Learning Goals: Learning Goals: 1.Explain the significance of the battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg. 2.Analyze why the Confederacy fell. The picture is of the Gettysburg, PA battlefield.

Journal Question: Journal Question: You have been chosen by the post office to design a series of postage stamps on the Civil War. Choose three topics on the Civil War and describe your postage stamps. You may draw them for extra credit.

1. The Confederates lost “Stonewall” Jackson when he was accidentally killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville by being shot by his own men. 1. The Confederates lost “Stonewall” Jackson when he was accidentally killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville by being shot by his own men.

2. The armies of the Union and the Confederacy met at Gettysburg. It was one of the major turning points of the war.

. The Battle of Gettysburg crushed Lee’s hopes for an invasion and victory in the North. 3. The Battle of Gettysburg crushed Lee’s hopes for an invasion and victory in the North. A view from Little Round Top. The Slaughter Pen

. The Siege at Vicksburg by Ulysses S. Grant helped the Union gain complete control over the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in half. 4. The Siege at Vicksburg by Ulysses S. Grant helped the Union gain complete control over the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in half.

5. William Tecumseh Sherman waged a “total war” on the South. He destroyed the South’s will and ability to fight and tore into the heart of the Confederacy.

. William Tecumseh Sherman’s conquest of Atlanta helped Lincoln win reelection in William Tecumseh Sherman’s conquest of Atlanta helped Lincoln win reelection in Atlanta on fire!

7. The event that forced Lee to surrender at Appomattox Court House was when Richmond, VA fell to Union forces. 7. The event that forced Lee to surrender at Appomattox Court House was when Richmond, VA fell to Union forces.