Unit 2-The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

The War Itself: Yesterday we were in the library looking at the next 4 True statements about the Civil War. Let's review these as a group.

Virginia was the most important state geographically during the Civil War.Civil War Map

• Where are the capitals of both the United States and the Confederacy? How far apart are they?
• How many battles were fought in VA, and which ones were the most important?
• Why would the focus of the war be in Virginia?
• Animated Maps of Major Battles

The average soldier faced many hardships other than being killed in battle.

• What were some of the hardships that soldiers faced in the armies? 
• What was the deadliest aspect of fighting in the Civil War?
• Civil War 150

Many Northerners did not want to be drafted and fight in the Civil War.(Harvard Lecture)

• How many men volunteered for the war, and how many were drafted?
• How were wealthy men able to buy their way out of service?
• How many draft riots occurred in northern cities during the war?

The Battle of Antietam gave Lincoln the motivation to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

• Why was the Battle of Antietam significant?
• How was the northern army able to be successful in this battle?
• What was the Emancipation Proclamation, and what impact did it have on the war?