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Warm-up 1. 2. 3. 4. RQ Ch. 4.2 pg. 172-174 This did not free any slaves immediately because it applied only to areas behind Confederate lines, outside Union control. ___________ is a draft that forced men to serve in the army. She cared for the wounded and sick & eventually founded the Red Cross. In order to pay for the war in the North Congress decided to collect ________ ________. Warm-up RQ Ch. 4.2 pg. 172-174 1. This did not free any slaves immediately because it applied only to areas behind Confederate lines, outside Union control. Emancipation Proclamation 2. ___________ is a draft that forced men to serve in the army. Conscription 3. She cared for the wounded and sick & eventually founded the Red Cross. Clara Barton 4. In order to pay for the war in the North Congress decided to collect ________ ________. Income tax Thought of the Day Wednesday, May 24, 2017 A corporal in the 54th Massachusetts wrote to President Lincoln: “Your Excellency, we have done a Soldier’s Duty. Why can’t we have a Soldier’s pay?” What does this letter suggest about conditions for black soldiers in the Civil War? Shots Fired -war begins at Fort Sumter, S.C., 1861 -Bull Run – 1st battle @ Manassas, Virginia -July 1861 -Southern victory – Stonewall Jackson -proved the Civil War would be a long, serious war -Lincoln replaces general with McClellan -did not pursue the retreating Union army -citizens watched the battle -had a picnic on the hill Battle of Richmond -A cautious McClellan waits too long and fails to take Richmond -Beat by Lee -Lincoln fires McClellan Second Battle of Bull Run -Confederates win -Lincoln reinstates McClellan Antietam -Sept. 1862 -Lee leads troops into border state (MD) hoping for support -Lee’s battle plan is found by Union soldiers -bloodiest single day of the war -Union victory for McClellan -Lee retreats to Va. -21,000 casualties in one day -Emancipation is declared Vicksburg -Nov. 1862 -Ulysses S. Grant (N. General) -comin’ down the Mississippi -Taking Vicksburg would be “key” -Many obstacles -Grant surrounds city on the Mississippi -Siege of Vicksburg lasts +40 days -try to split the south Confederate Victories -Confederates greatly outnumbered but Lee still wins -McClellan fired AGAIN for not pursuing Confederates @ Antietam union - General Burnside leads -Dec. 1862 -Fredericksburg – South wins - Gen. Burnside is fired -Replaced by Gen. Hooker -May 1863 -Chancellorsville – S. wins again -Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson is killed Gettysburg -July 1863 – 3 day battle -Lee invades North -Little Round Top – Union is forced to higher ground until nightfall -Cemetery Ridge – one of many hills Union controlled -Pickett’s Charge - destroyed Confederate forces -turning point of the war as Lee is defeated -Gettysburg Address given by Lincoln several months later South is Split -July 1863 -Grant captures Vicksburg after long siege -Grant is called to command Union armies -relentlessly attacks Richmond -Begins “Total War” -demoralizes the South Sherman’s March -1864 -”March to the Sea”: 60k troops from Tenn. to Savannah, Ga. -Total War – looting and destruction of anything valuable “War is Hell” -Forced evacuation of Atlanta -burning of Atlanta -destroy the will to fight Grant in Pursuit -1864 – election between McClellan and Lincoln -Lincoln wins -Lee in retreat - running out of troops -Grant attacks repeatedly at great loss of life -Siege of Petersburg -Burning of Richmond -Lincoln wants speedy end to war - “with malice towards none” War’s End -April 1865 -Grant surrounds Lee outside Richmond -surrender at Appomattox – Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia -Surrender took months to reach other generals -Juneteenth Day!