The Civil War

April 12 1861- April 9 1865ByCory Cross

The Start

• The civil war started in April 12th 1861

• It started because Confederates wanted state rights.

• It started when the confederates fired upon Fort Sumter

• The Union responded with war.

Who was involved.

• The Confederates were the south.• The Union were the north.• President Abraham Lincoln was the

president of the union• President Jefferson Davis was the

president of the confederates.

Who was involved (Union)

• Connecticut• Delaware• Illinois• Indiana• Iowa• Kansas• Kentucky• Maine,• Maryland• Massachusetts• Michigan• Minnesota• New Hampshire

• New Jersey• New York• Ohio• Oregon• Pennsylvania,• Rhode Island• Vermont• California

Who was Involved (Confederates)

• South Carolina• Tennessee• Mississippi• Florida• Alabama• Georgia• North Carolina• Louisiana• Texas• Virginia• Arkansas

Who was involved (Border States)

• Maryland• Delaware • Missouri • Kentucky• West Virginia

Alliances

• The Confederates had the most allies.• Confederates were allies with the French

and the British.• The Confederates needed the French and

British because they were agrarian and couldn’t make guns, so they traded cotton and tobacco for guns and ammunition.

• Union didn’t have any allies. Because they could make there own guns and ammunition.

Leaders of the Confederate

• The leader of the confederates states was Jefferson Davis.

• Top Generals from Highest rank to lowest was…

• Robert E. Lee• Stonewall Jackson• G.T B Beauregard

Leaders of the Union

• The Leader of the Union was President Abraham Lincoln.

• The top Generals from highest ranking to lowest was…

• Phil Sheridan• Ulysses Grant• William T. Sherman

Battle Of Fort Sumter

• (April 12–13, 1861)• Fort Sumter, South Carolina.• Brigadier General Beauregard ordered the

Confederates and General Robert Anderson lead the union army.

• No one died, but 2 people were accidently killed.• The Confederates attacked Fort Sumter which

started the civil war.• Even though the battle lasted for two days still no

body died.• Confederates took the fort after the union

surrendered

Battle of Manassas• (July 21st 1861)• Manassas Virginia.• Brigadier General Irvin McDowell lead the

Union and Brigadier General Beauregard commanded the Confederate Army

• Union retreated North.• 2,896 Confederates were killed and missing• 1,982 Union Troops were killed and missing• After the end, Confederates and the union realized the

impact of the war.

Battle of Gettysburg

• (July 1st 1863) • Gettysburg, PA• Major General George Meade lead the Union

and General Robert E. Lee lead the Confederates• Union held off charging confederates, winning

the battle of Gettysburg.• Union Casualties- 23,055• Confederate Casulaties- 23,231

Second Battle of Fort Fisher

• (January 15,1865)• Fort Fisher, North Carolina• Major General Alfred Terry Commanded

Union soldiers and Rear Admiral David D. Porter commanded Union Ships

• Major General W.H.C. Whiting commanded troops in front of fort and Robert F. Hoke commanded soldiers north of Fort Fisher

Second Battle of Fort Fisher (2)

• 1,338 Union Casualties.• 558 Confederate Casualties• General Whiting was killed, and the

confederates surrendered

Battle of Appomattox Courthouse

• (April 9, 1865-April)• Appomattox Virginia.• General Lee lead the Confederates.• General Grant lead the Union.• 164 Union Casualties • 500 Confederate Casualties.• General Lee surrendered to General Grant,

ending the Civil War, even though there were still hundreds of battle fought after it.

Weapons (Swords & Guns)

• 1862 Navy Pocket Pistol

• Denix 1853 Civil War Enfield

• Civil War Bayonet

Weapons (Cannons)

• Napoleon

• Howitzer

Weapons(Ships)

• U.S.S. Monitor

• C.S.S North Carolina

The End• The Civil War ended in The Battle of

Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia. • General Lee surrendered to General Grant.• Ended April 9th 1865.• There were still many wars fought, because

news wasn’t spread fast enough to everyone.• The Union defeated the Confederates.

The Future.

• If the Civil War did not occur, and president Lincoln agreed to let the Confederates leave America, then it would be an out of control Country, with our states dropping out, and during our wars after the Civil War we would of probably been defeated, and taken over and be speaking a different language just because our nation couldn’t agree things such as slavery and state rights.

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