① the front of the classroom… - Mr.Nick Sullivanmrnicksullivan.weebly.com/uploads/1/7/3/3/17330980/unit_6_lesson_6a_the_battles_of...Fighting to preserve the USA IV. Save the country

WARM UP

①  Complete the Civil War Map worksheet located in the front of the classroom…

②  Make sure that everything is labeled the states are colored the correct color, the battles are in the correct location and the Anaconda Plan is demonstrated apporpriately.

③  Let’s not waste time on this last Friday of 2016!!

1861-1865

THE BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

A DIVIDED NATION

I.  The United States of American

II.  Known as the UNION

III.  Fighting to preserve the USA

IV.  Save the country from splitting into two nations

I.  The Confederate States of America

II.  Known as the Confederacy

III.  Fighting to separate from the USA

IV.  Preserve the southern way & maintain slavery

CIVIL WAR LEADERS

I.  Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the

United States

II.  Lincoln and the Union Army fought to preserve the United

States

I.  Jefferson Davis was President of the Confederate States of

America.

II.  Davis and the Confederate Army fought to be free from the USA

and form their own nation

THE GENERALS

Ulysses S. Grant

William T. Sherman

Robert E. Lee

Thomas Jackson

George Meade James Longstreet

George B. McClellan James E.B. Stuart

The North’s Civil War Strategy:

“Anaconda” Plan

THE ANACONDA PLAN

I.  Goal: surround the Confederacy and squeeze them into submission

II.  Capture Confederate capital city of

Richmond, VA and force surrender III.  Control of the Mississippi River

A.  Divide the Confederacy in half B.  Divided the south would surrender

IV.  Blockade southern ports to stop A.  Stop supplies from other nations B.  South can’t win the war without help C.  Nothing in & nothing out

SOUTHERN STRATEGY

I.  Goal: win independence and preserve their way of life

II.  Defend its homeland, holding onto as much territory as possible until the Union got tired of fighting

III.  Capture Washington, D.C. IV.  Gain England's support

V.  Expel Union troops from South

UNIFORMS

Union soldiers = blue Confederate soldiers = grey

MAJOR BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR

FORT SUMTER APRIL 12, 1861

South Carolina

I.  April10,1861,ConfederateforcesdemandthesurrenderoftheUnionFortSumterinCharlestonHarbor.

II.  ThebattleofFortSumterwasthe

openingbattleintheAmericanCivilWar.

III.  ThebattleendedinConfederate

victory

IV.  TheCivilWarofficiallybeganatFt.Sumter

FIRST BULL RUN/MANASSAS JULY 21, 1861

Virginia

I.  TheFirstBattleofBullRun,alsoknownastheFirstBattleofManassaswasthefirstmajorbattleoftheAmericanCivilWar

II.  BattlefoughtinManassas,VAabout25milesfromUSAcapitalofWashington,D.C.

III.  ConfederateVICTORY!!!!

IV.  BoostedtheConfederatemoral&gavetheC.S.A.confidenceintheirbattleforindependence.

SHILOH APRIL 6-7, 1862

Tennessee

I.  After the Confederate victory at Bull Run/Manassas Lincoln requested more soldiers A.  War will not be over quickly

II.  In 1862 the Union Army invaded Tennessee

III.  Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army was able to defeat the Confederate Army near the town of Shiloh, TN

IV.  The Battle of Shiloh demonstrated how bloody & violent the war would be

V.  100,000 soldiers à 25,000 were KIA during Shiloh

I.  TheU.S.ArmydevisedtheAnacondaPlantosqueezethesouthintosubmission.

II.  InMay1861,LincolnenactedtheUnionblockadeofallSouthernportstostopsupplyshipmentsintotheConfederacy.

A.  Southcan’tmanufacturestuffàneedtogetitfromothernations(GreatBritain)

III.  NoitemscouldcomeintooroutoftheC.S.A

IV.  Southernerbuiltsmallshipscalledblockaderunnerstosneakthroughtheunionblockade

V.  Southcan’twinwiththeUnionblockade

ANACONDA PLAN à NAVAL BLOCKADE

BATTLE OF HAMPTON ROADS MARCH 8, 1862

I.  TheConfederateNavyfoughtagainsttheUnionNavy&theblockade

II.  TheironcladCSSVirginia(Merrimac)attackedtheblockademadeupofwoodenshipssheseemedunstoppableA.  IroncladànavalboatsmadeofironB.  Muchtougher&strongerthanwooden

boatsC.  Cannonballsdon’thurttheseships

III.  TheCSSVirginiawouldbattleagainsttheUSSMonitor(aunionironclad)

IV.  Thetwofoughttoastalemate(noonewon)

V.  TheUnionblockaderemainedinplace

CSS VIRGINIA USS MONITOR

UNION NAVAL BLOCKADE

ANTIETAM/SHARPSBURG SEPTEMBER 16-18, 1862

Maryland

I.  General Lee needs a Confederate victory to gain British support for the south

II.  Lee invades Union territory of Maryland

III.  Confederate & Union armies fought for three days at Antietam Creek

IV.  Battle ended when both Confederate & Union armies withdrew

V.  Single bloodiest battle of the Civil War A.  Over 26,000 troops KIA at Antietam

THE WAR DRAGS ON

I.  In 1863 the American Civil War was entering the third year of violence between north and south

II.  Most people believed the war would be over quickly à ending with a Union victory

III.  Ending the war is the number one goal of both north and south

A.  Union à wants to win and save the union B.  Confederacy à wants to win and become independent

THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

JANUARY 1, 1863 I.  President Lincoln desired an end to the

conflict between north and south

II.  January 1, 1863 Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation

III.  Stated that all slaves in states that were rebelling would be free on Jan. 1 unless the southern states rejoined the Union

A.  Attempting to get the slave states to rejoin the Union and end the war

IV.  No southern state rejoined

V.  Granted freedom to slaves that were in states controlled by the Confederacy