CheckPoint™
1. Identify/describe the significance of
 Fort Henry and Fort Donelson
 Shiloh
 Antietam
 Stones River
 Fredericksburg
2. Identify/describe role of
 Ulysses S. Grant
 Robert E. Lee
 Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
 David Farragut
 Nathan Bedford Forrest
Number your paper from 1-7, write your name on it, and wait for further
instructions.
1. The first major battle of the Civil War, the outcome of which indicated to the North
that the war would be longer and harder than expected?
a Antietam
b Ft Sumter
c Gettysburg
d First Battle of Bull Run
2. President of the Confederacy
a
b
c
d
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
John C. Calhoun
Jefferson Davis
3. Initially caught by surprise, Union forces led by General Grant forced the
Confederates to retreat in this key battle that secured western Tennessee, a key
railroad juncture, and part of the Mississippi River
a Ft Donelson
b Antietam
c Shiloh
d Fort Sumter
4. Union naval leader who led an invasion up the Mississippi capturing the city of
New Orleans and securing the lower Mississippi River
a David Farragut
b Ulysses S. Grant
c Robert E. Lee
d Nathan Bedford Forrest
Advantages of the South
• Fighting on home territory
• Highly motivated to defeat the Union
• ?
5. Which of the following best completes the table above?
a
Higher manufacturing capacity
b Better military leadership
c
More railroad mileage
d Higher population
6. The bloodiest single-day of the Civil War, this battle near Sharpsburg, Maryland on
September 17, 1862 pushed the Confederacy out of the North with a Union victory
a
b
c
d
Ft Henry
Shiloh
Antietam
First Battle of Bull Run
7. Captured by General Grant early in the Civil War, these two Confederate
outposts controlled access to the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers
a
New Orleans and Corinth
b Shiloh and Corinth
c
Ft Sumter and Nashville
d Ft Henry and Ft Donelson
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Bonus Question
1. Confederate General who earned the nickname “Stonewall” during the First Battle
of Bull Run because he and his unit were “…standing like a stone wall” against
ferocious Union attacks
a Ulysses S. Grant
b Thomas Jackson
c Robert E. Lee
d Nathan Bedford Forrest
2. Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and graduate of the US
Military Academy at West Point
a Jefferson Davis
b Nathan Bedford Forrest
c Ulysses S. Grant
d Robert E. Lee
The Civil War:
1863
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify/describe the significance of
 Chancellorsville
 Vicksburg
 Gettysburg
 Chickamauga/Lookout Mountain
2. Identify/describe the significance/impact of
 Emancipation Proclamation
 Gettysburg Address
ASSIGNMENT: Complete parts 1 thru 7 on your Onesheet
Background: Turning Points
 In the Western Theatre, Union forces had
significant gains with important victories Ft
Henry/Doneleson, Shiloh and New Orleans
 The Union had gained control of large parts
of the Mississippi River, western Tennessee,
and the largest city (and key trade center)
in the South, New Orleans
 In the Eastern Theatre, each side had
attempted gain an advantage in the
territory of the other, with no decisive
results (Antietam and Fredericksburg)
 1863 would be a year of turning points for
Lincoln and his Generals
Part 1: What was the Emancipation Proclamation and what
impact did it have on the Civil War?
 In the early stages of the war, Lincoln
generally regarding the fight over saving the
Union. As the war went he began to also see
it as a fight against slavery
 He hesitated to act on his feelings fearing
that he would lose the crucial slave-holding
border states
 He became more and more convinced that
slavery was a moral wrong and that if he
made the war about slavery (and freedom)
then Britain and France would not
recognize or support the Confederacy
Part 1: What did the Emancipation do and what impact did it
have on the Civil War?
 Once the border states were secured and
getting a critical victory at Antietam,
Lincoln expressed his intent to issue the
Emancipation Proclamation which would go
into effect on January 1, 1863
 This executive decree freed all slaves in
Confederate controlled territory
 The Proclamation achieved two things:
 Made the war about slavery (freedom)
with Union victory almost certainly
meaning the end of slavery
 Encouraged the support of hundreds of
thousands of African Americans in war
Part 2: What was the significance of the Battle of
Chancellorsville?
 In May of 1863, Confederate forces under
the command of Robert E Lee and Stonewall
Jackson defeated a larger Union force
marching towards Richmond a few miles
north of Fredericksburg, VA at a small town
named Chancellorsville.
 Though it was a decisive and impressive
victory by the South, it came at a high cost:
 General Stonewall Jackson was
accidentally shot by one of his own
during a scouting mission and died a
few days later
 Lee proclaimed that he had “lost his
right arm” with Jackson’s death
Part 3: What was the significance of the Battle of Vicksburg?
 Also in May of 1863, Union forces under the
command of General Grant began the lay
siege to the Confederate fortress of
Vicksburg, MS
 Vicksburg was the last remaining major city
on the Mississippi under Confederate
control.
 Guarded by imposing guns situated along
200 foot bluffs and protected on the other
side by impassable swamps, direct attacks
(by river and land) had failed
 Grant decided to surround the city and its
30,000 man army and starve it
Part 3: What was the significance of the Battle of Vicksburg?
 Union forces cut-off access to fresh water,
food, and medicine and shelled the city
relentlessly day and night
 After eating all that was edible and losing
the support of most of the citizens and
soldiers of the city, the commander of
Vicksburg surrendered on July 4, 1863
 With the victory at Vicksburg, the Union
now controlled all of the Mississippi River
Part 4: What was the significance of the Battle of Gettysburg?
 As Grants siege at Vicksburg began to take
its toll, Confederate forces under the
command of Lee had invaded the North
once again, this time in Pennsylvania
 Confederate and Union troops would meet
at Gettysburg for the most decisive battles
of the war
 After initially being ran out of the town by
highly motivated rebel soldiers, Union
forces took to the hills just outside of the
town and began to dig in
 Confederate forces took up positions across
from them on the opposite ridge line
Part 4: What was the significance of the Battle of Gettysburg?
 After three days of fierce battle that witness
some of the greatest acts of valor and
bravery in the war (Chamberlain’s
counterattack with the 20th Maine and
Pickett’s Charge), Union victory was assured
as Confederate loses were too large and
they were unable to move the Union forces
from their positions
 Lee had lost 1/3 of his Army and was forced
(for the second and last time) to abandon a
campaign in the North
 Gettysburg and Vicksburg were the turning
points in the war that Lincoln and his
Generals had been looking for. The
Confederacy would now be always on the
defensive without hope for support
Part 5: What was the significance of the Gettysburg Address?
 In November 1863, 5 months after the
Battle of Gettysburg had ended, Lincoln
made his most famous speech while
dedicated a national cemetery on a portion
of the battlefield
 Lasting just two minutes, the Gettysburg
Address would be Lincoln’s tribute the
valiant men who had given “the last fill
measure of devotion” to the nation and
dedicate the remainder of our talents and
resources to rebuilding the Republic
conceived by the founders
The Civil War:
1863
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify/describe the significance of
 Chancellorsville
 Vicksburg
 Gettysburg
 Chickamauga/Lookout Mountain
2. Identify/describe the significance/impact of
 Emancipation Proclamation
 Gettysburg Address
ASSIGNMENT: Complete parts 1 thru 7 on your Onesheet