PA and the Civil War

Ms. Nestico9th Grade PA History

Mount Carmel Area School District

Overview

Regions: NORTH SOUTH

Country Name: Union Confederacy

Nickname: Yankees Rebels

President: Abraham Lincoln Jefferson Davis

General: Ulysses S. Grant Robert E. Lee

Uniform color: Blue Gray

Income from: Industry and farms Plantations

Other fact: 23 states 11 states

People

George McClellan & George Meade – both leading generals for the Union under Ulysses Grant

Robert E. Lee lead the Confederacy

Jennie Wade was the first civilian killed in the Civil War

Andrew Curtain was the governor of PA during the Civil War

Thaddeus Stevens was a PA lawyer in Lancaster who defended runaway/fugitive slaves

Famous Battles Battle of Fort Sumter (1861) – one of the first battles

in the south that led to forming Confederate Sates of America

Battle of Antietam (1862) – Confederacy is the front runner – over 23,000 men on both sides died or were wounded.

Battle of Chancellorsville (1863) – Another hard loss for the Union – Lincoln replaces McClellan with Meade

Battle of Gettysburg (1863) – one of the most famous of the civil war that was the turning point for the North – 51,000 men lost

Pickett’s Charge – One of the most important battles at Gettysburg

Pickett’s Charge

Compare & Contrast

Union (North) Confederacy (South)

Number of States 23 11

Population 22 million 8 million free4 million slaves

Factories 100,000 20,000

Money in Banks $189 million $47 million

Army 16,000 men None when the war started

Navy 90 ships9,000 men

None when the war started