Battle Scavenger Hunt

     During the Civil War battle scavenger hunt, each student picked a battle that they would later research. We chose our battle based on a short summary of what occurred during it instead of the name of the actual battle, we would then proceed to figure out what battle we had based on the brief description. After this was discovered, we were assigned to make an online poster displaying the following information about the battle; location, date, theater, and reason of how the battle ended. In order for our classmates to access this poster we made it on a sharable google doc, then created a QR code that would link back to that document. We printed out the QR codes and hung them around the school. We also included the location of where the following battle's information is within our poster. Once everyone made their poster each person hung theirs around the school, and the hunt to find information of the battles of the Civil War began!
     The battle I chose was The Battle of the Wilderness that occurred through the 5-7 of May in 1864. The battle was fought in the east, and their was no clear winner but many argue that this battle was a Union victory. The reason for this battle's results were the ferrous brutal fighting that took place in dark thick woods that both the Union and Confederate forces had to maneuver through. Another reason that some say the battle was inconclusive was the fact that generals from both armies were killed. General James S. Wadsworth and Alexander Hays of the Union army, and Confederate generals John M. Jones, Micah Jenkins, and Leroy A. Stafford were killed. After we completed the scavenger hunt activity, our class created a Padlet which combined all of our thoughts on the answer to the first essential question, this way we were able to collaborate our ideas in order to help us understand which army dominated each theater.

Below is a map of 

The Battle of the Wilderness that I included on my poster 

 

     Depending on whether a battle took place in the Eastern, Wester, or Naval theater related directly with water the battle was a Union or Confederate victory. In the Eastern theater it was clear that the Confederates dominated. In both cases of The Battle of Fort Sumter and The Battle of Fredsrickburg, the Confederates had both more men and supplies which gave them a clear advantage while fighting. The Western theater was dominated by The Union, the won multiple battles, for example The Battles of Shiloh, Chattanooga, and Vicksburg. The Union armies greatly outnumbered the Confederates in all three of these wars which lead them to success. Lastly, The Naval theater seemed to be dominated by The Union. For example in The battle of Fort Henry, The Union outnumbered the confederates, and also had more advanced supplies than them. Due to this the Confederates eventually surrendered.