Battles of the Civil War
Bull Run (VA) a.k.a. Manassas
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http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/firstmanassas/first-manassasmaps/bull-run-animated-map/
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1st major battle of the Civil War
Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson stopped Union troops
– Friendly fire shot him, died 8 days later
Southern Victory
Rose Greenhow – socialite; spy for South
– “Union plan to capture Richmond”
– Ran to London to escape, her rowboat
was gunned down by Union blockade
– “Rebel Rose” given Confederate burial
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Fort Wagner (SC)
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Massachusetts
54th Regiment – 1st
black regiment
(“Glory”)
Southern Victory
Lincoln credited
these men with
turning the tide of
war!
Antietam
Bloodiest day
 6000 died, 17000
injured
 No one won (but
South will claim
they did)
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http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/
antietam/maps/antietamanimated-map.html
Virginia & Monitor
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Monitor = Union
Virginia (aka
Merrimack) =
Confederacy
Blockade
first ironclad ships
neither sank the
other
No one won
Battle of Shiloh (TN)
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Ulysses S. Grant led advance in south; he
refused to retreat & WON
U.S. army = 13,000 losses
C.S. army = 10,000 losses
Gave the Union access to Mississippi River &
the eventual blockade
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh/maps/battle-of-shilohanimated.html
Vicksburg (MS)
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Fought for control of Mississippi River
Union Victory
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/vicksburg/maps/vicksburganimated-map.html
Sherman’s March
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TOTAL WAR!
Goal: to destroy all supplies in the South
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TDDPwvbS4M
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Gettysburg (PA)
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*Turning point for Union
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last Confederate attack
on the North
Pickett’s charge –
Northern most point
reached by South
Bloodiest battle
Such devastation that
Lincoln addresses the
nation (i.e. Gettysburg
Address)
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gettys
burg/maps/gettysburg-animated-map/
http://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=BvA0J_2ZpIQ
Appomatox (VA)
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Battle of Petersburg
finalized war
Surrender of
Confederacy
Lee surrendered to
Grant
Men treated very well
(none murdered, all
are soldiers)
SUMMARY
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QUIZ TIME
1. Which battle was the official first battle
of the Civil War?
2. Which battle was the actual first battle
(with casualties) of the Civil War?
3. Which battle was the bloodiest day
long battle of the Civil War?
4. Which battle was the bloodiest battle
of the Civil War?
5. Which “battle” was the official
surrender of the Confederacy?