1. OPTIC

2. Anaconda Plan
UNION’S STRATEGY: -Strangle the South with naval blockades to keep them from receiving supplies and exporting cotton (no $$) -TX was a major and vital link in the overall Confederate supply chain

3. civil war battles

4. the north
Also known as…
U.S.
Union
Yankees
Wears…
Blue Uniforms

5. the south
Also known as…
Confederacy
Rebels
Wears…
Gray uniforms

6. attack on fort sumter
Apr 1861

7. attack on fort sumter
South Carolina secedes bc of Election of 1860; followed by 10 lower states in gray
SC Demanded that all U.S. Army ships be removed from Charleston Harbor

8. attack on fort sumter
- U.S. sends supply ships to reinforce their soldiers at Fort Sumter - Confederates fired on Union ships - 1st battle of Civil War -No Casualties -Union Surrenders

9. battle of galveston
1. Galveston
Oct 1862,
Jan 1863

10. battle of galveston
-Oct 1862, Union captured Galveston because it was weakly defended -Jan 1863, Confederates Magruder and Green used “cottonclad” ships to win back Galveston and keep supply lines open
COTTONCLAD - warship with bales of cotton on deck to disguise and for protection

11. cottonclad

12. emancipation proclamation
Jan 1863
emancipation proclamation

13. -Lincoln freed slaves in “rebelling territories” aka the South
emancipation proclamation
-Lincoln freed slaves in “rebelling territories” aka the South

14. emancipation proclamation
-Freed slaves could join the Union Army giving more manpower -Slavery is now explicit goal of Union cause

15. gettysburg, pa & vicksburg, ms
July 1863
gettysburg, pa & vicksburg, ms

16. Both battles were: -Union victories -Turning points of the War
battles of gettysburg & vicksburg
Both battles were: -Union victories -Turning points of the War
Gettysburg, PA
Vicksburg, MS
-Union now takes lead -Union gains control of the Mississippi River (in yellow) and divides the Confederacy in half

17. Confederates SURRENDER
Civil War
Battles
TURNING POINT!
Gettysburg & Vicksburg
Sabine Pass
Confederates SURRENDER
Fort
Sumter
Palmito
Ranch
Galveston

18. battle of sabine pass
2. Sabine Pass
Sept 1863

19. battle of sabine pass
The Union tried to sail up the Sabine River and marched on land to Houston to attack Fort Griffin
They had to pass Ft Griffin on the way, from where Dowling and Davis Guards opened fire
The Confederacy captured Union soldiers and 2 Union ships.

20. battle of sabine pass
The Union lost and never got the chance to invade TX again
The Confederacy kept supply lines open

21. Confederate Surrender
Apr
1865
Confederate Surrender

22. confederate surrender
-Lee surrenders to Grant at Appamatox Courthouse, VA -Confederacy given lenient terms -Took their guns only; allowed to keep horses & 3 days food -End of Civil War

23. confederate surrender
-South devastated POLITICALLY, ECONOMICALLY, GEOGRAPHICALLY & CULTURALLY (PEGS) -How to REBUILD the nation answered in era called RECONSTRUCTION

24. battle of palmito ranch
1865

25. battle of palmito ranch
Took place after Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrendered to Union forces (had not received news of surrender)
Confederacy found and trapped Union soldiers in a deep bend of the Rio Grande River
The Confederacy won this last battle between N & S!

26. statistics
Slaves in TX did not know they were free until June 19, 1865, when Gen Granger landed at Galveston with the news that the war was over and slaves were free. This was 2 ½ years after Emancipation Proclamation. This is the oldest African American holiday STILL celebrated today. It is called JUNETEENTH.
Union forces outnumbered Confederates 2 to 1
620,000 Americans died, more than in any other war involving the U.S.
Bloodiest battle of CW was Gettysburg
A white Union soldier made $13/mo; the AA made $7