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1 The War Begins
... national nightmare. Furious at Lincoln’s election and fearing a federal invasion, seven southern states had seceded. The new commander in chief tried desperately to save the Union. In his inaugural address, Lincoln promised not to end slavery where it existed. The federal government “will not assail ...
... national nightmare. Furious at Lincoln’s election and fearing a federal invasion, seven southern states had seceded. The new commander in chief tried desperately to save the Union. In his inaugural address, Lincoln promised not to end slavery where it existed. The federal government “will not assail ...
Ch. 21 – The Furnace of War
... • Lincoln replaced McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac with General Burnside • Dec. 1862: Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia – Union General Burnside attacked General Lee’s position. Union lost the battle - about 12,000 casualties. • May 1863: Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia – Gen ...
... • Lincoln replaced McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac with General Burnside • Dec. 1862: Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia – Union General Burnside attacked General Lee’s position. Union lost the battle - about 12,000 casualties. • May 1863: Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia – Gen ...
Ch20powerpoint
... • Fort Sumter, in Charleston SC, was one of the last forts still controlled by the United States in the Confederacy. • The US soldiers in the fort were running out of food and supplies. If Lincoln sent in reinforcements it would certainly cause South Carolina to attack but if he did nothing the US t ...
... • Fort Sumter, in Charleston SC, was one of the last forts still controlled by the United States in the Confederacy. • The US soldiers in the fort were running out of food and supplies. If Lincoln sent in reinforcements it would certainly cause South Carolina to attack but if he did nothing the US t ...
The Civil War: The North vs The South
... He loved horses and was known to train even the most difficult horses He never lost his nerves He didn’t like profanity. Thought it was a waste of time A family man with 4 children. He always wanted his family nearby. He had no intention of furthering his training in the military; he wanted to be a ...
... He loved horses and was known to train even the most difficult horses He never lost his nerves He didn’t like profanity. Thought it was a waste of time A family man with 4 children. He always wanted his family nearby. He had no intention of furthering his training in the military; he wanted to be a ...
Unit 8 - PowerPoints - The American Civil War
... troops in a raid on Tennessee, leaving Sherman’s soldiers to face fewer than five thousand Confederate soldiers. Sherman’s troops burned buildings and infrastructures along the way, destroying many towns and cities. Sherman’s troops defeated the depleted Confederate army and took Savannah ...
... troops in a raid on Tennessee, leaving Sherman’s soldiers to face fewer than five thousand Confederate soldiers. Sherman’s troops burned buildings and infrastructures along the way, destroying many towns and cities. Sherman’s troops defeated the depleted Confederate army and took Savannah ...
May 06, 2013
... Why was the Battle of Gettysburg considered a turning point in the Civil War? Lee, who hoped a victory in this northern city would convince the Union to ask for peace, lost one third of his army during the battle. Afterward, he withdrew to Virginia and conducted only a defensive war on southern soil ...
... Why was the Battle of Gettysburg considered a turning point in the Civil War? Lee, who hoped a victory in this northern city would convince the Union to ask for peace, lost one third of his army during the battle. Afterward, he withdrew to Virginia and conducted only a defensive war on southern soil ...
Georgia and the Civil War
... 9. What was the Union’s primary goal with regards to Georgia? blockade coastal waters & shut down supply lines Battle of Chickamauga 10. Union leader: General Rosecrans 11. Confederate leader: Braxton Bragg 12. Bragg’s army defeated Union forces, but they did not follow them North on their retreat 1 ...
... 9. What was the Union’s primary goal with regards to Georgia? blockade coastal waters & shut down supply lines Battle of Chickamauga 10. Union leader: General Rosecrans 11. Confederate leader: Braxton Bragg 12. Bragg’s army defeated Union forces, but they did not follow them North on their retreat 1 ...
Gettysburg Date State Leaders N/S Victor & importance of outcome
... direction of the Union attack on Fredericksburg. Confederate forces had destroyed the bridges to make the crossing more difficult for the Union. ...
... direction of the Union attack on Fredericksburg. Confederate forces had destroyed the bridges to make the crossing more difficult for the Union. ...
Unit 8 - PowerPoints - The American Civil War
... The Civil War was the bloodiest war in American history. It has been referred to as “The War Between the States,” “The Brother’s War,” and the “War of Northern Aggression.” More than 600,000 Americans lost their lives, and countless others were wounded severely. The Civil War led to passage of the T ...
... The Civil War was the bloodiest war in American history. It has been referred to as “The War Between the States,” “The Brother’s War,” and the “War of Northern Aggression.” More than 600,000 Americans lost their lives, and countless others were wounded severely. The Civil War led to passage of the T ...
Chapter 15 - Alpine Public School
... Women in the Civil War Women played an important role in the war effort ▪ In both the north and the south ▪ Women ran farms and plantations ▪ More than 400 women dressed as men and fought ▪ They took over businesses and factory jobs ...
... Women in the Civil War Women played an important role in the war effort ▪ In both the north and the south ▪ Women ran farms and plantations ▪ More than 400 women dressed as men and fought ▪ They took over businesses and factory jobs ...
Texas Secession
... General Banks tried to bring troops into Texas by going up the Mississippi River and across the Red River. His goal: cut off the railroads leading to and from Texas ...
... General Banks tried to bring troops into Texas by going up the Mississippi River and across the Red River. His goal: cut off the railroads leading to and from Texas ...
Secession - Effingham County Schools
... not give in to the Confederacy. However, he did not want to start a war either. He hoped the southern states would return to the Union peacefully. Confederate leaders saw the refusal to surrender the fort as an act of war. They ordered cannons to fire on the fort. The 1st shot was fired on Apr ...
... not give in to the Confederacy. However, he did not want to start a war either. He hoped the southern states would return to the Union peacefully. Confederate leaders saw the refusal to surrender the fort as an act of war. They ordered cannons to fire on the fort. The 1st shot was fired on Apr ...
Vicksburg - The University of Southern Mississippi
... • Texas ranked behind only Tennessee in the number of horses and mules, fourth in the number of sheep, and seventh in the production of swine. • Texas was a significant source of livestock for armies in the west, but that could only remain the case so long as those animals could cross the river safe ...
... • Texas ranked behind only Tennessee in the number of horses and mules, fourth in the number of sheep, and seventh in the production of swine. • Texas was a significant source of livestock for armies in the west, but that could only remain the case so long as those animals could cross the river safe ...
Name: Date: Period: Unit 6: (Chapter 15-Sections 2-3)
... 24. Confederates __________________ the battle, but failed to force the Union army to retreat. 25. ___________________________ killed/wounded/captured (KWC). ...
... 24. Confederates __________________ the battle, but failed to force the Union army to retreat. 25. ___________________________ killed/wounded/captured (KWC). ...
civil war info for kids
... Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States during the Civil War from 1860-1865. When he was president he was also the Commander-in-Chief of the Union Army, which is the highest-ranking military officer. He appointed generals to command his troops. In 1863 he issued the Emancipation Proclamat ...
... Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States during the Civil War from 1860-1865. When he was president he was also the Commander-in-Chief of the Union Army, which is the highest-ranking military officer. He appointed generals to command his troops. In 1863 he issued the Emancipation Proclamat ...
CWF
... _____ 32) What nickname was given to U.S. Grant after the victory at Ft. Donelson? a. Under Surrender b. Unconditional Surrender c. The Fireman d. Utterly Skeptical _____ 33) Who was the confederate commander at the Battle of Shiloh in April of 1862? a. Grant c. Lee b. Johnston d. Hood ...
... _____ 32) What nickname was given to U.S. Grant after the victory at Ft. Donelson? a. Under Surrender b. Unconditional Surrender c. The Fireman d. Utterly Skeptical _____ 33) Who was the confederate commander at the Battle of Shiloh in April of 1862? a. Grant c. Lee b. Johnston d. Hood ...
Civil War Generals
... October 12, 1870 • Declined to lead the Union Army because he lived in the South. • https://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=4AVMoo _PT40 ...
... October 12, 1870 • Declined to lead the Union Army because he lived in the South. • https://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=4AVMoo _PT40 ...
major battles of the civil war
... hoped to gain control of the Mississippi River, thereby dividing the Confederacy. After the disastrous Battle of Bull Run, President Lincoln appointed General George B. McClellan commander of the eastern army. As McClellan trained his men for the next battle, an important event occurred at Hampton R ...
... hoped to gain control of the Mississippi River, thereby dividing the Confederacy. After the disastrous Battle of Bull Run, President Lincoln appointed General George B. McClellan commander of the eastern army. As McClellan trained his men for the next battle, an important event occurred at Hampton R ...
Civil War Booklet
... site of the longest siege in American history, lasting 48 days, when 7,500 Confederates resisted some 40,000 Union soldiers for almost two months during 1863. ...
... site of the longest siege in American history, lasting 48 days, when 7,500 Confederates resisted some 40,000 Union soldiers for almost two months during 1863. ...
THE CIVIL WAR
... The South used a defensive tactic so that large numbers of men were not killed trying to charge the enemy. ...
... The South used a defensive tactic so that large numbers of men were not killed trying to charge the enemy. ...
Chapter 16 The Civil War (1861-1865)
... Pennsylvania looking for supplies • General Lee hoped to avoid fighting in an unfamiliar area • But the two sides encountered one another • After 4 days of fighting, the Confederates had 25,000 casualties and the Union had 23,000 • The battle started at 5:30 A.M. on July 1 ...
... Pennsylvania looking for supplies • General Lee hoped to avoid fighting in an unfamiliar area • But the two sides encountered one another • After 4 days of fighting, the Confederates had 25,000 casualties and the Union had 23,000 • The battle started at 5:30 A.M. on July 1 ...
Battle of Vicksburg Although the Union victory at Vicksburg ended in
... Mississippi River from the Confederates, appointed General Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee to take Vicksburg. In May 1863, in a daring plan, Grant left his supply trains and attacked the city from the south, trapping 30,000 Confederate troops. Grant attacked Vicksburg to gain control ...
... Mississippi River from the Confederates, appointed General Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee to take Vicksburg. In May 1863, in a daring plan, Grant left his supply trains and attacked the city from the south, trapping 30,000 Confederate troops. Grant attacked Vicksburg to gain control ...
The Civil War
... ships off Virginia coast. • The crew destroyed it so it wouldn’t be captured by the Union Navy in May 1862 ...
... ships off Virginia coast. • The crew destroyed it so it wouldn’t be captured by the Union Navy in May 1862 ...
Topic: Lee`s Surrender at Appomattox
... the part of the Army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion [loss] of blood by ...
... the part of the Army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion [loss] of blood by ...
Battle of Island Number Ten
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The Battle of Island Number Ten was an engagement at the New Madrid or Kentucky Bend on the Mississippi River during the American Civil War, lasting from February 28 to April 8, 1862. The position, an island at the base of a tight double turn in the course of the river, was held by the Confederates from the early days of the war. It was an excellent site to impede Union efforts to invade the South along the river, as vessels would have to approach the island bows on and then slow down to make the turns. For the defenders, it also had an innate weakness in that it depended on a single road for supplies and reinforcements, so that if an enemy force could cut that road, the garrison would be trapped.Union forces began the siege shortly after the Confederate Army abandoned their position at Columbus, Kentucky, in early March 1862. The first probes were made by the Union Army of the Mississippi under Brigadier General John Pope, which came overland through Missouri and occupied the town of Point Pleasant, Missouri, almost directly west of the island and south of New Madrid. From there, the Union army moved north and soon brought siege guns to bear on New Madrid. The Confederate commander, Brig. Gen. John P. McCown, decided to evacuate the town after enduring only one day of bombardment, removing most of his soldiers to Island No. 10 but abandoning much of his equipment, including his heavy artillery.Two days after the fall of New Madrid, Union gunboats and mortar rafts came down to attack Island No. 10 from the river. For the next three weeks, the defenders on the island and in nearby supporting batteries were subjected to bombardment by the vessels, mostly carried out by the mortars. While this was going on, the army at New Madrid was digging a canal across the neck of land to the east of the town; several transports were sent to the Army of the Mississippi by way of the canal when it was finished, providing the army with the means of crossing the river and attacking the Confederate troops on the Tennessee side.Pope persuaded Flag Officer Andrew Hull Foote to send a gunboat past the batteries, to aid him in the river crossing by warding off any Southern gunboats, and by suppressing Rebel artillery fire at the point of attack. This was accomplished by USS Carondelet, under Commander Henry Walke, on the night of April 4, 1862. This was followed by USS Pittsburg, under Lieutenant Egbert Thompson two nights later. With the support of these two gunboats, Pope was able to send his army across the river and trap the Confederates who were trying to flee. Outnumbered at least three to one, they felt their cause was hopeless, and decided to surrender.At about the same time, the garrison who had remained at the island decided that resistance was futile for them as well, so they surrendered to Flag Officer Foote and the Union flotilla.The Union victory marked the first time the Confederate Army lost a position on the Mississippi River in battle. The river was then open to the Union Navy as far as Fort Pillow, a short distance above Memphis. Only three weeks later, New Orleans fell to the Union fleet led by David G. Farragut, and the Confederacy was in danger of being cut in two along the line of the river.