The American Civil War
A NATION DIVIDED
1861-1865
Monday: November 2, 2015
Bell Work:
Write the following in your notes:
1.
What were the three main
causes to the Civil War?
2.
Name 3 technologies that
changed the way that the
Civil War was fought.
Today We Will…
Learning Intentions
Success Criteria
We are learning (to)…
We will know we are successful when
we can successfully…
• Describe conflicts in ideology
during the Civil War.
• Identify key figures playing a
role in the conflict.
• Analyze the importance of
major battles in the Civil War.
• Close reading skills.
• Identify turning points in the
war.
• Separate Civil War leaders from
North and South.
• Examine the importance of
technology during the War.
• Read and analyze the
Gettysburg Address.
Set the Stage: What do we know?
Causes
Technology
1.
Differing Economies
1.
Railroad
2.
Slavery
2. Minie
Ball
3.
State vs Federal Power
3. Rifled
Muskets
4. Medical
advancements
1. Bromine,
5. Telegraph
First Aid
Confederate States of America
 Jefferson
Davis was
elected as President of
this new country.
 Not recognized by the
United States
 Established their capitol
at Richmond, Virginia.
 just 100 miles (1.5
hours by car) from
Washington D. C.
States in the Confederacy:

South Carolina

Virginia

Mississippi

Arkansas

Florida

Tennessee

Alabama

North Carolina

Georgia

Louisiana

Texas
Fort Sumter: The Start of the War

Union Fort in Charleston
Harbor, South Carolina

April 12, 1861:
Confederate artillery
(cannons) Fired on the
fort.

CSA bombarded it all day,
forcing Union troops to
surrender the fort.
Major Battles of the Civil War

Battle of Bull Run: July 21,
1861
 First
major land battle of the
war.
 25 miles outside of Washington
D.C.
 35,000
Union vs 30,000
Confederate
 Humiliating defeat for Union.
 Showed North that this would
be a long, hard fought conflict.
Major Battles of the Civil War

Battle of Anteitam: Sept. 17, 1862
 Sharpsburg,
Maryland
 First
battle of the Civil War to be fought
on Northern soil.
 10,000
Confederate, 13,000 Union
casualties.
 Tactical
victory for Union.
 Emancipation
 Images
Proclamation
of the horrors of battle were
captured here and mass produced for
the first time.
Photos at Antietam
Photos at Antietam
Gettysburg: Turning point

July 1-3, 1863. Gettysburg Pennsylvania

The most important battle of the Civil War

Robert E. Lee boldly invades the North.

93,000 Union vs 75,000 Confederate

Picket’s Charge
Union casualties in the battle numbered 23,000,
while the Confederates had lost some 28,000 men–
more than a third of Lee’s army. The North rejoiced
while the South mourned, its hopes for foreign
recognition of the Confederacy erased.
The Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg National Cemetery was dedicated by President
Abraham Lincoln a brief four months after the Battle.

Lincoln's speech lasted only two minutes, but it went into history as the
immortal Gettysburg Address.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQFTCOiEFk0
“The world will little note, nor long remember, what we
say here, but it can never forget what they did here.”
Sherman’s March to the Sea

General William Tecumseh Sherman,
Nov. 1864-December 1864

Led his army through Georgia
marching from Atlanta to Savannah.

Burning each Confederate town
and supply storage along the way

Crippling blow to Confederate
morale, and military hopes.
Armistice at Appommatox Court
House

April 9, 1865

Confederate General Robert E.
Lee surrendered his approximately
28,000 troops to Union General
Ulysses S. Grant

Appomattox Court House, Virginia,

Effectively the American Civil War
(1861-65).