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Key Events of the

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SS8H6b

StandardsSS8H6 The student will analyze the impact of the Civil War and

Reconstruction on Georgia.

b. State the importance of key events of the Civil War; include

Antietam, the Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg,

Chickamauga, the Union blockade of Georgia’s coast, Sherman’s

Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and

Andersonville.


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irection

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FO

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the u

nit, w

rite wh

at y

ou

thin

kea

ch term

mea

ns. A

FT

ER

the p

resenta

tion

,

you

will w

rite dow

n n

ew in

form

atio

n a

bou

t each

term.

Antietam

Em

ancipation Proclam

ation

Gettysburg

Chickam

auga

Blockade of G

A’s C

oastA

tlanta Cam

paign

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at I th

ink

hap

pen

ed h

ere:

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ition

:

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at I th

ink

this m

ean

s:

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ition

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at I th

ink

hap

pen

ed h

ere:

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ition

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at I th

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pen

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ere:

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ition

:

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at I th

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hap

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Civil W

ar: Wh

o’s &

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at’sD

irection

s: BE

FO

RE

the u

nit, w

rite wh

at y

ou

thin

kea

ch term

mea

ns. A

FT

ER

the p

resenta

tion

,

you

will w

rite dow

n n

ew in

form

atio

n a

bou

t each

term.

March to the S

ea:A

ndersonville, GA

Wh

at I th

ink

hap

pen

ed:

Defin

ition

:

Wh

at I th

ink

hap

pen

ed h

ere:

Defin

ition

:

Fort S

um

ter

•T

he C

ivil W

ar b

egan

on

Ap

ril 12, 1

861, w

hen

Con

federa

te forces

_____________________________________ .

•T

he U

nio

n fo

rces insid

e Fort S

um

ter were a

lread

y low

on

am

mu

nitio

n a

nd

food

, so

they

_____________________________________ .

Un

ion

Blo

ckade

•U

nio

n lea

ders so

on

ad

op

ted G

enera

l Win

field S

cott’s A

nacon

da P

lan

, wh

ich ca

lled

for a

______________________________________________ .

•U

nio

n sh

ips lin

ed th

e sou

thern

coast a

nd

wou

ld

_____________________________________ in

or o

ut.

•O

ccasio

nally, _

____________________________________ sn

uck

thro

ugh

an

d

were a

ble to

mak

e it to E

uro

pe to

trad

e for su

pp

lies.

•In

Ap

ril 1862, U

nio

n so

ldiers la

nd

ed o

n T

yb

ee Islan

d a

nd

_____________________________________ , th

e fort p

rotectin

g S

avan

nah

.

•O

nce th

e brick

fort w

as o

blitera

ted, th

e No

rth w

as a

ble to

blo

ckad

e the im

porta

nt

_____________________________________ .

•H

ard

ly a

ny

Con

federa

te ship

cou

ld m

ak

e it

_____________________________________ .

An

tietam

•C

on

federa

te Gen

eral R

ob

ert E. L

ee wan

ted to

brin

g th

e

_____________________________________ .

•T

he _

____________________________________ to

ok

pla

ce on

Sep

temb

er 17,

1862, b

etween

An

tietam

Creek

an

d S

harp

sbu

rg, Mary

lan

d.

•It w

as th

e _____________________________________ o

f th

e Civ

il War—

over

26,0

00 so

ldiers w

ere killed

, wou

nd

ed, o

r wen

t missin

g th

at d

ay.

•T

he b

attle en

ded

in a

draw

; how

ever,

_________________________________________________

from

Mary

lan

d a

nd

return

to V

irgin

ia.

•L

inco

ln cla

imed

this a

_____________________________________ , a

nd

gain

ed

mu

ch n

eeded

sup

port fro

m N

orth

erners w

ho h

ad

bla

med

the p

residen

t for p

revio

us

losses.

Em

an

cipatio

n P

rocla

ma

tion

•A

fter the B

attle o

f A

ntieta

m, P

residen

t Lin

coln

issued

_____________________________________ .

•T

his freed

all slav

es in _

___________________________________________ .

•L

inco

ln’s p

rocla

matio

n sh

ifted th

e focu

s of th

e Civ

il War –

it was n

ow a

_____________________________________

.

•T

he o

rder p

rom

ised th

at th

e Un

ion

milita

ry w

ou

ld en

force th

e pro

clam

atio

n, a

nd

inv

ited fo

rmer _

______________________________________________ .

•M

an

y A

frican

Am

erican

s _____________________________________ b

ravely,

aware th

at th

ey w

ere figh

ting fo

r the freed

om

of th

eir peo

ple.

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rain

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Getty

sbu

rg

•T

he B

attle a

t Getty

sbu

rg, P

enn

sylv

an

ia o

n J

uly

1-3

, 1863, w

as th

e

_____________________________________ .

•C

on

federa

te forces u

nd

er Lee o

nce a

gain

tried to

inv

ad

e the N

orth

, bu

t they

_____________________________________ .

•T

he la

rger U

nio

n A

rmy

overw

helm

ed L

ee’s troop

s an

d

_____________________________________ .

•T

his U

nio

n v

ictory

left the S

ou

th w

ith

_____________________________________ th

e war.

•B

oth

sides ex

perien

ced m

ajo

r losses o

f life --

more th

an

_____________________________________ o

n th

e battlefield

.

•D

ue to

the lo

ss of a

larg

e portio

n o

f L

ee’s men

, the

_____________________________________ th

e North

again

.

•A

fter this b

attle, th

e North

beg

an

to p

ut _

________________________ o

n th

e

Sou

th a

nd

was ev

entu

ally

ab

le to in

vad

e an

d ca

ptu

re the S

ou

thern

states.

•A

fterward

s, Presid

ent L

inco

ln m

ad

e a sp

eech a

t a cerem

on

y

_____________________________________ .

•T

he _

____________________________________ la

sted o

nly

three m

inu

tes,

bu

t it is regard

ed a

s on

e of th

e _____________________________________

in A

merica

n h

istory.

•In

the sp

eech, L

inco

ln sa

id th

at th

e Civ

il War w

as to

_____________________________________ “

of th

e peo

ple, b

y th

e peo

ple,

an

d fo

r the p

eop

le”.

Ch

ickam

au

ga

•G

eorg

ia w

as _

____________________________________ d

urin

g th

e first few

yea

rs of th

e Civ

il War.

•In

1863, clo

se to _

____________________________________ m

oved

into

north

west G

eorg

ia w

here th

ey b

attled

the C

on

federa

te Arm

y a

lon

g

_____________________________________ .

•T

he b

attle resu

lted in

both

sides lo

sing ov

er 16,0

00 m

en, a

nd

forced

the

_____________________________________ b

ack

to T

enn

essee.

Atla

nta

Cam

paig

n

•In

1864, _

____________________________________ m

oved

his U

nio

n A

rmy

sou

th fro

m T

enn

essee to A

tlan

ta.

•T

hey

fou

gh

t Con

federa

te sold

iers alo

ng th

e way, leav

ing

_____________________________________ a

nd

chaos.

•O

n S

eptem

ber 2

, 1864, S

herm

an

’s troop

s

_____________________________________ a

nd

set the city

on

fire.

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March

to th

e Sea

•In

Nov

emb

er 1864, S

herm

an

beg

an

his m

arch

thro

ugh

Geo

rgia

from

_____________________________________ .

•H

is troop

s _____________________________________ a

nd

pla

nta

tion

s

alo

ng th

e way.

•S

herm

an

’s “M

arch

to th

e Sea

” _

____________________________________

an

d cru

shed

the sp

irit of th

e Con

federa

te arm

y.

•T

hey

cap

tured

Sav

an

nah

on

_____________________________________ ,

an

d S

herm

an

gav

e the city

of S

avan

nah

to A

bra

ha

m L

inco

ln a

s a

_____________________________________ .

An

derso

nville

•O

ne o

f th

e most n

oto

riou

s sites of th

e Civ

il War w

as th

e

_____________________________________

in A

nd

erson

ville, G

A.

•T

he p

rison

was _

____________________________________ , a

nd

over

13,0

00 o

f th

e 45,0

00 ca

ptiv

es died

of

_____________________________________ .

•A

fter the w

ar, th

e Un

ion

_____________________________________ th

e

priso

n’s co

mm

an

der, M

ajo

r Hen

ry W

irz.

Appom

atto

x

•In

early

Ap

ril, Un

ion

troop

s finally

took

Rich

mon

d, V

irgin

ia, th

e

_____________________________________ .

•O

n A

pril 9

, 1865, G

enera

l Lee su

rrend

ered to

Gen

eral G

ran

t at W

ilmer M

cLea

n’s

hou

se in th

e tow

n o

f _

____________________________________ .

•In

stead

of celeb

ratin

g, so

ldiers o

n b

oth

sides

_____________________________________ .

•Ju

st a few

day

s later, o

n A

pril 1

4, 1

865,

_____________________________________ .

War’s E

ffects

•T

hese effects w

ere mostly

________________________________________________________ o

f th

e

cou

ntry.

•In

the S

ou

th, th

ey w

ere _________________________ .

•T

he w

ar h

ad

been

fou

gh

t _____________________________________ .

•M

an

y h

om

es, cities, railro

ad

s, farm

s, etc.,

_____________________________________ a

nd

had

to b

e rebu

ilt after th

e

war.

•B

ut th

e sou

thern

states h

ad

_________________________________ to

do so

.

•T

hey

were fin

an

cially

ban

kru

pt a

nd

cou

ld

_____________________________________ .

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Fort S

um

ter

•T

he C

ivil W

ar b

egan

on

Ap

ril 12, 1

861, w

hen

Con

federa

te forces fired

on

Fort

Su

mter.

•T

he U

nio

n fo

rces insid

e Fort S

um

ter were a

lread

y lo

w o

n a

mm

un

ition

an

d fo

od

,

so th

ey su

rrend

ered th

e nex

t day.

Un

ion

Blo

ckade

•U

nio

n lea

ders so

on

ad

op

ted G

enera

l Win

field S

cott’s A

nacon

da P

lan

, wh

ich

called

for a

nav

al b

lock

ad

e of S

ou

thern

ports.

•U

nio

n sh

ips lin

ed th

e sou

thern

coast a

nd

wou

ld n

ot let a

ny

Con

federa

te ship

s in

or o

ut.

•O

ccasio

nally, b

lock

ad

e run

ners sn

uck

thro

ugh

an

d w

ere ab

le to m

ak

e it to E

uro

pe

to tra

de fo

r sup

plies.

•In

Ap

ril 1862, U

nio

n so

ldiers la

nd

ed o

n T

yb

ee Islan

d a

nd

cap

tured

Fort P

ula

ski,

the fo

rt pro

tecting S

avan

nah

.

•O

nce th

e brick

fort w

as o

blitera

ted, th

e North

was a

ble to

blo

ckad

e the

imp

orta

nt p

ort o

f S

avan

nah

.

•H

ard

ly a

ny

Con

federa

te ship

cou

ld m

ak

e it in o

r ou

t of G

eorg

ia.

An

tietam

•C

on

federa

te Gen

eral R

ob

ert E. L

ee wan

ted to

brin

g th

e war to

the N

orth

.

•T

he B

attle o

f A

ntieta

m to

ok

pla

ce on

Sep

temb

er 17, 1

862, b

etween

An

tietam

Creek

an

d S

harp

sbu

rg, M

ary

lan

d.

•It w

as th

e blo

od

iest on

e-day

battle o

f th

e Civ

il War—

over 2

6,0

00 so

ldiers w

ere

killed

, wou

nd

ed, o

r wen

t missin

g th

at d

ay.

•T

he b

attle en

ded

in a

dra

w; h

ow

ever, G

enera

l Lee d

ecided

to w

ithd

raw

from

Mary

lan

d a

nd

return

to V

irgin

ia.

•L

inco

ln cla

imed

this a

victo

ry fo

r the U

nio

n, a

nd

gain

ed m

uch

need

ed su

pp

ort

from

North

erners w

ho h

ad

bla

med

the p

residen

t for p

revio

us lo

sses.

Em

an

cipatio

n P

rocla

matio

n

•A

fter the B

attle o

f A

ntieta

m, P

residen

t Lin

coln

issued

the E

man

cipatio

n

Pro

clam

atio

n.

•T

his freed

all slav

es in sta

tes figh

ting a

gain

st the U

nio

n.

•L

inco

ln’s p

rocla

matio

n sh

ifted th

e focu

s of th

e Civ

il War –

it was n

ow a

figh

t for

freedom

.

•T

he o

rder p

rom

ised th

at th

e Un

ion

milita

ry w

ou

ld en

force th

e pro

clam

atio

n, a

nd

inv

ited fo

rmer slav

es to jo

in th

e Un

ion

arm

y.

•M

an

y A

frican

Am

erican

s enlisted

an

d fo

ugh

t brav

ely, aw

are th

at th

ey w

ere

figh

ting fo

r the freed

om

of th

eir peo

ple.

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4 B

rain

Wrin

kles

Getty

sbu

rg

•T

he B

attle a

t Getty

sbu

rg, P

enn

sylv

an

ia o

n J

uly

1-3

, 1863, w

as th

e turn

ing p

oin

t

of th

e war.

•C

on

federa

te forces u

nd

er Lee o

nce a

gain

tried to

inv

ad

e the N

orth

, bu

t they

were

stop

ped

.

•T

he la

rger U

nio

n A

rmy

overw

helm

ed L

ee’s troop

s an

d w

on

the b

attle.

•T

his U

nio

n v

ictory

left the S

ou

th w

ith n

o ch

an

ce of w

inn

ing th

e war.

•B

oth

sides ex

perien

ced m

ajo

r losses o

f life --

more th

an

51,0

00 so

ldiers d

ied o

n

the b

attlefield

.

•D

ue to

the lo

ss of a

larg

e portio

n o

f L

ee’s men

, the S

ou

th n

ever in

vad

ed th

e

North

again

.

•A

fter this b

attle, th

e North

beg

an

to p

ut co

nsta

nt p

ressure o

n th

e Sou

th a

nd

was

even

tually

ab

le to in

vad

e an

d ca

ptu

re the S

ou

thern

states.

•A

fterward

s, Presid

ent L

inco

ln m

ad

e a sp

eech a

t a cerem

on

y d

edica

ting th

e site as

a cem

etery.

•T

he G

ettysb

urg

Ad

dress la

sted o

nly

three m

inu

tes, bu

t it is regard

ed a

s on

e of

the m

ost in

spirin

g sp

eeches in

Am

erican

histo

ry.

•In

the sp

eech, L

inco

ln sa

id th

at th

e Civ

il War w

as to

preserv

e a g

overn

men

t“of

the p

eop

le, by

the p

eop

le, an

d fo

r the p

eop

le”.

Ch

ickam

au

ga

•G

eorg

ia w

as free fro

m m

ajo

r battles d

urin

g th

e first few y

ears o

f th

e Civ

il War.

•In

1863, clo

se to 5

8,0

00 U

nio

n tro

op

s mov

ed in

to n

orth

west G

eorg

ia w

here th

ey

battled

the C

on

federa

te Arm

y a

lon

g C

hick

am

au

ga C

reek.

•T

he b

attle resu

lted in

both

sides lo

sing ov

er 16,0

00 m

en, a

nd

forced

the U

nio

n

Arm

y to

retreat b

ack

to T

enn

essee.

Atla

nta

Cam

paig

n

•In

1864, G

enera

l Willia

m T

ecum

seh S

herm

an

mov

ed h

is Un

ion

Arm

y so

uth

from

Ten

nessee to

Atla

nta

.

•T

hey

fou

gh

t Con

federa

te sold

iers alo

ng th

e way, leav

ing a

path

of d

estructio

n

an

d ch

aos.

•O

n S

eptem

ber 2

, 1864, S

herm

an

’s troop

s cap

tured

Atla

nta

an

d set th

e city o

n

fire.

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01

4 B

rain

Wrin

kles

March

to th

e Sea

•In

Nov

emb

er 1864, S

herm

an

beg

an

his m

arch

thro

ugh

Geo

rgia

from

Atla

nta

to

Sav

an

nah

.

•H

is troop

s destro

yed

man

y to

wn

s an

d p

lan

tatio

ns a

lon

g th

e way.

•S

herm

an

’s “M

arch

to th

e Sea

” cu

t Con

federa

te sup

ply

lines a

nd

crush

ed th

e

spirit o

f th

e Con

federa

te arm

y.

•T

hey

cap

tured

Sav

an

nah

on

Decem

ber 2

1, 1

864, a

nd

Sh

erman

gav

e the city

of

Sav

an

nah

to A

bra

ham

Lin

coln

as a

Ch

ristmas g

ift.

An

derso

nville

•O

ne o

f th

e most n

oto

riou

s sites of th

e Civ

il War w

as th

e Con

federa

te priso

n ca

mp

in A

nd

erson

ville, G

A.

•T

he p

rison

was ov

ercrow

ded

an

d u

nsa

nita

ry, an

d ov

er 13,0

00 o

f th

e 45,0

00

cap

tives d

ied o

f d

isease a

nd

starv

atio

n.

•A

fter the w

ar, th

e Un

ion

cap

tured

an

d ex

ecuted

the p

rison

’s com

man

der, M

ajo

r

Hen

ry W

irz.

Appom

atto

x

•In

early

Ap

ril, Un

ion

troop

s finally

took

Rich

mon

d, V

irgin

ia, th

e cap

ital o

f th

e

Con

federa

cy.

•O

n A

pril 9

, 1865, G

enera

l Lee su

rrend

ered to

Gen

eral G

ran

t at W

ilmer M

cLea

n’s

hou

se in th

e tow

n o

f A

pp

om

atto

x C

ou

rt Hou

se, Virg

inia

.

•In

stead

of celeb

ratin

g, so

ldiers o

n b

oth

sides w

ent h

om

e qu

ietly.

•Ju

st a few

day

s later, o

n A

pril 1

4, 1

865, A

bra

ha

m L

inco

ln w

as a

ssassin

ated

.

War’s E

ffects

•T

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• The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate

forces fired on Fort Sumter.

• Fort Sumter was a Union fort in the harbor of Charleston,

South Carolina.

• The Union forces inside Fort Sumter were already low on

ammunition and food, so they surrendered the next day.

• Nobody was killed during the actual battle; however, one

person was killed in a 50-gun salute to the flag.



Fort Sumter, South Carolina – Before the Civil War

• Union leaders soon adopted General Winfield Scott’s

Anaconda Plan, which called for a naval blockade of

Southern ports.

• Union ships lined the southern coast and would not let

any Confederate ships in or out.

• Occasionally, blockade runners snuck through and were

able to make it to Europe to trade for supplies.


Whitworth Rifles in defense of Charleston.


Union Battleship

off of Georgia’s

Coast


• In April 1862, Union soldiers landed on Tybee Island

and captured Fort Pulaski, the fort protecting

Savannah.

• Once the brick fort was obliterated, the North was able

to blockade the important port of Savannah.

• Hardly any Confederate ship could make it in or out of

Georgia.



Fort Pulaski

Bombardment

• Confederate General Robert E. Lee wanted to bring the

war to the North.

• The Battle of Antietam took place on September 17,

1862, between Antietam Creek and Sharpsburg,

Maryland.

• It was the bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil War—

over 26,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, or went

missing that day.© 2014 Brain Wrinkles

Union Camp


Confederate Camp


• The battle ended in a draw; however, General Lee

decided to withdraw from Maryland and return to

Virginia.

• Lincoln claimed this a victory for the Union, and gained

much needed support from Northerners who had blamed

the president for previous losses.


President Lincoln visiting the battlefield at Antietam,

Maryland – October 3, 1862


• After the Battle of Antietam, President Lincoln issued

the Emancipation Proclamation.

• This freed all slaves in states fighting against the Union.

• Lincoln’s proclamation shifted the focus of the Civil War

– it was now a fight for freedom.


• The order promised that the Union military would

enforce the proclamation, and invited former slaves to

join the Union army.

• Many African Americans enlisted and fought bravely,

aware that they were fighting for the freedom of their

people.


Many fugitive slaves fled to the

Union Army. They were

officially freed with the

Emancipation Proclamation in

1863.


• The Battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on July 1-3,

1863, was the turning point of the war.

• Confederate forces under Lee once again tried to invade

the North, but they were stopped.

• The larger Union Army overwhelmed Lee’s troops and

won the battle.

• This Union victory left the South with no chance of

winning the war.© 2014 Brain Wrinkles

Confederate

Soldiers

Outside

Gettysburg


• Both sides experienced major losses of life -- more than

51,000 soldiers died on the battlefield.

• Due to the loss of a large portion of Lee’s men, the

South never invaded the North again.

• After this battle, the North began to put constant

pressure on the South and was eventually able to invade

and capture the Southern states.


Mortars during the Civil

War


• Afterwards, President Lincoln made a speech at a

ceremony dedicating the site as a cemetery.

• The Gettysburg Address lasted only three minutes, but it

is regarded as one of the most inspiring speeches in

American history.

• In the speech, Lincoln said that the Civil War was to

preserve a government “of the people, by the people,

and for the people”.© 2014 Brain Wrinkles


The only confirmed photo of Lincoln at Gettysburg

• Georgia was free from major battles during the first few

years of the Civil War.

• In 1863, close to 58,000 Union troops moved into

northwest Georgia where they battled the Confederate

Army along Chickamauga Creek.

• The battle resulted in both sides losing over 16,000 men,

and forced the Union Army to retreat back to Tennessee.



Battle of Chickamauga

• In 1864, General William Tecumseh Sherman moved his

Union Army south from Tennessee to Atlanta.

• They fought Confederate soldiers along the way, leaving

a path of destruction and chaos.

• On September 2, 1864, Sherman’s troops captured

Atlanta and set the city on fire.



General Sherman & His Officers in Atlanta


Atlanta’s Peachtree Street after Sherman


Destroyed Train Roundhouse in Atlanta

• In November 1864, Sherman began his march through

Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah.

• His troops destroyed many towns and plantations along

the way.

• Sherman’s “March to the Sea” cut Confederate supply

lines and crushed the spirit of the Confederate army.

• They captured Savannah on December 21, 1864, and

Sherman gave the city of Savannah to Abraham

Lincoln as a Christmas gift.



Sherman’s Men Destroying

Georgia’s Railroads

• One of the most notorious sites of the Civil War was the

Confederate prison camp in Andersonville, GA.

• The prison was overcrowded and unsanitary, and over

13,000 of the 45,000 captives died of disease and

starvation.

• After the war, the Union captured and executed the

prison’s commander, Major Henry Wirz.


• In early April, Union troops finally took Richmond, Virginia, the

capital of the Confederacy.

• On April 9, 1865, General Lee surrendered to General Grant at

Wilmer McLean’s house in the town of Appomattox Court

House, Virginia.

• The Civil War was finally over.

• Instead of celebrating, soldiers on both sides went home

quietly.

• Just a few days later, on April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was

assassinated.


Richmond, Virginia in

Ruins – April 1865



Union Army Soldiers– April 9, 1856

Appomattox Court House, VA


Robert E. Lee’s Amnesty Oath to the US ConstitutionOctober 2nd, 1865

• The Civil War had major effects on the United States.

• These effects were mostly positive in the northern and

western parts of the country.

• In the South, they were disastrous.

• The war had been fought mostly on Southern soil.

• Many homes, cities, railroads, farms, etc., had been destroyed

and had to be rebuilt after the war.

• But the southern states had little money to do so.

• They were financially bankrupt and could not pay their war

debts.© 2014 Brain Wrinkles

1. W

hich

side b

elieved

that th

e states sh

ou

ld h

ave m

ore p

ow

er than

the n

atio

nal

gov

ernm

ent?

2. W

hy

was th

e Un

ion

’s blo

ckad

e called

the “A

naco

nd

a P

lan

”?

3. W

hat w

as th

e blo

od

iest on

e-day

battle o

f th

e Civ

il War?

4. W

hat d

id L

inco

ln’s E

man

cipatio

n P

rocla

matio

n d

o?

5. W

hich

battle w

as co

nsid

ered a

majo

r turn

ing p

oin

t in th

e war fo

r the N

orth

?

6. W

hat w

as th

e first Civ

il War b

attle o

n G

eorg

ia so

il?

7. W

hat d

id U

nio

n G

enera

l Willia

m T

ecum

seh S

herm

an

do in

Geo

rgia

?

8. W

hat w

as th

e Atla

nta

Cam

paig

n?

9. G

enera

l Sh

erman

’s troop

s march

ed fro

m A

tlan

ta to

Sav

an

nah

, leavin

g a

path

of

destru

ction

alo

ng th

e way. W

hat w

as th

is called

?

10. W

hich

priso

n ca

mp

had

the h

igh

est dea

th ra

te of a

ny

Civ

il War p

rison

?

11. D

escribe th

e war’s effect o

n th

e Sou

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1. W

hich

side b

elieved

that th

e states sh

ou

ld h

ave m

ore p

ow

er than

the n

atio

nal

gov

ernm

ent?

Sou

th

2. W

hy

was th

e Un

ion

’s blo

ckad

e called

the “A

naco

nd

a P

lan

”?

It was d

esign

ed to

squ

eeze the life o

ut o

f th

e Con

federa

cy b

y cu

tting o

ff su

pp

lies.

3. W

hat w

as th

e blo

od

iest on

e-day

battle o

f th

e Civ

il War?

Battle o

f A

ntieta

m

4. W

hat d

id L

inco

ln’s E

man

cipatio

n P

rocla

matio

n d

o?

Freed

slaves in

states fig

htin

g a

gain

st the U

nio

n; sh

ifted th

e goal o

f th

e Un

ion

Arm

y

5. W

hich

battle w

as co

nsid

ered a

majo

r turn

ing p

oin

t in th

e war fo

r the N

orth

?

Battle o

f G

ettysb

urg

6. W

hat w

as th

e first Civ

il War b

attle o

n G

eorg

ia so

il?

Battle o

f C

hick

am

au

ga

7. W

hat d

id U

nio

n G

enera

l Willia

m T

ecum

seh S

herm

an

do in

Geo

rgia

?

He ca

ptu

red A

tlan

ta a

nd

left a p

ath

of d

estructio

n th

rou

gh

Geo

rgia

as h

e march

ed

to S

avan

nah

.

8. W

hat w

as th

e Atla

nta

Cam

paig

n?

In 1

864, S

herm

an

left Ten

nessee a

nd

cap

tured

Atla

nta

an

d b

urn

ed th

e city to

the

gro

un

d.

9. G

enera

l Sh

erman

’s troop

s march

ed fro

m A

tlan

ta to

Sav

an

nah

, leavin

g a

path

of

destru

ction

alo

ng th

e way. W

hat w

as th

is called

?

Sh

erman

’s March

to th

e Sea

10. W

hich

priso

n ca

mp

had

the h

igh

est dea

th ra

te of a

ny

Civ

il War p

rison

?

An

derso

nv

ille priso

n ca

mp

11. D

escribe th

e war’s effect o

n th

e Sou

th:

Eco

nom

y su

ffered—

cotto

n p

rod

uctio

n d

rop

ped

dra

stically

; farm

s, hom

es,

railro

ad

s, tow

ns w

ere destro

yed

; no m

on

ey to

pay

war d

ebts (b

an

kru

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Write a paragraph

from your

perspective of the

event—as if you

were right there

capturing the

picture.

Draw a picture of ONE of

the major battles or

campaigns of the Civil War

that we have studied.

Event Title Name


*Here are extra textboxes for the paragraphs. Students (who need more room for writing) cut these out and

staple once on top of the camera textbox. This will create a flap-style book on the camera.

Directio

ns: Im

ag

ine th

at y

ou

are eith

er a C

on

federa

te or U

nio

n so

ldier a

live d

urin

g th

e Civ

il Wa

r.

Write a

sho

rt no

te to y

ou

r fam

ily d

escribin

g o

ne o

f th

e imp

orta

nt ev

ents fro

m th

e Civ

il Wa

r. (Keep

in m

ind

the sid

e that y

ou

are o

n.) O

n th

e fron

t, draw

an

illustra

tion

of th

e even

t an

d in

clud

e a sh

ort

greetin

g.

A S

oldier’s Postcard

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Ba

ck

Teacher Info – Historical Marker

• Have the students choose one of the important events from

the Civil War.

• The students will create a historical marker to tell tourists the

significance of what happened at that location.

• They will need to include an illustration of the event, as well

as a description of what happened and why it was important

to the Civil War.


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Directio

ns: C

ho

ose o

ne o

f th

e imp

orta

nt ev

ents o

f th

e Civ

il Wa

r. Yo

u w

ill create a

histo

rical m

ark

er to

tell tou

rists the sig

nifica

nce o

f w

hat h

ap

pen

ed a

t that lo

catio

n.

Draw

an

illustra

tion

of th

e even

t. Also

, write a

descrip

tion

of w

hat h

ap

pen

ed a

nd

wh

y it w

as

imp

orta

nt to

Civ

il Wa

r histo

ry. Write th

e na

me o

f th

e even

t in th

e circle.

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