Civil WarApril 12, 1861- April 9, 1865

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• Start of the Civil war: April 12, 1861

• Was started with the secession of South Carolina, and imposing its attack upon Fort Sumter.

• First Shot fired on April 12, 1861. They where soon followed by other states later on.

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Union

California

ConnecticutIllinoisIowaKansasMaineMassachusetts

MichiganMinnesotaMissouriNevadaNew HampshireNew YorkNew JerseyOhioOregon

PennsylvaniaRhode IslandVermont

Confederates

South CarolinaMississippiFloridaAlabamaGeorgiaLouisianaTexas

VirginiaArkansasTennesseeNorth Carolina

Border States

West VirginiaKentuckyMissouriDelawareMaryland

*All these states where still accepting slavery but they didn’t secede. *

Alliances of the Confederacy

• Since the confederacy was more agricultural, into growing cotton and such, they traded their products for weapons and reinforcements unlike the Union that could manufacture all of theirs.

• This made the Confederacy ally with France and Britain. Since they would rather prefer the USA be divided because of it’s increasing power.

Civil War Leaders

Union• The leader of the Union

states was Abraham Lincoln.

Confederacy• The leader of the

Confederate states was Jefferson Davis.

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Battle at Fort Sumter

• Occurred on April 12, 1861• Happened in Fort Sumter, South

Carolina.• Major Anderson Commanded

the Union army.• General Beauregard

Commanded the Confederate army.

• Two days went on without any casualties.

• Major Anderson surrendered on April 14th , South Carolina was granted with it’s port once again.

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First Battle of Bull Run

• Occurred on July 21, 1861• Was fought in Manassas, Virginia.

Was fought by a river(Occoquan River).

• Brigadier General Irvin McDowell Commanded the Union army.

• General Beauregard Commanded the Confederate army.

• Casualties:

Confederates: 1,982 Union: 2,896• The Union and Confederates now saw

how big the wars impact was going to be.

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Battle of Gettysburg• Occurred on July 1-3, 1863• Happened in Gettysburg,

Pennsylvania• Major General George Meade

Commanded the Union army.• General Robert E. Lee

Commanded the Confederate army.

• CasualtiesConfederate: 23,231 Union: 23,055

• It was the turning point for the north, it was a big and needed win.

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2nd Battle of Fort Fisher

• Occurred January 13-15, 1865.• Happened in Fort Fisher, NC• Major General Alfred Terry

Commanded the Union army.

• Major General W.H.C Whiting Commanded the Confederate army forces at Fort Fisher.

• CasualtiesUnion: 1338 Confederate: 583

• The Union got control of the final open port on the east coast for the confederates, which would lead to them being shot down from supplies.

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Battle of Appomattox Courthouse

• Occurred on April 9, 1865• Happened in Appomattox

Courthouse, VA• Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant

Commanded the Union army.• General Robert E. Lee

Commanded the Confederate troops.

• CasualtiesUnion:16 4 Confederate:500 & 27800

• This was the surrender of the Confederates, as they signed a treaty not imprisoning their soldiers for treason, or any sort of punishment.

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Civil War Weapons

• Cannons: effective range of 250-1700 yards

Napoleon; 12 pound shot

Howitzer; 12,24,32 pound shot

• Rifles: Accurate from 100-400 yards

Used from 1859-1872 ( by both union and confederates)

Muzzle-loaded, 2-3 shots per/minute

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Civil War Weapons

• Pistols: Both Accurate 75-100 yards

Colt 1851 Navy; used by the confederates

Single action, 6shots.

Colt Army 1860; used by the union, 6shots.

• Swords: Close range weapon

1850 army officer’s sword

Bayonet: attached to rifle.

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Transportation

• ShipsU.S.S. Monitor: Fully Armored,

rotating gun turret.

C.S.S. North Carolina: Ironclad war ship

• RailroadOne of many ways to transport goods.

The Confederates, had many less than the Union had. The Union had many more of these, and made them have an upper hand throughout the whole war.

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Transportation

• There where many ways to get around during the war, some other simple ways where ones such as horses, and just walking bare feet.

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Civil War affect on America’s future

• By America being able to stay as a whole after the war, it just made them stronger to thrive. So afterwards, America was able to thrive further, and so on be able to succeed in almost anything needed. The war was needed to be able to keep the nation as one, and become even more advanced and powerfull.

End of Civil War• Final surrender occurred on June 23, 1865• The surrender occurred in Appomattox Courthouse, there where still small battles in all over

the U.S, but this was the official surrender.• General Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, P.G.T.Beauregard, est. There where many other Generals for the

confederates.• General Phil Sheridan, Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, George Armstrong Custer, George McClellan, and Admiral David

Farragut where the Union generals.

• This surrender was able to re unite, the U.S to make it a leader country once again, and continue to thrive.

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