Georgia Stories II; Video 2; Program 8: the Civil War, Part 2; Story 1: March to the Sea

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Georgia Stories II; Video 2; Program 8: The Civil War, Part 2; Story 1: March to the Sea

Do You Remember?

1.Who was the Union general responsible for the “March to the Sea”?

2.How were the war tactics different on the March to the Sea?

3.When did the march begin? Where did it begin and end? How many soldiers did Sherman have?

4.Who was John Fitzgerald? Prince Clark?

5.What was the size of the path of the March to the Sea?

6.What effect did the march have on Confederate soldiers when they heard about it?

7.What was manufactured in Griswaldsville that caused Sherman to be especially harsh?

8.Where was a tragic, unnecessary battle fought during the march, resulting in the death of many old and many young Confederate resisters?

9.What attitude toward Sherman exists even today among many southerners?

Georgia Stories I; Video 3; Program 9: The First Century of Statehood, Part IV; Story 2: The Civil War and the Black Soldier

Do You Remember?

1.What percent of the Union forces were African American?

2.What did President Lincoln do to enable African Americans to serve as soldiers?

3.What was the most famous African American fighting unit in the war?

4.Why was it so important to those in the African American fighting units to do well?

5.Why was a fighting unit’s battle flag so important?

6.Who was Sergeant William Carney?

Video 3; Program 9: The First Century of Statehood, Part IV; Story 3: Andersonville Prison

Do You Remember?

1.What was the name of the prison at Andersonville?

2.The prison was built to accommodate 10,000 prisoners. How many were actually placed there?

3.How many sources of water were available to the prisoners? What happened to the water?

4.About what fraction of the total prison population died while there?

5.Of what did most of the prisoners die?

6.What was the name given to the group that terrorized the other prisoners?

7.How many graves are there at Andersonville?

Answers to Video 2, Program 8, Story 1 “March to the Sea”

1.General William T. Sherman

2.Sherman’s policy required foraging, killing livestock, and burning property—everything to demoralize the population and to destroy anything that could support the Confederate war machine. This was different from the usual tactics employed in the war in which the civilian population was not affected this way.

3.The march began in November 1864. The march went from Atlanta to Savannah. Shermanhad 62,000 troops for the march.

4.John Fitzgerald was one of the farmers in the path of the March to the Sea who tried to hide his livestock and food for the winter from the Union troops. Prince Clark was a slave on the Fitzgerald property who tried to tell the Union troops where Fitzgerald had hidden the food; he was not believed, was hung by his thumbs, and was rescued by Fitzgerald.

5.The path of the march was up to 60 miles wide and 300 miles long.

6.They were demoralized; many tried to return home to take care of their starving families.

7.There was a factory there that manufactured the Colt revolver.

8.the battle of Griswaldville

9.an attitude of resentment and hatred on the part of many in the belief that Sherman was unnecessarily cruel

Answers to Video 3, Program 9, Story 2 “The Civil War and the Black Soldier”

1.Of the total of 2 million Union soldiers, 200,000 (10 percent) were black.

2.President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, enabling blacks to

serve in the military.

3.the 54th Infantry from Massachusetts

4.The eyes of the world were on them to see if they were capable of fighting in a war.

5.The battle flag was a symbol of pride and honor; it showed the battles the unit had been in, and it was used to energize the troops in battle.

6.He was a member of the Union’s 54th Infantry and was the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor.

Answers to Video 3, Program 9, Story 3 “Andersonville Prison”

1. Fort Sumter

2.30,000

3.There was only one source of water, and it quickly became polluted.

4.nearly one-half

5.Most of the prisoners died of infections, starvation, diarrhea, or at the hands of other prisoners.

6.the raiders

7.12,900 graves