IMPORTANT CIVIL WAR BATTLES

WHEN THE UNITED STATES WAS A DIVIDED NATION, IT LED TO A CIVIL WAR BETWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH. THE CIVIL WAR HAD TWO SIDES, THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH. THE NORTH WENT BY THE NAME OF THE UNION AND THE SOUTH WENT BY THE NAME OF THE CONFEDERACY. NOW, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ISSUES BOTH SIDES DISAGREED UPON BUT, SLAVERY WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST. FROM 1861-1865 THERE WERE MANY CASUALTIES, FAMILIES WERE DIVIDED, AND AS A COUNTRY, WE WERE AT WAR WITH EACH OTHER. THESE BATTLES, WHICH ARE NOT IN ORDER, WERE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THROUGHOUT THE CIVIL WAR. AS A GROUP, YOU WILL GO THROUGH AND ANALYZE THESE BATTLES. YOU WILL BE WATCHING VIDEOS, LOOKING AT ARTICLES, AND BE GIVEN VIRTUAL TOURS IN SOME CASES TO GET A SENSE OF WHY THESE BATTLES WERE SO IMPORTANT. THROUGH THE USE OF A SMART PHONE OR TABLET, USE THE QR CODES PROVIDED TO LOOK IN DEPTH AT EACH BATTLE.