Name:______________________
Group #_____________________
Civil War Project
Responsibilities
1. Every member of each group will have a complete set of notes for every battle and for each of the teacher
assigned Civil War Commanders. Every group will have different commanders to research
Complete set of TYPED notes must be typed, put in alphabetical order and include:
1) 5 W’s completely answered (see examples)
2) Formatted exactly the same as in the examples (Who, What, When, Where, Why)
2. PowerPoint presentation for each of the various Civil War commanders assigned to each group
3. Group presentation of the PowerPoint given equally by all members of the group.
4. Peer evaluation completely filled out
5. Turn in notes on the due date: __________________________________.
Directions
1. Get into your teacher assigned groups
2. -Each group will be assigned to research all of the same required battles (no PowerPoint presentation).
-Each group will be assigned four different Civil War commanders to research and must complete a
PowerPoint presentation each of these commanders.
3. Divide responsibilities and record each group member’s name next to their responsibility. When the list is
complete, give list to Mr. Hartmann
ex: John Doe - Vicksburg, Thomas Jackson
4. There will be only three days of library research to find all the information on the battles and commanders
-Use any book in the library, NO INTERNET!
**Try these books first: Textbook, Encyclopedia, Biographical Dictionary,
Encyclopedia of American Dates and Facts, Civil War Encyclopedia
-Find information, copy down facts, share information within the group as facts are discovered,
and cross off found facts to narrow down the missing information
5. Double check the list of battle facts and commander facts for completion
6. Complete PowerPoint presentations
-Must have 5 W’s completed and one picture of each commander
-Format must be exactly the same as the teacher provided example
*Only accepted Internet site to get a picture from is:
plattscsd.org -> libraries -> SMS -> Mr. Hartmann’s Civil War Project
7. Each group will turn in only one set of completed notes (all battles and all assigned commanders) on the due
date. Battles should be in alphabetical order and the commanders should be divided according to side and
then put in alphabetical order. The PowerPoint presentation must also be completed by the due date.
8. Each student will complete the peer evaluation form. Please complete this by yourself and be
honest, no body will see these evaluations besides the teacher.
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Project Format and Examples
Battle Format:
Name of the Battle (Put the name in bold print and underline)
Who: Generals at Battle
(Union first / Confederate second)
What: Winner of Battle
(Union or Confederate Victory)
When: Date of Battle
Month, Day(s), and Year
Where: City or Town, State
Why: Important Details of the Battle (These are found on the provided checklist located on pages 3-4)
Battle Example:
Cold Harbor (Each group must type this example out and include it in the complete set of notes)
Who: ________________________________________________________________________________
What: ________________________________________________________________________________
When: ________________________________________________________________________________
Where: ________________________________________________________________________________
Why: ________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
Civil War Battle Facts
Directions: Cross out each of the facts on this sheet as the group finds them. Then, copy each fact into note
form the same exact way that the notes are presented under, "Battle Format".
Battles (number given is the number of facts under the section, "Why / Important Details of the Battle")
Antietam (9)
Cold Harbor (2)
Shiloh (6)
Appomattox Courthouse (4)
Fredericksburg (5)
Vicksburg (3)
Chancellorsville (5)
Gettysburg (10)
1st Bull Run (8)
March to the Sea (7)
Who - Union / Confederate Commanders (All the commanders within the parenthesis’ are at the same battle, North/South)
(The commanders listed below are limited to just the commanders that are being researched by the student groups, more were there)
(Burnside, Hooker, Meade / Lee, Longstreet, Jackson, Pickett, Stuart) (Sherman)
(Meade / Lee, Longstreet, Pickett, Stuart)
(Hooker, Meade / Lee, Jackson, Stuart)
(Burnside, Hooker, McClellan, Meade / Lee, Longstreet, Jackson, Stuart)
(Grant / Lee)
(Grant, Sherman /
)
(Burnside, Grant, Meade, Sheridan / Lee, Longstreet, Pickett)
(Grant, Sherman / Beauregard, Forrest)
(Burnside, Sherman / Beauregard, Longstreet, Jackson, Stuart)
What - Results of Battle
Confederate Victory
Union Victory?
Union Victory
Confederate Victory
Union Victory
Union Victory
Confederate Victory
Union Victory
Union Victory
Confederate Victory
When - Dates
July 21, 1861
April 30 - May 6, 1863
May 31 - June 12, 1864
April 6-7, 1862
September 17, 1862
July 1-3, 1863
Nov. 15 - Dec. 21, 1864
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December 11 - 15, 1862
May 18 - July 4, 1863
April 9, 1865
Where - Location
Appomattox County, VA
Fredericksburg, VA
Pittsburgh Landing, TN
Atlanta, GA -> Savannah, GA
Gettysburg, PA
Hanover County, VA
Chancellorsville, VA
Manassas, VA
Sharpsburg, MD
Vicksburg, MS
Why - Important Details of the Battle
-Write the name of each battle next to it's matching fact and record the fact into your notes under "Why"
-The symbol * means that the fact and battle can be found in the text book (pages 516-537)
-Words that are underlined will serve as hints
______-known as “Lee’s Perfect Battle”
______-intense fighting at the “Hornets Nest” helped stall the Confederate advance and allowed Union
reinforcements to arrive
______-early morning battle in a 250 x 400 yard cornfield that had extreme causalities, but did little
for either side
______-total length was 285 miles
______-early battle of the Civil War that proved both sides needed training
______-Lee’s first attempt to bring the war into the North in 1862
*_____-huge battle that was the turning point of the war
*_____-burned Atlanta because it was an industrial city
*_____-one of the Union’s worst defeats(Union casualties-13,000, Confederate casualties-5,000)
*_____-after Chancellorsville, Lee invaded the North for a second time in 1863. He hoped to win a
decisive victory in the North and lower Northern morale. Hopefully then Lincoln would be forced to
negotiate peace
______-July battle that gave the Confederate Army confidence
______-Union forces surrounded Confederacy in MS and cut off supplies
______-Lee was brilliant and went against text book warfare; split troops into two groups, Lee’s
greatest victory
______-fought on same ground of 1862 battle called Gaines Mills
______-Grant ordered Rebels to keep their horses “for spring plowing.”
______-fought 25 miles southwest of Washington D.C.
______-named after a small stream east of the 1861 battlefield
______-freed slaves tried to follow the Union Army through the South
______-ten roads led to the small town (population 2,400), troops met by chance/accident
______-narrow Union victory. Confederates won the first day of battle until 25,000 Union reinforcements
show up and helped Grant achieve victory
______-used concept of “total war”
*_____-“There is Jackson standing like a stone wall.” - General Bee
*_____-51,000 died in three days, 32% of South’s Army (Union-23,000
Confederate-28,000)
______-Union forces outnumbered Confederate forces by two to one (90,000 vs. 40,000), still a very
narrow victory for the Union, some historians call this 1862 battle a draw
*_____-“The war is over. The rebels are our countrymen.” -Grant
______-proved the war would be long, not short and easy for either side
______-Beauregard wrote Grant a request to stop fighting and bury the dead
______-first mistake: not chasing Union troops and allowing them to regroup
______-“Bloody Lane” was an 800 yard stretch of road that had intense fighting and ended with
about 5,600 total casualties
*_____-Lee surrendered to Grant on 4/9/1865 ending the Civil War
______-McClellan stalled at driving Lee back South, McClellan is relieved of command. He had a
chance to end the war and capture Lee. Outnumbered Southern troops 2:1
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______-largest battle in the Americas
______-“the day of the battle was blue, the next morning it was white.” Confederate soldiers stripped
the dead and defeated Union Army of their clothes and supplies (1862)
______-Burnside removed of command, replaced by Hooker (After this battle, but before Chancellorsville)
______-purpose: to destroy the South’s ability to wage war
*_____-combined with Gettysburg is seen as the turning point of the war
______-Hooker lost his nerve and was unable to make decisive decisions, no one knows why. One thought is
the cannon ball that nearly decapitated him. Removed of command, but no permanent replacement
______-named after a small log cabin that served as a Southern Methodist church
______-named after creek near the Miller Farm
*_____-Pickett’s Charge - up Cemetery Ridge into gun fire, reached the top of the ridge but
couldn’t maintain their position, casualties extreme
*_____-134,000 Union (well rested and fed, equipped) vs 61,000 Confederate (tired and hungry)
*_____-Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863)
*_____-gave Union total control of the entire Mississippi River, split the South in two
______-Grant would resign if Lee was arrested
*_____-more Americans killed or wounded/missing than in the American Revolution, War of 1812, and
Mexican War combined (Union-11,000 causalities Confederate-13,000 causalities)
*_____-Union victory in 9/1862 allowed President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, now
Lincoln had dual purpose of preserving the Union and ending slavery
*_____-General McDowell removed of command and replaced by George McClellan
______-Meade ignored orders and doesn’t follow Lee
______-following the advice from his men, Burnside asked for a halt in fighting to bury the dead
*_____-Jackson shot by own troops, arm amputated 2 inches below L. shoulder, died at 3 P.M. on
5/10/63 of pneumonia, buried in Lexington, VA
______-second mistake: Confederates not taking Round Top
*_____-9/17, single bloodiest day in American history (23,100 total US casualties)
______-the Union Army found a copy of Lee’s battle plans wrapped around 3 cigars
______-62,000 troops marched for 37 days through Georgia
______-Union was slaughtered losing 13,000 (Confederates - 2,500), Grant regretted attack
______-first major land battle of the Civil War
______-ironically, the name of this battle means, “place of peace”
______-Savannah was Christmas gift to the President
______- A Confederate soldier was nicknamed, “Angel of Marye’s Heights” after he brought blankets and
water to wounded Union soldiers
Bonus Questions:
1. What was the full name of the “inventor” of baseball who fought at Fort Sumter?
2. Describe the event that happened on 10-19-1864 in St. Albans, Vermont.
3. Put the following General-in-Chiefs of the Union Army in sequential order:
Meade, Scott, Hooker, McClellan, Burnside, McDowell, Pope, Grant, McClellan
4. What is the full name the famous Civil War nurse that later organized the American Red Cross?
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Group #1
Civil War Commander Facts
Directions: Cross out each of the facts on this sheet as the group finds them. Then, copy each fact into note
form the same exact way that the notes are presented under, "Commander Format".
Commander Format:
Who: Name of Individual
What: Role in Civil War: 1)Side
2)Major Battles (Only those battles from the class list)
When: Date of Birth: month/day/year (State) - Date of Death: month/day/year (State)
Where: Prewar Occupation (ex: jobs, military experience/ previous wars), home
Why: Personal Notes (These are found on the provided checklist)
*personality, fighting style, interesting facts, post-war career
Commander Example: (Each group must type this example out and include it in the complete set of notes)
Who: Nathan Bedford Forrest
What: 1) Confederate
2) 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 Ku Klux Klan
Commander Example: (Each group must type this example out and include it in the complete set of notes)
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
-postwar: Army, supervised construction in GA, AL, FL
-took over for Hooker, replaced by Grant
Who - Commanders
Union
Ambrose Burnside (5)
Ulysses S. Grant (8)
George Meade (3)
Confederate
Pierre Beauregard (3)
Nathan Bedford Forrest (4)
James Stuart (3)
What - Role in Civil War and Major Battles
1) Union
2) Shiloh, Vicksburg, Appomattox Courthouse
1) Union
2) Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Antietam, Appomattox Courthouse
1) Union
2) Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg
1) Confederate
1) Confederate
1) Confederate
2) Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg
2) Bull Run, Shiloh, March to the Sea
2) Shiloh, Vicksburg
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When - DOB – DOD (Union on the right, Confederate on the left)
5/23/1824 (IN) - 9/13/1881 (RI)
7/13/1821 (TN) - 10/29/1877 (TN)
12/31/1815 (Spain) - 11/6/1872 (PA)
5/28/1818 (LA) - 2/20/1893 (LA)
4/27/1822 (OH) - 7/23/1885 (NY)
2/6/1833 (VA) - 5/12/1864 (VA)
Where - Pre War Occupation (Union on the top, Confederate on the bottom)
West Point (1847), Mexican War, frontier duty, tailor
West Point (1843), Mexican War, store clerk
West Point (1835), Seminole War, Mexican War, civil engineer
West Point (1838), Mexican War, Superintendent of West Point (1861)
planter, slave owner and trader, Memphis City Alderman, one of the richest men in the South
West Point (1854), Indian Wars, Bleeding Kansas
Why - Personal Notes for Union Commander -Write the name of each commander next to it's matching fact
and record the fact into your notes under "Why"
“Ambie”
Meade-didn't follow Lee after Gettysburg
_____-wrote Lee’s surrender in terms that would prevent treason trials
______-unwilling, slow, cautious general
_____-after Shiloh Lincoln stated, “I can’t spare this man, he fights.”
_____-after Presidency worked for a financial firm, went bankrupt, suffered from throat cancer
and wrote memoirs
______-took over for McClellan as General-in-Chief of the Union Armies, replaced by Hooker
_____-criticized for being a butcher, cared only of superior numbers, reckless with his own men
_____-post war: Governor of RI, businessman, US Senator of RI
_____-drinking problem
_____-did not follow traditional war strategy of people like Napoleon
Meade-postwar: Army, supervised reconstruction in GA, AL, and FL
______-known more for his hairstyle than his leadership, “Sideburns”
_____-served as 18th President
_____-general that Lincoln was searching for
Meade-took over for Hooker as General-in-Chief of the Union Armies., replaced by Grant
______-nicknamed,
Why / Personal Notes for Confederate Commanders
-Write the name of each commander next to it's matching fact and record the fact into your notes under "Why"
_____-Lee's, "eyes and ears" on the battlefield
Forrest-no prior military training but was promoted to colonel and given his own regiment because he was a
planter who volunteered for the war
_____-led attack on Fort Sumter
Forrest-reported that he has 30 horses shot out from under him during the Civil War
_____-Nicknamed JEB
_____-nicknamed, “Little Napoleon”
_____-post war: railroad president, lottery supervisor and politician
Forrest-44 of his own slaves served under him until the end of the war, "Finer Confederates never fought"
_____-helped capture John Brown at Harper's Ferry
Forrest-associated with starting the Ku Klux Klan
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Group #2
Civil War Commander Facts
Directions: Cross out each of the facts on this sheet as the group finds them. Then, copy each fact into note
form the same exact way that the notes are presented under, "Commander Format".
Commander Format:
Who: Name of Individual
What: Role in Civil War: 1)Side
2)Major Battles (Only those battles from the class list)
When: Date of Birth: month/day/year (State) - Date of Death: month/day/year (State)
Where: Prewar Occupation (ex: jobs, military experience/ previous wars), home
Why: Personal Notes (These are found on the provided checklist)
*personality, fighting style, interesting facts, post-war career
Commander Example: (Each group must type this example out and include it in the complete set of notes)
Who: Nathan Bedford Forrest
What: 1) Confederate
2) 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 Ku Klux Klan
Commander Example: (Each group must type this example out and include it in the complete set of notes)
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
-postwar: Army, supervised construction in GA, AL, FL
-took over for Hooker, replaced by Grant
Who / Commanders
Union
Joe Hooker (5)
George Meade (3)
William Sherman (4)
Confederate
Nathan Bedford Forrest (4)
Robert E. Lee (6)
James Longstreet (3)
What / Role in Civil War and Major Battles
1) Union
2) Bull Run, Shiloh, Vicksburg, March to the Sea
1) Union
2) Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Antietam, Appomattox Courthouse, Cold Harbor
1) Union
2) Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville,
1) Confederate
1) Confederate
1) Confederate
2) Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Cold Harbor, Antietam, Gettysburg,
Appomattox Courthouse
2) Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Antietam, Gettysburg, Appomattox Courthouse
2) Shiloh, Vicksburg
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When / DOB – DOD (Union on the right, Confederate on the left)
12/31/1815 (Spain) - 11/6/1872 (PA)
1/19/1807 (VA) - 10/12/1870 (VA)
11/13/1814 (MA) - 10/31/1879 (NY)
1/8/1821 (SC) - 1/2/1904 (GA)
2/8/1820 (OH) - 2/14/1891 (NY)
7/13/1821 (TN) - 10/29/1877 (TN)
Where / Pre War Occupation (Union on the top, Confederate on the bottom)
West Point (1837), Seminole War, Mexican War, farmer
West Point (1840), Mexican War, banker, lawyer
West Point (1835), Seminole War, Mexican War, civil engineer
planter, slave owner and trader, Memphis City Alderman, one of the richest men in the South
West Point (1829), Mexican War, Superintendent of West Point (1852), Harper's Ferry
West Point (1842), Indian Wars, Mexican War
Why / Personal Notes for Union Commanders
-Write the name of each commander next to it's matching fact and record the fact into your notes under "Why"
_____-took over for Burnside as General-in-Chief of the Union Armies, replaced by Meade in 1863
Meade-didn’t follow Lee after Gettysburg
______-nicknamed, "Cump", after his middle name
_____-cannonball struck a porch near his head and he lost his nerve
_____-"War is Hell"
_____-nicknamed, “Fighting Joe”
_____-promoted to General of the Army after Grant becomes President
_____-one of the most immodest and immoral Union commanders
Meade-postwar: Army, supervised reconstruction in GA, AL, and FL
_____-last name associated with prostitution, as prostitutes were always around camp
Meade-took over for Hooker as General-in-Chief of the Union Armies., replaced by Grant
_____-modernized warfare: "Total War" - destruction of anything useful to the enemy
Why / Personal Notes for Confederate Commanders
-Write the name of each commander next to it's matching fact and record the fact into your notes under "Why"
_____-property taken over by the Union made into Arlington National Cemetery
Forrest-no prior military training but was promoted to colonel and given his own regiment because he was a
planter who volunteered for the war
_____-father served as one of Washington’s Generals
_____-nicknamed, “old Pete”
_____-Post War: President of Washington College, now named Washington and Lee in VA
_____-one of the best fighters, but over-deliberate to the “Lost Cause” of preserving the old south
Forrest-reported that he had 30 horses shot out from under him during the Civil War
_____-Lincoln’s first choice to lead US forces, resigned from the US Army in April of 1861
_____-post war: insurance agent, lottery supervisor of Louisiana, US minister to Turkey
Forrest-associated with starting the Ku Klux Klan
_____-Civil War’s greatest general
Forrest-44 of his slaves served under him until the end of the war, "Finer Confederates never fought"
_____-set slaves free prior to war, opposed secession
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Group #3
Civil War Commander Facts
Directions: Cross out each of the facts on this sheet as the group finds them. Then, copy each fact into note
form the same exact way that the notes are presented under, "Commander Format".
Commander Format:
Who: Name of Individual
What: Role in Civil War: 1)Side
2)Major Battles (Only those battles from the class list)
When: Date of Birth: month/day/year (State) - Date of Death: month/day/year (State)
Where: Prewar Occupation (ex: jobs, military experience/ previous wars), home
Why: Personal Notes (These are found on the provided checklist)
*personality, fighting style, interesting facts, post-war career
Commander Example: (Each group must type this example out and include it in the complete set of notes)
Who: Nathan Bedford Forrest
What: 1) Confederate
2) 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 Ku Klux Klan
Commander Example: (Each group must type this example out and include it in the complete set of notes)
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
-postwar: Army, supervised construction in GA, AL, FL
-took over for Hooker, replaced by Grant
Who / Commanders
Union
George McClellan (6)
George Meade (3)
Philip Sheridan (3)
Confederate
Nathan Bedford Forrest (4)
Thomas Jackson (5)
George Pickett (4)
What / Role in Civil War and Major Battles
1) Union
2) March to the Sea, Appomattox Courthouse
1) Union
2) Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Antietam, Appomattox Courthouse
1) Union
2) Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg
1) Confederate
1) Confederate
1) Confederate
2) Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Antietam, Chancellorsville
2) Shiloh, Vicksburg
2) Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Appomattox Courthouse
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When / DOB – DOD (Union on the right, Confederate on the left)
12/3/1826 (PA) - 10/29/1885 (NJ)
1/25/1825 (VA) - 7/30/1875 (VA)
3/6/1831 (NY) - 8/5/1888 (MA)
1/21/1824 (VA) - 5/10/1863 (VA)
12/31/1815 (Spain) - 11/6/1872 (PA)
7/13/1821 (TN) - 10/29/1877 (TN)
Where / Pre War Occupation (Union on the top, Confederate on the bottom)
West Point (1835), Seminole War, Mexican War, civil engineer
West Point (1846), Mexican War, instructor at West Point, railroad executive
West Point (1853), frontier duty
planter, slave owner and trader, Memphis City Alderman, one of the richest men in the South
West Point (1842), Mexican War, professor
West Point (1846), Mexican War, frontier duty
Why / Personal Notes for Union Commanders
-Write the name of each commander next to it's matching fact and record the fact into your notes under "Why"
_____-great organizer and military strategist, but reluctant to use Army
Meade-didn’t follow Lee after Gettysburg
_____-Lincoln said he had a case of, “the slows”
_____-graduated West Point after one-year suspension for chasing an officer with a bayonet
_____-lost the Democratic Presidential candidacy in 1864, lost to Lincoln after being fired twice by Lincoln
Meade-postwar: Army, supervised reconstruction in GA, AL, and FL
_____-post war: businessman, author, Governor of NJ
_____-post war: Army, succeeded Sherman as General of the Army
_____-took over for McDowell as General-in-Chief of the Union Armies and replaced by Pope, then took over
for Pope as General-in-Chief of the Union Armies and replaced by Burnside
_____-led Union Army at Shenandoah Valley, where Confederate Commander Stuart was killed
_____-basically built Union Army from scratch
Meade-took over for Hooker as General-in-Chief of the Union Armies., replaced by Grant
Why / Personal Notes for Confederate Commanders
-Write the name of each commander next to it's matching fact and record the fact into your notes under "Why"
Forrest-no prior military training but was promoted to colonel and given his own regiment because he was a
planter who volunteered for the war
_____-at Five Forks went on a picnic and was attacked, lost front line, demoted
_____-”The Stonewall Brigade never retreats!”
Forrest-reported that he had 30 horses shot out from under him during the Civil War
_____-nicknamed “Stonewall” after Bull Run and his refusal to retreat
_____-post war: insurance agent
_____-great commander and there has been much speculation over how the South would have done
if he was not killed, Lee’s top commander
_____-shot in hand at Bull Run, ran from doctor prior to amputation
_____-graduated last in class at West Point
Forrest-44 of his slaves served under him until the end of the war, "Finer Confederates never fought"
_____-shot by own troops at Chancellorsville, young soldier fired upon him in disbelief
and was shot in arm, amputated 2 inches below shoulder, died 8 days later of pneumonia
_____-led famous, but tragic, charge up Cemetery Ridge during Gettysburg
Forrest-associated with starting the Ku Klux Klan.
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