1. Font: Normal Style (Times, Geneva, Arial, etc.) any color that people can see Size 20 - 24 Background:Gray for Confederacy Blue for Union Picture: Taken from approved web site (no more than one picture per commander) plattscsd.org->libraries->Stafford Middle School-> “star” Use Mr. Puschak’s laminated card for user ids and passwords

2. 1. Simply, copy and paste your typed commander notes into a PowerPoint slide and add a picture. 2. Try to fit a commander on one slide 3. Students can log in and out if necessary 4. There is no need for animation 5. If you type these notes at home you can get them to school by: email them to yourself email them to Mr. Hartmannchartmann@plattscsd.orgchartmann@plattscsd.org Flash drive (check ahead of time if it is compatible) Each group should have 4 PowerPoint presentations when finished. There is no need to complete a PowerPoint for Meade or Forrest

3. Who: George Meade What: 1) Union 2) Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Antietam, Appomattox Courthouse When: 12/31/1815 (Spain) - 11/6/1872 (PA) Where: West Point (1835), Seminole War, Mexican War, civil engineer Why: -didn’t follow Lee after Gettysburg -post War: Army, supervised reconstruction in GA, AL, FL -took over for Hooker, replaced by Grant

4. Who: Nathan Bedford Forrest What: 1) Confederate2) Shiloh, Vicksburg When: 7/13/1821 (TN) - 10/29/1877 (TN) Where: planter, slave owner and trader, Memphis City Alderman, one of the richest men in the South Why: -no prior military training but was promoted to colonel and given his own regiment because he was a planter who volunteered for the war -44 of his slaves served under him until the end of the war, “Finer Confederates never fought” -reported that he had 30 horses shot out from under him during the Civil War -associated with starting the Klu Klux Klan