StartStop 2Stop 3Stop 4Stop 5Stop 6Stop 1Next Back 10 th Grade U.S. History Civil War By: Lauren Davis Note: To open hyperlinks, you need to right click on the underlined word/s and select “Open Hyperlink.”

StartStop 2Stop 3Stop 4Stop 5Stop 6Stop 1Next Back  Recognize key facts of each of the battles listed on the slides. Be able to recognize the differences between them and why they are important. (Vocabulary=battles)  You do not have to remember the specific date the battles took place, but you do need to know the correct order of when the battles took place.  Go through and read each slide and click on the hyperlinks for an activity.  Remember to take your time going through the virtual tour. I will expect you to be able to take a quiz over what you learned on this virtual tour!

StartStop 2Stop 3Stop 4Stop 5Stop 6Stop 1Next Back  Fort Sumter is located in Charleston Harbor South Carolina. When South Carolina seceded on December 21, 1860, Union troops under US Major Robert Anderson moved in to secure the fort. Though the fort was not yet completed, it was a vital position which controlled shipping in and out of Charleston. On April 12, 1861, after repeated calls for surrender, Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard ordered Southern cannons to open fire on the Union held fort, officially beginning the hostilities between the North and the South. After 36 hours of continued bombardment, Anderson finally surrendered the fort. The Confederates held the fort until February 1865, when under the threat of Union General William T. Sherman’s advancing army, they abandoned the fortification. Click Here to view a Slide Show of what Fort Sumter looks like today! : Fort Sumter TodayFort Sumter Today

StartStop 2Stop 3Stop 4Stop 5Stop 6Stop 1Next Back The First Battle of Bull Run took place on July, 21, 1861 in Manassas, Virginia, approximately 25 miles from Washington D.C. Thinking that the Union Army would quickly crush the Confederate forces, citizens from Washington D.C. followed the Union Army out to Manassas with their picnic lunches. These citizens would slow the Union retreat back into the capital after the Confederate Army began to overrun Union positions. What would become a Union defeat was the first major land battle of the Civil War. Southern General Thomas Jackson was given his nickname “Stonewall” during the course of this battle.

StartStop 2Stop 3Stop 4Stop 5Stop 6Stop 1Next Back Fort Pulaski As part of the Union’s Anaconda Plan to defeat the South, Fort Pulaski was attacked on April 11th, The fort with its 7-1/2- foot solid brick walls, most of which were made in Savannah, was thought impregnable to the Union’s cannons. However the Union Army used the attack on Ft. Pulaski as a test of their newly developed rifled cannon, which could fire their shot with greater accuracy and a higher rate of speed than the older cannons. After just thirty hours of bombardment from positions on Tybee Island, the Confederates surrendered the fort and the use of brick fortifications was made obsolete. With the capture of the fort, the Union army was able to blockade the most important sea port in Georgia. For the remainder of the conflict, the fort was used to house Confederate prisoners of war. For a Virtual Tour of the Fort Visit this website! this website!this website!

StartStop 2Stop 3Stop 4Stop 5Stop 6Stop 1Next BackAntietam Antietam was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history and the first major battle of the war to be fought on Northern territory. The casualty rate for both sides was extremely high with both armies losing over 22,000 men. Though neither side could claim an outright military victory, the battle gave President Lincoln the confidence to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, which on paper, freed the slaves in those states in rebellion.

StartStop 2Stop 3Stop 4Stop 5Stop 6Stop 1Next BackGettysburg Considered the turning point of the Civil War, this three day battle, culminating in the disastrous Pickett’s Charge, was a major defeat for the South. Confederate General Robert E. Lee, invading the North for a second time, had hoped that a victory would persuade Northern politicians to seek a peace agreement. Though by the end of the first day of fighting things looked promising for the South, the tide of battle quickly turned in favor of the North. On the third day of fighting Lee ordered General George Pickett and over 12,000 men to assault the Union line, a mile away over an open field. In less than an hour of fighting, Pickett’s unit had suffered a casualty rate of over 50%. Over the course of the three day battle the Confederate Army had over 23,000 causalities, a loss of men that they could ill afford. In November of 1863, President Lincoln delivered what would become one of his most memorable speeches at the dedication of the Gettysburg Cemetery. Click here Click here to hear the Gettysburg Address! Click here

StartStop 2Stop 3Stop 4Stop 5Stop 6Stop 1Next BackVicksburg General Ulysses S. Grant began the siege of Vicksburg, located on the banks of the Mississippi River, on May 18th, After a prolonged siege, the Confederate Army finally surrendered on July 4, 1863, just one day after the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee, lost on the battlefields of Gettysburg. Grant, by capturing Vicksburg, effectively split the Confederacy in half, and led him to be named the commander of all the Union Armies by President Abraham Lincoln. For modern day pictures of Vicksburg click here!!! click here!!!

StartStop 2Stop 3Stop 4Stop 5Stop 6Stop 1Next Back Sherman’s March In early November 1864, General William T. Sherman, and two columns of Union troops began marching out of Atlanta, Georgia towards the port city of Savannah. The two columns, which stayed between twenty and sixty miles within each other, faced little resistance as they moved southward towards the coast. Burning and pillaging as they went, the troops demoralized the civilian population through Sherman’s “total war” campaign. Finally in early December 1864, Sherman and his troops were on the outskirts of Savannah, taking the city and Fort McAllister (Richmond Hill) as the Confederate defenders snuck across the Savannah River into South Carolina. Though Sherman spared the city from destruction, both South and North Carolina would feel the fury of his wrath. CLICK HERE CLICK HERE for a tour!

StartStop 2Stop 3Stop 4Stop 5Stop 6Stop 1Next Back  These are only some of the major battles of the Civil War.  Source: war/page1.htmlhttp:// war/page1.html  THE END!!