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Chapter 17 The Tide of War Turns

Chapter Objective
The student will understand the major events of the Civil War from 1863 to 1865 leading to Union victory and the effect of this conflict on the country

Section 1
The Emancipation Proclamation

• To understand the reasons for the call for emancipation
• To identify the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation
• To analyze the response to the proclamation
• To describe the role of African-American soldiers in the war

Frederick Douglass http://www.history.rochester.edu/ class/ douglass/ home.html
A student project, featured on the University of Rochester's Web site, that offers a complete biography of Frederick Douglass, the great abolitionist leader.

Emancipation Proclamation http://www.yale.edu/ lawweb/ avalon/ emancipa.htm
The complete text of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

Memorial to the 54th Massachusetts Regiment http://www.nga.gov/ feature/ shaw/ home.htm
Focuses on sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens' memorial to the great African-American regiment.

Fort Pillow http://www.infoplease.com/ ce6/ history/ A0819272.html
A brief account of the Confederate slaughter of black Federal troops at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.

Section 2
War Affects Society

• To analyze discontent with the war
• To explain anger over the draft laws
• To identify the economic effects of the war and resistance by enslaved Americans
• To describe how women aided the war effort and to evaluate conditions in Northern and Southern prison camps

The New York City Draft Riots http://www.nyhistory.org/ teachers/ jtorrey.html
A firsthand account of the draft riots that took place in New York in July, 1863.

Susie King Taylor http://docsouth.unc.edu/ neh/ taylorsu/ taylorsu.html
Susie King Taylor's account of her life in a Union army camp.

Life on the Southern Home Front http://docsouth.unc.edu/ imls/ texts.html
A collection of electronic texts describing life in the South during the Civil War. Includes diaries, important acts and amendments, letters, and speeches.

Andersonville Prisoner of War Camp http://www.cr.nps.gov/ nr/ twhp/ wwwlps/ lessons/ 11andersonville/ 11andersonville.htm
A National Park Service site about Andersonville Prison, also known as Camp Sumpter, the Confederacy's largest prison camp during the Civil War

Section 3 
The North Wins

• To evaluate the importance of the Battle of Gettysburg
• To evaluate the importance of the siege of Vicksburg and Sherman's march to the coast
• To trace the Virginia campaign to Appomattox
• To describe the surrender at Appomattox

The Siege of Vicksburg http://www.civilwarhome.com/ siegeofvicksburg.htm
Information on the Siege of Vicksburg, the Union victory that nearly completed the Anaconda Plan.

Sherman's March to the Sea http://www.cviog.uga.edu/ Projects/ gainfo/ marchsea.htm
Firsthand accounts and articles about General Sherman's march through Georgia.

Selected Civil War Photographs http://memory.loc.gov/ ammem/ cwphtml/ cwphome.html
A collection of more than 1,000 photographs from the Civil War, as provided by the Library of Congress.

Section 4
The Legacy of the War

• To analyze the economic, physical, and emotional costs of the Civil War
• To explain the significance of the Thirteenth Amendment
• To describe the events related to President Lincoln's assassination
• To summarize the consequences of the Civil War

The American Civil War http://sunsite.utk.edu/ civil-war/ warweb.html
A gateway site with hundreds of links to general information about the Civil War, as well as photos and art, primary-source documents, and maps.

Thirteenth Amendment http://caselaw.findlaw.com/ data/ Constitution/ amendment13/
Text and annotations of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Ford's Theatre http://www.nps.gov/ foth/ index2.htm
Provides an account of the assassination of President Lincoln and traces the life of John Wilkes Booth.

Walt Whitman During the Civil War http://www.classroomelectric.org/ volume2/ price/ introduction.htm
Information on poet Walt Whitman's activities during the Civil War.