The Civil War In Georgia

Question 0

What was big shanty?

Answer 0

Railroad was captured by the union and taken north the Confederate captures Andrews (how took the train) and brings them back and they are tried and executed in the south
-after the capturing of big shanty there is not much military action there’s a lot of political infighting

Question 1

What drove the doubters towards secession

Answer 1

The 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln

• unrelenting abolition movement
• fears about race former slaves could rise up against former slave owners if they became free
• concern over what was happening in the west
• defense of property
• honor being threatened and needing to defend their honor
• and states rights became a legal argument in the defense of slavery

Question 2

What happens before the military action really starts in Georgia?

Answer 2

Conscription an impressionments are instituted in Georgia this was the first military draft in US history

• tombs quit his job as Secretary of State and became a general eventually quits and denounces Davis and is accused of treason
• wartime production is ramped up Atlanta was a major producer of wartime goods like buttons and ammunition

Question 3

What were women doing during the Civil War?

Answer 3

• working-class women many worked in hospitals husbands were at war so they were at home doing all the work. There were a lot of women that participated in looting and rioting inflation caused women to not be able to afford the goods they needed
• in the upper-class women were influencing men to go to war because they didn’t want their lifestyle to change

Question 4

What was Andersonville prison?

Answer 4

Fort Sumter it was a POW camp during the Civil War built for 10,000 men and held at least 30,000 at one point
- had very bad conditions for prisoners about 13,000 died prison warden was eventually tried for war crimes and executed after the war in

Question 5

The battle of Chickamauga

Answer 5

Summer of 1863 part of the union effort to capture Chattanooga important because of the railroad and supply drop off-
-although the Confederacy technically wins the battle because the Confederates left Chattanooga unattended the union was able to take over Chattanooga

Question 6

Why was 1864 an important year

Answer 6

At this point the union was winning 1864 is important because the presidential election the south wanted to win because they thought they could get better terms under a different president
-The north wanted to win the Atlanta campaign quickly so they could have a decisive victory for Lincoln

Question 7

The battle of Kennesaw Mountain

Answer 7

June 22, 1864 Sherman decides to mount a full attack he loses the battle at Kennesaw

Question 8

The Atlanta campaign

Answer 8

The Atlanta campaign a small small fights and out flanking until they get to Atlanta by August Sherman had Atlanta completely surrounded

• Atlanta is evacuated on September 1 or 2 September Sherman enters Atlanta Sherman stays in Atlanta for a couple of months while he is deciding what to do next
• Lincoln didn’t want Sherman to rampage through the countryside of Georgia before the election because he wanted to still look good to southern voters