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1 The Fighting Continues

2 Emancipation Proclamation
All enslaved people in the Confederacy were emancipated, or freed. This did not apply to slave states that had remained in the Union (Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri). WHY???

3 The Fighting 54th Movie about the 54th regiment Robert Shaw

4 Siege of Vicksburg Siege-to surround
-a strategy used in fighting well defended positions

5 Anaconda Plan is now complete!

6 The Union held the high ground at Gettysburg.
Round Top

7 How many Americans must die?
Battle of Shiloh -twice as many Americans die as died in the entire American Revolution (10,699 casualties) Battle of Antietam -bloodiest day in American history (23,000 casualties) Battle of Gettysburg -bloodiest battle (3 days) ever fought in North America (51,000 casualties) How many Americans must die?

8 …that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause…
An address is a speech Lincoln at Gettysburg

9 Women and the War Clara Barton founds the Red Cross
“Rebel” Rose Greenhow Confederate Spy


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