Warm Up

1. Warm Up • Answer the following question on the blank space on the back of your graphic organizer. What were the major events leading up to the civil war?

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3. Battle of Fort Sumter • The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War. • This was the first battle of the Civil War.

4. Battle of Antietam • The first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil. • It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with about 23,000 casualties. • The northern victory to give President Abraham Lincoln the confidence to announce his Emancipation Proclamation

5. Battle of Vicksburg • The Union laid siege to the city for 40 days. • The loss of Vicksburg yielded command of the Mississippi River to the Union forces, which would hold it for the rest of the conflict.

6. Battle of Gettysburg • The Battle of Gettysburg was the battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War. • It is often described as the war's turning point. • From this point on, the North started to attack the South and win the war.

7. Battle for Atlanta • The Atlanta Campaign was a series of battles fought throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta, Georgia. • The Atlanta Campaign was followed by Sherman's March to the Sea. • The March to the Sea destroyed the South’s ability to continue the war.

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9. Ulysses S. Grant • Grant was appointed the leader of the Union armies by Lincoln in 1864. • In 1865, after mounting a successful war of attrition (weakening by persistence) against his Confederate opponents, he accepted the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House.

10. Robert E. Lee • He is best known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War. • He was adored by his men and seen as the face of the Confederacy. • Lee became the great Southern hero of the war.

11. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson • He was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. • He was probably the most well-known Confederate commander after General Robert E. Lee. • He was accidentally shot by his own men and died a few days later from complications.

12. William Tecumseh Sherman • Sherman served under General Ulysses S. Grant at the beginning of the war. • In 1864, Sherman succeeded Grant as the Union commander in the western theater of the war. • After Grant was given control of the entire Union army. • He proceeded to lead his troops to the capture of the city of Atlanta, a military success that contributed to the re-election of President Abraham Lincoln.

13. William Tecumseh Sherman • He ordered the burning of Atlanta. • After burning Atlanta, he went on a 300-mile march across Georgia to Savannah. • This is known as the “March to the Sea”. • After capturing Savannah, Sherman took his army north through South Carolina. • They left almost nothing standing in their path.

14. Jefferson Davis • He served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history, 1861 to 1865, during the American Civil War. • While not disgraced, he was displaced in Southern affection after the war by its leading general, Robert E. Lee.