CIVIL WAR BATTLES

Battles of the Civil War – Crash Course

Crash Course Fort Sumter

Map Work Color the battle symbol at Fort Sumter to show a Confederate victory.

Map Work In Box 1 print “April 1861: Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers.” Next to the line of ships along the Southern coast, print the word “Blockade.” Lightly shade the four other states that joined the Confederacy using the same color as “Slave states that seceded.” – Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee

Map Work Using a new color, lightly shade the four Southern Slave states that remained in the Union. – Maryland, Kentucky, Delaware, Missouri – Add a square to the map key and color it in with the color used to shade in the southern states that remained in the Union. Label it – “Border States”

Map Work In box 2, print “Union strategy: Blockade the coast, control the Mississippi River, and capture Richmond.” – Anaconda Plan

Let’s go on a Picnic to Bull Run You are a wealthy citizen living in Washington D.C. What are 3 items that you would bring with you on your picnic to Bull Run?

1 st Battle of Bull Run

Map Work Color the battle symbol at First Bull Run to represent a Confederate victory.

Map Work Color the battle symbols at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson to represent Union victories.

Monitor Vs. Merrimack (Virginia)

Map Work Color the battle symbol for the Battles of the Seven Days to show a Confederate victory.

Map Work Color the battle symbol at Shiloh to represent a Union victory.

Map Work Color the battle symbol at New Orleans for the Union.

Map Work Color the battle symbol for the Second Battle of Bull Run to represent a Confederate victory.

Antietam

The Dead of Antietam Civil War Photography

Map Work Color the battle symbol for Antietam to represent a Union victory.

Battle of Fredericksburg

Map Work Color the battle symbol at Fredericksburg for the Confederates.

Battle of Chancellorsville

Map Work Color the battle symbol at Chancellorsville for the Confederates.

Vicksburg

Map Work Color the battle symbol at Vicksburg to represent a Union victory.

Battle of Gettysburg – Animated Map Battle of Gettysburg – Morning After

Pickett’s Charge

Map Work Color the battle symbol at Gettysburg to represent a Union victory.

Map Work In Box 3, print “March 1864: Lincoln appoints Ulysses S. Grant commander of all Union forces.”

Map Work Color the battle symbol at Chattanooga to show a Union victory.

Map Work Color the battle symbol at Cold Harbor to show a Confederate victory.

Battle of Atlanta

Map Work Color the battle symbol at Atlanta to represent a Union victory. Trace Arrow 6 from Atlanta to Savannah, then north through the Carolinas. Print “Sherman” next to it. Color the battle symbol at Savannah to show a Union victory.

Sherman’s March to the Sea Sherman & Total War

Map Work Color the symbols at Petersburg and Richmond for the Union.

Appomattox Courthouse

Map Work At Appomattox Courthouse battle symbol, color it in with Union color. In Box 4 print “April 1865: The Civil War ends with the North defeating the South.”