Unit 4 Lesson 2: The Civil War

    September 17, 1862 Civil War battle near Sharpsburg, Maryland Bloodiest one-day battle of the American Civil War Union Victory

   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

    Three-day battle (July 1-3, 1863) in Pennsylvania Union won while suffering 23,000 casualties Confederacy suffered 28,000 casualties

   September 1863 Confederate victory The Union wins control of an important railroad center near Chattanooga, Tennessee

  Northern war strategy—blockade Closed off southern ports to keep the south from exporting and importing goods

   William T. Sherman— Union general Confederate army retreats further south into Georgia June & July 1864— Dalton, Resaca, Allatoona, Kennesaw Mountain, New Hope Church, Atlanta

  War Strategy—Lay waste Sherman’s army destroys anything in his path as he marches to Savannah, GA

  Confederate war prison where thousands of Union soldiers died Causes of death: dehydration, starvation, disease