1. Read the handout, answering …
How can the Civil War be considered a Revolution?

2. Battle of Gettysburg (Pennsylvania), July 1-3, 1863
Gen. Lee, again, attempts to invade the North.
Day One – Union forces take the high ground surrounding the city
- Union forces attempt to stall Confederate advances
Day Two – Union lines organized in a “fish-hook” formation
- Confederates attempt to get around Union lines at “Little Round Top”
Day Three – Gen. Lee is convinced that Union forces must be weak in the middle, so he orders “Pickett’s Charge”

3. “Little Round Top”
“Pickett’s Charge”

4. Siege of Vicksburg (Mississippi)
* Last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River.
* Gen. Grant unsuccessful with offensive attacks, decides to lay siege to city.

5. Siege of Vicksburg
* July 4, 1863 – a day that lives in infamy in the South.
* Accomplishes 2nd phase Anaconda Plan.

6. Anaconda Plan