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Major Battles of the Civil War

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.

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Major Battles of the Civil War

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  1. Major Battles of the Civil War

  2. 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

  3. Antietam • Click to Add Text

  4. 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."

  5. 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

  6. Fredricksburg

  7. 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

  8. Chancellorsville

  9. 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

  10. Gettysburg

  11. Gettysburg Address • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4bM9geY0do • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_XfqyojjJ4

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Vicksburg

  15. Emancipation Proclamation Activity • Read through the document • Highlight any words you do not know • Look up those words and choose synonyms you do know • Rewrite the Emancipation Proclamation in your own words

  16. 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

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