Note Taking Study Guide
... Confederates overwhelmed the Union army. Lee lost Stonewall Jackson in the battle. Lee wanted to win international support, demoralize the Union, and force an end to the war. He decided to invade the North. In June 1863, his army entered Pennsylvania. Under General George Meade, Union forces met the ...
... Confederates overwhelmed the Union army. Lee lost Stonewall Jackson in the battle. Lee wanted to win international support, demoralize the Union, and force an end to the war. He decided to invade the North. In June 1863, his army entered Pennsylvania. Under General George Meade, Union forces met the ...
Reading Further: Divided House Divided Families (HA)
... James and Alexander Campbell came to America in the 1850s. James settled in Charleston, South Carolina. Alexander chose New York. When the war began, both signed up to fight, though on opposite sides. In June 1862, Alexander’s regiment was part of an invasion force sent to retake Charleston from the ...
... James and Alexander Campbell came to America in the 1850s. James settled in Charleston, South Carolina. Alexander chose New York. When the war began, both signed up to fight, though on opposite sides. In June 1862, Alexander’s regiment was part of an invasion force sent to retake Charleston from the ...
General Orders - Houston Civil War Round Table
... We continue our count down of the Top 12 Civil War book ever written this month with numbers 9, 8 and ...
... We continue our count down of the Top 12 Civil War book ever written this month with numbers 9, 8 and ...
Chapter 14 Study Guide
... 16. What was the problem that plagued Lincoln for the first three years of the war? ...
... 16. What was the problem that plagued Lincoln for the first three years of the war? ...
L2-recon-why-15
... – Cotton crops destroyed or seized – Lost 1/5 of adult male population (260,000) – Loss of labor force with freeing of slaves – Totally in ruins---would have to rebuild entire infrastructure ...
... – Cotton crops destroyed or seized – Lost 1/5 of adult male population (260,000) – Loss of labor force with freeing of slaves – Totally in ruins---would have to rebuild entire infrastructure ...
Civil War Powerpoint
... •Closed down newspapers but7,000% soon needed conscription (draft) to supply that with did not support the war their armies troops ...
... •Closed down newspapers but7,000% soon needed conscription (draft) to supply that with did not support the war their armies troops ...
Chapter 21 The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865
... • It was part of a larger conspiracy to kill Lincoln, Grant (who was supposed to be at the theater with Lincoln), VP Andrew Johnson, and William Seward. • Seward was severely stabbed while lying in bed recovering from a cart accident but fought off his attacker and survived • The man assigned to Joh ...
... • It was part of a larger conspiracy to kill Lincoln, Grant (who was supposed to be at the theater with Lincoln), VP Andrew Johnson, and William Seward. • Seward was severely stabbed while lying in bed recovering from a cart accident but fought off his attacker and survived • The man assigned to Joh ...
The Signal Flag - Brandywine Valley Civil War Round Table
... Some students of history question the designation of "strategic victory" for the Union. After all, McClellan performed poorly in the campaign and the battle itself, and Lee displayed great generalship in holding his own in battle against an army that greatly outnumbered him. Casualties were comparab ...
... Some students of history question the designation of "strategic victory" for the Union. After all, McClellan performed poorly in the campaign and the battle itself, and Lee displayed great generalship in holding his own in battle against an army that greatly outnumbered him. Casualties were comparab ...
Civil War
... Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Because of this relationship to the Emancipation Proclamation, historians consider Antietam one of the war’s most important battles. The Union victory at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in July 1863 proved to be the military turning point of the Civil War. O ...
... Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Because of this relationship to the Emancipation Proclamation, historians consider Antietam one of the war’s most important battles. The Union victory at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in July 1863 proved to be the military turning point of the Civil War. O ...
Name
... a. Confederate troops searched for shoes in Pennsylvania. b. Lee invaded the North, hoping to fuel Northern discontent with the war. c. Lee hoped that a victory on Northern soil would lead European nations to recognize the Confederacy. d. All of the above are true. e. Both A & C 34. Which was NOT a ...
... a. Confederate troops searched for shoes in Pennsylvania. b. Lee invaded the North, hoping to fuel Northern discontent with the war. c. Lee hoped that a victory on Northern soil would lead European nations to recognize the Confederacy. d. All of the above are true. e. Both A & C 34. Which was NOT a ...
Texans Fight for the Confederacy Texans Fight for the Confederacy
... Texas provided weapons, food, and horses for the war effort. Although no major battles were fought in Texas, several important events took place on the coast or near the state’s borders. In 1861 John R. Baylor led troops into New Mexico to claim it as a Confederate territory. Then, in early 1862, Ge ...
... Texas provided weapons, food, and horses for the war effort. Although no major battles were fought in Texas, several important events took place on the coast or near the state’s borders. In 1861 John R. Baylor led troops into New Mexico to claim it as a Confederate territory. Then, in early 1862, Ge ...
World Book® Online: American Civil War: Battles
... Heights get slaughtered. At the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Union army suffered approxi mately 13,000 casualties, mostly in front of Marye’s Heights. 26. In the middle of June, despite having a much larger force, Smith was reluctant to order a direct assault against the Confederates. ...
... Heights get slaughtered. At the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Union army suffered approxi mately 13,000 casualties, mostly in front of Marye’s Heights. 26. In the middle of June, despite having a much larger force, Smith was reluctant to order a direct assault against the Confederates. ...
The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a separatist conflict
... Civil War battles owed much of their size to the fact that soldiers were fighting with rifles but were using tactics suited to smoothbores. It took the generals a long time to learn that a new approach was needed. Much the same development was taking place in the artillery, although the full effect ...
... Civil War battles owed much of their size to the fact that soldiers were fighting with rifles but were using tactics suited to smoothbores. It took the generals a long time to learn that a new approach was needed. Much the same development was taking place in the artillery, although the full effect ...
Joshua Chamberlain Lesson Plan
... The 20th Maine had been organized under President Abraham Lincoln’s second call for troops on July 2, 1862. The regiment initially fielded a total complement of 1,621 men, but by the time of the Battle of Gettysburg the stress of campaigning had reduced the regiment’s ranks to some 266 soldiers, and ...
... The 20th Maine had been organized under President Abraham Lincoln’s second call for troops on July 2, 1862. The regiment initially fielded a total complement of 1,621 men, but by the time of the Battle of Gettysburg the stress of campaigning had reduced the regiment’s ranks to some 266 soldiers, and ...
Slide 1
... CERTAIN EFFECT: BRITAIN WOULD NOT AID THE SOUTH – WOULDN’T FIGHT FOR SLAVERY: o EXAMPLE: THE CASE OF THE LAIRD RAMS – IN 1863 THE LAIRD SHIPYARD CONTRACTED TO BUILD TWO POWERFUL IRONCLAD BATTLESHIPS FOR THE C.S.A. U.S. MINISTER TO BRITAIN CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS PROTESTED U.S. WOULD SEE IT AS “AN AC ...
... CERTAIN EFFECT: BRITAIN WOULD NOT AID THE SOUTH – WOULDN’T FIGHT FOR SLAVERY: o EXAMPLE: THE CASE OF THE LAIRD RAMS – IN 1863 THE LAIRD SHIPYARD CONTRACTED TO BUILD TWO POWERFUL IRONCLAD BATTLESHIPS FOR THE C.S.A. U.S. MINISTER TO BRITAIN CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS PROTESTED U.S. WOULD SEE IT AS “AN AC ...
Civil War Study Guide and Review WS
... Many people played an important role in the events leading up to, and during, the Civil War. A number of them were Virginians. Abraham Lincoln • became the President of the United States in 1860 Nat Turner • led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia Harriet Tubman • supported a secret route ...
... Many people played an important role in the events leading up to, and during, the Civil War. A number of them were Virginians. Abraham Lincoln • became the President of the United States in 1860 Nat Turner • led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia Harriet Tubman • supported a secret route ...
This lithograph of the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee
... the bonds of a miserable and immoral institution; both of these aspects still haunt us today.3 Militarily, the war introduced or expanded two great evolutions in warfare. The Civil War was “modern,” with its technological improvements and vast new methods of not only death and destruction in advance ...
... the bonds of a miserable and immoral institution; both of these aspects still haunt us today.3 Militarily, the war introduced or expanded two great evolutions in warfare. The Civil War was “modern,” with its technological improvements and vast new methods of not only death and destruction in advance ...
Civil War Begins - Mr. Hughes' Classes
... • Offensive – thrust (Mannasas) – Push against South; at railroad junction • Operated off the premise that CSA P.G.T. Beauregard not be reinforced – Attempted to Isolate Joseph E. Johnston; CSA troops – Union sends 69 yr old General Patterson to isolate Johnston • Johnston Slipped away from Patterso ...
... • Offensive – thrust (Mannasas) – Push against South; at railroad junction • Operated off the premise that CSA P.G.T. Beauregard not be reinforced – Attempted to Isolate Joseph E. Johnston; CSA troops – Union sends 69 yr old General Patterson to isolate Johnston • Johnston Slipped away from Patterso ...
Presentation
... Shiloh and Antietam The War Turns Bloodier • No decisive victories for either side after nearly a year • Battle of Shiloh—western Tennessee, April 6–7, 1862 • 40,000 Confederate troops surprise Union, battle for 12 hours • Union General Ulysses S. Grant moves up fresh troops at night - surprise atta ...
... Shiloh and Antietam The War Turns Bloodier • No decisive victories for either side after nearly a year • Battle of Shiloh—western Tennessee, April 6–7, 1862 • 40,000 Confederate troops surprise Union, battle for 12 hours • Union General Ulysses S. Grant moves up fresh troops at night - surprise atta ...
The Civil War New Notes Cambridge
... destruction, spread hunger through much of the South in the winter of 1864-1865. 2. On the battlefront in Virginia, Grant continued to outflank Lee’s lines until they collapsed around Petersburg, resulting in the fall of Richmond, April 3, 1865. Surrender at Appomattox 1. The Confederate gov’t tried ...
... destruction, spread hunger through much of the South in the winter of 1864-1865. 2. On the battlefront in Virginia, Grant continued to outflank Lee’s lines until they collapsed around Petersburg, resulting in the fall of Richmond, April 3, 1865. Surrender at Appomattox 1. The Confederate gov’t tried ...
civil war final exam
... 36. _______ What is this document? A. Declaration of Independence B. Emancipation ...
... 36. _______ What is this document? A. Declaration of Independence B. Emancipation ...
vol. xxxvii, no. 2 november 1996
... “Boys, he ain’t much for looks, but if we’d had him we wouldn’t have been caught in this trap.” So stated a Federal prisoner at Harpers Ferry as he viewed Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson on September 15, 1862. This unnamed prisoner was one of over 11,000 Federal soldiers captured that ...
... “Boys, he ain’t much for looks, but if we’d had him we wouldn’t have been caught in this trap.” So stated a Federal prisoner at Harpers Ferry as he viewed Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson on September 15, 1862. This unnamed prisoner was one of over 11,000 Federal soldiers captured that ...
Union Commander
... in their path that could be used by the Confederate Army. This was intended to weaken the Confederate supplies and destroy the morale of the South. ...
... in their path that could be used by the Confederate Army. This was intended to weaken the Confederate supplies and destroy the morale of the South. ...
Civil War and Reconstruction
... ▫ Called for a “New Departure” and endorsed the “Ohio Idea” – called for repayment of national debt in greenbacks (paper money), a move that appealed to debtor elements (eastern workers and western farmers) suffering a postwar deflation since 1867 ...
... ▫ Called for a “New Departure” and endorsed the “Ohio Idea” – called for repayment of national debt in greenbacks (paper money), a move that appealed to debtor elements (eastern workers and western farmers) suffering a postwar deflation since 1867 ...