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 . By: . Timothy Gerlach. , . Jake Carey. , . Sara Diaz. Events leading up to the Battle. Germany repeatedly losing battles. Loss of Morale among German soldiers. Loss of territory gained over the war . L/O – To examine the events of the battle and to judge who was now favourite to win the crown. Can you remember who they were?. Harold becomes King of England. When Edward the Confessor died on 5th January 1066, the . 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 . David Wong, Jeremy Gunawan, Francisco Rubiolo, Matthew Morin. Thesis. To aid the Allies in the fight against Hitler, the U.S.A. sent supplies overseas, to which Germany responded by shooting them down with U-boats. To protect their ships, Allied inventors developed . 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. You are going to plan the Battle of the Somme. In groups you all need the ‘Battle planners Kit’ – Lay this on your tables.. Instructions from Head Quarters will be given, as a group you will be given time to consider and respond to the instructions. . 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.. “My greatest aim has been to advance the art of photography and to make it what I think I have, a great and truthful medium of history.”- Mathew Brady. MATHEW BRADY. Self Portrait . Biographical Information. The Greeks slowed down the Persian invasion at the Battle of Thermopylae . Leonidas, his 300 Spartans and about a 1,000 allied troops fight to the death. The Persians continue to push south and invade Athens. 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. The second World War defense of the UK by the Royal Air Force against the German Air force (Luftwaffe). Date: 10 July- 31 October 1940. Location: Britain airspace. Result: British victory. WWII’s defense of the UK by the Royal Air Force against an onslaught by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). America\'s bloodiest day--the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862--left more dead American soldiers in its wake than any other 24-hour period in history. Antietam and the related battles of the Maryland Campaign that led up to the lethal confrontation did not result in decisive defeats for either side. But they did serve as a brutal warning to an out-gunned, out-commanded, and out-organized Union army.Eyewitness accounts by battle participants make these guides an invaluable resource for travelers and nontravelers who want a greater understanding of five of the most devastating yet influential years in our nation\'s history. Explicit directions to points of interest and maps--illustrating the action and showing the detail of troop position, roads, rivers, elevations, and tree lines as they were 130 years ago--help bring the battles to life. In the field, these guides can be used to recreate each battle\'s setting and proportions, giving the reader a sense of the tension and fear each soldier must have felt as he faced his enemy.