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Turning Points in the Civil War American History.

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1 Turning Points in the Civil War American History

2 Vicksburg Falls Last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi “Vicksburg is the Key” ~Abraham Lincoln Colonel Benjamin Grierson’s raids Grant sieges Vicksburg Loss of Vicksburg cuts confederacy in two

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6 Robert E Lee: General of the Southern Forces

7 The Battle of Gettysburg Union Forces weakened at Chancellorsville Lee decides to invade North, Pushes into Pennsylvania Southern scouting party and northern Calvary meet at Gettysburg Lee orders Pickett’s Charge: Mile wide line of confederate troops walk across open ground to take force Union troops from a cemetary ridge

8 Impact of Gettysburg Turning Point in the War South looses 28,000 1/3 of entire force North looses 23,000 Ensured that Britain would not recognize the confederacy

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13 Home Work Complete Ch 9 EOC Chapter Review on P 351-353 and define the following Vocab. Hard Tack Prisoner of War 54 th Massachusetts Elizabeth Blackwell United States Sanitary Commission Clara Barton Forage Seige Ambrose Burnside Joseph Hooker George Meade Gettysburg Pickett’s Charge William Tucemseh Sherman Pillage Mandate Philip Sheridan Sherman Neckties March to sea Thirteenth Amendment 14 th Amendment Appomattox Courthouse

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