CH 21 Part 1 RQs
... 37 These were not the first “ironclads” built…so why was this encounter so historically significant? The Pivotal Point: Antietam…after the failure of the Peninsula Campaign Lee and the CSA forces defeat Union Gen. John Pope at Bull Run II… and MAC is for the last time is promoted back to the head of ...
... 37 These were not the first “ironclads” built…so why was this encounter so historically significant? The Pivotal Point: Antietam…after the failure of the Peninsula Campaign Lee and the CSA forces defeat Union Gen. John Pope at Bull Run II… and MAC is for the last time is promoted back to the head of ...
Civil War-Life in South - Scarsdale Public Schools
... the major battles of the war occurred within the Confederacy;5 both armies spent most of their time on Southern soil. As a result of the savage fighting, the South’s already inadequate railroad system was nearly destroyed; much of its most valuable farmland, and many of its most successful plantatio ...
... the major battles of the war occurred within the Confederacy;5 both armies spent most of their time on Southern soil. As a result of the savage fighting, the South’s already inadequate railroad system was nearly destroyed; much of its most valuable farmland, and many of its most successful plantatio ...
Battle of Antietam
... The Confederacy had a choice either __________________ and slavery ____________ be allowed to continue OR continue to fight and the institution of slavery would ultimately come to an _______________. Confederate leaders chose to ____________ and not _________________. ...
... The Confederacy had a choice either __________________ and slavery ____________ be allowed to continue OR continue to fight and the institution of slavery would ultimately come to an _______________. Confederate leaders chose to ____________ and not _________________. ...
C H A P T E R 1 5 SECESSION AND THE CIVIL WAR The Storm
... By 1863, the South’s economy and society were demoralized and in disarray. At the same time, its diplomacy had collapsed; and its soldiers were weary. As civilian criticism on the home front increased, so too did the rate of desertion. In the North, too, morale was low, and war weariness was growing ...
... By 1863, the South’s economy and society were demoralized and in disarray. At the same time, its diplomacy had collapsed; and its soldiers were weary. As civilian criticism on the home front increased, so too did the rate of desertion. In the North, too, morale was low, and war weariness was growing ...
Causes of the Civil War - Appleton Area School District
... The complete realignment of the major political parties The Democrats lost influence in the North and were to become the regional proslavery party of the South The Whig Party, which had opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, died in the South and was weakened in the North A new Republican Party emerged as ...
... The complete realignment of the major political parties The Democrats lost influence in the North and were to become the regional proslavery party of the South The Whig Party, which had opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, died in the South and was weakened in the North A new Republican Party emerged as ...
Slide 1
... Lee’s army and there is nothing left for Lee to do. • On April 9th, 1965, Lee surrenders his army at the Appomattox Courthouse. • Grant’s terms of surrender were generous: Southern soldiers could go home if they promised to stop fighting. They could take their own horses and mules with them and they ...
... Lee’s army and there is nothing left for Lee to do. • On April 9th, 1965, Lee surrenders his army at the Appomattox Courthouse. • Grant’s terms of surrender were generous: Southern soldiers could go home if they promised to stop fighting. They could take their own horses and mules with them and they ...
Class Notes - Mrs. Wilcoxson
... • Maryland was a slave state that stayed in the Union and supported Lincoln’s presidency. • Robert E. Lee commander of the Confederate army wanted to cut off the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to limit resources in the north and make transportation difficult. • He threatens to take Washington D.C. • Th ...
... • Maryland was a slave state that stayed in the Union and supported Lincoln’s presidency. • Robert E. Lee commander of the Confederate army wanted to cut off the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to limit resources in the north and make transportation difficult. • He threatens to take Washington D.C. • Th ...
May 2006 - Sacramento Civil War Round Table
... 23rd Corps of the Union army in the City of Franklin, Tennessee. The result was the death and wounding of 6,300 of his army, about one-third of its effective fighting forces, over a five hour period on 30 November 1864. His officer corps was decimated; included in the loss were 13 of 28 general offi ...
... 23rd Corps of the Union army in the City of Franklin, Tennessee. The result was the death and wounding of 6,300 of his army, about one-third of its effective fighting forces, over a five hour period on 30 November 1864. His officer corps was decimated; included in the loss were 13 of 28 general offi ...
Read More - Battle of Westport
... that he could yet rally Missourians to the southern cause and eject the Federal authorities from the state. He launched the Missouri Expedition in August 1864 from southwest Arkansas with 12,000 troops. Price's operation was that of a mounted infantry expedition intended as a force of occupation. Th ...
... that he could yet rally Missourians to the southern cause and eject the Federal authorities from the state. He launched the Missouri Expedition in August 1864 from southwest Arkansas with 12,000 troops. Price's operation was that of a mounted infantry expedition intended as a force of occupation. Th ...
Ch 11 Civil War Powerpoint
... At times only half of the troops in a regiment were available Unites States Sanitary Commission: Created in June of 1861, attempted to combat these problems ...
... At times only half of the troops in a regiment were available Unites States Sanitary Commission: Created in June of 1861, attempted to combat these problems ...
Civil War - Midway ISD
... Why did the North have more than twice the amount of rail mileage than the South? ...
... Why did the North have more than twice the amount of rail mileage than the South? ...
Second Battle of Bull Run
... In order to draw Pope’s army into battle, Jackson ordered an attack on a Federal column that was passing across his front on the Warrenton Turnpike on August 28. The fighting at Brawner Farm lasted several hours and resulted in a stalemate. Pope became convinced that he had trapped Jackson and conce ...
... In order to draw Pope’s army into battle, Jackson ordered an attack on a Federal column that was passing across his front on the Warrenton Turnpike on August 28. The fighting at Brawner Farm lasted several hours and resulted in a stalemate. Pope became convinced that he had trapped Jackson and conce ...
01-13-2016 ppt - Cobb Learning
... Attractiveness etc. to enhance the etc. to enhance to presentation. presentation. ...
... Attractiveness etc. to enhance the etc. to enhance to presentation. presentation. ...
Alabama at War: Conflict between the North and South Chapter 5
... there. Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest was in charge of defending Selma against Wilson and his men. General Forrest had about 3,000 poorly armed and untrained men to defend the city. Wilson’s troops (Union) had new repeating rifles that could be fired 7 times before reloading. The Confede ...
... there. Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest was in charge of defending Selma against Wilson and his men. General Forrest had about 3,000 poorly armed and untrained men to defend the city. Wilson’s troops (Union) had new repeating rifles that could be fired 7 times before reloading. The Confede ...
Alabama at War: Conflict between the North and South Chapter 5
... there. Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest was in charge of defending Selma against Wilson and his men. General Forrest had about 3,000 poorly armed and untrained men to defend the city. Wilson’s troops (Union) had new repeating rifles that could be fired 7 times before reloading. The Confede ...
... there. Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest was in charge of defending Selma against Wilson and his men. General Forrest had about 3,000 poorly armed and untrained men to defend the city. Wilson’s troops (Union) had new repeating rifles that could be fired 7 times before reloading. The Confede ...
USCT
... represent the United States. USCT fought first skirmish against the Confederate at Island Mound, Missouri that October. USCT proved over and over again they were equal to the white in martial equality. Accounts of this appeared in The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, and Harpers Weekly. ...
... represent the United States. USCT fought first skirmish against the Confederate at Island Mound, Missouri that October. USCT proved over and over again they were equal to the white in martial equality. Accounts of this appeared in The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, and Harpers Weekly. ...
to end slavery
... British Canada was strongly hostile to the Union Britain still had slavery in its empire the government had refused to allow Uncle Tom’s Cabin to be sold in the empire E. Britain was dependent on Southern cotton ...
... British Canada was strongly hostile to the Union Britain still had slavery in its empire the government had refused to allow Uncle Tom’s Cabin to be sold in the empire E. Britain was dependent on Southern cotton ...
Early Years of the War - Washougal School District
... New weapons made the Civil War more deadly than any previous war. Traditionally, generals had relied on an all-out charge of troops to overwhelm the enemy. But new rifles and cannons were far more accurate and had a greater range than the old muskets and artillery. They could also be loaded much fas ...
... New weapons made the Civil War more deadly than any previous war. Traditionally, generals had relied on an all-out charge of troops to overwhelm the enemy. But new rifles and cannons were far more accurate and had a greater range than the old muskets and artillery. They could also be loaded much fas ...
Download! - Reed Novel Studies
... • At Gettysburg he disagreed with Lee’s tactics, especially the disastrous Pickett’s Charge • During the War, Longstreet lost 3 of his children in one week due to illness, which changed him from a fun, sociable soldier to a quiet, ...
... • At Gettysburg he disagreed with Lee’s tactics, especially the disastrous Pickett’s Charge • During the War, Longstreet lost 3 of his children in one week due to illness, which changed him from a fun, sociable soldier to a quiet, ...
Civil War 010 - Marblehead High School
... Gentlemen: I have your letter of the 11th, in the nature of a petition to revoke my orders removing all of the inhabitants from Atlanta. I have read it carefully, and give full credit to your statements of the distress that will be occasioned, and yet shall not revoke my orders, because they were no ...
... Gentlemen: I have your letter of the 11th, in the nature of a petition to revoke my orders removing all of the inhabitants from Atlanta. I have read it carefully, and give full credit to your statements of the distress that will be occasioned, and yet shall not revoke my orders, because they were no ...
THE CIVIL WAR
... This gave the Union all of KY and most of western TN. • SHILOH – Gen. Grant forced the South to retreat. 20,000 casualties. ...
... This gave the Union all of KY and most of western TN. • SHILOH – Gen. Grant forced the South to retreat. 20,000 casualties. ...
Chapter 10/11
... The Emancipation Proclamation • Democrats opposed the end of slavery. • Republicans were divided on the issue and many were abolitionists. • Others, like Lincoln, did not want to lose the loyalty of the slaveholding border states. • As Union casualties rose, however, Northerners began to agree that ...
... The Emancipation Proclamation • Democrats opposed the end of slavery. • Republicans were divided on the issue and many were abolitionists. • Others, like Lincoln, did not want to lose the loyalty of the slaveholding border states. • As Union casualties rose, however, Northerners began to agree that ...
north-south
... On the 3rd day of battle General Lee hoping to end the war ordered the great frontal assault popularly known as Pickett's Charge. After the failure of the attack General Lee blamed only himself, but Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia fought on for 2 more years. ...
... On the 3rd day of battle General Lee hoping to end the war ordered the great frontal assault popularly known as Pickett's Charge. After the failure of the attack General Lee blamed only himself, but Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia fought on for 2 more years. ...
Battle of Fort Pillow
The Battle of Fort Pillow, also known as the Fort Pillow massacre, was fought on April 12, 1864, at Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River in Henning, Tennessee, during the American Civil War. The battle ended with a massacre of Federal troops (most of them African American) attempting to surrender, by soldiers under the command of Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Military historian David J. Eicher concluded, ""Fort Pillow marked one of the bleakest, saddest events of American military history.""