Civil War Mapping



This great mapping activity allows students to map the major events and locations of the Civil War. Just download the following 1860 America map. Please download the 1860 map PDF at main website also has other great historical maps. suggest using an 11x17 piece of paper for the map but an 8x11 piece of paper will work.Depending on the age level of your students the Civil War mapping activity will take at least 1 to 2 class periods. Students just follow simple instruction to complete the map. The mapping activity can be easily modified by the teacher to work with any American atlas or age level. My students enjoy this activity and it helps them visualize the locations of major battles and events. The following Civil War information is covered in the mapping activity:Union StatesConfederate StatesBorder StatesUnion and Confederate TerritoriesUnion and Confederate National CapitalsMajor Union and Confederate CitiesMajor RiversMajor Eastern Theater BattlefieldsMajor Western Theater BattlefieldsUnion Naval BlockadeMajor Prison CampsThanks,The History Wizard Civil War MappingMap 1:States, Territories, CitiesUse color pencils only!Be sure to create a key for the colors!Color the Northern States or Union States blueNorthern StatesMaineNew HampshireVermontRhode IslandConnecticutMassachusettsNew YorkNew JerseyPennsylvaniaOhioMichiganIndianaIllinoisIowaMinnesotaOregonCaliforniaWisconsinKansas (Draw in the modern state line) Kansas became a State in 1861Color the Southern States or Confederate States graySouthern StatesSouth CarolinaMississippiFloridaAlabamaGeorgiaLouisianaTexasVirginia (Don’t color the modern state of West Virginia yet!)ArkansasNorth CarolinaTennessee (Had many Union supporters) Color Border States YellowBorder StatesBorder States were allied with the Union, but in some areas had large Confederate supportDelawareMarylandKentuckyMissouriWest Virginia (Draw in the modern state line) Northwestern portion of Virginia seceded from Virginia, joining the Union as the new state of West Virginia in 1863.Color the following territories blue to represent Union controlUnion Territories The Unorganized Territory that is next to Minnesota only! Nebraska TerritoryWashington TerritoryUtah TerritoryUncolored Kansas TerritoryDivide the New Mexico Territory in ?, the Northern half was pro Union, color it blueColor the following territories gray to represent Confederate influencePro-Confederate TerritoriesUnorganized Territory (Oklahoma) (Many Native American tribes in Oklahoma allied themselves with the Confederacy)Southern Part of the New Mexico Territory color grayMap Richmond VirginiaNational CapitalsWashington D.C. (Union)Richmond, Virginia (Confederacy) Map the following Northern Cities Northern CitiesKansas City (Missouri)St. Paul (Minnesota)Cleveland (Ohio)Springfield (Illinois)Map the following Southern CitiesSouthern CitiesAustin (Texas)Houston (Texas)Vicksburg (Mississippi)Mobile (Alabama)Atlanta (Georgia)Savannah (Georgia)Charleston (South Carolina)Nashville (Tennessee)Memphis (Tennessee)Chattanooga (Tennessee)Map the following Western CitiesWestern CitiesSacramento (California)Portland (Oregon)Yuma(Arizona)Tucson (Arizona)Santa Fe (New Mexico)Salt Lake City (Utah)Dodge City (Kansas)Map 2Major BattlefieldsMap the following rivers completely! Make rivers a dark blue or purplePhysical Features Major RiversMississippi RiverMissouri RiverOhio RiverRed RiverPotomac RiverSavannah RiverFlip to next page!Map the following battlefields, follow directions carefully!Make dots red or orange and label the battles!Make sure to label the battlefields!Important Eastern BattlefieldsAntietam (Where the border of Virginia and the panhandle of Maryland come together put a dot and label it Antietam)Gettysburg (Go do north of Washington D.C. and put dot just inside the Pennsylvania side of Maryland/Pennsylvania border put a dot and label it Gettysburg)Richmond (Put a star for capital of Confederacy)Petersburg (Little bit south of Richmond put a dot and label it Petersburg) Important Western Theater BattlefieldsNashville (Put a dot where Nashville is) Chattanooga (Put a dot where Chattanooga is)Vicksburg (Put a dot where Vicksburg is)Chickamauga (Between Chattanooga, TN and Rome GA put a dot) Shiloh (Northeastern corner of the state of Mississippi where Tennessee and Alabama come together put a dot)Pea Ridge (Northwestern Corner of Arkansas put a dot)Sherman March to the Sea, label the cities (Draw a red line from Atlanta to Savannah Georgia, then continue the line to Colombia, South Carolina and stop the line at Raleigh, North Carolina)Glorieta Pass (Put a dot where Santa Fe and label it the Battle of Glorieta Pass) This battle ended all Confederate hopes of controlling New Mexico Territory and stopping gold shipments coming from Arizona and California. Naval BlockadeDraw a dotted black line off the coast of Virginia all the way to the coast of Texas and label it Union Blockade Line New Orleans (Put a dot next to New Orleans to show a naval battle)Mobile Bay (Put a dot at Mobile to show a naval battle)Ft. Sumter (Put a dot where Charleston, South Carolina is and label it Ft. Sumter) Prison CampsAndersonville (Put a square just below Macon, Georgia and label it Andersonville)Camp Douglas (Put a square just below Chicago and label it Camp Douglas)Using your other map as keyColor Union States and Territories a light blueColor Confederate States and Territories a light grayColor Border States a light yellow ................
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