Civil War Battles Webquest
ANTIETAM
· Please begin your web search by going to the following web site:
http://www.civilwaranimated.com/index.php/antietam-east-34 (then click view animation)
· After accessing this site, please answer the following questions:
- In what month and year was this battle fought?
- Near what city and in what state was this battle fought? (if it is not clear from the animated site, you may go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antietam to find the answer)
- How many Union forces were involved? How many Confederate forces were involved?
- Who was the Union commander in charge? Who was the Confederate commander in charge?
- September 17th is known as the “____________” day in American History.
- What color, red or blue, represents Confederate forces? _______________
What color, red or blue, represents Union forces? _______________
- What do the red and blue rectangular blocks refer to on the interactive map? ____________
(Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigade to find out more about the answer above)
- How many men compose a typical brigade unit? _________________ (scroll down to US Army on the site listed above)
- The Union Army lost what percentage of its men who fought in that battle? _______
The Confederate Army lost what percentage of its men who fought in that battle? _______
- Robert E. Lee (CSA) withdrew southward on September _____, but McClellan does/doesn’t pursue him.
- Throughout the animated Battle of Antietam, Union general George B. McClellan is described as moving too quickly / too slowly. It is for this reason that Abraham Lincoln losses faith in McClellan and does what?
- Who was considered to be the winner of this battle? Why was it hard to tell?
GETTYSBURG
· Please begin your next web search by going to the following web site:
http://www.civilwaranimated.com/index.php/gettysburg-east-50 (then click on view animation)
After accessing this site, please answer the following questions provided:
NOTE: BE sure to click on “July 1st” near the bottom right-hand side of your screen to actually see the plans for The Battle of Gettyburg and not the battles that came before it described in the “Introduction” section!
- In what month and year was this battle fought?
- Near what city and in what state was this battle fought? (if it is not clear from the animated site, you may go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg to find the answer)
- How many Union forces were involved? How many Confederate forces were involved?
- Who was the Union commander in charge? Who was the Confederate commander in charge?
- At the end on the first day of fighting, July 1st, which side,
Union or Confederate, seemed to be winning this battle? Why?
- At the end on the second day of fighting, July 2nd, which side,
Unionor Confederate, seemed to be winning this battle? Why?
- At the end on the third day of fighting, July 3rd, which side,
Union or Confederate, seemed to win this battle? Why?
- Only ______ (a percentage) of the men who began the Gettysburg Campaign with Lee returned to Virginia after the battle had ended.
21. How many Union casualties were there at the end of the battle?.
CHICKAMAUGA
· Please begin your web search by going to the following web site:
http://www.civilwaranimated.com/index.php/chickamauga-west-31 (then click view animation)
· After accessing this site, please answer the following questions:
com/index.php/chickamauga-west-31 (then click view animation)
· After accessing this site, please answer the following questions:
- In what month and year was this battle fought?
- Near what city and in what state was this battle fought? (if it is not clear from the animated site, you may go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chickamauga to find the answer)
- How many Union forces were involved? How many Confederate forces were involved?
- Who was the Union commander in charge? Who was the Confederate commander in charge?
- How many Union casualties were there? _______________
How many Confederate casualties were there? _______________
- Who won the Battle of Chickamauga?
- Because of General Rosecrans’ (
USA
) defeat at
Chickamauga
, Rosecrans was forced to (quit / give up his yearly salary).