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Battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga Sherpa Guides > Civil War > Sidebars > The Battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga The Battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga Chickamauga was the biggest battle fought in the Western Theater, and the bloodiest, with more than 34,000 casualties. The name for the muddy creek comes from the Cherokee, and has been translated to mean the "river of death." The American Civil War, a brief summary! - African American Registry The American Civil War, a brief summary! The American Civil War, waged from 1861 to 1865, is remembered on this date. Before and during the Civil War, the North and South differed greatly on economic issues. The war was about slavery, but primarily about its economic consequences. The northern elite wanted economic expansion that would change the southern (slave-holding) way of life.

Free Civil War Games - Online and Downloadable Free Civil War Games Free Civil War Games for you to download and enjoy. Line of Muskets - Tower GamesTower Games is a site that provides both free and paid access to online games. Line of Muskets has three scenarios that are free civil war games. Here, you are a general during the Civil War. You make strategic and tactical decisions to fight battles. While you are not fighting the entire war, you are fighting battles against other people.

Civil War Photographs: The Mathew Brady Bunch - Lesson Plans Back to Lesson Plans Lesson Overview The Civil War was the first American war thoroughly caught on film. Mathew Brady and his crew of photographers captured many images of this divisive war, ranging from portraits to battle scenes. These photographs--over 1,000--are in Selected Civil War Photographs 1861-1865 in American Memory.

Civil War Uniforms Uniforms and clothing worn by Union and Confederate Soldiers During the Civil War Union Officer Uniform The two sides are often referred to by the color of their official uniforms, blue for the Union, gray for the Confederates. Uniforms at the beginning of the Civil War, however, showed greater variety than would be true later in the conflict. Many men wore whatever they brought from home. Local militia units that had their own uniforms wore them as they came to join the Union or Confederate armies. The Civil War . In the Classroom . Classroom Activities . Lesson Plan Grade Level 6-12 Subjects History and English Estimated Time Required To complete all activities would take 8 class periods, but teachers can choose to implement some but not all activities in the lesson. Overview The lesson begins with an analysis of what historians can learn from ordinary Americans whose Civil War letters were preserved. It begins with the moving and memorable "Sullivan Ballou" letter (since made famous by The Civil War series), and then asks students to analyze a variety of primary source letters online. Next, students are put into pairs of letter-writing correspondents living in 1863.

Gettysburg Address history: Why "four score and seven years ago"? Tuesday marks the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. In this excerpt from The Gettysburg Address: A Graphic Adaptation, by Jonathan Hennessey and Aaron McConnell, out now from William Morrow, the cartoonists explore the speech’s first six words. Excerpted from The Gettysburg Address: A Graphic Adaptation, by Jonathan Hennessey and Aaron McConnell, out now from William Morrow. Correction, Nov. 19, 2013: A panel in this excerpt misstated that the Hartford Convention of 1814-15 occurred during Thomas Jefferson’s presidency. It occurred during James Madison’s presidency. The original panel remains.

Primary Source: Civil War Diaries and Letters Jump to navigation Civil War Diaries and Letters 1 to 48 of 239 Objects Sort By: Pages Getting the Civil War Right Printer-friendly version William Faulkner famously wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” He would not be surprised to learn that Americans, 150 years after the Civil War began, are still getting it wrong. During the last five years, I’ve asked several thousand teachers for the main reason the South seceded. They always come up with four alternatives: states’ rights, slavery, tariffs and taxes or the election of Lincoln.

Defining Battles of the Civil War The United States Civil War lasted four years and was the bloodiest war in American history. More than 50 major battles were fought on American soil. Below, in chronological order, are five of the most significant battles that took place. First Bull Run (July 21, 1861) The Civil War as Photographed by Mathew Brady Background Many historians call the Civil War the central event in U.S. history. The formation of the Constitution corrected the autonomy of individual states that the Articles of Confederation did not harness.