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Chapter Introduction
Section 1: The Opposing Sides
Section 2: The Early Stages
Section 3: Life During the War
Section 4: The Turning Point
Section 5: The War Ends
Visual Summary
Military Life
Soldiers suffered physical hardship
and women provided medical
assistance.
Military Life (cont.)
• Union and Confederate soldiers suffered
many hardships during the long days and
weeks between battles.
− For the Union soldier, meals often consisted
of hardtack, potatoes, and beans, flavored
at times with dried salt pork.
• The Civil War produced huge numbers of
casualties, and doctors struggled to tend to
the wounded.
Military Life (cont.)
• Women helped the war effort at home by
managing family farms and businesses.
• On the battlefield, women made dramatic
contributions to the Civil War by serving as
nurses.
− In 1861, Elizabeth Blackwell, the first
female physician in the United States, started
the nation’s first training program for nurses.
 Her work led to the creation of the United States
Sanitary Commission.
One of the greatest threats facing
Civil War soldiers was which of the
following?
A. Disease
B. Gunshot wounds
C. Starvation
D. Exhaustion
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Big Ideas
Geography and History The Union victory at
Vicksburg cut the Confederacy in two.
Content Vocabulary
• forage
• siege
Academic Vocabulary
• encounter
• promote
People and Events to Identify
• Ambrose Burnside
• Joseph Hooker
• George Meade
• Gettysburg
• Pickett’s Charge
• William Tecumseh Sherman
Do you feel that choosing a good
leader is difficult?
A. Yes
B. No
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Vicksburg Falls
General Grant captured Vicksburg,
thus gaining control of the Mississippi
River and dividing the South.
Vicksburg Falls (cont.)
• Despite previous successes, one major
Confederate stronghold remained on the
river—Vicksburg, Mississippi.
• To distract Confederates while he carried out
this difficult task of approaching Vicksburg,
Grant ordered Colonel Benjamin Grierson to
take his troops on a raid through Mississippi.
The Siege of Vicksburg
Vicksburg Falls (cont.)
• Grant embarked on a daring march east,
ordering his troops to forage as they
marched.
• Grant decided that the only way to take
Vicksburg was to put it under siege.
• After six weeks, the Confederate
commander surrendered.
The Siege of Vicksburg
Why was capturing Vicksburg an important
victory for the Union?
A. The Union could control
most of the South now.
B. The Confederacy was
geographically cut in two.
C. The Union needed the port
for shipping purposes.
D. The Confederacy could
not import food.
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hardtack
a hard biscuit made of wheat flour
forage
to search or raid for food
siege
a military blockade of a city or fortified
place to force it to surrender