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RECORDED CLASSES CD 50 - US HISTORY THE CIVIL WAR 1 Civil War brought new technology new weapons Gattling gun Repeating rifle Ironclads Slaughter frightful Slavery a problem Freedom for slaves Key dates: 1861 Confederacy formed Southern states Fort Sumter 1863 Gettysburg battle bloodiest of war Emancipation proclamation Gettysburg address 1865 Appomattox Lee surrenders Lincoln shot Andrew Johnson becomes President CIVIL WAR IN WESTERN U.S. Glorieta Pass Gettysburg of the West Fort Craig

INDEX 1. The Civil War 1 444 2. Emancipation Proclamation 333 3. Civil War Timeline Eastern Theater 5 4. Lincoln’s Assassination 333 5. Civil War Timeline Western Theater 5 Indian Fighting post buildings adobe and earthen wall Sibley's regiments Fort Bliss mounted units warned of Confederate approach Dragoons Mounted Rifles artillery units

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION Meaning Clusters After Antietam, Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. As of January 1, 1863 he declared that all slaves in states rebelling against the Union were free. It only freed slaves in the Confederate states. It did not address slavery in the border states. On January 1, 1863 Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation. It authorized the recruitment of black soldiers into the Union Army. Union forces already sheltered escaped slaves as “contraband of war.” After the Proclamation, the Union Army recruited and trained regiments of black soldiers. They fought with distinction. About 178,000 blacks served in the United States Colored Troops. 29,500 blacks served in the Union Navy.

MEMORY TRIGGERS TESTS ________Lincoln_____________________ ___________________________________ ________________declared____________ ___________________________________ _________freed______________________ ___________________________________ __________________slavery___________ ___________________________________ ______________issued________________ ___________________________________ ______________________sheltered_____ ___________________________________ ___________________recruited________ ___________________________________ _______fought_______________________ ___________________________________ ______________________served________ Source US State Department Speed Learning format by Carl Peterson ©2005

CIVIL WAR TIMELINE EASTERN THEATER 5 source National Park Service 1864 September 19 Third Battle of Winchester (Opequon Creek) September 22 Battle of Fisher's Hill October 19 Battle of Cedar Creek November 8 Lincoln reelected President of the United States 1865 January 1 to April 2 Siege of Petersburg February 5 Battle of Hatcher's Run March 25 Battle of Fort Stedman April 1 Battle of Five Forks

April 2 Petersburg lines breached April 2 Confederates evacuate Richmond and Petersburg April 3 Union forces occupy Richmond April 6 Battle of Sayler's Creek April 9 Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House. April 14 John Wilkes Booth shoots Lincoln May 23 Grand Review of Federal armies Speed Learning format by Carl Peterson ©2005

LINCOLN’S ASSASSINATION Meaning Clusters In 1864 Lincoln won a second term as President He defeated his Democratic opponent George McClellan. Robert E. Lee surrendered within weeks of Lincoln's inauguration. Two day’s later Lincoln presented a generous reconstruction policy. On April 14, 1865 he attended a play at Ford’s Theater. A disgruntled actor named John Wilkes Booth assassinated the president. Booth reportedly yelled “Sic semper tyrannis.” The Latin phrase means “Thus always to tyrants” and is Virginia’s state motto. Then he tripped on an American flag and broke his leg. Booth somehow managed to escape. Lincoln died the next morning. Authorities killed Booth during a shootout a few days later in the Virginia countryside. They captured and later executed his accomplices.

MEMORY TRIGGERS TESTS _________Lincoln____________________ ___________________________________ _______defeated_____________________ ___________________________________ Robert E. Lee_______________________ ___________________________________ _______________________reconstruction ___________________________________ ___________________John Wilkes Booth ___________________________________ ______________________yelled________ ___________________________________ ______Latin_________________________ ___________________________________ _________________tripped____________ ___________________________________ _______________died_________________ ___________________________________ _________________shootout___________ ___________________________________ Source US State Department Speed Learning format by Carl Peterson ©2005

CIVIL WAR TIMELINE WESTERN THEATER 5 source National Park Service 1864 June 10 Battle of Brice's Cross Roads July 14 Battle of Tupelo August 5 Battle of Mobile Bay August 29 to December 25 Price's Raid August 31 Battle of Jonesboro September 2 Union troops occupy Atlanta November 15 to December 21 Sherman's Savannah Campaign (March to the Sea) November 22 Engagement at Griswoldville November 29 to December 27 Hood's Tennessee Campaign

November 29 Affair at Spring Hill November 30 Engagement at Honey Hill November 30 Battle of Franklin December 13 Capture of Fort McAllister December 15 Battle of Nashville December 21 Savannah occupied 1865 January 13 Attack and capture of Fort Fisher January 14 to April 26 Sherman's Carolinas Campaign March 8 Battle of Kinston March 16 Battle of Averasboro Speed Learning format by Carl Peterson ©2005