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Gettysburg, PA.  Grant’s successful push down Mississippi left only one major CSA stronghold - Vicksburg  His forces surround the city (blockade) for.

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1 Gettysburg, PA

2  Grant’s successful push down Mississippi left only one major CSA stronghold - Vicksburg  His forces surround the city (blockade) for 6 weeks

3  No food or supplies came in and the Confederates ran out of food  Resorted to eating dogs and rats!!  CSA forced to surrender on July 4, 1863

4  Victory give Union control of the Mississippi River  Cut off Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas from rest of Confederacy (split Confederacy in two) VICKSBURG

5  Lee was hoping to achieve a victory on Union soil  June 1863 Lee crosses into PA heading for Harrisburg (a railroad center) but ran into Union troops in the small town of Gettysburg

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7  Pickett’s Charge - Direct assault on middle of the Union line - Disaster for Confederacy - By the end of the battle over 1/3 of Lee’s army is crushed - Leads to CSA retreat PUSH!! Wasn’t my idea..

8 VICKSBURG = Control of Mississippi GETTYSBURG = Turning point battle, CSA in retreat!

9  10 sentences  Lincoln’s best known speech  Came at dedication of Gettysburg battlefield as a cemetery (4 months after battle)  Reiterates principles of human equality (Declaration of Independence) and redefines this as the true goal of the war

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13  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvA0J_2Z pIQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvA0J_2Z pIQ

14  Link the excerpts with their meaning!

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