turning points in the civil war
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Turning Points in the Civil War. American History. Vicksburg Falls. Last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi “Vicksburg is the Key” ~Abraham Lincoln Colonel Benjamin Grierson’s raids Grant sieges Vicksburg Loss of Vicksburg cuts confederacy in two. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Turning Points in the Civil War
American History
Vicksburg Falls
• Last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi• “Vicksburg is the Key” ~Abraham Lincoln• Colonel Benjamin Grierson’s raids• Grant sieges Vicksburg • Loss of Vicksburg cuts confederacy in two
Robert E Lee: General of
the Southern Forces
The Battle of Gettysburg
• Union Forces weakened at Chancellorsville• Lee decides to invade North, Pushes into
Pennsylvania• Southern scouting party and northern Calvary
meet at Gettysburg• Lee orders Pickett’s Charge: Mile wide line of
confederate troops walk across open ground to take force Union troops from a cemetary ridge
Impact of Gettysburg
• Turning Point in the War• South looses 28,000 1/3 of entire force• North looses 23,000• Ensured that Britain would not recognize the
confederacy
Home Work• Complete Ch 9 EOC Chapter Review
on P 351-353 and define the following Vocab.
• Hard Tack• Prisoner of War• 54th Massachusetts• Elizabeth Blackwell• United States Sanitary Commission• Clara Barton• Forage• Seige• Ambrose Burnside• Joseph Hooker• George Meade
• Gettysburg• Pickett’s Charge• William Tucemseh Sherman• Pillage• Mandate• Philip Sheridan• Sherman Neckties• March to sea• Thirteenth Amendment• 14th Amendment• Appomattox Courthouse