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Corduroy roads
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They would put logs on each side of the road and put smaller ones across them so they wouldn't have to walk in the mud.
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Hard tack
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It was rations of hard bread that were given to the soldiers .
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David Porter
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Rear Admiral David Porter agreed to try the impossible, he brought his gunboats down river and attacked Vicksburg.
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Hooker (What kind of general)
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He was boastful and too sure of himself that he could conquer Lee.
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Why did Lee go North?
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He hoped this invasion would lure Grant away from Vicksburg, or better yet, a confederate victory on Northern soil would lead to the Union's surrender.
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Battle of Gettysburg
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The Battle of Gettysburg lasted 3 days and the North won.
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Minie Ball
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It was a bullet that smashed through bone and made it very difficult to treat the wound.
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Battle of Chickamauga
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The first day the fighting went back and forth.
The 2nd day was difficult for the generals to see what was going on because they were fighting in the woods. The Confederates won. |
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Battle of Lookout Mountain
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It was named the Battle above the clouds because the mountain is very high, some of the men were above the clouds and the men down below could hear gunfire but not see anything.
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"Remember Chickamauga" why?
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The Union solders yelled this as they ran up Missionary Ridge - they wanted revenge and kept fighting against commands because they'd been beaten by the rebels at Chickamauga.
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Battle of Chattanooga
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The North won the Battle of Chattanooga
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Walt Whitman
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He wrote poems about the civil war. After a battle he searched army hospitals for his brother, when he saw the suffering of the wounded men, he volunteered as a nurse. He washed and fed and comforted soldiers.
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Frank Vizetelly
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A British journalist who wrote first hand accounts of battles for nearly the whole war.
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Arthur Freemantle
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A British colonel who traveled with the Confederate armies and later published his journal he kept of his adventures -he was an eyewitness at Gettysburg.
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William Sherman
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He hated having them around, he said they were just as bad as spies.
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Siege of Petersburg, Virginia
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Lasted 10 months. Hood knew he couldn't stop Sherman's large army, so he turned his own Army of Tennessee toward Nashville.
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Where was the surrender of Petersburg
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In the parlor of Wilmer McLean's home near Manassas, Virginia
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What were the terms of the surrender of Petersburg
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1. The Confederates would surrender their arms, and give an oath that they would never again take them up against the US government.
2. They would not be punished for having gone to war. 3. The men would be allowed to keep their horses- to help them plant their crops. 4. He ordered 25,000 rations sent to their lines. |
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Why was disease common?
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Because their water wasn't clean and the doctors didn't know about bacteria.
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Why were treatments sometimes worse than the problems?
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Some of the medicines caused loss of teeth, hair, and nerve damage. The amputations got infected.
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Why were Civil War casualties so high?
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This was because of a deadly combination of modern weapons (rifle-musket) and old-fashioned military tactics (attacking close the enemy line before firing)`
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Why did Grant attack Petersburg?
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This large city was a critical railroad junction, If Petersburg was captured, Richmond too would fall for many of it's supplies came through Petersburg.
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What were terms of surrender at Vicksburg?
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Grant agreed to release the Southerner prisoners if they gave their oath not to bear arms against the North.
The Yankees shared their rations with the starving Rebels. |
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What did Grant tell his men to stop doing during the surrender and why?
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General Grant ordered them to stop shooting their guns out of respect for their former enemies -The war was over - so the Rebels were now their countrymen again.
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Who killed Lincoln and why?
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John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor, was embittered by the Confederacy's loss and took revenge on the nation by taking the life of its great president.
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Know the order of events (Battles through Lincoln's death?
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Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)
Battle of Shiloh Second Manassas (2nd Bull Run) Battle of Antietnam Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Stone River (Murfreesboro) Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Battle of Chickamauga Battle of Chattanooga (Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge) Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Spotyslvania Battle of Cold Harbor Battle of Atlanta Falls Battle of Franklin |
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Union men
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Sherman
Hooker Grant Far gut Burnside |
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Confederate men
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Lee
Hood Hill Longstreet Bragg |
