Geography & Key Battles

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Battle of Gettysburg date

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Fought in July 1863

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Opposing Generals at the Battle of Gettysburg

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Confederate General Robert E. Lee

Union General George Meade

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Number of soldiers killed at Gettysburg

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Approximately 51,000 soldiers

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Battle of Vicksburg duration

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Fought over two months from May through July 1863.

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Union General at Vicksburg

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Impact of Vicksburg on the Confederacy

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Cut off Confederate troops and supplies from Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas.

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Anaconda Plan

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Union strategy to choke off Confederate ports and bar foreign aid and supplies.

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Sherman's strategy in Atlanta

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Disrupt the Confederacy's capacity to resupply its troops.

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March to the Sea

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Sherman's campaign across Georgia to the Atlantic Ocean, destroying infrastructure.

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Outcome of Sherman's March to the Sea campaign

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Devastated parts of Georgia along the March and most of South Carolina, leading to psychological impact and aiding Lincoln's reelection in 1864.