Lesson Objectives

We will- Outline the first battles of the Civil War and their importance in American history

I will- complete a venn diagram about Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. I will also complete my notes.

Essential Question:

What were the first major battles of the Civil War?

​The following venn diagram will be copied and completed in your notebook.

Fort Sumter, South Carolina (1861)

• First battle of the Civil War

• Confederate troops shoot at a Union fort

• Confederate win

• WAR NOW BEGINS

Battle Of Antietam, Maryland (1862)

• First battle in Union soil

• Bloodiest one day battle in U.S history 23,000 killed

• Union victory

• Union confidence rises

• Leads to the Emancipation Proclamation

  • (frees slaves in the south)

Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (1863)

• July 1-3

• Union victory

• high casualties 50,000

• Turning point of the war

• South can no longer go into Union territory