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Warm-up for 01.19.12

Warm-up for 01.19.12. After what battle was the Emancipation Proclamation issued? Antietam Gettysburg Chickamauga Chancellorsville . Warm-up for 01.19.12. Antietam. Now, on to the Battle of Antietam …. Where: Sharpsburg, Maryland near a stream called Antietam Creek

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Warm-up for 01.19.12

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  1. Warm-up for 01.19.12 • After what battle was the Emancipation Proclamation issued? • Antietam • Gettysburg • Chickamauga • Chancellorsville

  2. Warm-up for 01.19.12 • Antietam

  3. Now, on to the Battle of Antietam…

  4. Where: Sharpsburg, Maryland near a stream called Antietam Creek • When: September 17, 1862 • Who: Commander of CSA = Robert E. Lee • Commander of USA = George McClellan • What happened: • Single bloodiest day of battle in the Civil War (and in US History). • 12 hour battle • 23,000 casualties (killed, wounded, missing) • Union victory • After long list of Confederate victories, the Union win at Antietam gives President Lincoln the confidence to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

  5. Emancipation Proclamation CHANGES THE PURPOSE OF THE WAR! • From keeping the Union together  to  keeping the Union together AND freeing slaves in rebel states • Declares that all slaves “living in states in rebellion” will get their freedom on Jan 1, 1863 • A 100 day “grace period” will be given to “states in rebellion” so that they can make up their mind if they want to come back into the Union of not. • If a “state in rebellion” comes back to the Union within 100 days, it does not have to free its’ slaves! • After the President Lincoln issues this proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, France and England (2 anti-slavery countries) had no choice but to “back” the North not the South.

  6. Warm-up for 01.20.12 • List the battles of Gettysburg, Antietam, and Chickamauga in chronological order. • List them again in order of casualties from the least casualties (#1) to the most casualties (#3).

  7. Warm-up for 01.20.12 • Antietam Gettysburg Chickamauga 2. Antietam Chickamauga Gettsyburg

  8. Now, on to the Battle of Gettysburg…

  9. 1.) Where: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (UNION) • 2.) When: July 1-3, 1863 • 3.) Commander of CSA:Robert E. Lee • 4.)75,000 men • 5.) What did Lee hope to accomplish: • Get much-needed shoes, food, ammunition, and rest for his men. • Eventually, make his way towards Washington, D.C. • Bring war to the North and make them loose will to fight. • 6.) Commander of USA: Gen. George Meade • 7.) 82,289 men • 8.) What did Meade hope to accomplish? • Keep Lee out of the North • Drive south towards Richmond (capital of Confederacy)

  10. 9.) Who won: Union • 10.) 3 outcomes: • Bloodiest battle of the Civil War w/ 51,000 casualties • Ended Lee’s 2nd attempt to invade the • North and get much-needed supplies. • Lee will never press that far north again.

  11. Now, on to the Battle of Chickamauga…

  12. 1.) Where: Georgia (CONFEDERATE) • 2.) When: Sept. 19-20, 1863 • 3.) Commander of CSA:Braxton Bragg • 4.)66,326 men • 5.) What did Bragg hope to accomplish: • Take over control of Chattanooga, TN. and the major railway lines leading into GA • Keep Rosecrans out of Georgia • 6.) Commander of USA: William Rosecrans • 7.) 41,400 men • 8.) What did Rosecrans hope to accomplish? • Keep control of Chattanooga, TN. and the major railway lines leading into GA • Drive Bragg South into Georgia

  13. 9.) Who won: Confederates • 10.) 3 outcomes: • Bloodiest 2-day battle of the Civil War w/ 34,624 casualties • Kept Union army from invading GA and heading towards Atlanta…for a few months. • Seriously weakens Confederate forces and not ready for the Battle of Chattanooga

  14. Where: IN GEORGIA - near Chattanooga, TN near Chickamauga Creek • When: September 19-20, 1863 • Who: Commander of CSA = Braxton Bragg • Commander of USA = William Rosecrans • What happened: • Bloodiest 2-day battle of the Civil War • 34,624 casualties • Confederate victory • Kept Union army from invading GA and heading towards Atlanta…for a few months.

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