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WAR OF BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER The Civil War (1861-1865)
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Jefferson Davis-South Pres. Jefferson Davis
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**JEFFERSON DAVIS US SENATOR WHO BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA (CSA)
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Robert E. Lee-South
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**ROBERT E. LEE-SOUTH CONFEDERATE GENERAL OF THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA LEE OPPOSED SECESSION BUT DID NOT BELIEVE UNION SHOULD BE HELD TOGETHER BY FORCE AFTER APPOMATTOX-LEE URGED SOUTHERNERS TO ACCEPT DEFEAT AND TO UNITE AGAIN
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President Abraham Lincoln- North
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**ABRAHAM LINCOLN- NORTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INSISTED THAT THE UNION BE HELD TOGETHER BY FORCE IF NECESSARY
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Ulysses Grant-North
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**ULYSSES GRANT-NORTH UNION MILITARY COMMANDER WON VICTORIES OVER THE SOUTH AFTER SEVERAL OTHER UNION COMMANDERS HAD FAILED
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FREDERICK DOUGLASS- NORTH
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**FREDERICK DOUGLASS- NORTH FORMER SLAVE WHO BECAME A PROMINENT ABOLITIONIST URGED LINCOLN TO RECRUIT FORMER SLAVES TO FIGHT IN THE UNION ARMY
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**CAUSES OF CIVIL WAR Sectional disagreements and debated over tariffs, extension of slavery in the territories, and the nature of the Union(states’ rights) Northern abolitionists versus Southern defenders of slavery US Supreme Court decision Dred Scott case(ruled African Americans not citizens) Uncle Tom’s Cabin -Harriet Beecher Stowe Ineffective Presidents in the 1850’s Series of failed Compromises Lincoln’s call for federal troops in 1861 in the South
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**SECESSION 1861-7 STATES SECEDED BECAUSE LINCOLN WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT- FEARED LINCOLN WOULD ABOLISH SLAVERY SOUTH CAROLINA WAS THE FIRST. SOUTH CAROLINA WAS THE FIRST. THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA (CSA) WAS FORMED *4 STATES WERE SLAVE STATES BUT STAYED IN UNION BORDER STATES- MISSOURI,KENTUCKY,MARYLAND, AND DELAWARE AND LATER WEST VIRGINIA
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Rating the North & the South
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Slave/Free States Population, 1861
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Railroad Lines, 1860
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Resources: North & the South
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The Union & Confederacy in 1861
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Soldiers’ Occupations: North/South Combined
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The Confederate “White House” Richmond, VA The Confederate “White House” Richmond, VA
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The Confederate Seal MOTTO “With God As Our Vindicator”
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First Skirmish of the Civil War Ft. Sumter,S.C.-April,12,1861
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**FT. SUMTER,S.C. DETAILS THIS WAS THE SPARK-OPENING CONFRONTATION IN THE CIVIL WAR SOUTHERNERS BOMBARDED THE FORT AND TOOK CONTROL APRIL 12,1861
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The Battle of the Ironclads, March, 1862 The Monitor vs. the Merrimac
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*MONITOR V MERRIMAC DETAILS *1862-MERRIMAC(CSS VIRGINIA) WAS A UNION SHIP THE CONFEDERACY COVERED IN IRON *THE UNION’S IRONCLAD –THE MONITOR *FOUGHT IN HAMPTON ROADS WATERS *CONSIDERED A DRAW THE MONITOR SUNK OFF COAST N.C THE SOUTH DESTROYED THE MERRIMAC
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Damage on the Deck of the Monitor
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Battle of Antietam “Bloodiest Single Day of the War” 26,000 casualties September 17, 1862
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**DETAILS OF ANTIETAM,MD 1862- BLOODIEST SINGLE BATTLE IN AMERICAN HISTORY-26,000 DEAD. MORE THAN THE WAR OF 1812 AND MEXICAN WAR COMBINED CONSIDERED A DRAW –BUT THE SOUTH LOST A QUARTER OF ITS MEN AND RETREATED IMPORTANCE- SINGLE BLOODIEST BATTLE IN US HISTORY
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Emancipation in 1863
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The Emancipation Proclamation-
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** EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION JANUARY 1, 1863 FREED SLAVES IN THE “REBELLING STATES” ONLY APPLIED TO SOUTHERN CONFEDERATE STATES-NOT UNION OR BORDER STATES MADE THE DESTRUCTION OF SLAVERY A NORTHERN WAR AIM DISCOURAGED INTERFERENCE BY FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS ALLOWED ENLISTMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE UNION ARMY
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The Road to Gettysburg: 1863
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**DETAILS OF GETTYSBURG,PA *1863-TURNING POINT OF WAR 3 DAY BLOODY BATTLE NORTH-23,000 KILLED OR WOUNDED SOUTH-28,000 KILLED OR WOUNDED +THE SOUTHERN ARMY WAS STOPPED HERE *IMPORTANCE-TURNING POINT OF WAR
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Gettysburg Casualties
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Gettysburg
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*GETTYSBURG ADDRESS Lincoln described the war aim now as a struggle to preserve the nation- “SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION” “All men are created equal” Government “of the people, by the people, for the people” America is “ONE NATION” not a collection of sovereign states as the South believed. Southerners believed that states had freely joined the Union and could freely leave.
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Surrender at Appomattox April 9, 1865
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**DETAILS OF SURRENDER **APRIL 9, 1865- The last major Confederate Army surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse (VA) *Lincoln requested terms be generous: 1. 1. Grant paroled Lee’s officers 2. 2. Let soldiers keep personal possessions, horses and 3 days’ rations 3. 3. Officers permitted to keep side arms
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*COMMON SOLDIERS HAND TO HAND COMBAT DIARIES AND LETTERS TELL THE STORY PERMANENT DISABILTIES SOUTH-HOMES, FARMLAND DESTROYED
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African-American Recruiting Poster
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**AFRICAN AMERICANS IN CIVIL WAR *EMANCIPATION ALLOWED FOR ENLISTMENT *BY WAR’S END 10% OF UNION ARMY SERVED IN SEGREGATED UNITS-EX. 54 TH INFANTRY-GLORY WHEN CAPTURED BY CONFEDERATES-KILLED NOT JAILED
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The Famous 54 th Massachusetts
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WOMEN IN THE WAR- CLARA BARTON American Redcorss American Red Cross
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**WOMEN’S ROLES MANAGED HOMES AND FAMILIES WITH SCARCE RESOURCES FACED POVERTY AND HUNGER BECAME FARMERS, NURSES, AND WORKED IN WAR INDUSTRIES
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Inflation in the South
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Casualties on Both Sides
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Civil War Casualties in Comparison to Other Wars
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Ford’s Theater (April 14, 1865)
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The Assassin John Wilkes Booth
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The Assassination
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WANTED~~!!WANTED~~!!
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Now He Belongs to the Ages!
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The Execution
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ANDREW JOHNSON- President after Lincoln’s Assassination
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