CIVIL WAR BATTLES
Students need to be able to identify the following major battles and campaigns: Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, the Atlanta Campaign, Sherman's March to the Sea and Appomattox Court House.
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Battle of Fort Sumter - April 12-14, 1861Located in Charleston, South Carolina. President of the Confederate Sates of America, Jefferson Davis, did not want the fort to be resupplied and ordered its capture. The Confederacy fired upon the fort for two days until the Union surrendered the fort. This marked the beginning of the civil war.
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Battle of Gettysburg - July 1-3, 1863Hoping to end the war, General Lee invaded the North, in Pennsylvania. Lee tried to destroy the North and have them accept the division of the country. With fewer men and less supplies, Lee’s forces were halted and defeated. Lee was forced to retreat back to Virginia. This battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point.
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SHERMAN'S March to the Sea - Nov. & Dec., 1864After destroying Atlanta, General Sherman led his army from Atlanta, all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. His purpose was to destroy everything in his path, including homes and farms. He hoped that if the Union troops did enough destruction, the south would no longer want to continue the war. His march concluded in December of 1864.
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Appomattox Court House, Virginia - April 9, 1865After Sherman's long march to the sea, crippled the south's ability to continue fighting, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. The surrender took place in the front parlor of a home in Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
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