Transcript civil war battles

OPTIC
Anaconda Plan
UNION’S STRATEGY:
-Strangle the South with naval blockades to keep them
from receiving supplies and exporting cotton (no $$)
-TX was a major and vital link in the overall Confederate
supply chain
civil
war battles
the north
• Also known as…
• U.S.
• Union
• Yankees
• Wears…
• Blue Uniforms
the south
• Also known as…
• Confederacy
• Rebels
• Wears…
• Gray uniforms
attack on
fort sumter
Apr 1861
attack on fort sumter
• South Carolina
secedes bc of
Election of 1860;
followed by 10
lower states in gray
• SC Demanded that
all U.S. Army ships
be removed from
Charleston Harbor
attack on fort sumter
- U.S. sends supply ships to reinforce
their soldiers at Fort Sumter
- Confederates fired on Union ships
- 1st battle of Civil War
-No Casualties
-Union Surrenders
1. Galveston
battle of
galveston
Oct 1862,
Jan 1863
battle of galveston
-Oct 1862, Union captured Galveston
because it was weakly defended
-Jan 1863, Confederates Magruder and
Green used “cottonclad” ships to win
back Galveston and keep supply lines
open
COTTONCLAD - warship with
bales of cotton on deck to
disguise and for protection
cottonclad
Jan 1863
emancipation
proclamation
emancipation proclamation
-Lincoln freed slaves
in “rebelling
territories” aka the
South
emancipation proclamation
-Freed slaves could join the Union Army
giving more manpower
-Slavery is now explicit goal of Union
cause
July 1863
gettysburg, pa &
vicksburg, ms
battles of gettysburg & vicksburg
Both battles were:
-Union victories
-Turning points of
the War
Gettysburg, PA
Vicksburg, MS
-Union now takes lead
-Union gains control of the Mississippi River (in
yellow) and divides the Confederacy in half
Civil War
Battles
TURNING
POINT!
Gettysburg &
Vicksburg
Sabine Pass
Confederates
SURRENDER
Fort
Sumter
Galveston
Palmito
Ranch
2. Sabine Pass
battle of
sabine pass
Sept 1863
battle of sabine pass
• The Union tried to sail up the Sabine River and
marched on land to Houston to attack Fort Griffin
• They had to pass Ft Griffin on the way, from where
Dowling and Davis Guards opened fire
• The Confederacy captured Union soldiers and 2
Union ships.
battle of sabine pass
• The Union lost and never got the chance to
invade TX again
• The Confederacy kept supply lines open
Apr
1865
Confederate
Surrender
confederate surrender
-Lee surrenders to
Grant at Appamatox
Courthouse, VA
-Confederacy given
lenient terms
-Took their guns only;
allowed to keep horses
& 3 days food
-End of Civil War
confederate surrender
-South devastated POLITICALLY, ECONOMICALLY,
GEOGRAPHICALLY & CULTURALLY (PEGS)
-How to REBUILD the nation answered in era called
RECONSTRUCTION
3. Palmito
Ranch
battle of
palmito
ranch
1865
battle of palmito ranch
- Took place after Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s
surrendered to Union forces (had not received news
of surrender)
- Confederacy found and trapped Union soldiers in a
deep bend of the Rio Grande River
- The Confederacy won this last battle between N & S!
statistics
- Slaves in TX did not know they were free until June 19,
1865, when Gen Granger landed at Galveston with the
news that the war was over and slaves were free. This was
2 ½ years after Emancipation Proclamation. This is the
oldest African American holiday STILL celebrated today. It
is called JUNETEENTH.
- Union forces outnumbered Confederates 2 to 1
- 620,000 Americans died, more than in any other war
involving the U.S.
- Bloodiest battle of CW was Gettysburg
- A white Union soldier made $13/mo; the AA made $7