Question

Lesson 3: How the North Won

1. Describe the events of each day in the Battle of Gettysburg.
2. What were Lincoln’s goals as expressed in the Gettysburg Address?
3. Why do you think it took so long for the Confederates to surrender at Vicksburg?
4. What were the results of General Sherman’s strategy of total war?
5. Look at the map on page 509. In what state did most of the major battles occur in the Civil War? Give a reason you think this would be so.

Answer 1

The Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863, is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. On July 3, 1863, Union troops repelled a massive artillery assault on Cemetery Ridge during the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg in southern Pennsylvania. ... As a consequence, Confederate General Robert E. Lee was forced to retreat and ultimately abandon his attempt to reach Washington, D.C. via Pennsylvania.

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