Gettysburg
Antietam
Bull Run
Petersburg
Chancellorsville
Atlanta
Vicksburg
Introduction
Significance: First
major battle of
the Civil War that
shows both sides
that this will not
be a short or easy
war.
Significance: The
bloodiest day in
American History
and leads Lincoln to
issue the
Emancipation
Proclamation.
 Definition:
Emancipation
Proclamation Declared the
freedom of all slaves
in the Confederacy.
 Slavery still existed in
the Border States and
areas of land taken
by the Union
 Reasons for the
Emancipation
Proclamation:
 Encourage
Northerners/Free
African Americans to
join the war
 To convince Europe not
to join the war
 Encourage slave to
rebel in the South
 Order only free slaves in
Confederate
states…why?
• Significance: This is
considered Lee’s
“Perfect” battle but
also lead to the
death of his most
trusted general
Stonewall Jackson
Significance:
• Turning Point!!!!
• Union successfully
splits Confederacy
in half by
controlling
Mississippi
• Leads to Grant’s
promotion to
Commander of the
Union Army
We Own
This Now!!
GO
UNION!!!
Significance:
• Turning Point!!!!
• Lee loses 1/3 of his army,
retreats South
• Washington D.C. is
saved from Confederate
invasion
• Largest battle ever in
the Western
Hemisphere
 After the battle of Gettysburg, a
cemetery was commissioned to
honor the dead.

President Lincoln came to
Gettysburg in November 1863
 The Address
 He expressed the Union’s new
sense of confidence and
commitment
 He focused on freedom for
everyone
 One of the most memorable
speeches in U.S. History; lasted
about 2 minutes
 The Good
 The Bad
 Springfield (Mass.) Republican:
"Surprisingly fine as Mr. Everett’s
oration was in the Gettysburg
consecration, the rhetorical honors
of the occasion were won by
President Lincoln. His little speech is
a perfect gem; deep in feeling,
compact in thought and expression,
and tasteful and elegant in every
word and comma. Then it has the
merit of unexpectedness in its verbal
perfection and beauty… Turn back
and read it over, it will repay study as
a model speech. Strong feelings and
a large brain are its parents."
 Chicago Times: "The cheeks
of every American must
tingle with shame as he
reads the silly, flat, and
dishwatery utterances."
 Harrisburg Patriot and
Union: "We pass over the
silly remarks of the
President; for the credit of
the Nation we are willing
that the veil of oblivion shall
be dropped over them and
that they shall no more be
repeated or thought of."