PPT-Participants’ Accounts of the Battle of Antietam

General Early and Major G M Sorrel each wrote an account of the battle at Antietam Though involved in the same grisly conflict these two mens accounts differ remarkably in tone and subject Both Sorrel and Early wrote about Longstreets . September 17, 1862. Robert E. Lee (CSA). George B. McClellan (USA). The Two Commanders. General Robert E. Lee’s reasons for invading Maryland. To gather supplies and troops from the slave-holding border state of Maryland.. PLEASE DO NOT COPY!!!!. Please take out your notecards, and lay out your Emancipation Proclamation and Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign cards to the side. . Next, create 2 new cards: Sherman’s March to the Sea and Andersonville, and begin working on the facts for the backsides of those cards. You will have 10-15 working min. of these in class today – that is all! SO, GET BUSY! : ). Unit plan – 5. th. grade. Jordan Brown. Educ. 380. Standards for unit plan:. SS.S.H.CL1.3 Summarize key battles, strategies, and turning points of the Civil War (e.g., Fort Sumter, Antietam, Gettysburg, other regional battles and the surrender at Appomattox). Antietam Battleeld Hiking Trails National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Antietam National Battleeld P. O. Box 158 Sharpsburg, MD 21782 This trail loops to signicant landmarks and m 10. 10. 10. 10. 10. 10. 20. 20. 20. 20. 20. 20. 30. 30. 30. 30. 30. 30. 40. 40. 40. 40. 40. 40. 50. 50. 50. 50. 50. 50. Battle of Bull Run. Dispatches. Background. Chart. Battle of Antietam. Glossary. Introduction. The Irish Brigade would come to be one of the most extraordinary brigades that would be produced during the American Civil War on either side. Additionally, it is remarkable how a collection of regiments that were made up predominately of Irish immigrants and Irish Americans could fight so heroically for a country that was new to them. Perhaps no year gives a better depiction of the type of fighting unit this was than the year of 1862, which included their participation in major battles such as the Seven Days Battles, Antietam, and Fredericksburg.. of Bull Run. August 28–30, . 1862. Confederate . General . Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson captured the Union supply depot at Manassas Junction, threatening . the Union’s . ability to communicate . After what battle was the . Emancipation Proclamation . issued?. Antietam. Gettysburg. Chickamauga. Chancellorsville . Warm-up for 01.19.12. Antietam. Now, on to the . Battle of Antietam. …. Where: . The Civil War and the Origins of Modern Commemoration. A Contrast: Federal Buried, Rebel Unburied, Where they fell at the Battle of Antietam. .. Copyrighted by Alexander Gardner, Oct. 7, 1862. “Album card” from the collection of Gen. George B. McClellan, Princeton University, image approx. 3” . The Civil War and the Origins of Modern Commemoration. A Contrast: Federal Buried, Rebel Unburied, Where they fell at the Battle of Antietam. .. Copyrighted by Alexander Gardner, Oct. 7, 1862. “Album card” from the collection of Gen. George B. McClellan, Princeton University, image approx. 3” . Key Terms. Ulysses S. Grant . – Union general. Battle of Shiloh . – an 1862 battle in which the Union forced the Confederacy to retreat in some of the fiercest fighting in the Civil War. Cavalry. Warm-up. “No one will win this war. Eventually it will just end.” was a quote from the trenches of World War I. Which vocabulary term BEST FITS this description of warfare?. Habeas Corpus. Put it in a sentence.. sharpsburg. ). By:. Josh Harrington. . . WHERE DID IT HAPPEN?. The Battle of Antietam took place in the city of Antietam, in Washington County, Maryland.. . WHEN DID IT HAPPEN?. The Battle of Antietam took . Today’s Essential Question: What were some of . the . critical . events of the war in . 1862?. Vocabulary . critical – very important; changes things. cavalry – soldiers on horseback. casualties – people killed or wounded in battle.