Transcript Powerpoint - Angelfire

Our American Heritage
The Civil War
1861-1864
Abraham Lincoln
1809-1865
Abe Lincoln Facts
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Born 1809 in Kentucky
Died in 1865 – was shot by
John Wilkes Booth
Wife – Mary Todd
16th President of the United
States
Famous Speech – The
Gettysburg Address
Famous Words – Stand with
anybody that stands right.
Stand with him while he is
right and part with him when
he goes wrong.
Robert E. Lee
1807 - 1870
Robert E. Lee Facts
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Born 1807
Died 1870
Wife – Mary Custis
Graduate of West Point
Military Academy
General of the
Confederate Army during
the Civil War
Home – Arlington,
Virginia
Ulysses S. Grant
1822 - 1885
Grant Facts
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Born 1822
Died 1885
Wife – Julia Dent
Graduate of West Point
Military Academy
General of the Union
Army during the Civil
War
18th President of the
United States
The Civil War
1861-1865
Civil War Facts
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War between the states
from 1861-1865
The first shot of the war
was fired on April 12,
1861 at Fort Sumter in
Charleston, South
Carolina
On April 9, 1865, General
Lee surrendered to
General Grant in
Appomattox Court House,
Virginia.
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Thank you to the
American Memory
Collection for all of
the historical
photographs that I was
able to use in this
presentation.