William Tecumseh Sherman
... 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 on July 1st in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. The Battle of Gettysburg raged for three days. Gettysburg was a turnin ...
... 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 on July 1st in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. The Battle of Gettysburg raged for three days. Gettysburg was a turnin ...
The Second Day at Gettysburg: Culp`s Hill and Cemetary Hill
... the hill until they reached the base and “flopped down” for Wiedrich’s guns to fire canister at the retreating Confederates. Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Robert Rodes’ Division had been ordered to attack from the northwest. By the time that they were positioned it was full dark. Brig. Gen. Dodson Ramseur, t ...
... the hill until they reached the base and “flopped down” for Wiedrich’s guns to fire canister at the retreating Confederates. Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Robert Rodes’ Division had been ordered to attack from the northwest. By the time that they were positioned it was full dark. Brig. Gen. Dodson Ramseur, t ...
The Tide of War Turns
... flank and took a defensive position in Chancellorsville 3. Lee used most of his men to attack and cut the Union in two – they were forced to retreat 4. Stonewall Jackson, Lee’s most trusted General was accidently killed by his own ...
... flank and took a defensive position in Chancellorsville 3. Lee used most of his men to attack and cut the Union in two – they were forced to retreat 4. Stonewall Jackson, Lee’s most trusted General was accidently killed by his own ...
How does new technology impact the war?
... HOMESTEAD ACT of 1862 • The Union used the following as a strategy to keep Southerners from fighting, the Law stated; • Any U.S. citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. Government could file an application and lay claim to 160 acres ...
... HOMESTEAD ACT of 1862 • The Union used the following as a strategy to keep Southerners from fighting, the Law stated; • Any U.S. citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. Government could file an application and lay claim to 160 acres ...
The Civil War - Cobb Learning
... • The battle began when Union cavalry surprised Rebel infantry raiding the town for shoes • The North was outnumbered, and retreated to a line of hills south of the town where they established strong positions & prepared to defend the town • Although the South launched a strong attack, this strategi ...
... • The battle began when Union cavalry surprised Rebel infantry raiding the town for shoes • The North was outnumbered, and retreated to a line of hills south of the town where they established strong positions & prepared to defend the town • Although the South launched a strong attack, this strategi ...
Battle of South Mountain Lesson Ideas
... The day long battle gives General Lee enough time for his army to reunite. After nightfall, the Confederates retreat down the mountain and take up positions along Antietam Creek in the town of Sharpsburg, Maryland. What happens along Antietam Creek on September 17, 1862? (The bloodiest single day in ...
... The day long battle gives General Lee enough time for his army to reunite. After nightfall, the Confederates retreat down the mountain and take up positions along Antietam Creek in the town of Sharpsburg, Maryland. What happens along Antietam Creek on September 17, 1862? (The bloodiest single day in ...
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... Bull Run (1st Manassas): Union troops gathered south of Washington D.C. for hope of seizing Manassas, VA ...
... Bull Run (1st Manassas): Union troops gathered south of Washington D.C. for hope of seizing Manassas, VA ...
Chapter 11 – The Civil War 1861-1865
... • Battle of Fredericksburg – Burnside knew McClellan was fired for being cautious so he marched straight into VA with 122,000 soldiers. Lee had 79,000 and spread his troops on a ridge near Fredericksburg. Instead of crossing the river out of range of Confederate artillery, Burnside crossed right in ...
... • Battle of Fredericksburg – Burnside knew McClellan was fired for being cautious so he marched straight into VA with 122,000 soldiers. Lee had 79,000 and spread his troops on a ridge near Fredericksburg. Instead of crossing the river out of range of Confederate artillery, Burnside crossed right in ...
Introduction The First Battle of Bull Run The Battle of
... Virginia it was a big deal. It destroyed 5 battle ships at one after the other. The Yankees were terrified. So they created their own iron beast, enter The Monitor. As battle ships go these weren’t designed the best. The Virginia was very clunky and The Monitor flooded often. Compared to the more fl ...
... Virginia it was a big deal. It destroyed 5 battle ships at one after the other. The Yankees were terrified. So they created their own iron beast, enter The Monitor. As battle ships go these weren’t designed the best. The Virginia was very clunky and The Monitor flooded often. Compared to the more fl ...
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... o Before General Robert E. Lee could attack, one of McClellan’s officers intercepted Lee’s plan. McClellan took advantage of the knowledge that the Confederate army had been divided into two parts. o McClellan and his men attacked the larger of the two armies at Antietam Creek (Maryland). Septem ...
... o Before General Robert E. Lee could attack, one of McClellan’s officers intercepted Lee’s plan. McClellan took advantage of the knowledge that the Confederate army had been divided into two parts. o McClellan and his men attacked the larger of the two armies at Antietam Creek (Maryland). Septem ...
Jefferson Davis
... in the rebellious Confederate states would be free. Following the proclamation, many slaves in these states walked away from plantations and sought protection from Union forces. The proclamation did not apply to slaves living in border states or to areas in the South occupied by federal troops. It g ...
... in the rebellious Confederate states would be free. Following the proclamation, many slaves in these states walked away from plantations and sought protection from Union forces. The proclamation did not apply to slaves living in border states or to areas in the South occupied by federal troops. It g ...
Jefferson Davis - Steele
... in the rebellious Confederate states would be free. Following the proclamation, many slaves in these states walked away from plantations and sought protection from Union forces. The proclamation did not apply to slaves living in border states or to areas in the South occupied by federal troops. It g ...
... in the rebellious Confederate states would be free. Following the proclamation, many slaves in these states walked away from plantations and sought protection from Union forces. The proclamation did not apply to slaves living in border states or to areas in the South occupied by federal troops. It g ...
Lincoln`s Reelection Appomattox Court House
... Confederate only have had 100,000 • Lee and his army withdrew to a small Virginia town called Appomattox Court House. – Lee knew his men would be slaughtered so he surrendered on April 9, 1865. ...
... Confederate only have had 100,000 • Lee and his army withdrew to a small Virginia town called Appomattox Court House. – Lee knew his men would be slaughtered so he surrendered on April 9, 1865. ...
Ch 11 The Civil War
... Sec 3 Life During the War • As the southern economy collapsed during the civil war, the north experienced a great time of growth and production • African Americans were allowed to enlist in the Union army after the Emancipation ...
... Sec 3 Life During the War • As the southern economy collapsed during the civil war, the north experienced a great time of growth and production • African Americans were allowed to enlist in the Union army after the Emancipation ...
civil.review.jennferarlette
... Border State- slave states that did not secede Neutral- not favoring either side Martial Law- law in which military is in charge citizens’ rights are suspended Blockade- military action to prevent traffic from coming into an area or leaving it ...
... Border State- slave states that did not secede Neutral- not favoring either side Martial Law- law in which military is in charge citizens’ rights are suspended Blockade- military action to prevent traffic from coming into an area or leaving it ...
Civil War Battles and Events
... First shots to the Civil War are fired. Union General Robert Anderson surrendered to General P.G.T. Beauregard because they lack food and ammunition. July 1861 First Battle of Bull Run, VA First major battle of the war, and it was a Southern victory. This is where Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson got his ...
... First shots to the Civil War are fired. Union General Robert Anderson surrendered to General P.G.T. Beauregard because they lack food and ammunition. July 1861 First Battle of Bull Run, VA First major battle of the war, and it was a Southern victory. This is where Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson got his ...
Chapter 12 Key Terms – Road to Civil War
... price of goods and services 14.entrench: occupying a strong defensive position 15.total war: war on all aspects of the enemy’s life 16.Robert E. Lee: The Commanding Confederate General 17.Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson: Confederate general who fought the enemy heroically at Bull Run like a “stone wall” ...
... price of goods and services 14.entrench: occupying a strong defensive position 15.total war: war on all aspects of the enemy’s life 16.Robert E. Lee: The Commanding Confederate General 17.Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson: Confederate general who fought the enemy heroically at Bull Run like a “stone wall” ...
Do you think the men who died at Antietam
... 17. Why is the analogy of two fighters taking turns hitting each other another apt description of the style of fighting? ...
... 17. Why is the analogy of two fighters taking turns hitting each other another apt description of the style of fighting? ...
Ch. 16, Section 2
... Another major battle in the West, the Battle of Shiloh The Union win a narrow victory. A very bloody two-day battle with 20,000 casualities on both ...
... Another major battle in the West, the Battle of Shiloh The Union win a narrow victory. A very bloody two-day battle with 20,000 casualities on both ...
Civil War Timeline
... Confederate Army to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Grant allows Rebel officers to keep their side arms and permits soldiers to keep horses and mules. • "After four years of arduous service marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude the Army of Northern V ...
... Confederate Army to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Grant allows Rebel officers to keep their side arms and permits soldiers to keep horses and mules. • "After four years of arduous service marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude the Army of Northern V ...
The War Continues - CEC American History
... May 1863-Lee left 10,000 soldiers in Fredericksburg with orders to burn many campfires at night Confed. Gen. Lee divides his army again -order’s Stonewall Jackson to attack Union Gen. Hooker’s right side Lee won a huge victory, defeating the Union army ****Lee’s greatest/most brilliant victory -this ...
... May 1863-Lee left 10,000 soldiers in Fredericksburg with orders to burn many campfires at night Confed. Gen. Lee divides his army again -order’s Stonewall Jackson to attack Union Gen. Hooker’s right side Lee won a huge victory, defeating the Union army ****Lee’s greatest/most brilliant victory -this ...
Fort Sumter-Bull Run (April
... Army of the Potomac created to protect Wash. D.C. and destroy the Southern army. Gen. George B. McClellan to train the new army. Blockade the South. Army/Navy to take control of Mississippi R. to split the South in half. ...
... Army of the Potomac created to protect Wash. D.C. and destroy the Southern army. Gen. George B. McClellan to train the new army. Blockade the South. Army/Navy to take control of Mississippi R. to split the South in half. ...
Introduction
... • The American Civil War began in early 1861 when Confederate troops in South Carolina fired on the Union Fort Sumter. • Lincoln called for 75,000 men to stop the rebellion and both sides mobilized for war. • The first major battle took place at the Battle of Bull Run. • After the initial onslaught ...
... • The American Civil War began in early 1861 when Confederate troops in South Carolina fired on the Union Fort Sumter. • Lincoln called for 75,000 men to stop the rebellion and both sides mobilized for war. • The first major battle took place at the Battle of Bull Run. • After the initial onslaught ...
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam /ænˈtiːtəm/, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South, fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with a combined tally of dead, wounded, and missing at 22,717.After pursuing Confederate General Robert E. Lee into Maryland, Union Army Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan launched attacks against Lee's army, in defensive positions behind Antietam Creek. At dawn on September 17, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee's left flank. Attacks and counterattacks swept across Miller's Cornfield and fighting swirled around the Dunker Church. Union assaults against the Sunken Road eventually pierced the Confederate center, but the Federal advantage was not followed up. In the afternoon, Union Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside's corps entered the action, capturing a stone bridge over Antietam Creek and advancing against the Confederate right. At a crucial moment, Confederate Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill's division arrived from Harpers Ferry and launched a surprise counterattack, driving back Burnside and ending the battle. Although outnumbered two-to-one, Lee committed his entire force, while McClellan sent in less than three-quarters of his army, enabling Lee to fight the Federals to a standstill. During the night, both armies consolidated their lines. In spite of crippling casualties, Lee continued to skirmish with McClellan throughout September 18, while removing his battered army south of the Potomac River.Despite having superiority of numbers, McClellan's attacks failed to achieve force concentration, allowing Lee to counter by shifting forces and moving interior lines to meet each challenge. Despite ample reserve forces that could have been deployed to exploit localized successes, McClellan failed to destroy Lee's army. McClellan had halted Lee's invasion of Maryland, but Lee was able to withdraw his army back to Virginia without interference from the cautious McClellan. Although the battle was tactically inconclusive, the Confederate troops had withdrawn first from the battlefield, making it, in military terms, a Union victory. It had significance as enough of a victory to give President Abraham Lincoln the confidence to announce his Emancipation Proclamation, which discouraged the British and French governments from potential plans for recognition of the Confederacy.