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Section 2 The War Comes to Georgia Internet Skills
Compare Civil War Battles
Directions: It’s hard to imagine that years ago warfare may have been waged near your home. Go to Internet site
www.americancivilwar.com. Under Featured Indexes, click on State Battle Maps, then click on Georgia, Pennsylvania,
and Maryland. Fill in the chart below.
When
What State
Estimated Union
Casualties
Estimated Confederate
Casualties
Gettysburg AntietamAtlantaChickamauga
Results
Principal Commanders
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Section 2 The War Comes to Georgia
Skills Practice
Timeline of Key Civil War Events
Directions: Identify the month and year that each of the events below took place. en, use that list to make a timeline
of key events in the Civil War period.
Month/Year
_________________ Lincolns first election
_________________ South Carolina secedes
_________________ Fort Sumter
_________________ Georgia secedes
_________________ Battle of Gettysburg
_________________ Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect
_________________ Battle of Chickamauga
_________________ Battle of Antietam
_________________ Sherman captures Atlanta
_________________ Sherman captures Savannah
_________________ War ends with Lee’s surrender
1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865
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86 Chapter 16 Georgia in the Civil War
Section 2 The War Comes to Georgia Vocabulary Review
Civil War People, Terms, and Events
Directions: Use the chart below to reinforce your Civil War vocabulary.
Vocabulary Word
Blockade
Emancipation
Proclamation
Robert E. Lee
Secession
March to the Sea
Andersonville Prison
Chickamauga
Antietam
Sentence Containing the Word Picture That Represents the Word
William T. Sherman
Jeerson Davis