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Important Battles & Events REFRESHER!.  Took place between the Antietam Creek & the town of Sharpsburg, Md.  Battle ended in a draw, but Confederate.

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1 Important Battles & Events REFRESHER!

2  Took place between the Antietam Creek & the town of Sharpsburg, Md.  Battle ended in a draw, but Confederate forces withdrew first  Called the “Bloodiest Day of the War”  23,000 deaths/casualties  More soldiers killed in this battle than in any other American war before…

3  President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862 following the Battle of Antietam  The document stated that if the Confederacy surrendered, they could keep their slaves.  Failure to surrender by January 1, 1863 meant that all slaves in rebelling states would be freed.  Lincoln hoped the CSA would surrender & end the war

4  Purpose: to gain supplies for the Confederate Army, and to capture a major Union city  Robert E. Lee’s troops ran into George Meade’s troops in a small Pennsylvania town called Gettysburg.  The UNION won this battle after 3 long days  There were 51,000 deaths and many more injuries. turning point in the war  Gettysburg was the turning point in the war ; the Union was now confident that they would win the war.

5  Took place at Chickamauga Creek in Georgia  Just over the Georgia border from Tennessee.  The Confederates won the battle.  Second bloodiest battle of the war with over 34,000 casualties  The Confederate Army did not follow up on the Union retreat, allowing the Union to capture Chattanooga in November, and set up for the March on Atlanta.

6  The purpose of the blockade was to stop resources (weapons, ammunition, clothing, and food) from entering or leaving the South.  It was effective in that it stopped European trade, forcing the Southern states to manufacture their own implements of war.

7  Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign began in the Spring of 1864, and lasted for 4 ½ months.  Battles along the way: Dalton, Resaca, Pickets Mill, Kennesaw Mountain  Atlanta was a target for several reasons  It was the 2 nd largest city in the Confederacy  It was a railroad and manufacturing hub, provide the Confederate Army with much needed supplies  Sherman’s army occupied Atlanta on September 2, 1864  The soldiers looted the city and set it on fire on November 15 th destroying approximately 30% of the city

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10  November 15 – December 21, 1864  Sherman divided his army into 2 columns and began to march towards the final destination in GA  Savannah  As they moved along the countryside, the Union forces torched and destroyed everything of war making ability in their sight  Known as “Total War” or a “Scorched Earth Policy”  Purpose of this march was to cause the Confederate Army to surrender  The Civil War will end on April 9, 1865 with General Lee’s surrender to General Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia.  Lincoln will be assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865

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13  A military prison in Georgia operated by the Confederate Army  Housed captured Union soldiers  Approximately 45,000 men were sent here  Close to 13,000 died here  Highest death rate of any Civil War prison  Conditions were horrible  Overcrowded, exposure to the elements, insects, disease and malnutrition were some of the problems the prisoners faced

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