The Civil War Antietam Gettysburg

What does Secession mean? What was Fort Sumter? Who took control of it? Who was the confederate commander at the Battle of Antietam? Who won the battle of Gettysburg? What was the Gettysburg address? What is emancipation? What Union general ordered the siege of Vicksburg? Describe the War at Sea? What advantages did the North and South have when entering the war?

Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862 Also known as the battle of Sharpsburg 40,000 Confederates against 87,000 Union soldiers 4 hours of fighting on the “bloody lane” 9:30 am to 4 pm: the entire battle Union lost 12,410 men; Confederate lost 10,700 men

Outcome of the battle More wounded on this day than any other day in the Civil War or history Great Britain postponed recognizes Confederate government Gave Lincoln the opportunity to issue the Emancipation proclamation

Lincoln and slavery “ My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy Slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about Slavery and the colored race, I do because it helps to save this Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help save the union.”

Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863 Union Commander: George Meade Confederate Commander: Robert E. Lee Casualties:  Union: 23,000  Confederate: 28,000 Union Victory

The Gettysburg Address November 19, 1863 Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate -- we cannot consecrate -- we cannot hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.