Chapter 11.1
... In 1862, the Union army in the East marched toward Richmond, Virginia—the Confederate capital. Confederate General Robert E. Lee successfully defended the capital. He forced the Union army to retreat. Lee then began marching his troops toward Washington, D.C. In August, Lee’s troops won a resounding ...
... In 1862, the Union army in the East marched toward Richmond, Virginia—the Confederate capital. Confederate General Robert E. Lee successfully defended the capital. He forced the Union army to retreat. Lee then began marching his troops toward Washington, D.C. In August, Lee’s troops won a resounding ...
Events in the Civil War
... Sherman’s capture of Atlanta allowed Lincoln to easily defeat McClellan. Congress passed the 13th Amendment ending slavery, and the war seemed nearly over to all but die-hard secessionists. Lincoln announced his intention to be forgiving, but the bloody war continued. ...
... Sherman’s capture of Atlanta allowed Lincoln to easily defeat McClellan. Congress passed the 13th Amendment ending slavery, and the war seemed nearly over to all but die-hard secessionists. Lincoln announced his intention to be forgiving, but the bloody war continued. ...
U.S. Civil War
... The Battle of Bull Run near Washington D.C. was the first major battle. It was chaos, and ended hopes of a short war. General Ulysses S. Grant led Union troops to victory at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee. *The Battle of Shiloh forced the North to acknowledge that the rebellion would not collapse ...
... The Battle of Bull Run near Washington D.C. was the first major battle. It was chaos, and ended hopes of a short war. General Ulysses S. Grant led Union troops to victory at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee. *The Battle of Shiloh forced the North to acknowledge that the rebellion would not collapse ...
The Civil War (1861-1865)
... • It was now obvious that war was the only way to preserve the Union. Both sides predicted a quick victory (90 days) • An army of 35,000 Left Washington, DC to invade Virginia ...
... • It was now obvious that war was the only way to preserve the Union. Both sides predicted a quick victory (90 days) • An army of 35,000 Left Washington, DC to invade Virginia ...
US Civil War - Cloudfront.net
... • Known as the First Battle of Manassas in the South • July 21, 1861 – First major land engagement of the Civil War – General Irvin McDowell (U) – 35,000 troops • Hounded by Washington politicians & Lincoln to rush into battle, get to Richmond and end the war quickly • Troops were raw and undiscipli ...
... • Known as the First Battle of Manassas in the South • July 21, 1861 – First major land engagement of the Civil War – General Irvin McDowell (U) – 35,000 troops • Hounded by Washington politicians & Lincoln to rush into battle, get to Richmond and end the war quickly • Troops were raw and undiscipli ...
Civil War Timeline October 16–18, 1859 John Brown, in an attempt
... Savannah falls to Sherman’s army without resistance. Sherman gives the city to Lincoln as a Christmas present. anuary 31, 1865 Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolishes slavery throughout the United States. February 17 Columbia, South Carolina, is almost completely destroyed by fire, ...
... Savannah falls to Sherman’s army without resistance. Sherman gives the city to Lincoln as a Christmas present. anuary 31, 1865 Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolishes slavery throughout the United States. February 17 Columbia, South Carolina, is almost completely destroyed by fire, ...
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... Sharpsburg near Antietam Creek. Lee realized that his army was in a bad position to receive supplies and withdrew his troops over the Potomac to Virginia. President issued a proclamation freeing all the slaves in the South. Lincoln's document called the Emancipation Proclamation because in emancipat ...
... Sharpsburg near Antietam Creek. Lee realized that his army was in a bad position to receive supplies and withdrew his troops over the Potomac to Virginia. President issued a proclamation freeing all the slaves in the South. Lincoln's document called the Emancipation Proclamation because in emancipat ...
Grant`s willingness to fight and ability to win impressed President
... reversing his earlier belief that it was proslavery, a view he had shared with William Lloyd Garrison. Douglass' change of position on the Constitution was one of the most notable incidents of a division that emerged in the abolitionist movement. This shifts in opinion, as well as some other politic ...
... reversing his earlier belief that it was proslavery, a view he had shared with William Lloyd Garrison. Douglass' change of position on the Constitution was one of the most notable incidents of a division that emerged in the abolitionist movement. This shifts in opinion, as well as some other politic ...
The 1940s 14-C 10 points NAME
... 17. The Union enjoyed enormous advantages in resources over the South-more people, more factories, greater food production, and a more extensive railroad system. 18. The Confederacy’s advantages included first-rate generals ...
... 17. The Union enjoyed enormous advantages in resources over the South-more people, more factories, greater food production, and a more extensive railroad system. 18. The Confederacy’s advantages included first-rate generals ...
Civil War
... War in the West The Union seized the important port of New Orleans in 1862. Grant oversaw efforts to control the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers in order to split the Confederacy in two. War in the East McClellan sought to capture Richmond. He battled Lee’s forces repeatedly, culminating in a bl ...
... War in the West The Union seized the important port of New Orleans in 1862. Grant oversaw efforts to control the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers in order to split the Confederacy in two. War in the East McClellan sought to capture Richmond. He battled Lee’s forces repeatedly, culminating in a bl ...
Gettysburg - ANSWER KEY
... 5. Who finally arose and fired on the Confederates from their left? Company B 6. How many Confederates did General Chamberlain capture in holding “Little Round Top”? ...
... 5. Who finally arose and fired on the Confederates from their left? Company B 6. How many Confederates did General Chamberlain capture in holding “Little Round Top”? ...
Georgia and the American Experience
... Union army destroys everything in its path, 300 miles from Atlanta to Savannah • A sixty mile-wide area is burned, destroyed, and ruined during a two-month period • Estimated losses exceeded $100 million • Captured, but did not burn, Savannah in December 1864 • Union troops loaded and shipped $28 mi ...
... Union army destroys everything in its path, 300 miles from Atlanta to Savannah • A sixty mile-wide area is burned, destroyed, and ruined during a two-month period • Estimated losses exceeded $100 million • Captured, but did not burn, Savannah in December 1864 • Union troops loaded and shipped $28 mi ...
Battle of Gettysburg - Lincoln Park Elementary School
... Dear Mr. Spencer, Did you the following about the Battle of Gettysburg? ...
... Dear Mr. Spencer, Did you the following about the Battle of Gettysburg? ...
Chapter 12 Review Page 1 What did President Lincoln and most
... Stonewall Jackson make sure the Union didn’t use the Railroad at Harper’s Ferry? ...
... Stonewall Jackson make sure the Union didn’t use the Railroad at Harper’s Ferry? ...
Civil War Facts
... with a pistol in his pocket. His vantage point on the balcony, he said later, offered him "an excellent chance to kill the President, if I had wished." ...
... with a pistol in his pocket. His vantage point on the balcony, he said later, offered him "an excellent chance to kill the President, if I had wished." ...
Civil War Sections 1 and 2
... armies to eventually change it tactics. It was the first conflict where trenches and barricades were used in warfare. • Attrition played a critical role during the war. ...
... armies to eventually change it tactics. It was the first conflict where trenches and barricades were used in warfare. • Attrition played a critical role during the war. ...
Advantages and Disadvantages
... If Union could capture Vicksburg, then the Union could cut the South in two. Grant has his troops cross the Mississippi River and come at Vicksburg from the west and then march south missing the swamps and rivers in the area north. Attack from the south Grant has cavalry troops raid and distract Co ...
... If Union could capture Vicksburg, then the Union could cut the South in two. Grant has his troops cross the Mississippi River and come at Vicksburg from the west and then march south missing the swamps and rivers in the area north. Attack from the south Grant has cavalry troops raid and distract Co ...
The War
... Early in July 1863, Lee’s attack ground to a halt at a Pennsylvania road junction named Gettysburg. Confederates looking for shoes in the town encountered some Union cavalry. Soon both sides called for reinforcements and the war’s greatest battle began. The Battle of Gettysburg would last for three ...
... Early in July 1863, Lee’s attack ground to a halt at a Pennsylvania road junction named Gettysburg. Confederates looking for shoes in the town encountered some Union cavalry. Soon both sides called for reinforcements and the war’s greatest battle began. The Battle of Gettysburg would last for three ...
Unit 8 - Mr. O`Sullivan`s World of History
... Early in July 1863, Lee’s attack ground to a halt at a Pennsylvania road junction named Gettysburg. Confederates looking for shoes in the town encountered some Union cavalry. Soon both sides called for reinforcements and the war’s greatest battle began. The Battle of Gettysburg would last for three ...
... Early in July 1863, Lee’s attack ground to a halt at a Pennsylvania road junction named Gettysburg. Confederates looking for shoes in the town encountered some Union cavalry. Soon both sides called for reinforcements and the war’s greatest battle began. The Battle of Gettysburg would last for three ...
MAP 16.1a Overall Strategy of the Civil War
... clear that the South’s defensive strategy could only be broken by the invasion of Southern territory. In 1864, Sherman’s “March to the Sea” and Grant’s hammering tactics in northern Virginia brought the war home to the South. Lee’s surrender to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865, ended ...
... clear that the South’s defensive strategy could only be broken by the invasion of Southern territory. In 1864, Sherman’s “March to the Sea” and Grant’s hammering tactics in northern Virginia brought the war home to the South. Lee’s surrender to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865, ended ...
Slide 1
... Major general during the Civil War and the Democratic party candidate for president in 1864. He organized the famous Army of the Potomac and served briefly from 1861 to 1862 as the generation - chief of the Union army. ...
... Major general during the Civil War and the Democratic party candidate for president in 1864. He organized the famous Army of the Potomac and served briefly from 1861 to 1862 as the generation - chief of the Union army. ...
Chapter 14: Two Societies at War, 1861
... Lincoln reelected; Sherman marches through Georgia To pursue total war, Union forces under the leadership of Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman invaded the South. In his advance toward Richmond and Petersburg, Grant got bogged down in a bloody, slow campaign involving thousands of casualties. A ...
... Lincoln reelected; Sherman marches through Georgia To pursue total war, Union forces under the leadership of Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman invaded the South. In his advance toward Richmond and Petersburg, Grant got bogged down in a bloody, slow campaign involving thousands of casualties. A ...
First Battle of Bull Run
... River. Union wants Vicksburg to hold both ends of the Mississippi River. This would split the Confederacy in two! If they could take it, the Union could shell boats and supplies carried from New Orleans and Memphis. Early in 1863, Grant tries to isolate then siege the city. After 17 days, Grant is a ...
... River. Union wants Vicksburg to hold both ends of the Mississippi River. This would split the Confederacy in two! If they could take it, the Union could shell boats and supplies carried from New Orleans and Memphis. Early in 1863, Grant tries to isolate then siege the city. After 17 days, Grant is a ...
