1. The American Civil War
Team Members: Ben

2. The Reasons
1860 : Lincoln win the election as President of the United States.
He was against slavery.
As a result: the 4th of March 1861:
7 states declare their secession
they formed the Confederate States
Abraham Lincoln

3. Map of the American’s Secession
The Secession
The Union
The Confederacy
Map of the American’s Secession

4. Main Generals Union Army Confederate Army Ulysse S. Grant
1822 – 1885
18th President of the USA
Robert E. Lee

5. Main Events November 1860: Lincoln elected president 21 July 1861:
1st Battle
Bull Run (Manassas)
February 1862:
Fort Henry and Fort Donellson captured by Lee.
April 1862:
Battle of Shiloh
February 1861:
Confederacy formed
December1862:
Battle of Fredericksburg
September 1862:
Battle of Antietam
May 1863:
Battle of Chancellorsville
July1863:
Battle of Vicksburg
23 September 1862:
Emancipation proclamation
May 1864:
Battles of Wilderness and Spotsylvania
November 1863:
Battle of Chattanooga
9 April 1865:
Lee surrenders
March 1864:
Grant becomes General of the Union army
June 1864: to April 1865
Siege of Petersburg

6. Army Movements Union Army Confederate Army Main Army Movements
Invasion of the North:
Lee is defeated in Antietam in 1862 and has to retreat
Shiloh 1862:
Both side suffered a lot of casualties
Counterattack:
Lee stops the Union army in Chancerllorsville in 1863
Vicksburg 1863:
All of Mississippi River is now in Union control :
Invasion of the Confederacy.
Chattanooga 1863:
Grant pushes Lee’s army back south.
Union Army
Confederate Army
Main Army Movements
(Focus on the main battles..)

7. The Ending Lee Surrender on April 9 1865:
Men were sent back home.
Equipments was surrendered.
Casualties: about 1 million men
Slavery was abolished.
Lincoln was killed the 15 April 1865