Civil war

By: tucker kornegay

Time of the civil war

• The civil went from 1861 to 1865.

• The civil war lasted a lot longer then anyone expected.

• The civil war started with the battle of fort sumter.

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Who was involved in the civil war• T h e r e w e r e t w o s i d e s

n a m e d t h e c o n f e d e r a t e w h i c h w a s t h e s o u t h a n d t h e u n i o n w h i c h w a s t h e n a m e o f t h e n o r t h .

• M o s t P e o p l e o n t h e c o n f e d e r a t e s i d e w e r e m i l i ti a t h e y h a v e n e v e r f a u l t b e f o r e .

• P e o p l e w o u l d s i t o u t a n d w a t c h t h e w a r b e c a u s e t h e y d i d n ’ t t h i n k i t w o u l d b e c o m e a s b i g a s i t d i d .

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alliances formed in the civil war• Great Britain and France.

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Confederate and union leaders• Union leaders-Abraham

Lincoln, Ulysses s. Grant, William t. Sherman, john brown.

• Confederate leaders-Jefferson Davis, Robert e. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Braxton brag.

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Main battles of the civil war• 2nd battle of fort fisher.• Battle of Gettysburg.• Battle at appatomatix

courthouse-caused the confederate general to surrender on certain conditions.

• One of the conditions was that none of his troops or him would get tried for treason. http://www.zunal.com/myaccount/

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Main vehicles and weapons in the civil war

Main vehicles Main weapons• Rifle

• Sword

• cannon

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• Ships

• Horses

• Wagons

• trains

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How the civil war effected Americas future

• Kept us together as anation.

• caused the states to know they cant just leave when they want to.

• Helped to end slavery.

Civil war ending

• The civil war ended after a confederate general named Robert e. lee surrendered.

• The union won the war.

• Minor battles still occurred after the war.

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