3. VICKSBURG
BATTLE WAS FOUGHT IN
VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI ON MAY 18 –JULY 4
1863
THE FORCES FIGHTING WERE THE ARMY OF
THE TENNESSEE [US] VS ARMY OF VICKSBURG
[CS]
THE CAMPAIGN WAS A PART OF MAJOR
GENERAL ULYSSES S GRANT’S OPERATION
AGAINST VICKSBURG
THE GENERAL’S IN CHARGE WERE MJR GEN
ULYSSES S GRANT[US] AND LT GEN JOHN C.
PEMBERTON[CS]
4. THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT
MILITARY CAMPAIGNS OF THE WAR.
WITH THE LOSS OF PEMBERTONS ARMY THE
CONFEDERACY WAS SPLIT IN HALF
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 37,532 CASUALTIES
(4,835 UNION AND 32,697 CONFEDERATES)
5. REVIEW
1. IN WHAT STATE WAS THIS BATTLE FOUGHT?
2. HOW MANY TOTAL CASUALTIES WERE IN THIS
BATTLE?
3. WHO WERE THE COMMANDERS IN CHARGE OF THIS
BATTLE?
Back to MAJOR BATTLES
7. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 22,717 CASUALTIES IN
THIS BATTLE 12,401 UNION AND 10,316
CONFEDERATES
THIS VICTORY GAVE PRESIDENT LINCOLN THE
CONFIDENCE TO ANNOUCE THE EMANCIPATION
PROCLAMATION
THE COMMANDERS OF THE BATTLE WERE MJR
GEN GEORGE McCLELLAN [US] AND GEN ROBERT
E. LEE [CS]
8. REVIEW
1. IN WHAT STATE WAS THIS BATTLE FOUGHT?
2. HOW MANY TOTAL CASUALTIES WERE IN THIS BATTLE?
3. WHO WERE THE COMMANDERS IN CHARGE OF THIS
BATTLE?
BACK TO MAJOR BATTLES
9. GETTYSBURG
THIS BATTLE WAS FOUGHT IN GETTYSBURG,
PENNSYLVANIA FROM JULY 1-3, 1863
MAJOR SKIRMISHES OF THIS BATTLE WERE
DEVIL’S DEN, LITTLE ROUND TOP, AND
PICKETTS CHARGE
THIS BATTLE WAS DESCRIBED AS THE TURNING
POINT IN THE WAR.
THE ARMIES FIGHTING WERE MEADE’S ARMY
OF THE POTOMAC AND LEE’S ARMY OF
NORTHERN VIRGINIA
10. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 158,300 OF
CASUALTIES IN THIS BATTLE 83,289 UNION
AND 75,054 CONFEDERATE
THE COMMADERS OF THIS BATTLE WERE MJR
GEN GEORGE MEADE [US] AND GEN ROBERT
E. LEE [CS]
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS BATTLE
LINCOLN MADE HIS FAMOUS SPEECH “THE
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS”.
11. REVIEW
1. IN WHAT STATE WAS THIS BATTLE FOUGHT?
2. HOW MANY TOTAL CASUALTIES WERE IN THIS
BATTLE?
3. WHO WERE THE COMMANDERS IN CHARGE OF THIS
BATTLE?
Back to MAJOR BATTLES
12. CONCLUSION
• THERE WERE THREE MAJOR BATTLES THAT HELPED
SHAPE THE CIVIL WAR (ANTIETAM, VICKSBURG, AND
GETTYBURG).
• MANY AMERICANS PERISHED FOR THE SAKE OF
THEIR CAUSES.
• THE CIVIL WAR WAS LED BY SOME OF THE
BRIGHTEST MILITARY MINDS IN HISTORY.
13. SOURCES
• WIKIPEDIA ENCYCLOPEDIA. (N.D.)
VICKSBURG, ANTIENAM, GETTYSBURG.
RETRIEVED FROM
HTTP://WWW.WIKIPEDIA.ORG
• PREMIER INTERNET INC. (N.D.) BATTLES:
ANTIENAM, GETTYSBURG, VICKSBURG.
RETRIEVED FROM
HTTP://WWW.CIVILWAR.COM