Chapter 11 The Civil War

Fort Sumter

Situated in the middle of the Charleston Port It was Union occupied Jefferson Davis sent telegram to Lincoln Lincoln in a pickle Lincoln responds Davis attacks the fort and wins

After the Battle of Fort Sumter Virginia secedes

Confederate Strategy Defensive Campaign Violation of this strategy cost them the war

1 st Battle of Bull Run 1 st real bloodshed of war Stonewall Jackson

George McClellan Army of the Potomac Ulysses S. Grant Battle of Shiloh

Major Confederate Leaders Robert E Lee George Pickett Pete Longstreet

Antietam

Graveyard at Antietam

Antietam was the single bloodiest day in the history of the United States

Emancipation Proclamation Did Not free all slaves Only those in the deep south states who seceded from the Union Border states still had slaves The document was more symbolic than effective

Conscription North began to draft Young men into the military Increase size of military Overwhelm the south Solved the problem of dissention

Soldier’s Life Little food Little water No provisions No place to sleep Very hard life

Civil War Medicine Clara Barton War Nurse Red Cross

Civil War Hospital

Civil War Medical Kit

Amputated Legs

Prison System of the South and North

Andersonville

Creek that runs through prison

Prisoner found at Andersonville

33,000 Prisoners on 26 acres of land

Gettysburg Bloodiest battle in the history of the United States 52,000 men died or wounded in three days Three day battle Turning point of war South abandoned their strategy

Day 1 John Buford Skirmish Between Buford and soldiers moving into Gettysburg to get shoes Union Holds off the confederate attack

Day 2 Lee orders Longstreet to attack the Union positions Battle of Little Round Top General Sam Hood led the attack on Little round top

Union Counter attack Joshua Chamberlain Led Union Forces Held off Confederates until they ran out of ammo Chamberlain ordered a bayonet charge down the hill at the rebels and caught them off guard

Little Round Top

Day 3 Longstreet attacked the center of the union Lines Pickett’s charge The rebels almost broke the Union Lines But had to retreat and would never again gain the momentum

Gettysburg Address

William Tecumseh Sherman

Sherman’s March to the sea

Atlanta Ammunition depot

Atlanta Before Sherman

Atlanta Slave Auction

Grant and Lee met at Appomattox Courthouse to sign peace agreement

Legacy of the War National Bank War Costs – 360,00 Union Soldiers Died 260,000 Confederate soldiers died The Combined cost was about $33 Billion Dollars “Thirteenth Amendment” John Wilkes Booth – Assassinated Abraham Lincoln