April 2, 2012 Day 147 Civil War movie mania week
Gods and Generals 6 x 6
Credits *title, date,
producer, director, actors, poster
1. Gods and Generals
2. 2003
3. Warner Bros
4. Ronald F. Maxwell
5. Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall, Jeff Daniels
Summary *6
sentence (or more) paragraph
After Fort Sumter, the Civil War was official. President
Lincoln called on General Robert Lee to command the union army, but since Lee
was from Virginia he declined the offer and decided to become Major General of
the Confederate Army, The South, along with Thomas Jackson.
The Confederate army traveled to Manassas Virginia by Bull
Run Creek. The Confederates got the defensive position and started to mark
their positions, the Union army commanded by General Winfield Scott took the
offensive position because they had to travel faster. The Confederates were
loosing at the beginning because they said that Thomas Jackson was standing
there like a stone wall, nicknaming him “Stonewall Jackson” .
The Confederate army took the victory of this battle and
then moved along to Fredricksburg Virginia where another major battle took
place. Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine regiment were assigned
on this battle, the Confederate just barely took the victory, The 20th
Maine Regiment and Joshua Chamberlain were still targets after the battle was
over, they used dead bodies of their friends to protect then.
At the battle of
Chancellorsville Stonewall Jackson got shot in his shoulder and hand and was
knocked off his horse. He was immediately taken to a Physician which recovered
his wounds, but Jackson later died of Pneumonia.
People/Places
1.
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson: General in
Confederate Army, from Virginia, al battle of Manassas/Bull Run and
Fredericksburg & Chancellorsville
2.
Robert E. Lee: offered control of Union Army and
declined because he said he was a Virginian first, became General of the
Virginian Army
3.
Winfield Scott Hancock: Union Army General
4.
Manassas (battle): Confederacy won, “March forth
to save country!” Stonewall Jackson got his name because of how he stood in
battle like a stone wall, battle is called Bull Run by the North
5.
Fredericksburg (battle): December 1862,
Confederate victory
6.
Chancellorsville (battle): Stonewall Jackson
sneak attack, Confederate win, Jackson dies from wound
Facts/ Details
1. Men use the bodies of dead soldiers on the battlefield
for protection from bullets in Fredericksburg
2. Manassas and Bull Run are the same battle
3. Joshua Chamberlain was one of the leaders of the 20th
Maine regiment; he is from Brunswick
4. Chancellorsville is sometimes referred to as the
wilderness battle
5. Jackson died after gun shot in Chancellorsville battle,
he was accidently shot by his own men
6. Part of the Chancellorsville battle was fought at night
Reflections/ Feelings/ Thoughts
1. This movie made me feel more of the southern perspective
of the Civil War.
2. I saw some of the violent scenes and it was really
disturbing and I realized how brutal the war was.
3. I learned about Stonewall Jackson and discovered feelings
for his character. It was sad when he died.
4. The Union army lost mostly all of these battles at the
beginning. If I didn’t know the answer I would have thought the South would win
the war.
5. I felt honored that my state and my town played such a
big part in the Civil War.
6. I felt sad when I saw the people die of scarlet fever.
Images
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| Stonewall Jackson |
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| Joshua Chamberlain |
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| Robert E. Lee |
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| Chancelorsville |
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| Fredericksburg |
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| Manassas / Bull Run |
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