1. USH (3:2) ● The early stages (1861-1863) ● South wins important battles – First Battle of Bull Run ● Lincoln increases size of Union army ● South gains confidence ● Battle of Antietam – Victory for North – Lincoln issues The Emancipation Proclamation ● Freed the slaves

2. (3:2)

5. ● The Tide Turns ● North victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg turn War in their favor ● Battle of Gettysburg (July, 1863) – Bloodiest battle of the War ● 28,000 Confederate soldiers dead ● 21,000 Union soldiers dead

6. (3:2) ● Civil War Generals ● Confederate – Robert E. Lee – “Stonewall” Jackson ● Union – Ulysses S. Grant – William Tecumseh Sherman ● Notable Generals – Abner Doubleday (Union) – Ambrose Burnside (Union)

7. (3:2) ● The South Surrenders ● Appomattox Courthouse – Lee surrenders to Grant (April 9, 1865) – Civil War ends

8. (3:2) ● President Lincoln Assassinated (April 14, 1865) ● At a play at Ford's Theater ● John Wilkes Booth