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The American Civil War
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Think-Pair-Share Turn to your neighbor to your left, then your right.
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The North (The Union) President: Abraham Lincoln Advantages:
Manufacturing Population Strategy: Anaconda Plan: Blockade Southern ports Cut the South in half w/ MI River
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The South (The Confederacy)
President: Jefferson Davis Advantages: Better Military Leadership Knowledge of battlefield Strategy: King Cotton Form an alliance with Great Britain or France They rely on cotton from South
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Border States Slave states, which did not secede
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri. West Virginia forms 1863
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Important Union Generals
Ulysses S. Grant William T. Sherman
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Ulysses S. Grant Successful Union general in the West
Battle of Vicksburg: Captures MI River, cutting South in two March 1864, Becomes Commander of Union forces “The Butcher”: willing to sacrifice large numbers
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Sherman’s March to the Sea
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Sherman’s March (1864) William Tecumseh Sherman: Union General marched through the South Longer ( Total War: destroy southern society: towns, resources, people.
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Emancipation Proclamation
Executive order, January 1st, 1863 What other notes should we take?
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Emancipation Proclamation
Executive order, January 1st, 1863 Frees slaves in Confederate states. Allowed to join army Freeing slaves the explicit purpose of Civil War
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104,256 Union soldiers vs. 73,000 Confederates
Battle of Gettysburg 104,256 Union soldiers vs. 73,000 Confederates July 1-3, 1863 Second battle fought in North (Pennsylvania) Robert E. Lee (head of Confederate Army) Wants to scare North, give up on war Significance- Confederate loss makes Union victory inevitable
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General Longstreet led the charge
Pickett’s Charge General Longstreet led the charge Lee orders men to charge position called “Cemetary Ridge” Target was center of Confederate lines Opens with large bombardment by Confederates 12,000 men walk in line across open field Lose 50% of men
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Gettysburg Address What notes should we write down?
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Gettysburg Address Nov 19, 1863 Lincoln honors the dead at Gettysburg
Gains support to prosecute war till the end.
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Siege of Petersburg After Gettysburg, Confederate army forced into Petersburg Union army surrounds city Siege last June 1864-March 1865 After Confederates retreat, defeat in war becomes inevitable.
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Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse (VA)
April 9, 1865 Lee’s Army of N VA surrenders, Basically ends war
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