Comic sample page #1: Civil War Burning of Atlanta<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> Americans are locked in a bitter civil war in 1863. Southern states split from the United States of America in 1861, and fighting broke out later that year. In the next two years the battles have gotten bloodier, but neither the Union army nor the Confederate army can gain an advantage. Leaders on both sides are beginning to realize that winning the war may depend on making the other side\u2019s civilians feel the pain of war…<\/p>\n Vicksburg Victory includes the following topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n Chapter 2: The Battle Of Gettysburg<\/strong><\/p>\n Confederate General Robert E. Lee sees the North\u2019s grip tightening on his supplies. The Union\u2019s blockade of Southern ports such as Savannah, Charleston, and New Orleans is keeping European supply ships from helping his soldiers – and helping Southern people at home. So a year after his first, failed attempt to invade the North, Lee heads north again, into Pennsylvania. Maybe a big victory there will make Europe support the South\u2019s independence and make Northerners ask for peace…<\/p>\n The Battle of Gettysburg includes the following topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n Chapter 3: Atlanta Burning<\/strong><\/p>\n After the Confederate loss at Gettysburg, the Union can confidently take the war into the South again. Southern troops are becoming increasingly younger and less well-equipped and clothed. But they still fight fiercely. Union General William T. Sherman decides he must destroy Atlanta, \u201cthe crossroads of the Confederacy,\u201d to convince the South to give up this terrible war…<\/p>\n Atlanta Burning includes the following topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n Chapter 4: Richmond Falls<\/strong><\/p>\n Combat in the Civil War is often brutal, man-to-man fighting. But Union General Ulysses S. Grant knows the North has more people than the South and so can replace the soldiers it loses on the battlefield. He presses south to Richmond and lays siege to the nearby railroad hub at Petersburg, Virginia. There Grant waits for the Confederate army to weaken further…<\/p>\n Richmond Falls includes the following topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The end of the Battle of Vicksburg opens the entire Mississippi River to Union shipping. The Battle of Gettysburg ends the Confederate invasion of the North and is the turning point in the Civil War. Union soldiers burn Atlanta and … Continue reading
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