1. Civil War Battles Standard 3.2
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Civil War Battles
Standard 3.2
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2. Create a Graphic Organizer
Include the following in your G.O.:
Name of battle
Location
Leaders
Who won
Impact on the war
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3. 1st Bull Run Both Union and Confederate Troops were inexperienced
Confederates led by Thomas J. Jackson held tough through a Union bombardment and eventually gained the upper hand
- Turned into the first victory for the South.

4. Grant
Captured strategic Confederate Fort’s Henry and Donelson in eleven days.
Monitor vs. Merrimack
First set of Ironclad ships to face off in a battle.
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5. 2nd Bull Run
Unions goal to capture Richmond was halted by a cautious general in George McClellan.
Robert E. Lee was more willing to go beyond traditional military tactics to win a battle.
His armies won a resounding victory and marched on toward Washington D.C.

6. Antietam
McClellan lucked up and found a set of army orders from Lee wrapped around a bunch of cigars!
He FINALLY acted aggressively and sent his armies after Lee.
They fought on September 17, beside a sluggish creek called Antietam
The bloodiest single day battle in American History

7. Gettysburg Northern armies now under George Meade
South exhausted by uphill fighting and a 25 mile march started to surrender
Lee was still optimistic about a victory
After the battle Lee gave up any hope of invading the North
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8. Vicksburg
Grant trying to capture the last few Confederate strongholds in the South started with Vicksburg, MS
South surrendered and eventually their stronghold was cut into.
Grant’s victory earns him the commanding General of all Union Armies in 1864.

9. William T. Sherman
Became military commander of the division in Mississippi after Grant
Sherman’s March: Sherman took his army on a march of destruction through Georgia.
By mid November 1864, Sherman would occupy and burn the city of Atlanta.
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10. Emancipation
Lincoln signed into effect the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.
Though it spoke of freeing the slaves, it actually didn’t free anyone. Not even slaves in the Northern States

11. Appomattox April 9, 1865: Lee and Grant meet in Appomattox Court House
Lincoln was generous to the south, giving many pardons
Davis and his men set fire to Richmond to prevent the North from taking it.
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