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Major Battles of the Civil War
... Proclamation. This changed the war from an effort to stop a rebellion into an all-out, revolutionary struggle to get rid of slavery and thus change the entire political, social, and economic system of the South. Almost despite themselves, some white Americans found themselves fighting and dying for ...
... Proclamation. This changed the war from an effort to stop a rebellion into an all-out, revolutionary struggle to get rid of slavery and thus change the entire political, social, and economic system of the South. Almost despite themselves, some white Americans found themselves fighting and dying for ...
Civil War Chronological Order
... national cemetery to honour those who had died. Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address at the cemetery to honour the thousands of Americans who had died fighting each other. ...
... national cemetery to honour those who had died. Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address at the cemetery to honour the thousands of Americans who had died fighting each other. ...
Civil War Battles
... Stonewall Jackson Union General: McDowell Victory: Confederacy Significance: Spectators came to watch; proved this was not going to be a short war ...
... Stonewall Jackson Union General: McDowell Victory: Confederacy Significance: Spectators came to watch; proved this was not going to be a short war ...
Major Civil War Battles
... Lee defends Richmond by holding June 1864- Petersburg for nine months before his March army is overwhelmed by Grant's and attempts to escape to the west and join ...
... Lee defends Richmond by holding June 1864- Petersburg for nine months before his March army is overwhelmed by Grant's and attempts to escape to the west and join ...
Brinkley, Chapter 14 Notes 1
... Battle of Seven Days to cut McClellan off from his supply lines. McClellan managed to fight his way out and set up a new base on the James River. McClellan was only 25 miles away from Richmond. Despite pressure from Lincoln to advance to Richmond, McClellan did not advance. Lincoln replaced McClella ...
... Battle of Seven Days to cut McClellan off from his supply lines. McClellan managed to fight his way out and set up a new base on the James River. McClellan was only 25 miles away from Richmond. Despite pressure from Lincoln to advance to Richmond, McClellan did not advance. Lincoln replaced McClella ...
The War That Divided A Nation - Vernon Independent School
... confederacy believed that slavery was needed, and that it was ok to treat the people with violence. However, the Union did not agree to this. They believed that African Americans should be treated equally with the whites. This is the main reason why these two decided to go to war. ...
... confederacy believed that slavery was needed, and that it was ok to treat the people with violence. However, the Union did not agree to this. They believed that African Americans should be treated equally with the whites. This is the main reason why these two decided to go to war. ...
Chapter 16 Study Guide/Notes
... Chapter 16 Social Studies Study Guide Appomattox Courthouse - The Virginia town where General Robert E. Lee was forced to surrender, thus ending the Civil War Battle of Antietam - A union victory in the Civil War that marked the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. military history border states - Fo ...
... Chapter 16 Social Studies Study Guide Appomattox Courthouse - The Virginia town where General Robert E. Lee was forced to surrender, thus ending the Civil War Battle of Antietam - A union victory in the Civil War that marked the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. military history border states - Fo ...
Chapter 17-3 Power Point Notes KEY
... 7. Appomattox Court House—location of South’s surrender I. ...
... 7. Appomattox Court House—location of South’s surrender I. ...
1 REVIEW FOR CHAPTERS 15, 16, AND 17 TEST Define the
... 19. Secede – When a state withdraws from a country or union. 20. Anaconda Plan – Scott’s Union plan to choke the Confederacy with blockades. ...
... 19. Secede – When a state withdraws from a country or union. 20. Anaconda Plan – Scott’s Union plan to choke the Confederacy with blockades. ...
The Butcher`s Bill
... around the coast. The reason was to choke off, or isolate, Texas and Louisiana and Arkansas from the eastern Confederacy. In order to do that, they needed to take control of the Mississippi River which is the primary corridor of the Confederacy. The Union had gained control of virtually all of the M ...
... around the coast. The reason was to choke off, or isolate, Texas and Louisiana and Arkansas from the eastern Confederacy. In order to do that, they needed to take control of the Mississippi River which is the primary corridor of the Confederacy. The Union had gained control of virtually all of the M ...
The Battle of Glorieta Pass
... • Explanation: Henry H. Sibley proposed that the Confederate government send an army of Texans into New Mexico, from El Paso, Texas, and press through Arizona gathering supplies and recruits and subduing California. Certain of much Confederate sentiment and cooperation in the sparsely defended deser ...
... • Explanation: Henry H. Sibley proposed that the Confederate government send an army of Texans into New Mexico, from El Paso, Texas, and press through Arizona gathering supplies and recruits and subduing California. Certain of much Confederate sentiment and cooperation in the sparsely defended deser ...
Ch 21 Questions and VocabEXEMPLAR answers
... order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 which freed slaves in states still in open rebellion against the Union. Sherman’s March From November 15 until December 21, 1864, Union General William T. Sherman led some 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georg ...
... order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 which freed slaves in states still in open rebellion against the Union. Sherman’s March From November 15 until December 21, 1864, Union General William T. Sherman led some 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georg ...
Fort Sumter
... South Carolina sent a delegate to President James Buchanan to negotiate a withdrawal of the federal troops but Buchanan said no. On January 9th, Buchanan even tried to send 200 soldiers to Fort Sumter but they were driven away by the South Carolina artillery. Although they were fired upon by the Con ...
... South Carolina sent a delegate to President James Buchanan to negotiate a withdrawal of the federal troops but Buchanan said no. On January 9th, Buchanan even tried to send 200 soldiers to Fort Sumter but they were driven away by the South Carolina artillery. Although they were fired upon by the Con ...
The American Civil War
... 2. The Siege of Vicksburg In the Western Theater, the Union captured the city of Vicksburg, MS, on the Mississippi River after a 5 month siege of the city. Along with having control of New Orleans, taking Vicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi River and a huge advantage in the war. ...
... 2. The Siege of Vicksburg In the Western Theater, the Union captured the city of Vicksburg, MS, on the Mississippi River after a 5 month siege of the city. Along with having control of New Orleans, taking Vicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi River and a huge advantage in the war. ...
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... Sherman believed that the Civil War would end only if the Confederacy's strategic, economic, and psychological capacity for warfare were decisively broken. Sherman therefore applied the principles of scorched earth: he ordered his troops to burn crops, kill livestock, consume supplies, and destroy c ...
... Sherman believed that the Civil War would end only if the Confederacy's strategic, economic, and psychological capacity for warfare were decisively broken. Sherman therefore applied the principles of scorched earth: he ordered his troops to burn crops, kill livestock, consume supplies, and destroy c ...
Civil War in a Nutshell
... The North realized after this battle that the war would not be easy and would not be over soon. ...
... The North realized after this battle that the war would not be easy and would not be over soon. ...
File - Scottsdale Civil War Round Table
... of the James against the Confederate defenses protecting Richmond. Grant anticipated General Lee might shift troops to meet the threat against Richmond, thus weakening Confederate lines at Petersburg. More ambitiously, it was hoped if Butler managed to break through, capture of the Confederate capit ...
... of the James against the Confederate defenses protecting Richmond. Grant anticipated General Lee might shift troops to meet the threat against Richmond, thus weakening Confederate lines at Petersburg. More ambitiously, it was hoped if Butler managed to break through, capture of the Confederate capit ...
17 - Coppell ISD
... General Ulysses S Grant was in charge for the Union February 1862, Grant attacked and captured Forts Henry and Donelson in Tennessee These Confederate forts guarded important tributaries of the Mississippi River Grant showed his toughness and determination by winning a 3rd battle, the Battle ...
... General Ulysses S Grant was in charge for the Union February 1862, Grant attacked and captured Forts Henry and Donelson in Tennessee These Confederate forts guarded important tributaries of the Mississippi River Grant showed his toughness and determination by winning a 3rd battle, the Battle ...
Caleb - Strouse House Of History
... With little training the troops left Washington to invade the south The Confederate forces fled during the battle but were rallied by a young general named Tomas Jackson Union soldiers dropped their guns and fled all the way to Washington Four days later McDowell is relieved by George McClellan ...
... With little training the troops left Washington to invade the south The Confederate forces fled during the battle but were rallied by a young general named Tomas Jackson Union soldiers dropped their guns and fled all the way to Washington Four days later McDowell is relieved by George McClellan ...
Ch. 18 Sec. 3 Answers
... northeastern Texas and northern Louisiana; about 9,000 Confederate soldiers commanded by General Richard Taylor and General Tom Green were able to turn back about 27,000 Union soldiers in several battles around Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, LA ...
... northeastern Texas and northern Louisiana; about 9,000 Confederate soldiers commanded by General Richard Taylor and General Tom Green were able to turn back about 27,000 Union soldiers in several battles around Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, LA ...
The Furnace of Civil War
... Confederate unit and hey expected one big battle and a quick victory for the war • However, after initial success by the Union, Confederate reinforcements arrived and, coupled with Stonewall Jackson’s line holding, sent the Union soldiers into disarray • The Battle of Bull Run showed the North that ...
... Confederate unit and hey expected one big battle and a quick victory for the war • However, after initial success by the Union, Confederate reinforcements arrived and, coupled with Stonewall Jackson’s line holding, sent the Union soldiers into disarray • The Battle of Bull Run showed the North that ...
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.