Vicksburg & Gettysburg Formative

The (a)   was designed to squeeze the Confederates into submission.

• Anaconda Plan
• Squeegee Plan
• Attack on Douglas
• The Sneaky Snake Seige

(a)   was the aggressive Union General who won the Siege of Vicksburg.

• General U.S. Grant
• General Robert E. Lee
• General George Washington

Label The Seige of Vicksburg

a

b

c

Confederates

Union besiegers

Important Transportation→

Vicksburg surrendered because

• The Union Army invaded and controlled the town.

• The Confederates were starving and being killed by shells.

• It was not important enough to defend.

• The Spanish attacked with a huge army.

Robert E. Lee invaded the North twice. The Battle of (a)   happened in 1862. The Battle of ​ (b)   happened in 1863.

• Antietam
• Gettysburg
• Appomattox Court House

Why did Lee invade the North?

• to steal food for his troops

• He wanted to destroy Northern support for the war.

• His troops needed more practice to become better soldiers.

Label these Civil War Battles

c

d

e

b

a

←Vicksburg

←Battle of Atlanta

Gettysburg→

←Lots of Battles→

Antietam→

Use the map to locate Sherman's March to the Sea.

a

b

Sherman's March to the Sea→

←Battle of Atlanta