Lesson 4 The Strain of War

Lesson 4 The Strain of War

Confederate Victories

Union Victories

African Americans in the war

Gettysburg and Vicksburg

Multiple Select

Which of the following were 2 advantages of the Confederacy in the Civil War?

• had better generals and leaders

• had more factories than the Union

• knew the land where battles would be fought

• had more railroads and supplies

Multiple Choice

This battle was where the first shots of the Civil War occurred

• Gettysburg

• Bull Run

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Taylor

Multiple Choice

Which person became famous after saving his army from destruction at Shiloh?

• Jeb Stuart

• Robert E Lee

• U.S. Grant

• Nathan Forrest

Southern Victories

• Fredericksburg - Confederates win major battle Dec.13 1862 against Union forces in Virginia

• Chancellorsville - Confederates win another key battle in Virginia against a larger Union army

Union problems

• Many Union leaders did not measure up to Confederate leaders with their strategies.

• Lincoln puts George Meade in charge of the Union army after losing the battle of Chancellorsville

African Americans in the Civil War

• Thousands of African Americans enlist in the Union army to help free slaves in the South

• Many faced death or sentenced to slavery if captured by Confederates.

• Many African Americans were eager to fight for the Union and served bravely in numerous battles

54th Massachusetts

• The 54th Massachusetts infantry regiment was the first all African American fighting force in the U.S. military

• Led by commander Robert G Shaw, the 54th served in the battle of Fort Wagner in South Carolina

• Casualties were high and the Union failed to capture the fort

Tide of the war turns

• Union army finally forces the Confederates in Vicksburg to surrender and now have control of Mississippi River

• Grant becomes well known for taking Vicksburg

• Union army is victorious in fighting at Gettysburg in PA. Lee retreats with Confederate army into Virginia

• Lee has lost Gettysburg but still escape to fight another day

Lincoln's Speech at Gettysburg

• Lincoln travels to Gettysburg to dedicate the battlefield as a National Cemetery.

• Lincoln speech is very short but powerful in honoring the soldiers that have died for their country and what they died for

• "These dead shall not have died in vain...Government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth."

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