inside the civil war with jennifer stoughton. when? started in the spring of 1861 continued till...

INSIDE THE CIVIL WAR

With Jennifer Stoughton

WHEN?

Started in the Spring of 1861

Continued till 1865

WHY?

The election of President Lincoln in 1860• Was an anti-slavery Republican

• Caused 7 southern states to secede from the Union to form the Confederate

• Four more states joined after the war stated

Bull Run (Manassas

Antietam

Chancellorsville

THE BATTLES

Gettysburg

Vicksburg

And many others

MORE BATTLES

Next

RESULTS

Confederate surrendered

620,000 of 2.4 million soldiers killed

Millions injured

Population and territory of South devastated

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

"In your hands, my dissatisfied

fellow countrymen, and not in

mine, is the momentous issue of

civil war. The government will

not assail you.... You have no

oath registered in Heaven to

destroy the government, while I

shall have the most solemn one

to preserve, protect and defend

it."

MORE PICTURES

Harriet Tubman led a raid

to free slaves during the Civil

War.

More men died in the Civil

War than any other American

conflict, and two-thirds of the

dead perished from disease.

INTERESTING FACTS

INTERESTING FACTS

One-third of the soldiers who fought for the Union

Army were immigrants, and nearly one in 10 was

African American.

Black Union soldiers refused their salaries for 18

months to protest being paid lower wages than white

soldiers.

PICTURE WORKS CITED

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/

1862/september/second-battle-bull-run-1500.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thu

mb/9/9e/Gettysburg_Battle_Map_Day3.png/350px-Ge

ttysburg_Battle_Map_Day3.png

http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/lincoln.jpg

http://www.archives.gov/research/military/civil-war/ph

otos/images/civil-war-005.jpg

http://www.quia.com/files/quia/users/jhaddock/Civil-W

ar-Battle.jpg

http://

www.petergreenberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02

/harriet-tubman.jpg

INFORMATION WORKS CITED

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war

http://

www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincol

n

http://

www.history.com/news/10-surprising-civil-war-facts