Transcript The Civil War

The Civil War
FACTS!!!
When did the Civil War Occur?
• It started in 1861 through 1865. The war broke
out between the North and the South. For
four more years Americans fought other
Americans. The Civil War was a long, difficult
struggle the caused much suffering for both
sides
Confederate States
• Texas, Louisiana, Florida, North
Carolina, South Carolina,
Arkansas, Mississippi, Georgia,
Virginia, Tennessee, and
Alabama.
Union States
• California, Connecticut, Delaware,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
Book .vs. Internet
• The book said that the war was during
1861-1865.
• Wikipedia said the war still took place
two years after.
Who were the leaders for the Union?
• Lieutenant Gen. Ulysses S Grant
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Major Gen. William W. Averell
• Major Gen. Absalom Baird
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Major Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks
• Major Gen. Don C. Buell
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Major Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside
• Major Gen. Benjamin F. Butler
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Major Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain
• Major Gen. George A. Custer
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Major Gen. William B. Franklin
• Major Gen. John C. Frémont
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Major Gen. John Gibbon
• Major Gen. Quincey A. Gillmore
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Major Gen. Benjamin H. Grierson
• Major Gen. Henry W. Halleck
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Major Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman
• Major Gen. Joseph Hooker
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Major Gen. Oliver O. Howard
• Major Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys
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Major Gen. David Hunter
• Major Gen. John A. Logan
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Major Gen. Joseph K. Mansfield
• Major Gen. George G. Meade
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Major Gen. George B. McClellan
Who were the leaders for the Confederates?
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Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard
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Gen. Albert S. Johnston
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Gen. Robert E. Lee
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Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
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Gen. Joseph E. Johnston
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Gen. E. Kirby Smith
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Lt. Gen. Simon B. Buckner
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Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton
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Lt. Gen. Ambrose P. Hill
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Lt. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest
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Lt. Gen. Stephen D. Lee
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Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk
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Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor
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Lt. Gen. Earl Van Dorn
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Major Gen. Benjamin H. Cheatham
Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee
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Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell
Lt. Gen. John B. Hood
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Gen. Braxton Bragg
Lt. Gen. Richard H. Anderson
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Lt. Gen. James Longstreet
Lt. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart
Lt. Gen. Joseph Wheeler
Major Gen. John C. Breckinridge
Major Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne
What alliances were formed during the
Civil War?
There weren't very many
alliances in the civil war
only the confederates
states and the Union
States allianced with
other countries.
What were the main events/battles of the Civil War?
Event
Date
Location
Significance
Lincoln elected president
November 1860
U.S.
Though winning in the electoral college,
Lincoln's lack of a popular majority (1.9
million out of 4.7 million votes cast) is an
indication of the problems he would face
with a divided nation
South Carolina secedes
December 1860
South Carolina
On news of Lincoln's election, South Carolina
(site of nullification fight in 1830s) secedes
Ft. Henry & Ft. Donelson
February 1862
Tennessee rivers
Gen. Grant captures two forts on the
Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers.
Confederates forced out of Kentucky and
yield much of Tennessee
Emancipation Proclamation
September 23, 1862
Washington, D.C.
With victory at Antietam, Lincoln announces
that on 1/1/63, all slaves in the rebelling
states would be free. Does not affect border
states. Forces European nations to recognize
that choosing sides in the Civil War is to take
a stand on slavery
Lee surrenders
April 9, 1865
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Lee, refusing to see his troops suffer
any further, surrenders to Grant.
Southern troops given generous terms
of surrender
What were the main weapons and vehicles
used during Civil War?
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Infantry tactics at the time of the Civil War were based on the use of the
smoothbore musket, a weapon of limited range and accuracy. Firing lines
that were much more than a hundred yards apart could not inflict very
much damage on each other, and so troops which were to make an attack
would be massed together, elbow to elbow, and would make a run for it; if there
were enough of them, and they ran fast enough, the defensive line could not hurt
them seriously, and when they got to close quarters the advantage of numbers
and the use of the bayonet would settle things. But the Civil War musket was
rifled, which made an enormous difference. It was still a muzzle-loader, but it had
much more accuracy and a far longer range than the old
smoothbore,
and it completely changed
the conditions under
which soldiers fought.
And some of
them used horses for
there transportation
How did the Civil War affect America’s
future?
The Civil War, in the words of President
Abraham Lincoln, brought to America "a
new birth of freedom." And during the
war began the nation's efforts to come to
terms with the destruction of slavery and
to define the meaning of freedom.
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How does the Civil War end?
• The Civil war ends by Gen. Lee of the
Confederates surrendering to the Union on
April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House in
Virginia he did this because he didn’t want to
see his troops suffer anymore.
Soooo…THE UNION WINS!!!!!!! 
Bibliography
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