Download The Civil War in a Nutshell…

The Civil
War in a
Nutshell…
Antietam
• September 17, 1862
• War in the North (Maryland)
– Gen Lee Wanted MD to join Union
after victory
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Over 23,000 lives lost
General Lee withdrew
“Draw” no clear winner
Lincoln took Withdrawal as a
North Victory and released the
Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation
• released by Abraham
Lincoln that would end all
slavery once war was over
– Sept. 22, 1862
• “All slaves in ‘Rebellious’
states would be freed as of
January 1, 1863”
• Moral decision keeps
Europe out of war.
Left Hand
Page:96
Create a describing Bubble map
of the Emancipation
Proclamation
Must have 5 describing bubbles
Make colorful.
Use page 81 in CRCT book
Gettysburg
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Major Turning Point of the War
Battle fought for 3 days in July of 1863
Over 50,000 were killed
Lee wanted war in North
– Wanted north to back down
• Lee was outnumbered
– Retreated to Virginia
• South didn’t invade north again.
• North began to pressure south
– Invaded and Captured rebel states
Chickamauga
• Battle took place at GA/TN
border in 1863
• Purpose was to capture
Chattanooga
– Wanted Railway
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Largest battle in Georgia
Confederate Victory
34,000 deaths
2nd Bloodiest battle of Civil War
Union Blockade of Georgia’s Coast
• Union Victory at Ft. Pulaski
led to Union control of
Georgia’s coast and ports
• Led by Gen. Winfield Scott
• Anaconda Plan
– Squeeze the Confederate
States of America
• Scott’s Great Snake/ wanted to cut
off their supply
• Prevent trade of cotton for
weapons from France and
England
Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign
• Began 1864
– Lasted 4 ½ Months
• Wanted to capture Atlanta
– Railroad hub
– Industrial Capabilities
• South outnumbered North
– Used defense to slow down North
• Not one MAJOR battle was fought in
Atlanta, but several small battles that led
to Atlanta being captured by Sherman
Sherman's March to the Sea
• After destroying Atlanta (Nov.15-Dec. 21 1864)
– Wanted to end war and punish South
• After loses from Atlanta Campaign Union troops
had straight path to Atlantic Ocean
• Sherman created path of destruction
– 300 Miles long, 60 Miles wide
• Burned factories, buildings, & destroyed towns
– Battle of Griswoldville
• March ended when Savannah surrendered to
Sherman without a fight on Dec. 22 1864
– Lincoln's Christmas present.
Sherman's March to the Sea
Andersonville
• Famous Civil War prison
• Located in Macon County
• Built to hold 10,000 Union
Soldiers
– Peaked at over 30,000
• Creek became backed up with
human waste and other sewage
– Disease throughout prison
• More men died in Andersonville
than any other Civil War Prison
– Over 13,000
LH Page 104
Divide your page into 6 even sections. Then
label each section with the cities that are
located below. Cut the descriptions out of
the chart and paste them in the correct
section.
Andersonville
Chickamauga
Atlanta
Union Blockade
Savannah
Ft. Pulaski
Cut out and glue the map to page 102
Use your notes and your brain to decide the
location of each of the places on the
chart from page 104.
Locate the places on the map. Mark them
each with a star and the letter of the
description of that city.
Use the Georgia Textbook Pg. 714-715