In
order to learn about the many different battles that took place during the Civil
War, each person was assigned a battle to research and create a short
informational Google Doc about. Then,
each person created and printed a QR code with a link to a view-able version of
their Google Doc. Everyone worked
together to coordinate a QR code scavenger hunt around the entire school to
learn about the various battles. Each person
had to include in their document where to go to find the next battle sign. Each battle assigned had a corresponding number
and each person had to talk to the person who had the sign before and after
them in the hunt to write down the directions for the physical hunt. During the day of the hunt, everyone hung up
their signs and then found their friends to run around the school and scan all
the codes. We all copied the information
(or just the link if the BYOD WiFi was not working well) and proceeded to the
next sign. When we finished the hunt we
read over all the information we had collected once we got back to class. Using this information we each put our
thoughts regarding the answers to the essential questions on a class Padlet so
we could organize and view the information.
We got to share what we got out of the information while organizing it
at the same time. This unconventional
but fun lesson was very informative and educational!
The
ultimate victor in the civil war in the western theater is clearly the
Union. The Union won every battle in the
Western theater except one. They won the
Battle of Fort Donelson, the Battle of Fort Henry, and the Battle of Shiloh,
which ended up being one of the bloodiest battles of the civil war. All of these battles were under the strong
leadership of Ulysses S. Grant giving the Union the advantage to win. The Union did not win the Battle of
Chickamauga, however. The only reason
the Union did not win this battle was because of a communication error. The Union’s General Rosecrans was informed
there was a gap when there was not a gap which ended up creating an actual gap.
The ultimate
victor in the civil war naval battles was the Union. The Union won the Battle of Baton Rouge which
was a western naval battle. One of the
other naval battles, the Battle of Hampton Roads was an eastern naval battle
and technically was considered to have an inconclusive victor. Even though there technically was no victor,
this battle was a fight between two ironclad ships, the Union’s Monitor and the
Confederate’s Virginia, and eventually led to the retirement of the Virginia.
Even though the
Confederacy was technically the ultimate victor in the civil war in the eastern
theater with winning more battles than the Union, the Union won the important
battles near the end of the war. At the
beginning of the war the Confederates won many of the battles including the
Battle of Fort Sumter in 1861, the Battle of Bull Run in 1861, the Second
Battle of Bull Run in 1862, the Battle of Fredericksburg in 1862, Battle of
Chancellorsville in 1863, the Battle of Cold Harbor in 1864 and the Battle of
Spotsylvania in 1864. Many of the
battles won by the Confederates were led by General Robert E. Lee. However, once the Union’s army in the Eastern
Theater was put under the leadership of Ulysses S. Grant, the Union began to
win many of the battles including the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, Sherman’s
March to the Sea in 1864, and the Appomattox Campaign in 1865. The Battle of Wilderness in 1864 was a later
battle in the war and even though it was technically inconclusive, it helped
the Union advance.
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| Sherman's March to the Sea |
The reasons for
the Union winning battles remained fairly consistent and likewise the reasons
for the Confederates winning their battles remained fairly consistent. When the confederates won, it was often due
to strong and well thought out defensive tactics, like in the Battle of
Chancellorsville and the Battle of Fredericksburg. In the Battle of Chancellorsville, Lee had
the Confederates use aggressive tactics and split up to attack the Union. Robert E. Lee won many of the battles for the
Confederates. The Confederates also took
advantage of opportunities when the Union was unprepared and the Confederates
had more supplies such as in the Battle at Fort Sumter. The Union was running out of supplies at the Fort
and had limited ammunition while the Confederates had plenty of ammunition and
could continuously fire. Most of the
Union’s wins were when they were under the strong leadership of Ulysses S.
Grant. Also, the Union’s army was much
larger than the Confederate’s which helped them win, like at Sherman’s March to
the Sea where the Confederacy was forced to retreat. Both the Confederates and the Union had
differing strengths which contributed to their success in battle.
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