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Turning Points in the Civil War. American History. Vicksburg Falls. Last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi “Vicksburg is the Key” ~Abraham Lincoln Colonel Benjamin Grierson’s raids Grant sieges Vicksburg Loss of Vicksburg cuts confederacy in two.
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Turning Points in the Civil War American History
Vicksburg Falls • Last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi • “Vicksburg is the Key” ~Abraham Lincoln • Colonel Benjamin Grierson’s raids • Grant sieges Vicksburg • Loss of Vicksburg cuts confederacy in two
The Battle of Gettysburg • Union Forces weakened at Chancellorsville • Lee decides to invade North, Pushes into Pennsylvania • Southern scouting party and northern Calvary meet at Gettysburg • Lee orders Pickett’s Charge: Mile wide line of confederate troops walk across open ground to take force Union troops from a cemetary ridge
Impact of Gettysburg • Turning Point in the War • South looses 28,000 1/3 of entire force • North looses 23,000 • Ensured that Britain would not recognize the confederacy
Home Work • Complete Ch 9 EOC Chapter Review on P 351-353 and define the following Vocab. • Hard Tack • Prisoner of War • 54th Massachusetts • Elizabeth Blackwell • United States Sanitary Commission • Clara Barton • Forage • Seige • Ambrose Burnside • Joseph Hooker • George Meade • Gettysburg • Pickett’s Charge • William Tucemseh Sherman • Pillage • Mandate • Philip Sheridan • Sherman Neckties • March to sea • Thirteenth Amendment • 14th Amendment • Appomattox Courthouse