The Influence of Geography on War Strategy
... Knowing their armies must invade, Union military advisers devised a plan to divide the South. Remember that the Appalachian Mountains and Mississippi River system already physically divided the South. Control of both would divide Southern armies and block supply routes. It would also require the out ...
... Knowing their armies must invade, Union military advisers devised a plan to divide the South. Remember that the Appalachian Mountains and Mississippi River system already physically divided the South. Control of both would divide Southern armies and block supply routes. It would also require the out ...
Unit Notes
... Grant followed Lee to Virginia with the intention of trapping him in his capital city of Richmond The plan almost worked; Confederate General PT Beauregard stopped Grant at Petersburg, VA Grant stopped attacking and planned to starve the city into surrender (lay siege to it, just like Vicksburg) Uni ...
... Grant followed Lee to Virginia with the intention of trapping him in his capital city of Richmond The plan almost worked; Confederate General PT Beauregard stopped Grant at Petersburg, VA Grant stopped attacking and planned to starve the city into surrender (lay siege to it, just like Vicksburg) Uni ...
Causes of the Civil War!
... • African Americans were not able to fight at first, Lincoln didn’t want problems with border states and others; “White man’s war”; about 200,000 African Americans eventually fight on both sides, some 37,000 die in battle • Frederick Douglass said, “Men of color to arms! Liberty won only by white m ...
... • African Americans were not able to fight at first, Lincoln didn’t want problems with border states and others; “White man’s war”; about 200,000 African Americans eventually fight on both sides, some 37,000 die in battle • Frederick Douglass said, “Men of color to arms! Liberty won only by white m ...
16.2 Civil War
... very “green” (untrained or untested). – Stop to pick blackberries or get water every other ...
... very “green” (untrained or untested). – Stop to pick blackberries or get water every other ...
The Civil War Begins
... served as Union army nurses. One dedicated Union nurse was Clara Barton, who went on to found the American Red Cross after the war. Barton cared for the sick and wounded, often at the front lines of battle. Thousands of Southern women also volunteered for nursing duty. Sally Tompkins, for example, p ...
... served as Union army nurses. One dedicated Union nurse was Clara Barton, who went on to found the American Red Cross after the war. Barton cared for the sick and wounded, often at the front lines of battle. Thousands of Southern women also volunteered for nursing duty. Sally Tompkins, for example, p ...
17-4 The Legacy of War
... people wept in the streets. One man who mourned the nation's loss was the poet Walt Whitman. In one poem, Whitman considered the president's legacy. This dust was once the man, Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand, Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age, ...
... people wept in the streets. One man who mourned the nation's loss was the poet Walt Whitman. In one poem, Whitman considered the president's legacy. This dust was once the man, Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand, Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age, ...
17-4 The Legacy of War The Civil War brought great changes and
... people wept in the streets. One man who mourned the nation's loss was the poet Walt Whitman. In one poem, Whitman considered the president's legacy. This dust was once the man, Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand, Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age, ...
... people wept in the streets. One man who mourned the nation's loss was the poet Walt Whitman. In one poem, Whitman considered the president's legacy. This dust was once the man, Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand, Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age, ...
Texas and the Civil War
... • Thousands of Texans like other Southerners joined the Confederate army immediately. • In April 1862, the Confederate Congress passed the Conscription Act which required men of a certain age to serve in the Confederate military ...
... • Thousands of Texans like other Southerners joined the Confederate army immediately. • In April 1862, the Confederate Congress passed the Conscription Act which required men of a certain age to serve in the Confederate military ...
CIVIL WAR ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES
... CIVIL WAR BATTLES , 1862 Shiloh: April 6, 1862 (Tennessee) The Union found hope in the work of a little known general named Ulysses Grant, who took control of Tennessee. This was the bloodiest US battle up to that day: -- 1,735 Union dead -- 7,882 Union wounded -- 1,728 Confederate dead -- 8,012 Co ...
... CIVIL WAR BATTLES , 1862 Shiloh: April 6, 1862 (Tennessee) The Union found hope in the work of a little known general named Ulysses Grant, who took control of Tennessee. This was the bloodiest US battle up to that day: -- 1,735 Union dead -- 7,882 Union wounded -- 1,728 Confederate dead -- 8,012 Co ...
1862 - PP - Mr. Cvelbar`s US History Page
... Northern Virginia in early 1862 From Virginia’s distinguished Lee family Top graduate from West Point 31 years in US Army Mexican American War veteran Rejected offer by Lincoln to command Union forces – Opposed slavery and secession but could not fight against home state ...
... Northern Virginia in early 1862 From Virginia’s distinguished Lee family Top graduate from West Point 31 years in US Army Mexican American War veteran Rejected offer by Lincoln to command Union forces – Opposed slavery and secession but could not fight against home state ...
Breaking the Union`s Blockade Anaconda Plan
... and remains of the ship are part of the exhibit at the USS Monitor Center, which opened in 2007. ...
... and remains of the ship are part of the exhibit at the USS Monitor Center, which opened in 2007. ...
Civil War Maps
... • Label each state (abbreviation) and the year that each Confederate state seceded from the Union. • Label (•) the following battle sites: Ft. Sumter, Antietam, Gettysburg, and Chattanooga -- Include the year of each battle! • Label the Mississippi River and Atlantic Ocean. • Label the Anaconda plan ...
... • Label each state (abbreviation) and the year that each Confederate state seceded from the Union. • Label (•) the following battle sites: Ft. Sumter, Antietam, Gettysburg, and Chattanooga -- Include the year of each battle! • Label the Mississippi River and Atlantic Ocean. • Label the Anaconda plan ...
Document
... noncommissioned officers. The 54th Massachusetts was commanded by Robert Shaw. Black soldiers were initially paid $10 per month from which $3 was automatically deducted for clothing, resulting in a net pay of $7. In contrast, white soldiers received $13 per month from which no clothing allowance w ...
... noncommissioned officers. The 54th Massachusetts was commanded by Robert Shaw. Black soldiers were initially paid $10 per month from which $3 was automatically deducted for clothing, resulting in a net pay of $7. In contrast, white soldiers received $13 per month from which no clothing allowance w ...
Civil War notes
... nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a ...
... nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a ...
Civil War Assignment #2
... SSUSH9 The student will identify key events, issues, and individuals relating to the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War. b. Describe President Lincoln’s efforts to preserve the Union as seen in his second inaugural address and the Gettysburg speech and in his use of emergency powers, ...
... SSUSH9 The student will identify key events, issues, and individuals relating to the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War. b. Describe President Lincoln’s efforts to preserve the Union as seen in his second inaugural address and the Gettysburg speech and in his use of emergency powers, ...
cvl war1
... Decades of growing strife between North and South erupted in civil war on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. The two major issues of the Civil War were slavery and state’s rights. Many families lost all or most of the men of the family. Someti ...
... Decades of growing strife between North and South erupted in civil war on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. The two major issues of the Civil War were slavery and state’s rights. Many families lost all or most of the men of the family. Someti ...
CW lecture-1 - WordPress.com
... the western territories. He won an election on that platform, and urges his supporters to “hold firm” like a “chain of steel.” For many northerners, the concept of a federal “Union” is sacred: the United States at this time was the “last best hope” for democratic government in the world. To allow ...
... the western territories. He won an election on that platform, and urges his supporters to “hold firm” like a “chain of steel.” For many northerners, the concept of a federal “Union” is sacred: the United States at this time was the “last best hope” for democratic government in the world. To allow ...
Chapter 21 - The Furnace of Civil War
... lost a tough battle at Shiloh (April 6-7, 1862), just over the Tennessee border. 3. In the spring of 1862, a flotilla commanded by David G. Farragut joined with a Northern army to seize New Orleans. 4. At Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S. Grant besieged the city and captured it on July 4, 1863, thus secu ...
... lost a tough battle at Shiloh (April 6-7, 1862), just over the Tennessee border. 3. In the spring of 1862, a flotilla commanded by David G. Farragut joined with a Northern army to seize New Orleans. 4. At Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S. Grant besieged the city and captured it on July 4, 1863, thus secu ...
AP ch21 - The Furnace of Civil War
... • 1. Capture Richmond • 1. Capture Washington D.C. and • 2. Gain control of the drive North Mississippi River • 3. Blockade Southern • 2. Gain European allies ports ...
... • 1. Capture Richmond • 1. Capture Washington D.C. and • 2. Gain control of the drive North Mississippi River • 3. Blockade Southern • 2. Gain European allies ports ...
17 - Coppell ISD
... ≥ General Lee had his ideas; he moved his troops into Pennsylvania, (PA) hoping to surprise the Yankees ≥ Success in PA would lead to capturing Washington, D.C. ≥ Union Gen George C Meade had different plans ≥ The two armies met in the small town of Gettysburg, PA ≥ Battle of Gettysburg, 3-days that ...
... ≥ General Lee had his ideas; he moved his troops into Pennsylvania, (PA) hoping to surprise the Yankees ≥ Success in PA would lead to capturing Washington, D.C. ≥ Union Gen George C Meade had different plans ≥ The two armies met in the small town of Gettysburg, PA ≥ Battle of Gettysburg, 3-days that ...
NAME Chapter 11: The Civil War Focus Causes of the Civil War
... Key leaders and their roles Abraham Lincoln: President of the United States during the Civil War, who insisted that the Union be held together, by force if necessary Jefferson Davis: U.S. Senator who became president of the Confederate States of America Ulysses S. Grant: Union military command ...
... Key leaders and their roles Abraham Lincoln: President of the United States during the Civil War, who insisted that the Union be held together, by force if necessary Jefferson Davis: U.S. Senator who became president of the Confederate States of America Ulysses S. Grant: Union military command ...
Fort Fisher
Fort Fisher was a Confederate fort during the American Civil War. It protected the vital trading routes of the port at Wilmington, North Carolina, from 1861 until its capture by the Union in 1865.The fort was located on one of Cape Fear River's two outlets to the Atlantic Ocean on what was then known as Federal Point and today is known as Pleasure Island. Because of the roughness of the seas there, it was known as the Southern Gibraltar.