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Notes on Civil War Battles

The American Civil War

1861 - 1865

Two Sides of WarNorth UNIONNickname YANKEES 

South CONFEDERACYNickname REBELS

North South

President Abraham Lincoln

President Jefferson Davis

General Ulysses S,. Grant

General Robert E. Lee

II. Advantages / Disadvantages of North and South

Advantages Disadvantages

1.effective navy2.larger army3.manufacturing4.transportation system

1.lacked military leadership2.fighting on unfamiliar territory

1.Military leadership2.Strong desire to maintain way of life3.Most of the war fought on their soil

1.Lacked manufacturing2.smaller population

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III. Key Battles 1861

a. FORT SUMTER- First shots are fired

Border statesDefinition:slave states that had not declared a secession from the Union

III. Key Battles 1861

b. BULL RUN- The north learns that this will be a long war when the south wins this first battle

unexpectedly

Key Battles 1862

c. MONITOR/MERRIMACK - the first between “ironclads” (BATTLESHIPS) ends in a draw

Key Battles 1862

d. SHILOH - Grant’s army is almost destroyed in this confederate victory

e. NEW ORLEANS- this important port and largest city in the Confederacy fall to Union forces

Key Battles 1862f. 7 DAYS BATTLE - union forces are

stopped from capturing RICHMOND, the Confederate capital

Key Battles 1862

g. ANTIETAM - the bloodiest battle in which a confederate invasion of the Union is halted

Key Battles 1863h. VICKSBURG- Union forces under Grant

gain control of the MISSISSPPI River and divide the confederacy.

i.i.Gettysburg Gettysburg is considered the is considered the turning point of the war. Lee is turning point of the war. Lee is stopped from invading the North stopped from invading the North once again. The rebel army never once again. The rebel army never recovers. recovers.

Battle of Gettysburg in 4 minutes in 4 minutesPlanning Pickett's Charge

President Lincoln delivers his GETTYSBURG ADDRESS at the dedication of the cemetery here

Key Battles 1864J. ATLANTA - GEORGIA this city falls as

part of “SHERMAN’S MARCH TO THE SEA” the beginning of the concept of “TOTAL WAR”

Key Battles 1865

K.APPOMATOX COURTHOUSE- General LEE surrenders to General GRANT. The major

battles end.

IV. Results of the Civil War The EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION was signed

as a war measure. In 1862, Lincoln freed the slaves only in the CONFEDERACY. He did not free slaves in the Union or border states, but it led to the end of SOUTHERN SLAVERY in the U.S.

New weapons and tactics revolutionize warfare. These include:

1. RIFLED GUNS2. AIR BALLOONS3. IRONCLADS4. “TOTAL WAR”5. TRENCH WARFARE

The Civil War was the costliest war in the U.S. history with over 600,000 Americans killed!!!

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