AR: DECISIVE BATTLES
assessment
Part 1. Vocabulary Use the word bank to complete the paragraph below. Each
word will be used only once.
retreated
garrison
vital
secession
casualties
victory
total war
siege
The Civil War began shortly after South Carolina's
from the Union. Confederate troops,
frustrated by the Union's failure to surrender Fort Sumter,
bombarded the
on April 12, 1861. The
Confederate troops successfully earned the first
of the Civil War with the Union surrender of Fort Sumter. The
Battle of Bull Run, in 1861, was also considered a Confederate
success. After a day of fighting, the Battle of Bull Run turned in
favor of the South, and the Union Army.
back
to Washington. Later in the war, Grant's army was attacked by
surprise while marching south to a
Confederate
railroad center in Mississippi. The Battle of Shiloh ensued and
resulted in over 23,000.
In 1863, the
success of the
of Vicksburg gave the Union total
control of the Mississippi River. Finally, Sherman's March to the
Sea devastated the South. Sherman believed in
and left a 300 mile-long path of destructio
The Confederates soon surrendered on April 9, 1865.
