major battles of the civil war
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Major Battles of the Civil War. Battle of Antietam. September 17, 1862 George B. McClellan (USA) vs. Robert E. Lee (CSA) Union Victory Lee’s 1 st invasion of the North, Lee Retreats 23,000 casualties total Bloodiest single day in battle in American History. Antietam. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Major Battles of the Civil War
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Battle of Antietam
• September 17, 1862• George B. McClellan (USA) vs.
Robert E. Lee (CSA)
• Union Victory• Lee’s 1st invasion of the North, Lee Retreats• 23,000 casualties total• Bloodiest single day in battle in American
History
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Antietam• Click to Add Text
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Emancipation Proclamation“That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom."
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Battle of Fredericksburg
• December 13, 1862• Ambrose Burnside (USA) vs. Robert E. Lee
(CSA)• Confederate Victory• Rebs were picking off Yanks trying to build
bridge• 13,000 Union casualties• 5,000 Confederate casualties
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Fredricksburg
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Battle of Chancellorsville
• May 1, 1863• Joe Hooker (USA) vs. Robert E. Lee (CSA)• Confederate Victory• Lee’s greatest victory• 17,000 Union casualties• 14,000 Confederate casualties
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Chancellorsville
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Battle of Gettysburg
• July 1-3, 1863• George Meade (USA) vs. Robert E. Lee (CSA)• Union victory• Destroys 1/3 of Lee’s forces• Last Confederate invasion of the North• 51,000 casualties total
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Gettysburg
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Gettysburg Address• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4bM9ge
Y0do• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_XfqyojjJ
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Did you know the Gettysburg Address…
• Is only 9 sentences long• Has fewer than 300 words• Was delivered in less than 3 minutes• 3/4 of the words are one syllable• 92% of the words have no more than two
syllables• Only four words with more than 10 letters:
– Proposition, altogether, dedicated, consecrated
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Battle of Vicksburg
• July 4, 1863 – date of surrender• U.S. Grant (USA) vs. John Pemberton (CSA)• Union Victory• Grant laid siege for 2 months, people eating
rats to stay alive• 30,000 confederates and Pemberton
surrender
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Vicksburg
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Emancipation Proclamation Activity
1. Read through the document2. Highlight any words you do not know3. Look up those words and choose synonyms
you do know4. Rewrite the Emancipation Proclamation in your
own words
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Union Strategy in the West 1861 - 18651. Mississippi River Campaigns, 1861-632. Campaign to Secure Missouri, 1861-623. Operations against Chattanooga, 1861-634. Red River Campaign, 18645. Sherman's Atlanta Campaign, 18646. Sherman's Savannah Campaign (March to the Sea) 18647. Sherman's Carolinas Campaign, 1865