Catch Phrases- Choose 4 people we have discussed and

come up with a “catch phrase” to remember

their importance

“Change you can believe in”“All on board the Underground Railroad!”

BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR

Fort SumterApril, 1861

- S.C. fires on Fort Sumter -Jefferson Davis – Confederate-Abraham Lincoln – Union

South - first shot fired in Civil War

First Battle of Manassas(aka First Battle of Bull Run)July, 1861

- hot air balloons for surveillance- Jackson stops Union advance on Richmond, VA (confederate capital)

South - “Stonewall” Jackson gains nickname- weaponry improves- deaths increase- Realization: war will not end quickly

Battle of New OrleansApril 1862

- Union captures New Orleans-Union blockade

North - 2nd largest city in south- Southern supplies limited

- New technologies- unexpected death rate- “letters from the front”

AntietamSeptember, 1862

- Maryland – 1 day battle

North - Bloodiest day in US history-23,000 casualties in 1 day

- Antietam- War Medicine- Emancipation Proclamation- African Americans join the fight

Emancipation Proclamation: Jan 1, 1863 – Lincoln frees all slaves in Confederate states

VicksburgJuly, 1863

- TN- Completes North’s “Anaconda Plan” (snake)

North - TURNING POINT – - Miss. River captured – S loses supply chain- Conscription Act: 18-45 years, $300-$600 to hire others, or 20+ slaves don’t have to fight

GettysburgJuly, 1863

- PA- 3 Days long: 50,000 casualties total- most killed in one battle

North - Gettysburg Address – Lincoln dedicates the graveyard- Pickett’s Charge – 10,000 deaths in 1 hr (S)

General Sherman’s March to the SeaSummer, 1864

- Marches from Atlanta to Savannah- total war: burn and destroy everything

North - Burning of Atlanta & Columbia- total war destroyed south

- Sherman’s March to the Sea- Surrender at Appomattox

Bentonville, NCMarch, 1865

- last battle in NC during Civil war- Sherman (N) v Johnston (S)`

North - largest/most important battle in NC- ends fighting in NC

Bennett’s FarmhouseApril 1865

- Surrender in NC of Gen. Johnston (S) to Gen. Sherman (N)

North - NC devastated – death, debt, destruction- shortage of: food, cloth, medical supplies

Appomattox CourthouseApril, 1865

- South surrenders- Lee surrenders to Grant

North - gentleman’s surrender- south may take supplies and return home (food, horses & mules for plowing)

April 14th, 1865 - Lincoln is assassinated in Ford’s Theater by John Wilkes Booth.

Now we rebuild the South RECONSTRUCTION