What are some commonalities you can identify in the reasons for the results of the battles?
To begin our research on the different battles within the Civil War, we each received one of the twenty battle descriptions. Then, we had to find out key information for our assigned battle such as the victor, image, theater, date/place, and two bullets explaining the results of each battle. Next, we created Google docs that can be shared and QR codes. Our next step in the process was to discuss with the class where our battles will be placed throughout the school. Finally, we were able to proceed with the scavenger hunt!
After completing the scavenger hunt over the course of two class periods, we all got together using Padlet to share our thoughts on the main victors of each theater.
Referring back to the essential question, there were clear victors in each of the theaters. In the Western theater, the clear victor was the Union army because it had more access to supplies and a larger army than that of the Confederates. Next, in the Eastern theater, the ultimate victor was not as clear as in the Western theater. The Union army won many of the battles but so did the Confederates. This was mainly because of the casualties on both sides. Also, both sides had different strategies that were effective such as the ambushes by the Confederates and the cutting of railroads by the Union army. Lastly, the Union army was the victor of the Naval theater because they had more supplies, men and a more organized navy. Overall, the Union army was the victor of both the Western and Naval theaters but the victor of the Eastern theater is unclear.
For example, at the Battle of Fort Henry, the Union army was victor due to the strong, organized navy.
Image. Civilwartalk.com
http://civilwartalk.com/threads/153-years-ago-this-friday-civil-war-battle-of-fort-henry.109216/
Different commonalities among the results of the battles are easy to tell for the Western and Naval theaters since the Union army was the victor in both. The Union army was much larger, had more access to supplies due to all of the railroads close by. These advantages clearly helped them defeat the Confederate army in both the Western and Naval theaters. In the Eastern theater, the commonalities are not as constant. The Confederate army often had not enough men but they had good military strategies. Likewise, the Union army had good strategies. Both armies had many casualties which weakened them at certain points.
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