On the map of the South on the following page, locate each of the areas or places listed below. What is the political and/or military importance of each in the Civil War?

western theater

eastern theater

Appalachian Mountains

Mississippi River

Montgomery, Alabama

Richmond, Virginia

Washington, D.C.

Shenandoah Valley

Maryland

Missouri

Kentucky

Memphis, Tennessee

Vicksburg, Mississippi

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Atlanta, Georgia

route of Sherman's march to the sea