low in supplies to
support the war.
Battle of Vicksburg
• The last major Confederate
victory of the American Civil War.
• Coming after defeat at Gettysburg
and the loss of Vicksburg,
Outcome
1. Last Confederate victory of the
Civil War.
2. Moral victory that gave troops
the last brief hope of a Civil War
victory.
3. General Bragg’s Army defeated
the Union forces and forced the
Union Army out of Georgia and
back into Tennessee.
4. Chattanooga falls into Union
hands.
Battle of
Chickamauga
Important Facts to Know:
The Union army access to
many large rivers and the
ability to control southern
railway and block supply
shipments to the south.