Unit 4 Lesson 2: The Civil War

 September 17, 1862  Civil War battle near Sharpsburg, Maryland  Bloodiest one-day battle of the American Civil War  Union Victory

 Document issued by Abraham Lincoln  Took effect on January 1, 1863  Declared the freedom for all slaves in Confederate states if they did not surrender

 Three-day battle  (July 1-3, 1863) in Pennsylvania  Union won while suffering 23,000 casualties  Confederacy suffered 28,000 casualties

 September 1863  Confederate victory  The Union wins control of an important railroad center near Chattanooga, Tennessee

 Northern war strategy—blockade  Closed off southern ports to keep the south from exporting and importing goods

 William T. Sherman— Union general  Confederate army retreats further south into Georgia  June & July 1864— Dalton, Resaca, Allatoona, Kennesaw Mountain, New Hope Church, Atlanta

 War Strategy—Lay waste  Sherman’s army destroys anything in his path as he marches to Savannah, GA

 Confederate war prison where thousands of Union soldiers died  Causes of death: dehydration, starvation, disease