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SS8H6B: The student will state the importance of key events of the Civil War to include Antietam, the
Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, the Union blockade of Georgia’s coast,
Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Andersonville.
The Civil War (1861-1865):
At the start of the Civil War, both North and South had certain advantages.
1.) The north’s advantages were
: manpower, material, money, etc.
2.) What does tangible mean?
3.) According to the Union and Confederate Resources, 1860 Graph, who has more resources?
4.) The south’s advantages were
defensive war.
: better generals, fighting on their own soil, fighting a
5.) What does intangible mean?
6.) The Northern strategy was called the
, because it involved a blockade of the
Southern coast in order to strangle the South to death by keeping
out.
7.) By looking at the map “Scott’s Great Snake” and reading the description why do you think this was
called the “Anaconda Plan”?
8.) In April 1862, Union forces landed on Tybee Island and capture Fort
.
, the fort protecting
9.) This put Georgia’s most important port city under blockade for the rest of the war. What is a blockade?
Antietam:
10.)
On September 17, 1862, the North and South fought the first major battle on
in Sharpsburg, MD.
11.)
What state does the abbreviation MD stand for?
soil at
12.)
Antietam was the
day in U.S. history with over 26,000
(more than all previous American wars combined).
Emancipation Proclamation:
13.)
all
On September 22, 1862, President Lincoln issued the
in rebellious states were
, declaring that
:
-Because Lincoln did not control rebellious states,
.
-Because European countries were against slavery, the Proclamation ensured that
would not help the
.
Gettysburg:
By the middle of 1863, brilliant Southern generals had brought the North to the
brink of defeat.
14.)
Confident of victory, General
invaded the north in July 1863.
15.)
At
16.)
The Southern Army never recovered from the
, PA, from July
, the Northern army overwhelmed Lee’s army.
.
Chickamauga:
For the first
of the war, Georgia was free from
From 1863 on, Georgia became the
battles.
of the war.
From September 19-20, 1863, 58,000 Union troops fought 66,000 Confederates at the
battle of
, Georgia’s
battle.
The
defeated the
and forced them to retreat to Chattanooga.
Union blockade of Georgia’s coast:
Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign:
Despite the victory at
, the South was near
From May to September 1864, Northern forces under General
series of battles forcing the Southern army back to
transportation.
.
fought a
, the center of the South’s industry and
In November 1864, Northern forces captured Atlanta. On November 15, they
ground.
the city to the
According to the Atlanta Campaign 1864 graph, where did Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign start?
Sherman’s March to Sea:
The day after burning Atlanta, Sherman spread his Army across central Georgia and began his destructive
“
.”
Sherman’s orders were for the Union army to destroy
any fighting
left in Georgia.
The “March to the Sea” left Georgia in complete
dollars in
.
they came across in order to crush
, costing hundreds of millions of
Just days after destroying Atlanta, Sherman’s troops sacked Georgia’s capital city,
Just before Christmas 1864, Sherman entered the city of
He offered the city to President
.
as a Christmas gift.
Within four months, April 1865, the Confederate States of America
THE CIVIL WAR WAS
.
.
!
Andersonville:
One of the most tragic aspects of the war was the notorious prisoner of war camp in
, GA:
Barely able to supply their troops, the South was unable to supply the
camps.
Prisoners suffered from overcrowding, malnutrition, starvation, disease, and lack of shelter.
Of the 45,000 prisoners of war sent to Andersonville,
Andersonville Prison had the highest
(over 1/4th) died.
of any Civil War prison camp.
Though he constantly begged the Confederate government to improve the conditions of the camp,
Captain Henry
, the Prison Commandant, was hanged for war crimes.
The Civil War had left the South in _____________:
Many of the South’s major cities had been completely _____________.
Nearly
of the South’s
The Southern
What does annihilated mean?
population had been
was completely
.
and would not recover for decades.