Transcript Ch. 10 - Civil War - Teaching Louisiana History

Mr. E’s Thursday, March. 12, 2009
Louisiana History Class
March 12, 1894 ~ Edward
Douglass White appointed to
the United States Supreme
Court.
74.
Describe the close of the Civil War and the movement
of Louisiana’s government during the Civil War.
Today’s objective: Looking at the end of the Civil War.
6th Grade S.S. Constructive Response
Name the ‘Big Five’ religions:
During the 1800s comparative religion
scholars increasingly recognized five
religions as the most significant
"world religions." Even today, these
3/12/09
are considered the "Big Five" and
are the religions most likely to be
covered in world religion books.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
WORTH 12 BOUUS POINTS IF YOU GET ALL FOUR RIGHT!
Life in Occupied New
Orleans – During most of the
war New Orleans was a under the
control of the Union army. The
“she-rebels” were doing
everything within their power to
wreck Butler’s army.
Butler did reopen the port of New
Orleans make it easier to supplies to
get to the city. He also reopened the
city’s churches.
Fact #7
Union Government in
Louisiana – By February
1864 occupied Louisiana
elected a Union governor –
Michael J. Hahn of New
Orleans.
This became the only part of
Louisiana recognized by the
United States.
The government was based in
New Orleans.
Fact #8
Confederate Government
in Louisiana – The Louisiana
government had to flee the
Union army – from Baton Rouge
to Opelousas to Alexandra to
Shreveport. In Jan. 1864 Henry
Watkins Allen won the gratitude
and respect of the people of
Louisiana and became governor.
By this time most of western
Louisiana had been cut off from the
rest of the Confederacy.
Fact #9
The War Ends
– On April 9th,
1865, Confederate
Gen. Robert E. Lee
surrendered his
army to Union
Gen. Ulysses.
Grant at
Appomattox Court
House in Virginia.
Fact #10
And now the Rest of the Story…
Wilmer McLean and his family’s
farm on Manassas Creek was the
site of the first battle of the Civil
War(1861). William moved his
family away from the warfare and
to the little town of Appomattox.
He ended up being the site of the
last event of the war when his
house was used for the surrender
(1865) He always said “The war
began in my front yard and
ended in my front parlor”.
Fact #11
Thurs (12): Ch. 10, Civil War
Fri (13): Ch. 11, Post CW
Mon (16): Ch. 11, Post CW
Tue (17): Ch. 11, Post CW
Wed (18): Ch. 12, Populists
Thurs (19): Ch. 12, Populists
Fri (20): Ch. 12, Populists
Mon (23): Ch. 13, Huey Long
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