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The Civil War
One Word, Civil War
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Confederate vs. Union Soldiers
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Ave. ht. p. 27
Weapons p.60
Civil War’s Greatest Myth
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54th Regiment
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p. 24
The federal government was very small, states could do as the wished for the
most part.
The South lacked electoral power, leaving them practically voiceless in federal
elections.
Drugs and Meds of the Civil War p.55 and 56
Presidents and Slavery
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MAJOR EVENTS
1860- Lincoln elected, South Carolina secedes.
Death Threats
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Humor of Lincoln
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Iconic Lincoln
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1861- Lower South secedes and founds confederacy
Lincoln and Davis inaugurated
Ft. Sumter surrenders to the confederacy
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Upper South secedes; First Battle of Bull Run
Stonewall’s Valley Campaign p. 78
1862- Battles of Shiloh and Antietam
1863- Emancipation Proclamation
Battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg
1864- Fall of Atlanta and Sherman’s March to the Sea
Lincoln reelected
1865- Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox
Lincoln assassinated
Johnson assumes presidency
WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG WHEN THE NORTH HAD ALL THE NUMBERS IN THEIR
FAVOR? The South was determined and had an abundance of military leadership
and combat expertise.
The Rebels of South Carolina
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Grant or Lee?
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Grant p.28
THE TOLL:
618,000 men would die; more than the Revolution, War of 1812, the Mexican
War, the Spanish-American War, Korea, WWI and WWII combined.
Gettysburg: 50,000 in three days!
Brother vs. Brother; Mary Lincoln’s three brothers all died fighting for the South,
Robert E. Lee had a nephew commanding for the Union. People were split.
p.82
First military draft in American history, Conscription Act of 1862 on the side of the
Confederacy. All able bodied males 18-35 had to serve for three years, later
expanded to ages 17-50. If you had money you could buy your way out.
The Confederacy had pinned its dim hopes on Britain or France’s entering the
fight on its side. Europeans were unsure and stayed out.
Trench Warfare in Civil War
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Civil War Tech
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BATTLE OF BULL RUN (1st)
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A speedy victory was expected by the North. The first battle of Bull Run was
attended as though it were the Superbowl, (people brought their picnics) and a
victor would be decided, ending the whole affair. North thought they were going
to teach “Johnny Reb’” a lesson and be done. The South drove the North from
the field, Northern soldiers dropped everything and ran. There were 600 deaths
on both sides.
Reenactment
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Battles in the West had a general theme: Confederates would mount an
offensive, suffer greater losses, retreat, then escape as the Union commanders
dawdled. Confederates slowly yielded ground, one step forward, two steps back.
SHILOH- Tennessee: 23,000 killed. Confederates surprise attack the North, North
ends up joining two forces together to fight back.
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1862 - ANTIETAM, Maryland: Bloodiest Single Day in U.S. military history. Both
sides fought equally well. North attacked the South, then the South launched
vicious counterattacks. Ended in a draw. Lives lost: 22,717.
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FREDERICKSBURG – Dec. 1862
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Cavalry vs. Gunboats p. 95
1863- Emancipation Proclamation
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VICKSBURG, Jewel of the “West”, Mississippi: The city sat on a high bluff on a
hairpin curve of the Mississippi River. It was very difficult for Union to attack.
North had to travel south, ferry across river. They blockaded the city. Residents
lived in caves and shelters, at soup boiled from Mule and horse ears and tails,
before consuming the entire beast. When the animals were dead, they ate rats.
May-July 4th 1863. South had to surrender city and 30,000 starving soldiers.
North lead by U.S. Grant. Killed: 1,600, Missing, Wounded, Captured: 30,000
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Union message at Vicksburg
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Chancellorsville:
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Stonewall’s Eccentricities: page 8 &10
Coroner’s Report: Stonewall Jackson
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GETTYSBURG, July1-3 1863, Pennsylvania, Lives Lost: 51,112
Day 1- Lee drove the Union through Gettysburg to Cemetery Hill
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Day 2- Struck Flanks, gained ground, but failed to dislodge the Union.
Day 3- Culp’s Hill, Union regained ground, Heavy losses at Pickett’s charge.
Major Battles p. 147
Dead on the Field p.79
Chamberlain at Gettysburg
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Lee at Gettysburg
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Last Charge at Gettysburg
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Interactive Map
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Gettysburg Address
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The Gettysburg Address: A New Declaration of Independence
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1864- Biological Warfare in the Civil War
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Grant and Sherman
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Last Stand of the Confederacy
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1865- SHERMAN’S “MARCH to the SEA”
Sherman believed the North had to not only beat the South on the battlefield, but
destroy their material and psychological will to wage war. He commanded three
armies, captured Atlanta on Sept 24, 1864. The then embarked on his “March to
the Sea” leaving a 40-60 mile wide path of destruction through the heartland of
Georgia. Dec. 24, 1864, he wired a telegram to Lincoln offering him an early
Christmas present, the city of Savannah.
Sherman and Atlanta
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Gone with the Wind, As God is my Witness
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I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither
fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood,
for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.
- William Tecumseh Sherman
Following his successful campaign through Georgia, Sherman turned his attentions northward
and began marching through the Carolinas, chasing the Confederates under the command of
Joseph E. Johnston. He continued his campaign of destruction, in particular targeting South
Carolina for their role in seceding from the Union first. He captured Columbia, South Carolina,
on February 17, 1865, setting many fires which would consume large portions of the city. He
went on to defeat the forces of Johnston in North Carolina during the Battle of Bentonville, and
eventually accepted the surrender of Johnston and all troops in Georgia, Florida, and the
Carolinas on April 26, 1865, becoming the largest surrender of Confederate troops during the
war.
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Fall of Richmond
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Appomattox Court House
Surrender
April 9, 1865
Appomattox County, Virginia
Approximately 9,000 men under Gordon and Fitzhugh Lee deployed in the fields west of the
village before dawn and waited. The attack, launched before 8:00 a.m. and led by General Bryan
Grimes of North Carolina, was initially successful. The outnumbered Union cavalry fell back,
temporarily opening the road. But it was not to be. Union infantry began arriving from the west
and south, completing Lee’s encirclement. Meanwhile, Longstreet’s troops were being pressed
from the rear near New Hope Church, three miles to the east. General Ulysses S. Grant’s goal of
cutting off and destroying Lee’s army was close at hand.
Bowing to the inevitable, Lee ordered his troops to retreat through the village and back across
the Appomattox River. Small pockets of resistance continued until flags of truce were sent out
from the Confederate lines between 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. Rather than destroy his army and
sacrifice the lives of his soldiers to no purpose, Lee decided to surrender the Army of Northern
Virginia.
Although not the end of the war, the surrender of Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia set the stage
for its conclusion. Through the lenient terms, Confederate troops were paroled and allowed to
return to their homes while Union soldiers were ordered to refrain from overt celebration or
taunting. These measures served as a blueprint for the surrender of the remaining Confederate
forces throughout the South. Although a formal peace treaty was never signed by the
combatants, the submission of the Confederate armies ended the war and began the long and
difficult road toward reunification.
http://www.civilwar.org/video/appomattox-the-surrender.html
Tragedy on the Sultana
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Civil War Prison Camps
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/07/0701_030701_civilwarprison
s.html
Lee’s Great Regret
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Lee’s Warhorses p. 22
Unusual General Deaths p. 83
Impact of the Civil War
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Price of Southern Secession p.43
http://www.doe.in.gov/sites/lincoln/docs/Lincoln_Resource_9_02/Tab%206/69%20How%20Life%20Changed%208.13.08.pdf
Last Widow p.55