Civil War Padlet by Meg Gross https://padlet.com/meggrossstudent22/wcjlczabgfi3i9pj en-us 2021-12-14 13:54:32 UTC 2021-12-14 14:17:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f632.png Battle of Fredericksburg meggrossstudent22 https://padlet.com/meggrossstudent22/wcjlczabgfi3i9pj/wish/1947025968 December 11-15, 1862

One of the most significant battles of the war. Heavy Union casualties and boosted Confederate hoped. 

Confederate victory.]]> 2021-12-14 13:58:04 UTC https://padlet.com/meggrossstudent22/wcjlczabgfi3i9pj/wish/1947025968 Battle of Antietam meggrossstudent22 https://padlet.com/meggrossstudent22/wcjlczabgfi3i9pj/wish/1947030337 September 17, 1862 in Sharpsburg, Maryland.

The single bloodiest day in American history. 23,000 wounded or killed. The battle showed that the Union could outstand the Confederacy in the East.

Union victory ]]> 2021-12-14 13:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/meggrossstudent22/wcjlczabgfi3i9pj/wish/1947030337 Battle of Gettysburg meggrossstudent22 https://padlet.com/meggrossstudent22/wcjlczabgfi3i9pj/wish/1947047315 July 1-3, 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Stopped Confederate momentum in the East and killed the chance of European intervention. This was a turning point in the war.

Union victory ]]> 2021-12-14 14:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/meggrossstudent22/wcjlczabgfi3i9pj/wish/1947047315 Gettysburg Address meggrossstudent22 https://padlet.com/meggrossstudent22/wcjlczabgfi3i9pj/wish/1947056360 November 19, 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

President Abraham Lincoln gives one of the greatest political speeches of all time, emphasizing the founders words, “All men are created equal.” Though the speech was meant to dedicate the grounds of Gettysburg for a memorial, Lincoln ended up putting the Civil War into the context of the fight for American freedom.]]> 2021-12-14 14:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/meggrossstudent22/wcjlczabgfi3i9pj/wish/1947056360 Battle of Chattanooga meggrossstudent22 https://padlet.com/meggrossstudent22/wcjlczabgfi3i9pj/wish/1947061695 November 25, 1863 in Chattanooga, Tennessee

The Union drove the Confederacy back to Georgia. 

Union victory]]> 2021-12-14 14:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/meggrossstudent22/wcjlczabgfi3i9pj/wish/1947061695 Battle of Vicksburg meggrossstudent22 https://padlet.com/meggrossstudent22/wcjlczabgfi3i9pj/wish/1947068171 May 8-July 4, 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi

Union gains control of the Mississippi River, splitting the South down the middle.

Union victory ]]> 2021-12-14 14:11:11 UTC https://padlet.com/meggrossstudent22/wcjlczabgfi3i9pj/wish/1947068171 Emancipation Proclamation meggrossstudent22 https://padlet.com/meggrossstudent22/wcjlczabgfi3i9pj/wish/1947073409 January 1, 1863

Abraham Lincoln declares that “all persons held as slaves…  henceforward shall be free.”


]]> 2021-12-14 14:12:52 UTC https://padlet.com/meggrossstudent22/wcjlczabgfi3i9pj/wish/1947073409 13th Amendment meggrossstudent22 https://padlet.com/meggrossstudent22/wcjlczabgfi3i9pj/wish/1947076721 December 6, 1865

Abolished slavery in the US]]> 2021-12-14 14:13:56 UTC https://padlet.com/meggrossstudent22/wcjlczabgfi3i9pj/wish/1947076721 Appomattox Courthouse meggrossstudent22 https://padlet.com/meggrossstudent22/wcjlczabgfi3i9pj/wish/1947079753 April 9, 1865

General Robert E. Lee surrenders to the Union at Appomattox Courthouse in Appomattox County, Virginia. ]]> 2021-12-14 14:14:58 UTC https://padlet.com/meggrossstudent22/wcjlczabgfi3i9pj/wish/1947079753 Lincoln’s Second Inauguration meggrossstudent22 https://padlet.com/meggrossstudent22/wcjlczabgfi3i9pj/wish/1947084991 March 4, 1865 at the US Capitol

Lincoln emphasizes that the time has come to “bind up the nation’s wounds… with malice toward none.” Lincoln’s goal was now to preserve the Union.]]> 2021-12-14 14:16:42 UTC https://padlet.com/meggrossstudent22/wcjlczabgfi3i9pj/wish/1947084991