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The American Civil War 1861-1865
• On April 9th 1865, Confederate General
Robert E Lee surrendered his army to
Union General Ulysses S Grant, signifying
the end of the Civil War.
• To commemorate the 150th Anniversary
of this historic event, the National Park
Service has asked community
organizations to ring bells at 3:15 Eastern
Time for 4 minutes, one minute for each
year of the war.
PowerPoint created by
Rob Melendez, Social
Studies Instructional
Leader, Central High
School
Causes
• As our nation developed after the Revolutionary War, differences
between the Northern states and Southern states increased. They
had different ideas about taxes, tariffs, internal improvements,
States’ Rights versus Federal Rights and of course, slavery.
• In a speech given in 1858, Abraham Lincoln remarked that the
differences between the North and South “…will not cease, until a
crisis shall have been reached, and passed. ‘A house divided against
itself cannot stand.’ I believe this government cannot endure,
permanently half slave and half free.”
• November 1860: In a deeply divided election Abraham
Lincoln will win the Presidency with only 40% of the popular
vote.
• South Carolina, fearing that newly elected President Lincoln will
interfere with their rights and take away their property (slaves),
officially withdrew from the Union. Mississippi, Florida, Alabama,
Georgia, Louisiana and Texas secede as well. Together they will form
the Confederate States of America.
• April 12th 1861, Confederate forces open fire on Fort Sumter
officially beginning the Civil War. The war will last 4 years.
1861: Battles of 1st Bull Run and Wilson’s Creek
1862: Battles of Pea Ridge and Shiloh
1862: Battles of Seven Pines, Seven Days and 2nd Bull Run
1862: Battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg and Stones River
January 1st 1863: Emancipation Proclamation
1863: Battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg
1863-4: Battles of Vicksburg, Chickamauga and Chattanooga
1864: Battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court
House and Cold Harbor
1864: The Atlanta Campaign
1864: Battles of Franklin and Nashville
1864-1865: Siege of Petersburg
1864-1865: Sherman Marches though Georgia and
the Carolinas
1865: Pursuit of General Lee
• April 9th 1865: Confederate General Robert E Lee surrenders
his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. This is the
symbolic end of the Civil War.
• April 15th 1865: President Lincoln dies from an assassin’s
bullet. He is one of approximately 750,000 Americans killed
during the Civil War.
• More Americans lost their lives during the Civil War than
in all of the other wars we have fought combined.
PowerPoint created
by Rob Melendez,
Social Studies
Instructional Leader,
Central High School
• Thank you for helping to
remember and honor this
historic event that
continues to shape our
nation. In the words of
President Lincoln, “let us
strive on to finish the work
we are in, to bind up the
nation's wounds”.
PowerPoint created by Rob Melendez, Social Studies Instructional Leader, Central High School