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1 Civil War April 12 th 1861- April 9 th 1865 Krissy McLain http://www.usronline.org/staff/cavallini/specialPrograms/eUllrich/ow/images/civil%20war%20soldiers.jp g

2 Union States California Connecticut Delaware Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nevada New Hampshire New York New Jersey Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont West Virginia Wisconsin http://www.phschool.com /curriculum_support/taks/ images/TANU5_ques8.jpg

3 Confederate States South Carolina Mississippi Florida Alabama Georgia Louisiana Texas Virginia Arkansas Tennessee North Carolina http://www.wtv- zone.com/civilwar/images/cvl_ war.gif

4 Border States Delaware Maryland Kentucky Missouri West Virginia http://www.ibiblio.o rg/pub/academic/his tory/marshall/militar y/civil_war_usa/CSA. documents/secede.g if

5 Presidents Union Abraham Lincoln Confederate Jefferson Davis http://www.selfhelp daily.com/wp- content/uploads/201 0/02/Abraham- Lincoln.jpg http://www.accessnorth ga.com/img/stories/204 067/jefferson- davis_medium.jpg

6 Alliances The Confederacy had two alliances Britain and France. The British saw the USA as a fast- growing economic rival and they weren’t upset that it was divided. The French influence in Mexico and it would suit them if they were seceded. The Confederates sent troops to London and Paris, to lobby for official recognition. http://www.alsindyan.org/sites/default/files/BM-Alliances.jpg?1288371014

7 Fort Sumter On April 12 th, 1861 General Beauregard ordered attack on Fort Sumter. The battle lasted two days without causalities. Major Anderson surrendered on April 14 th. Confederate General: General Beauregard. Union General: Major Anderson Significance: It was the start of the Civil War http://www.charlestonbatterytour.com/fort-sumter-fire.jpg

8 Battle at Bull Run On July 21 st, 1861 was the Battle of Bull Run. The Union army was under command by Brigadier General Irvin McDowell. The Union hoped to capture Confederate’s capital of Richmond, Virginia. Brigadier General Beauregard commanded the Confederate army. Colonel Jackson held the Confederate ground against Union forces allowing Beauregard’s troops to gather reinforcement. http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1861/august/bull-run-battle.jpg

9 Counterattack at Bull Run Confederate troops had fresh supplies and ammunition and forced the Union to run. The Union ran to the north Washington, DC. Both sides realized there were two impacts of this war. A lot of causalities and it will keep going.

10 Battle at Gettysburg On July 1 st, 1863 Major General George Meade led his army (Union) of the Potomac fend off Confederate troops invading north. General Robert E. Lee was moving his troops (Confederate) towards Philadelphia killing any Union troops along the way. http://www.clccharter.org/elana1/Bull%20Run/Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run.jpg

11 Battle at Gettysburg The battle lasted three days. Union had 93,921 troops while Confederate had 71,699 troops. On the first day, Confederate troops sent Union troops running. On the second day, even though Confederate was attacking hard, the Union was fighting back. On the third day, 12,500 Confederate troops charged Union troops on Cemetery Ridge. Union troops actually managed to fight back with amazing rifle and artillery fire.

12 Causalities Union o 3,155 killed o 14,531 injured o 5,369 captured/killed Confederate o 4,708 killed o 12,293 injured o 5,830 captured/missing Signifigance: huge number of war casualties in the American Civil War, and was the climax of the whole war effort. http://thor.he.net/~gludlow/rip.gif

13 2 nd Battle at Fort Fisher Major General Alfred Terry commanded 9,000 Union troops. Rear Admiral David D. Porter commanded 60 ships. Major General W.H.C Whiting commanded 1,900 troops at the fort. Signifagance: It was the only open port on the east coast. Causalities: Union 1,338 Confederate: 583 http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.civilwar.org/assets/images/battlefieldhubs/battlefie ldtitle/fort-fisher-battlefield.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort- fisher.html&usg=__ziyp8j4A0PaEkt3iqsYUi7wZ4t8=&h=225&w=731&sz=88&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbni d=TuXog95C:4,s:0

14 Weapons Cannon Rifle Pistol Sword Ship http://www.old-picture.com/civil-war/Cannon-Civil-War.htm http://www.nps.gov/archive/gett/soldierlife/graphics/riflesa.gif http://winchestersutler.com/sword.html http://www.arrowgiftshop.com/TPG1862.html http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1862/civil-war-ships.htm

15 How it ended The Civil War ended with Confederate surrendered to Union troops. http://www.city-data.com/forum/footlball/364694-steeler-thread-steeler-fans-unite-79.htm

16 Effects Without the Civil War, America wouldn’t be what it is today. The south seceded, but we wouldn’t be the United States of America. There would be a United States and the Confederate States of America. Slavery would most likely not be around now, however it would’ve carried on past 1865.


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