The Civil War One Word, Civil War

One Word, Civil War

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/meaning-of-the-civil-war?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Confederate vs. Union Soldiers

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/confederate-vs-union-soldiers?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Ave. ht. p. 27

Weapons p.60

Civil War’s Greatest Myth

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/civil-wars-greatest-myth?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

54^th Regiment

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/gilder-lehrman-massachussetts-54th?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

p. 24

The South lacked electoral power, leaving them practically voiceless in federal elections.

Drugs and Meds of the Civil War p.55 and 56

Presidents and Slavery

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/slavery-and-the-presidency?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

MAJOR EVENTS

1860- Lincoln elected, South Carolina secedes.

Death Threats

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/abraham-lincoln-death-threats?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Humor of Lincoln

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/humor-of-abraham-lincoln?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Iconic Lincoln

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/lincoln-an-american-icon?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

1861- Lower South secedes and founds confederacy

Lincoln and Davis inaugurated

Ft. Sumter surrenders to the confederacy

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/us-inches-closer-to-war?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Upper South secedes; First Battle of Bull Run

Stonewall’s Valley Campaign p. 78

1862- Battles of Shiloh and Antietam

1863- Emancipation Proclamation

Battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg

1864- Fall of Atlanta and Sherman’s March to the Sea

Lincoln reelected

1865- Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox

Lincoln assassinated

Johnson assumes presidency

WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG WHEN THE NORTH HAD ALL THE NUMBERS IN THEIR FAVOR? The South was determined and had an abundance of military leadership and combat expertise.

The Rebels of South Carolina

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/the-rebels-of-south-carolina?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Grant or Lee?

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/grant-or-lee?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Grant p.28

THE TOLL:

Gettysburg: 50,000 in three days!

Brother vs. Brother; Mary Lincoln’s three brothers all died fighting for the South, Robert E. Lee had a nephew commanding for the Union. People were split.

p.82

The Confederacy had pinned its dim hopes on Britain or France’s entering the fight on its side. Europeans were unsure and stayed out.

Trench Warfare in Civil War

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/trench-warfare?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Civil War Tech

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/civil-war-tech?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

BATTLE OF BULL RUN (1^st)

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/first-battle-of-bull-run

A speedy victory was expected by the North. The first battle of Bull Run was attended as though it were the Superbowl, (people brought their picnics) and a victor would be decided, ending the whole affair. North thought they were going to teach “Johnny Reb’” a lesson and be done. The South drove the North from the field, Northern soldiers dropped everything and ran. There were 600 deaths on both sides.

Reenactment

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/civil-war-reenactment?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Battles in the West had a general theme: Confederates would mount an offensive, suffer greater losses, retreat, then escape as the Union commanders dawdled. Confederates slowly yielded ground, one step forward, two steps back.

SHILOH- Tennessee: 23,000 killed. Confederates surprise attack the North, North ends up joining two forces together to fight back.

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/us-inches-closer-to-war?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

1862 - ANTIETAM, Maryland: Bloodiest Single Day in U.S. military history. Both sides fought equally well. North attacked the South, then the South launched vicious counterattacks. Ended in a draw. Lives lost: 22,717.

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/the-battle-of-antietam?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

FREDERICKSBURG – Dec. 1862

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/battle-of-frederickson?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Cavalry vs. Gunboats p. 95

1863- Emancipation Proclamation

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/civil-war-turning-point?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

VICKSBURG, Jewel of the “West”, Mississippi: The city sat on a high bluff on a hairpin curve of the Mississippi River. It was very difficult for Union to attack. North had to travel south, ferry across river. They blockaded the city. Residents lived in caves and shelters, at soup boiled from Mule and horse ears and tails, before consuming the entire beast. When the animals were dead, they ate rats. May-July 4th 1863. South had to surrender city and 30,000 starving soldiers. North lead by U.S. Grant. Killed: 1,600, Missing, Wounded, Captured: 30,000

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/the-union-siege-of-vicksburg?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Union message at Vicksburg

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/the-union-sends-a-message?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Chancellorsville:

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/battle-at-chancellorsville?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Stonewall’s Eccentricities: page 8 &10

Coroner’s Report: Stonewall Jackson

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/stonewall-jackson?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

GETTYSBURG, July1-3 1863, Pennsylvania, Lives Lost: 51,112

Day 1- Lee drove the Union through Gettysburg to Cemetery Hill

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/chamberlain-defends-little-round-top?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Day 2- Struck Flanks, gained ground, but failed to dislodge the Union.

Day 3- Culp’s Hill, Union regained ground, Heavy losses at Pickett’s charge.

Major Battles p. 147

Dead on the Field p.79

Chamberlain at Gettysburg

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/chamberlain-at-gettysburg?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Lee at Gettysburg

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/gettysburg-battle-strategy?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Last Charge at Gettysburg

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/last-charge-at-gettysburg?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Interactive Map

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gettysburg/maps/gettysburg-animated-map/ (Pickett’s charge and Cemetery)

Gettysburg Address

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/273-words-to-a-new-america?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

The Gettysburg Address: A New Declaration of Independence

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1864- Biological Warfare in the Civil War

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/civil-war-biological-warfare?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Grant and Sherman

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/grant-and-sherman-unlikely-leaders?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Last Stand of the Confederacy

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1865- SHERMAN’S “MARCH to the SEA”

Sherman believed the North had to not only beat the South on the battlefield, but destroy their material and psychological will to wage war. He commanded three armies, captured Atlanta on Sept 24, 1864. The then embarked on his “March to the Sea” leaving a 40-60 mile wide path of destruction through the heartland of Georgia. Dec. 24, 1864, he wired a telegram to Lincoln offering him an early Christmas present, the city of Savannah.

Sherman and Atlanta

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/sherman-and-the-burning-of-atlanta?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Gone with the Wind, As God is my Witness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBAmLm_jYyY

I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.
- William Tecumseh Sherman

Following his successful campaign through Georgia, Sherman turned his attentions northward and began marching through the Carolinas, chasing the Confederates under the command of Joseph E. Johnston.  He continued his campaign of destruction, in particular targeting South Carolina for their role in seceding from the Union first.  He captured Columbia, South Carolina, on February 17, 1865, setting many fires which would consume large portions of the city.  He went on to defeat the forces of Johnston in North Carolina during the Battle of Bentonville, and eventually accepted the surrender of Johnston and all troops in Georgia, Florida, and the Carolinas on April 26, 1865, becoming the largest surrender of Confederate troops during the war. 

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/shermans-terrifying-tactics?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Fall of Richmond

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/lincoln-the-fall-of-richmond?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Appomattox Court House

Surrender

April 9, 1865

Appomattox County, Virginia

Approximately 9,000 men under Gordon and Fitzhugh Lee deployed in the fields west of the village before dawn and waited.  The attack, launched before 8:00 a.m. and led by General Bryan Grimes of North Carolina, was initially successful.  The outnumbered Union cavalry fell back, temporarily opening the road.  But it was not to be.  Union infantry began arriving from the west and south, completing Lee’s encirclement.  Meanwhile, Longstreet’s troops were being pressed from the rear near New Hope Church, three miles to the east.  General Ulysses S. Grant’s goal of cutting off and destroying Lee’s army was close at hand.

Bowing to the inevitable, Lee ordered his troops to retreat through the village and back across the Appomattox River.  Small pockets of resistance continued until flags of truce were sent out from the Confederate lines between 10:00 and 11:00 a.m.  Rather than destroy his army and sacrifice the lives of his soldiers to no purpose, Lee decided to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia.

Although not the end of the war, the surrender of Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia set the stage for its conclusion.  Through the lenient terms, Confederate troops were paroled and allowed to return to their homes while Union soldiers were ordered to refrain from overt celebration or taunting.  These measures served as a blueprint for the surrender of the remaining Confederate forces throughout the South.  Although a formal peace treaty was never signed by the combatants, the submission of the Confederate armies ended the war and began the long and difficult road toward reunification.

http://www.civilwar.org/video/appomattox-the-surrender.html

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/tragedy-on-the-sultana?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Civil War Prison Camps

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/07/0701_030701_civilwarprisons.html

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/robert-e-lees-great-regret?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Lee’s Warhorses p. 22

Unusual General Deaths p. 83

Impact of the Civil War

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/impact-of-the-civil-war?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Price of Southern Secession p.43

http://www.doe.in.gov/sites/lincoln/docs/Lincoln_Resource_9_02/Tab%206/6-9%20How%20Life%20Changed%208.13.08.pdf