The+Civil+War

~6/1/11

Secession acts of Florida:


 * Author**: People of state of Florida


 * Place**: Florida


 * Prior Knowledge**: Florida withdraws from the confederecy and declares themselves independent.


 * Audience**: The president and people of the united states.


 * Reason**:


 * Main Idea**: Florida is withdrawing itself from the confederacy but also from the u.s and declares its independance.

Secession acts of Goergia:


 * Author:** State of Goergia
 * Place:** Goergia
 * Prior Knowledge:** They are declaring their independance and

I dont really agree because its pretty confusing like they want popular sovereignety
 * Audience:** President and people of the u.s
 * Reason:**
 * Main Idea:** state of goergia agreed and expressed their opinions?
 * Reflection:**

In Class : -6/6/11 -First picture
 * they look alike
 * they're both holding eachothers cigerattes
 * they have different cigerattes
 * smoking buddies

- Other pictures
 * all three of them are young guys.
 * black and white pictures
 * theyre all in uniform : hats and long coats
 * looks like they were prepared for a war
 * first one is six
 * second one is 11
 * third one is 13
 * fourth one is 16

Task: -I would not go against massachusetts beacause then i would be going against my familyand friends and could cause them death. i would not support them but at the same time i wouldnt go agaisnt them i would just be there [independent].\

Civil War Themes

‍4) Fellow Americans or Traitors ... or both?
Do now: 6/7/11

1) what do you think was the strategy for the union army and the confederacy army? which one do you think is more effective? union -offense comfederacy - defence-kicked s*%@ ! out of union 2) make a list of reasons of using more modern weapons? 3)who do you think was winning the civil war of 1863? gatling gun confederates-> theyre expirienced, better strategies, union had lack of trained soldires, on their home turf, defensive war-> got idea from goerge washington. they might have lost battles they just coudnt surrender. confeds needed shoes so robert e. lee took trip to gettysburg,PA to invade and get shoes. rifles cannonballs the importance of the gatling gun is it allowed them to kill enemies faster and its more efficient instead of having to come close solid iron cannonballs get more soldires and a more expirienced general. emancipation proclamation: Do Now: 6/8/11
 * block ports/blockade->anaconda plan->cotton diplomacy.
 * Lee : 2nd class at west point.
 * union had to force confeds to rejoin*

in 2 sentances- how and why did the confederacys strategies for fighting the civil war change in 1863? cause: they needed shoes:gettysburgh,virginia: they were not on their home turf

Three days of carnage at gettysburgh:

1) the confederate army had a better advantage because even though they weren't on their home turf they had the advantage because they only knew they were going to ambush the union and they had no idea and on top of that that they were getting ambushed in the morning when they were sleeping. The confeds obviosly won the first battle because they were prepared and had more troops. yes they could have been more succesful but the southeners failed to pursue their advantage.

2) By the morning of July 2, the main strength of both armies had arrived on the field. Battle lines were drawn up in sweeping arcs similar to a "J," or fishhook shape. The main portions of both armies were nearly a mile apart on parallel ridges: Union forces on Cemetery Ridge, Confederate forces on Seminary Ridge, to the west. General Robert E. Lee, commanding the Confederate troops, ordered attacks against the Union left and right flanks (ends of the lines). Starting in late afternoon, Confederate General James Longstreet's attacks on the Union left made progress, but they were checked by Union reinforcements brought to the fighting from the Culp's Hill area and other uncontested parts of the Union battle line. To the north, at the bend and barb of the fishhook (the other flank), Confederate General Richard Ewell launched his attack in the evening as the fighting at the other end of the fishhook was subsiding. Ewell's men seized part of Culp's Hill, but elsewhere they were repulsed. The day's results were indecisive for both armies.

3) General Lee, having attacked the ends of the Union line the previous day, decided to assail the Union.

4) The Union defensive position held. In a final attempt to gain the initiative and win the battle, Lee sent approximately 12,000 soldiers across the one mile of open fields that separated the two armies near the Union center. General George Meade, commander of the Union forces, anticipated such a move and had readied his army. The Union lines did not break. Only every other Southerner who participated in this action retired to safety. Despite great courage, the attack (sometimes called Pickett's Charge or Longstreet's assault) was repulsed with heavy losses. Crippled by extremely heavy casualties in the three days at Gettysburg, the Confederates could no longer continue the battle, and on July 4 they began to withdraw from Gettysburg.

5) General Lee decided to withdraw from gettysburgh because even though they had a clever attack and were brave enough to do it, the attack was "repulsed" with heavy losses. So due to heavy casualties in the three days at gettysburgh the confeds could no longer continue the battle and started to withdraw from the battle.

Part A:

1) Elisha hunt rhodes enlisted in 1861 as a private, and by the end of the war he had risen to the command of his regiment, the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, U.S.A.

2) Elisha marched 34 miles in which he and the troops were exhaausted, and sleepy to the point of death. however they still came and were exposed to the artilery and more, they fought against the

Do Now: the emacipation proclomation was a strategic move because he was part of the union and if he freed them then they would be part of the union and Lincon would have more troops for his army.

E.P- lincoln knows the south wont free their slaves rebellion states:border states:slave states in the union: MD,MO,DE,KY -> Lincoln tricked confederates into freaking out. -> civil war was for states rights but after lincoln scared them they stated they were not fighting for state rights but to defend slavery. britain-will no longer ally with confederates->committing suicide if they support slavery The two flaws lincon commited was the fact that since he freed the slaves and was planning on using them in his army he has to hope they will agree to it.
 * the slaves in rebel states did not want to join union.
 * confederates would actually give up slavery.
 * Border states still had slaves-> Abraham Lincon declared martial law on border states if they utter a bad word against him.