The Battles Continue!. Civil War Battles in Review How did geography impact war time decisions? First Battle of Bull Run Manassas, Virginia Battle of.

The Battles Continue!

Civil War Battles in ReviewHow did geography impact

war time decisions?

First Battle of Bull RunManassas, Virginia

Battle of Antietam, Sharpsburg Maryland

A Quick Little War to the Anaconda PlanLoud public demand for a quick military victory that would

end the war

vs.

General Winfield Scott’s Anaconda

Plan

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Robert Smalls

The Battle of Vicksburg“Vicksburg is the key. The war can never be brought to a close until the key is in our pocket.” --Abraham Lincoln

Sherman’s “March to the Sea”

Engraving by Alexander Ritchie, 1868Image Source: Library of Congress

Siege of Petersburg

Site of the “Battle of the Crater,” July 1864 – part of the Siege of Petersburg and RichmondImage Source: National Archives / National Park Service

Appomattox (Virginia)