unit 4 lesson 2: the civil war. september 17, 1862 civil war battle near sharpsburg, maryland ...
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Vocabulary PowerPointUnit 4 Lesson 2:
The Civil War
Antietam September 17,
1862 Civil War battle
near Sharpsburg, Maryland
Bloodiest one-day battle of the American Civil War
Union Victory
Emancipation Proclamation Document issued by Abraham Lincoln Took effect on January 1, 1863 Declared the freedom for all slaves in
Confederate states if they did not surrender
Gettysburg Three-day battle (July 1-3, 1863) in
Pennsylvania Union won while
suffering 23,000 casualties
Confederacy suffered 28,000 casualties
Chickamauga September 1863 Confederate
victory The Union wins
control of an important railroad center near Chattanooga, Tennessee
Union Blockade of GA’s Coast
Northern war strategy—blockade Closed off southern ports to keep the
south from exporting and importing goods
Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign
William T. Sherman—Union general
Confederate army retreats further south into Georgia
June & July 1864—Dalton, Resaca, Allatoona, Kennesaw Mountain, New Hope Church, Atlanta
Sherman’s March to Sea War Strategy—Lay waste Sherman’s army destroys anything in
his path as he marches to Savannah, GA
Andersonville Confederate war
prison where thousands of Union soldiers died
Causes of death: dehydration, starvation, disease