1. American Civil War
VS.
Ryan Voisich
6th hour
2/28/12

2. INTRODUCTION
In 1861 tension between the industrial north and the agricultural south exploded into a war about slavery. The Union and the Confederacy fought for 4 years in one of the most deadliest war in our history. 620,000 fatalities, millions injured, and hundreds of acres of land destroyed. From the violence of “Bleeding Kansas,” to John Brown’s unsuccessful raid to the Battle of Gettysburg Americans fought and died.

3. Backround
In the mid-19th century the South, dependant on slave labor, provided nearly half the worlds cotton. The North relied on industry and with a growing abolitionist movement disliked the South’s policy. In 1854, as a response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act (which opened all new territories to slavery) violence, known as “Bleeding Kansas” erupted. After the election of Abraham Lincoln, several states seceded forming the Confederate States of America.

4. OUTBREAK!
In March 1861, tension between the Union and Confederacy were high. On April 12, after receiving a threat from the from the South, Lincoln sent reinforcements to Fort Sumner in Charlestown, South Carolina. This resulted in a Confederate attack and the beginning of the Civil War.

5. Seven Days Battles, Second Battle of Bull Run, and Gettysburg
STAR GENERALS
Ulysses S. Grant
Famous Battles
Belmont, Henry, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania
Robert E. Lee
Famous Battles
Seven Days Battles, Second Battle of Bull Run, and Gettysburg

6. BATTLES Battle Date(s) Victor
First Battle of Bull Run July 21, Union
Second Battle of Bull Run August 29, Confederacy
Seven Days Battle June 25-July 1, 1862 Confederacy
Battle of Shiloh April 16, Union
Battle of Fredericksburg December 13, Union
Campaign for Vicksburg January 29- July 4, 1863 Union
Battle of Gettysburg July 1- July 3, Union
Chattanooga Sept. 19- Nov. 25, 1863 Union

7. The End at Last
On March 25, the crippled Confederate army captured Fort Stedman, but a counterattack reversed the outcome. General Lee retreated from Richmond to the Appomattox Court House where he surrendered on April 9, effectively ending the war. Unfortunately on April 14, 1865 John Wilkes Booth, a supporter of the Confederacy, shot and killed President Lincoln.

8. Civil War Timeline 1854: Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed.
1855: Violence known as “Bleeding Kansas” erupts.
1860: Abraham Lincoln is elected President.
1861: Southern States secede forming the Confederacy.
April 12, 1861: Fort Sumner is attacked.
1862: Emancipation Proclamation is issued by Lincoln.
July 1, 1863: Battle of Gettysburg.
November 19, 1863: Gettysburg Address
April 9, 1865: General Lee surrenders at the Appomattox Court House
April 14, 1865: John Wilkes Booth kills Abraham Lincoln.