The document summarizes three major battles of the American Civil War: Vicksburg, Antietam, and Gettysburg. It provides details on the location, dates, commanding generals, and casualties for each battle. It concludes that these three battles helped shape the outcome of the Civil War and were led by some of the most brilliant military minds in American history.

1. THE CIVIL WAR

2. MAJOR BATTLES
VICKSBURG
ANTIETAM
GETTYSBURG
Conclusion
sources

3. VICKSBURG
 BATTLE WAS FOUGHT IN
VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI ON MAY 18 –JULY 4
1863
 THE FORCES FIGHTING WERE THE ARMY OF
THE TENNESSEE [US] VS ARMY OF VICKSBURG
[CS]
 THE CAMPAIGN WAS A PART OF MAJOR
GENERAL ULYSSES S GRANT’S OPERATION
AGAINST VICKSBURG
 THE GENERAL’S IN CHARGE WERE MJR GEN
ULYSSES S GRANT[US] AND LT GEN JOHN C.
PEMBERTON[CS]

4. THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT
MILITARY CAMPAIGNS OF THE WAR.
WITH THE LOSS OF PEMBERTONS ARMY THE
CONFEDERACY WAS SPLIT IN HALF
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 37,532 CASUALTIES
(4,835 UNION AND 32,697 CONFEDERATES)

5. REVIEW
1. IN WHAT STATE WAS THIS BATTLE FOUGHT?
2. HOW MANY TOTAL CASUALTIES WERE IN THIS
BATTLE?
3. WHO WERE THE COMMANDERS IN CHARGE OF THIS
BATTLE?
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6. ANTIETAM

7.  THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 22,717 CASUALTIES IN
THIS BATTLE 12,401 UNION AND 10,316
CONFEDERATES
 THIS VICTORY GAVE PRESIDENT LINCOLN THE
CONFIDENCE TO ANNOUCE THE EMANCIPATION
PROCLAMATION
 THE COMMANDERS OF THE BATTLE WERE MJR
GEN GEORGE McCLELLAN [US] AND GEN ROBERT
E. LEE [CS]

8. REVIEW
1. IN WHAT STATE WAS THIS BATTLE FOUGHT?
2. HOW MANY TOTAL CASUALTIES WERE IN THIS BATTLE?
3. WHO WERE THE COMMANDERS IN CHARGE OF THIS
BATTLE?
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9. GETTYSBURG
 THIS BATTLE WAS FOUGHT IN GETTYSBURG,
PENNSYLVANIA FROM JULY 1-3, 1863
 MAJOR SKIRMISHES OF THIS BATTLE WERE
DEVIL’S DEN, LITTLE ROUND TOP, AND
PICKETTS CHARGE
 THIS BATTLE WAS DESCRIBED AS THE TURNING
POINT IN THE WAR.
 THE ARMIES FIGHTING WERE MEADE’S ARMY
OF THE POTOMAC AND LEE’S ARMY OF
NORTHERN VIRGINIA

10. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 158,300 OF
CASUALTIES IN THIS BATTLE 83,289 UNION
AND 75,054 CONFEDERATE
 THE COMMADERS OF THIS BATTLE WERE MJR
GEN GEORGE MEADE [US] AND GEN ROBERT
E. LEE [CS]
 AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS BATTLE
LINCOLN MADE HIS FAMOUS SPEECH “THE
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS”.

11. REVIEW
1. IN WHAT STATE WAS THIS BATTLE FOUGHT?
2. HOW MANY TOTAL CASUALTIES WERE IN THIS
BATTLE?
3. WHO WERE THE COMMANDERS IN CHARGE OF THIS
BATTLE?
Back to MAJOR BATTLES

12. CONCLUSION
• THERE WERE THREE MAJOR BATTLES THAT HELPED
SHAPE THE CIVIL WAR (ANTIETAM, VICKSBURG, AND
GETTYBURG).
• MANY AMERICANS PERISHED FOR THE SAKE OF
THEIR CAUSES.
• THE CIVIL WAR WAS LED BY SOME OF THE
BRIGHTEST MILITARY MINDS IN HISTORY.

13. SOURCES
• WIKIPEDIA ENCYCLOPEDIA. (N.D.)
VICKSBURG, ANTIENAM, GETTYSBURG.
RETRIEVED FROM
HTTP://WWW.WIKIPEDIA.ORG
• PREMIER INTERNET INC. (N.D.) BATTLES:
ANTIENAM, GETTYSBURG, VICKSBURG.
RETRIEVED FROM
HTTP://WWW.CIVILWAR.COM