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Page 1: Major Civil War Battles. Why did neither the Union nor the Confederacy gain a strong advantage during the early years of the war? How did the events at

Major Civil War Battles

Page 2: Major Civil War Battles. Why did neither the Union nor the Confederacy gain a strong advantage during the early years of the war? How did the events at

Why did neither the Union nor the Confederacy gain a strong advantage during the early years of the war?

How did the events at Gettysburg and Vicksburg change the course of the war?

What events led to the end of the war?

Essential Questions

Page 3: Major Civil War Battles. Why did neither the Union nor the Confederacy gain a strong advantage during the early years of the war? How did the events at

The Battle of Hampton Roads

Monitor vs. Merrimack

March 9, 1862 (pg. 482-483 text)

Ironclad ship battleSpotlight Video

http://www.glencoe.com/video_library/index_with_mods.php?PROGRAM=9780078777127&VIDEO=1987&CHAPTER=16
Page 4: Major Civil War Battles. Why did neither the Union nor the Confederacy gain a strong advantage during the early years of the war? How did the events at

Major Civil War Land Battles

• 1st Battle of Bull Run

• Antietam• Fredericksburg

• Chancellorsville

Page 5: Major Civil War Battles. Why did neither the Union nor the Confederacy gain a strong advantage during the early years of the war? How did the events at

First Battle of Bull Run / ManassasJuly 21, 1861 (pg. 481 text)

Main Generals Union (North) = McDowell

Confederate (South) = Jackson, Beauregard

OutcomeConfederacy won

Lincoln fires McDowell and appoints McClellan

Major Fact1st battle, showed Confederate’s strength

Showed that the Civil War would be long and bloody

Page 6: Major Civil War Battles. Why did neither the Union nor the Confederacy gain a strong advantage during the early years of the war? How did the events at

Antietam / SharpsburgSeptember 17, 1862 (pg. 486 text)

Main GeneralsUnion (North) = McClellan

Confederate (South) = Lee

OutcomeUnion won

Major FactFirst major engagement on Northern soil

Bloodiest single day battle in American History (23,000 casualties)

Page 7: Major Civil War Battles. Why did neither the Union nor the Confederacy gain a strong advantage during the early years of the war? How did the events at

FredericksburgDecember 13, 1862 (pg. 499 text)

Main GeneralsUnion (North) = Burnside

Confederate (South) = Lee, Jackson

OutcomeConfederacy won

Major FactWorst Union defeat of the entire war

Union forces driven back 6 times

Page 8: Major Civil War Battles. Why did neither the Union nor the Confederacy gain a strong advantage during the early years of the war? How did the events at

ChancellorsvilleMay 1-4, 1863 (pg. 499-500 text)

Main GeneralsUnion (North) = Hooker

Confederate (South) = Lee, Jackson

OutcomeConfederacy won

Major FactLee’s greatest victory

Jackson shot by his own men and dies later from his wounds

Page 9: Major Civil War Battles. Why did neither the Union nor the Confederacy gain a strong advantage during the early years of the war? How did the events at

The Turning Point Battles

GettysburgJuly 1-3, 1863 (pg. 502-503 text) Main Generals-Union (North) = Meade-Confederate (South) = LeeOutcome-Union wonMajor Fact-3 day battle became known as the turning point of the war-Pickett’s charge became the largest charge in American History (pg. 503 text)

VicksburgMay-July 1863 (pg. 503&505 text)

Main Generals

-Union (North) = Grant

Outcome

-Union won

Major Fact

-Siege lasted from May 22 until July 4, 1863

-Opens Mississippi River to Union trade

http://www.glencoe.com/video_library/index_with_mods.php?PROGRAM=9780078777127&VIDEO=1990&CHAPTER=16
Page 10: Major Civil War Battles. Why did neither the Union nor the Confederacy gain a strong advantage during the early years of the war? How did the events at

The Wilderness Campaign

(pg. 508 text)

May 5-6, 1864Dense woods between Washington DC and Richmond, VirginiaBloodiest 6 weeks of the war

Page 11: Major Civil War Battles. Why did neither the Union nor the Confederacy gain a strong advantage during the early years of the war? How did the events at

Total War (pg. 512 text)William Tecumseh Sherman (Union)Sherman’s March to the SeaAfter winning at the battle of Atlanta, Sherman marched his troops to Savannah destroying everything in his path (July 20-September 2, 1864) (pg. 510 text)


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