Chapter 17 8th Grade
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Where was Fort Sumter?
Charleston Harbor South Carolina
Date of Fort Sumter
April 12, 1861
President of Confederacy for Fort Sumter
Jefferson Davis
Fort Sumter; states that secede
South Carolina was first, but 7 in total.
Fort Sumter; winner
South
Fort Sumter; Major Robert Anderson
Union
Fort Sumter; General PGT Beauregard
Confederates
Emancipation Proclamation; who issued?
Abraham Lincoln
Emancipation Proclamation; when/why then?
January 1, 1863 (after the battle of Antietam) So we could win a battle and not look weak
Define emancipate
to set free
Emancipation Proclamation; Lincoln’s political goal.
to keep our country united. He was only setting slaves free in the confederate states.
emancipation proclamation; impact on war
England stopped helping the South
Gettysburg; Commander of Union
General Meade
Gettysburg; commander of confederates
Robert E. Lee
Gettysburg; day 1 and 2
the union held strong (lots of fighting)
Gettysburg; day 3
We had Pickets charge
Gettysburg; who occupied Seminary Ridge
Confederates
Gettysburg; who occupied cemetery ride
union
gettysburg; Lee’s right hand man @ Gettysburg
General Longstreet and General Picket
Gettysburg; winner
union
Vicksburg; union commander
General Grant
Vicksburg; confederate commander
General Pemberton
Vicksburg; date of surrender
July 4, 1863
Define siege
nonstop attack