THE CIVIL WAR

MAJOR BATTLES

VICKSBURG

ANTIETAM

GETTYSBURGConclusion

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VICKSBURG BATTLE WAS FOUGHT IN VICKSBURG,

MISSISSIPPI ON MAY 18 –JULY 4 1863 THE FORCES FIGHTING WERE THE ARMY OF

THE TENNESSEE [US] VS ARMY OF VICKSBURG [CS]

THE CAMPAIGN WAS A PART OF MAJOR GENERAL ULYSSES S GRANT’S OPERATION AGAINST VICKSBURG

THE GENERAL’S IN CHARGE WERE MJR GEN ULYSSES S GRANT[US] AND LT GEN JOHN C. PEMBERTON[CS]

THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT MILITARY CAMPAIGNS OF THE WAR.

WITH THE LOSS OF PEMBERTONS ARMY THE CONFEDERACY WAS SPLIT IN HALF

THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 37,532 CASUALTIES (4,835 UNION AND 32,697 CONFEDERATES)

REVIEW1. IN WHAT STATE WAS THIS BATTLE

FOUGHT?

2. HOW MANY TOTAL CASUALTIES WERE IN THIS BATTLE?

3. WHO WERE THE COMMANDERS IN CHARGE OF THIS BATTLE?

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ANTIETAM THE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT IN ANTIETAM,

MARYLAND ON SEPTEMBER 16-18, IN 1862 THE FORCES INVOLVED WERE LEE’S ARMY OF

NORTHERN VIRGINIA [CS] AND McCLELLAN’S UNION REGULARS[US]

AT SEPTEMBER 17, HOOKER’S CROPS MOUNTED A POWERFUL ASSAULT ON LEE’S LEFT FLANK THAT BEGAN THE BLOODIEST DAY IN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY.

THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 22,717 CASUALTIES IN THIS BATTLE 12,401 UNION AND 10,316 CONFEDERATES

THIS VICTORY GAVE PRESIDENT LINCOLN THE CONFIDENCE TO ANNOUCE THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

THE COMMANDERS OF THE BATTLE WERE MJR GEN GEORGE McCLELLAN [US] AND GEN ROBERT E. LEE [CS]

1. IN WHAT STATE WAS THIS BATTLE FOUGHT?

2. HOW MANY TOTAL CASUALTIES WERE IN THIS BATTLE?

3. WHO WERE THE COMMANDERS IN CHARGE OF THIS BATTLE?

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REVIEW

GETTYSBURG THIS BATTLE WAS FOUGHT IN GETTYSBURG,

PENNSYLVANIA FROM JULY 1-3, 1863 MAJOR SKIRMISHES OF THIS BATTLE WERE

DEVIL’S DEN, LITTLE ROUND TOP, AND PICKETTS CHARGE

THIS BATTLE WAS DESCRIBED AS THE TURNING POINT IN THE WAR.

THE ARMIES FIGHTING WERE MEADE’S ARMY OF THE POTOMAC AND LEE’S ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA

THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 158,300 OF CASUALTIES IN THIS BATTLE 83,289 UNION AND 75,054 CONFEDERATE

THE COMMADERS OF THIS BATTLE WERE MJR GEN GEORGE MEADE [US] AND GEN ROBERT E. LEE [CS]

AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS BATTLE LINCOLN MADE HIS FAMOUS SPEECH “THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS”.

REVIEW1. IN WHAT STATE WAS THIS BATTLE

FOUGHT?

2. HOW MANY TOTAL CASUALTIES WERE IN THIS BATTLE?

3. WHO WERE THE COMMANDERS IN CHARGE OF THIS BATTLE?

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CONCLUSION• THERE WERE THREE MAJOR BATTLES

THAT HELPED SHAPE THE CIVIL WAR (ANTIETAM, VICKSBURG, AND GETTYBURG).

• MANY AMERICANS PERISHED FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR CAUSES.

• THE CIVIL WAR WAS LED BY SOME OF THE BRIGHTEST MILITARY MINDS IN HISTORY.

SOURCES• WIKIPEDIA ENCYCLOPEDIA. (N.D.)

VICKSBURG, ANTIENAM, GETTYSBURG. RETRIEVED FROM HTTP://WWW.WIKIPEDIA.ORG

• PREMIER INTERNET INC. (N.D.) BATTLES: ANTIENAM, GETTYSBURG, VICKSBURG. RETRIEVED FROM HTTP://WWW.CIVILWAR.COM