Transcript Major Civil Was Battles and Strategies

Major Civil War
Battles and Strategies
Battle of Fort Sumter
April 12, 1861
Southern troops
wanted to take over
the Union Fort in the
Charleston Harbor
After several days
of fighting, Union
soldiers were allowed
to leave and the
Southern forces took
it over
Fort Sumter Today
Many people visit the fort each year to see
where the Civil War began
War Strategy of the North
Blockade the Southern ports
so they could not receive supplies
Split the Confederacy in two
at the Mississippi River
Attack the Confederate
capital of Richmond
War Strategy of the South
Fight a defensive war
(don’t attack until being attacked)
Depend on trade with England to
lend them supplies they needed
Defend Richmond
Battle of Gettysburg
This was General Robert E. Lee’s
second attempt to invade the north
This battle is known as the turning
point of the was since so many
southerners troops were wounded
Over 100,000 died in 3 days
The South was never able to
invade the North again
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln went to
Gettysburg to
dedicate part of the
battlefield as a
National Cemetery
4 months after the
battle ended to
honor the men who
died there
Lincoln’s Famous Two Minute
Gettysburg Address
“. . . that from these honored
dead we take increased
devotion to that cause for
which they gave the last full
measure of devotion -- that
we here highly resolve that
these dead shall not have
died in vain -- that this nation,
under God, shall have a new
birth of freedom -- and that
government of the people, by
the people, for the people,
shall not perish from earth.”
Emancipation Proclamation
It freed the slaves
only in states that
have seceded from
the Union.
It did not free slaves
in border states
1863
Emancipation =
freedom
Surrender At Appomattox
The war lasted
4 years
Lee surrendered
to Grant
This was in
Appomattox
Court House, VA
Why Surrender?
Lee’s troops were exhausted
They had no supplies
Their troops had dwindled
dramatically by 4 years of fighting