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THE CIVIL WAR
IN PICTURES
The Causes
• The North and South disagreed on many issues:– Slavery– Taxes– States Rights
11 States Secede
• South Carolina was the first state to break away from the USA.
• After SC, 10 more southern states broke away to form the Confederate States of America
• Confederate soldiers were recognized by their gray uniforms and hats.
The Union
• The Northern states stayed true to America. These states were called the Union states.
• The Union states wanted to end slavery and increase taxes on imported goods.
• Union soldiers were recognized by their blue uniforms and hats.
Jefferson Davis
• President of the Confederate States
• Was a senator from Mississippi
• Was born in a log cabin and raised on a plantation
Abraham Lincoln
• President of the United States (Union)
• Was born in a log cabin and raised on a farm
• Attended school for one year- educated himself
• Became a lawyer and politician
The Civil War Begins
• The first shots are fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina… the Confederates win the first battle.
The Confederacy at a Disadvantage
• The North, or Union, had more:– States– People– Soldiers– Factories– Railroad– Money
The Union Plan
• Create a blockade that would keep supplies and people out
• Capture land near the Mississippi
• Anaconda Plan: Attack from east to west and squeeze
Battles
• Bull Run: Stonewall Jackson tells his Confederates to stand and fight…Union army retreats…win for the South.
• Antietam: The Northern army wins, and England leaves Southerners to fight alone.
Generals
• Confederate:
Robert E Lee
• Union:
Ulysses S Grant
War Technology
• Rifles• Submarines:
H.L.Hunley: A Confederate submarine that sank off the coast of Charleston, SC- was raised in 2000.
• Hand grenades• Iron-covered ships
The Emancipation Proclamation
• January 1, 1863• Issued by President
Lincoln• A statement that
ended all slavery in the Confederate states at war with the Union…not those in the West or North
The Battle That Decided the War
• Gettysburg (Pennsylvania)• The farthest Northern battle…lasted for 3 days• Northern army wins!• 23,000 Union soldiers dies…28,000 Confederate
soldiers died.
Sherman’s Total War
• Union General Sherman declared a total war (a war not just fighting the soldiers, but all the people’s will) on the South.
• As he marched through the South, Sherman ordered his men to burn down the cities they captured.
• Sherman’s “March to the Sea” costs $100 million in damages.
The Union Wins!
• The Northern army controlled Southern lands, essentially cutting the South in half.
• The blockade was causing a forced starvation for the Confederate people, who stooped to eating just rats and bread.
• General Lee finally surrenders to General Grant…putting an end to the most destructive war in US history.