Vocabulary PowerPointUnit 4 Lesson 2:

The Civil War

Antietam September 17,

1862 Civil War battle

near Sharpsburg, Maryland

Bloodiest one-day battle of the American Civil War

Union Victory

Emancipation Proclamation Document issued by Abraham Lincoln Took effect on January 1, 1863 Declared the freedom for all slaves in

Confederate states if they did not surrender

Gettysburg Three-day battle (July 1-3, 1863) in

Pennsylvania Union won while

suffering 23,000 casualties

Confederacy suffered 28,000 casualties

Chickamauga September 1863 Confederate

victory The Union wins

control of an important railroad center near Chattanooga, Tennessee

Union Blockade of GA’s Coast

Northern war strategy—blockade Closed off southern ports to keep the

south from exporting and importing goods

Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign

William T. Sherman—Union general

Confederate army retreats further south into Georgia

June & July 1864—Dalton, Resaca, Allatoona, Kennesaw Mountain, New Hope Church, Atlanta

Sherman’s March to Sea War Strategy—Lay waste Sherman’s army destroys anything in

his path as he marches to Savannah, GA

Andersonville Confederate war

prison where thousands of Union soldiers died

Causes of death: dehydration, starvation, disease