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THE CIVIL WAR

THE CIVIL WAR. 1861-1865. Opening Shots. April 12, 1861. Confederate Army fires on Union held Ft. Sumter in S.C. After 34 hours of shelling, the Union commander of Ft. Sumter surrenders. Choosing Sides. States in the Confederacy (South) TX,LA,MISS,ARK,ALA,GA,FLA,SC,NC,VA,

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THE CIVIL WAR

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  1. THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

  2. Opening Shots • April 12, 1861. Confederate Army fires on Union held Ft. Sumter in S.C. • After 34 hours of shelling, the Union commander of Ft. Sumter surrenders.

  3. Choosing Sides States in the Confederacy (South) TX,LA,MISS,ARK,ALA,GA,FLA,SC,NC,VA, TEN States in the Union (North) CA,OR,KS,IA,MN,WI,IL,MI,IN,OH,PA,NY,NJ CT,RI,MA,VT,ME,NH States who stayed neutral (Border) MO,KY,W.VA,MD,DE

  4. Strengths NORTH • Also known as the Union • 71% of population lived in the Union • 85% of nation’s factories located in the Union • Union had double the railroads of the Confederacy • Almost all the navy • President Lincoln

  5. Strengths SOUTH • Also known as the Confederacy • Good generals • Fighting a defensive war • Short supply lines • Defending home and way of life • Robert E. Lee

  6. Union Leaders • Abraham Lincoln- President of the United States during the Civil War. • Ulysses S. Grant- Commander of Union forces • William T. Sherman- Union general who destroyed everything in his path on his “March to the Sea”.

  7. Abraham Lincoln

  8. Ulysses S. Grant

  9. William T. Sherman

  10. Southern Leaders • Jefferson Davis- President of the Confederate States of America. • Robert E. Lee- Commanding general of the Confederate Army. • George Pickett- led charge at Gettysburg.

  11. Jefferson Davis

  12. Robert E. Lee

  13. George Pickett

  14. Major Battles • Ft. Sumter, SC (1861) Beginning of Civil War. • Antietam, MD (1862):Bloodiest battle of war Led to Emancipation Proclamation. • Vicksburg, MS (1863): Union gains control of the Miss. River. • Gettysburg, PA (1863): Largest battle of Civil War. Turning point. Union begins to win. • Appomattox Court House, VA (1865): Lee surrenders to Grant. War ends. Union wins!

  15. The Emancipation Proclamation • President Lincoln announces that all slaves in the Southern states are free. • This did not apply to those in border states. • Lincoln couldn’t afford to make the border states mad. He was afraid they would join the Confederacy. • Southerners felt that Lincoln had no power over them, so they ignored the Proclamation.

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