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DO NOW
• Copy the following onto your Do Now paper for the week:
The Civil War began
in 1861. It ended in
1865.
Learning Goals
• EQ: Is war a necessary evil?
• LT: SWBAT recall major battles of the Civil
War.
• POU: I can identify the major battles of the
Civil War and state their impact.
THE
AMERICAN
CIVIL WAR
1861 to 1865
The Second American Revolution
The Second War for Independence
The War for Southern Independence
The Yankee Invasion
The War for Constitutional Liberty
The War for States' Rights
Mr. Lincoln's War
The War for Southern Rights
The War of the Southern Planters
The Southern Rebellion
The War of the Rebellion
The War of Secession
The War to Suppress Yankee Arrogance
The Brothers' War
The Great Rebellion
The War for Southern Nationality
The War Against Slavery
The Civil War Between the States
The War of the Sixties
The War Against Northern Aggression
The Yankee Invasion
The War for Separation
The War for Abolition
The War for the Union
The Confederate War
The War of the Southrons
The War for Southern Freedom
The War of the North and South
THE UNION’S
GRAND
STRATEGY
3
RICHMOND
2
MISSISSIPPI
1
BLOCKADE
AKA: THE
ANACONDA
PLAN
THE BATTLES AND PLACES YOU NEED TO KNOW
Fort Sumter
Bull Run
Shiloh
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Sherman’s March
Petersburg/Richmond
Appomattox
DATES
THE BATTLES AND PLACES YOU NEED TO KNOW
Fort Sumter
Bull Run
Shiloh
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Sherman’s March
Petersburg/Richmond
Appomattox
APRIL 12 1861
Fort Sumter
THE WAR BEGINS
FORT SUMTER
IMPACT
Lincoln calls for
volunteers
4 states, including NC
secede
Conflict officially a war
THE BATTLES AND PLACES YOU NEED TO KNOW
Fort Sumter
Bull Run
Shiloh
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Sherman’s March
Petersburg/Richmond
Appomattox
JULY 21 1861
Bull Run
http://www.history.com/videos
/first-battle-of-bull-run#firstbattle-of-bull-run
REBELS WIN, AND STONEWALL BEGINS
BULL RUN
IMPACT
Confederacy wins first major battle
War will not be short
Both sides ask for more recruits
Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson
earns his nickname
THE BATTLES AND PLACES YOU NEED TO KNOW
Fort Sumter
Bull Run
Shiloh
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Sherman’s March
Petersburg/Richmond
Appomattox
April 6 and 7 1862
SHILOH
INCREDIBLE CARNAGE
SHILOH
IMPACT
Becomes a
typical bloody
battle
Ulysses S. Grant
begins to make a
name for himself
THE BATTLES AND PLACES YOU NEED TO KNOW
Fort Sumter
Bull Run
Shiloh
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Sherman’s March
Petersburg/Richmond
Appomattox
SEPTEMBER 17 1862
ANTIETAM
BLOODY ANTIETAM
ANTIETAM
Robert E. Lee leads
rebels north to
strike a blow in
Union and win
foreign support
Lee's plans fall into
Union hands
Bloody battle leads
to a Union “victory”
ANTIETAM
IMPACT
Union gains first major victory in
east
South hurt in gaining foreign allies
Lincoln was waiting for victory to
make a big move
Change in Union Generals
THE BATTLES AND PLACES YOU NEED TO KNOW
Fort Sumter
Bull Run
Shiloh
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Sherman’s March
Petersburg/Richmond
Appomattox
July 1863
GETTYSBURG
THE TURNING POINT
GETTYSBURG
IMPACT
Union finally beats Robert E.
Lee on the battlefield
Confederate Army is
devastated
South will not get foreign
support
THE BATTLES AND PLACES YOU NEED TO KNOW
Fort Sumter
Bull Run
Shiloh
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Sherman’s March
Petersburg/Richmond
Appomattox
July 1863
VICKSBURG
THE MISSISSIPPI FALLS
VICKSBURG
IMPACT
Grant fights his way to Vicksburg
and surrounds the city
Vicksburg forced to surrender
Union gains control of Mississippi
River
The South is split
GRANT TAKES COMMAND
The Army of the Potomac and
the Army of Northern Virginia
met on many Virginia
battlefields
The Wilderness
Spotsylvania
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
The casualties for both
sides were very high
th
18
Between May 4 to June
Grant lost 65,000 men
Lee lost 35,000 men
The North could replace their men – the
South couldn't
THE BATTLES AND PLACES YOU NEED TO KNOW
Fort Sumter
Bull Run
Shiloh
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Sherman’s March
Petersburg/Richmond
Appomattox
Fall 1864
SHERMAN’S MARCH
http://www.history.com/topic
s/shermansmarch/videos#shermansterrifying-tactics
TOTAL WAR
SHERMAN’S MARCH
IMPACT
Confederate civilians
are devastated
South split again
THE BATTLES AND PLACES YOU NEED TO KNOW
Fort Sumter
Bull Run
Shiloh
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Sherman’s March
Petersburg/Richmond
Appomattox
APRIL 1865
APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE
LEE SURRENDERS – GAME OVER
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APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE
IMPACT
Organized fighting
ends
The nation looks
toward Reconstruction