CIVIL WAR AND

RECONSTRUCTIO
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8 MAY 2017
OBJECTIVES: STUDENTS
WILL
Examine the course of the Civil War.
Identify the key contributions of major
figures in the Civil War.
Journal:
Why did we practice cross-referencing?
Did it help you to understand the article
better? Did the article help you
understand the book better? Why or why
not?
FIGHTING IN VIRGINIA

First Battle of Bull Run (or First Battle of

Manassas) Manassas, VA July 1861
first major battle of the Civil War
Showed that the Confederacy was
not going to give up and that this
war would not end quickly
FIGHTING IN VIRGINIA

Thomas Stonewall Jackson

A general for the Confederates
Got his nickname from standing as
strong as a stone wall behind the
Confederates.
FIGHTING IN VIRGINIA

George B. McClellan
General for the United States (Union)
army
Hesitant in the field; wouldnt make
strong, direct attacks on the
Confederacy may have led to the
war lasting longer than necessary
FIGHTING IN VIRGINIA

Robert E. Lee
General, top leader for the Confederacy
West Point graduate, Mexican-American
War veteran
Willing to take risks and make
unexpected moves; kept Union off-
balance
FIGHTING IN VIRGINIA

Battle of Antietam - September 1862

Bloodiest single-day battle in US history
(12,000 Union soldiers and 13,000
Confederate soldiers lost)
Southern troops crossed the border into
Maryland hoping for a victory on northern
soil
The Confederate push northward was
stopped
 NEW NAVAL DEVELOPMENTS

Ironclads ships heavily armored with iron

Iron to stop cannonballs from being as
effective
Took out wooden ships easily
 NEW NAVAL DEVELOPMENTS

Merrimack Confederate
ironclad; created to help
stop the blockade; like a
huge, half-submerged
crocodile"
Moniter Union ironclad;
tin can on a shingle
Moniter helped to
protect the blockade
along the VA coast
MISSISSIPPI RIVER REGION

Ulysses S. Grant
Bold leader that fought in Tennessee
and along the Mississippi River
Took over the Virginia campaign toward
the end of the war
MISSISSIPPI RIVER REGION

Battle of Shiloh April 1862

Two-day battle in which both sides
suffered losses, but the Union gained
control of the Mississippi River valley.
Helped the Union gaining control of the
Mississippi River down to New Orleans by
cutting off Confederate access from North
 MISSISSIPPI RIVER REGION

Siege of Vicksburg May-July 1863

Siege = a military blockade of a city or fortress with
the intention of victory by attrition (the people inside
the walls have to surrender) or by assault (they beat
them by attacking)
The Union army attacked the walled city for months,
before the Confederates surrendered due to lack of
food for soldiers and civilians
Completed the Union takeover of the Mississippi River
valley
POLITICAL PROBLEMS

Copperheads people in the Midwest that

sympathized with the South and opposed
abolition; Peace Democrats
Believed the war was unnecessary and
called for its end
Their calls for the war to end resulted in the
suspension in the Writ of Habeas Corpus
POLITICAL PROBLEMS

Writ of Habeas Corpus a constitutional

protection against unlawful
imprisonment; requires that a person be
brought before a judge to list the
charges and decide on the validity of
being held on those charges
Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus and
threw political and wartime enemies in
jail without evidence or a trial
END OF CLASS

Objectives: Students will

Examine the course of the Civil War.
Identify the key contributions of major
figures in the Civil War.

Homework: Work on your study guide.