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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.

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1 Chapter 11 The Civil War

2 Fort Sumter

3 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

4 After the Battle of Fort Sumter Virginia secedes

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

8 1 st Battle of Bull Run 1 st real bloodshed of war Stonewall Jackson

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

10 Major Confederate Leaders Robert E Lee George Pickett Pete Longstreet

11 Antietam

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15 Graveyard at Antietam

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

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18 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

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

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

21 Civil War Medicine Clara Barton War Nurse Red Cross

22 Civil War Hospital

23 Civil War Medical Kit

24 Amputated Legs

25 Prison System of the South and North

26 Andersonville

27 Creek that runs through prison

28 Prisoner found at Andersonville

29 33,000 Prisoners on 26 acres of land

30 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

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

32 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

33 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

34 Little Round Top

35 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

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37 Gettysburg Address

38 William Tecumseh Sherman

39 Sherman’s March to the sea

40 Atlanta Ammunition depot

41 Atlanta Before Sherman

42 Atlanta Slave Auction

43 Grant and Lee met at Appomattox Courthouse to sign peace agreement

44 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


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