Civil War Medicine & Major Battles

P.Kelly

Question • What are some positives and negatives of

enlisting in the military?

• Would you have joined the army during the Civil War?

• Or even today? Why?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S72nI4Ex_E0

War has begun

• The attack on Fort Sumter!! (1861)

Anaconda Plan

Anaconda Plan

• The strategy to use naval blockades to stop the shipment of supplies in the south.

War of Attrition

War of Attrition

• attempts to win a war by wearing down the enemy through continuous losses in personnel and material. No sacrifice is too great.

Battle of Bullrun

What a Lovely day for a Picnic…. NOT!

Robert E. Lee• The most successful general of the Civil War.• West Point graduate, but loyal to Virginia and

joined the Confederates.

Robert E. Lee

Jefferson Davis

-“ALL WE ASK IS TO BE LET ALONE”JD

President of the Confederacy

Battle of Antietam

• “Known as the bloodiest Date of the Civil War.”

• 22,717 Total casualties

Union • After repeated losses, the Union army looked

for a new commanding general.

Ulysses S. Grant

• Proves himself worthy of become a leader after great victories in the West.

• Grant would help lead the Union to victory using tactics and strategy compared to “War of Attrition”

Civil War Medicine

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdu2B10K2w6

620,000 soldiers died during the Civil War!

WHY• Poor Hygiene• Overcrowding• Improper Diets• Bugs- mosquitoes, lice, maggots and fleas• Lack of Surgeons• Bad Water

Beat the Odds: Civil War Wounds

Directions: Here are three different situations. Using what you know about chances of survival, rank the wounded soldiers from “best” to “worst”. How will each soldier be treated for his wounds?

• 1. Colonel Abner Morgan is a wounded Confederate cavalry officer. He was shot through the left leg, wounding his horse as well. The wounded leg was shot through the calf. He is bleeding very heavily.

#2

• Private Frank Weaver is from the 129th Pennsylvania. He was wounded with a bullet piercing his forearm 5 inches below the elbow.

#3

• Private Clark Hannah is from the 87th Indiana. He was wounded in the right leg, in the thigh, just below the hip..

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