BE PREPARED … Take out the Gettysburg packet (from yesterday) TODAY WE WILL … Evaluate the decision by Lee to attack the center of the Union line at Gettysburg Evaluate the results of the Battle of Gettysburg and the significance of the Gettysburg Address Identify the significance of the capture of Vicksburg HOMEWORK : T.A.S.K. (last day is Thursday!) Study for Finals
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BE PREPARED… Take out the Gettysburg packet (from
yesterday)
TODAY WE WILL… Evaluate the decision by Lee to attack the center of the Union
line at Gettysburg Evaluate the results of the Battle of Gettysburg and the
significance of the Gettysburg Address Identify the significance of the capture of Vicksburg
HOMEWORK: T.A.S.K. (last day is Thursday!) Study for Finals
Q1: EXPLAIN what this picture shows happened on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
A: The Union holds their flank on Little Round Top.
The charge will fail. After the failure, LEE will be hurt muttering over and over, “It’s all my fault” and the Confederates will never recover from the loss.
The causalities suffered at the Battle of Gettysburg totaled,
Union = 23,000
Confederate = 28,000
“It’s all my fault”
As you watch the scene of PICKETT’s CHARGE, please write down what it is you notice during the scene. aka things that you find
interesting, questions you may have, or simply a comment you want to share.
November 19, 1863 – Ceremony dedicating memory of soldiers who died at Gettysburg
Lincoln delivered a speech A test whether a
democratic nation could survive
Only 10 sentences long Took 3 minutes to
deliver
Hanging on Mr. B’s wall(don’t get any ideas…
it’s not worth anything!)
Gettysburg Address (Delivered at Gettysburg Cemetery)
Victory in the West Grant’s forces surrounded Vicksburg and
blockaded the city for 6 weeks No food or supplies came in Confederates ran out of food Resorted to eating dogs and rats Confederates forced to surrender on July 4, 1863
Significance of Vicksburg(battle chart) Union controlled the Mississippi Cut off Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas