Reminders •Quiz Tomorrow Over– Differences Between North and South, Important People, Key Battles • Short answer, no multiple-choice • BUT…. Open Notebook
Dec 21, 2015
Reminders
• Quiz Tomorrow Over– Differences Between North and South, Important People, Key Battles• Short answer, no multiple-choice• BUT…. Open Notebook
Strategy For Winning
The North •ANACONDA Plan•Capture Richmond•Blockades•Mississippi River
The South •Win by “not losing” •Fight defensively•Avoid large-scale battles
Abraham Lincoln• President during
War for the USA• Freed slaves in
Confederacy with Emancipation Proclamation• Gave Gettysburg
Address
Ulysses S. Grant• Last & greatest
commander of Union Army• Accepted Lee’s
surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
William Tecumseh Sherman
• General for Union Army• Developed “Total
War”• Known for his
“March to the Sea”
William Carney
• Soldier• Union• 1st African
American to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor
Philip Bazaar
• Sailor in US Navy• Union• 1st Hispanic
American to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor
Jefferson Davis• President during the
War for the Confederacy• Successful Military
leader• Thought Confederacy
had a noble cause given in Declaration of Independence
Robert E. Lee
• Commander of the Confederate Army• Greatest Southern
advantage• Surrendered to Grant
at Appomattox Courthouse in 1865
“Stonewall” Jackson• General of
Confederacy• Lee’s “Right arm”• 1st Battle of Bull
Run• Known for his
bravery and courage
•Union fort•Lincoln sends needed supplies•Confederates attack before supplies arrive •April 12, 1861•Confederate Victory
First Shots of the Civil War
FORT SUMTER
1st Battle of Bull Run
• 1st Battle after War began• Manassas, VA • Significance- It was going to be a long bloody battle and soldiers needed training• Confederate Victory
Battle of Antietam
• Bloodiest Day in American History• >23,000 dead in a single day. • Military draw– No one Wins• Led to the Emancipation Proclamation
•3-day battle
•51,000 casualties
• UNION VICTORY
•Significance-- Turning point of the Civil War and Bloodiest Battle of the War
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Vicksburg
Grant Takes Command
Significance: Union control of the
Mississippi River, the Confederacy was split
in two.
Vicksburg Cemetery
•36,000 casualties•Union victory
Inaugural AddressesJefferson Davis
• February 1861• Confederate States of America• Key Points– Secession legal in Declaration of
Independence (“consent of the governed to change or abolish a government”)
– Thought it only made sense for the very different North and South be separate
– Does not want to fight the North but if attacked, will fight
Abraham Lincoln• March 1861• United States of America• Key Points– Doesn’t want to end slavery in
South– It’s illegal to leave the Union– Does not want to fight the South
but will if forced
Guess Who Said What?!• Read each of the quotes CIRCLING or HIGHLIGHTING important
information.• Decide who you think said this at their Inauguration (Lincoln or
Davis) using the information you circled.• Then, explain in your OWN WORDS why you chose that President.• How you will be graded…– Accuracy of your answer– Annotations of quote– Explanation of answer
Can’t do that?You will NOT receive any
credit for answer!