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Civil War Significances
• This is the bare facts that you must know about the Civil War
Jefferson Davis
• President of the Confederacy
• The Confederacy’s one and only President.
Abraham Lincoln
• President of the Union during the Civil War. Great Leader. Would not
accept Southern secession.
• Held the Country Together. Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg
Address. Assassinated
Ulysses S. Grant
• Union General during the Civil War. Commanded all US forces. Waged
total war against the South
*** Accepted the Surrender of Robert E. Lee to end the war.
Robert E. Lee
Virginian who led the South’s main army
• Twice invaded the North, Antietam and Gettysburg both resulting in
defeat. Surrendered his army in 1865 to Grant
Lee and Jackson” Last Meeting” “ Stonewall”
William T Sherman
• Union General. Believed in waging hard , relentless war. Introduced to
concept of “total war” . Took the war to Southern civilians.
• Led the “ infamous” March to the Sea.
• Burned Atlanta and Columbia
Emancipation Proclamation
Issued by Lincoln in 1862 after the Union victory at Antietam. Made the
war a war against Slavery.
• Changed the nature of the War. Now a war against slavery and
prevented England from entering the war.
Anaconda Plan
• North’s strategy to defeat the South- The plan would suffocate the
South as an anaconda suffocates its prey.
• Capture the Mississippi River, Capture, Richmond Virginia and
blockade the South’s seaports
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Total War
• When all of a nation’s efforts and resources are used to wage war.
Total War also means taking the war to enemy civilians and Sherman
did.
• The Civil War was the first modern war.
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Amendment
• The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in 1865.
• The 13th Amendment Abolished slavery no the Emancipation
Proclamation.
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Massachusetts Regiment
• African-American soldiers that distinguished themselves while
fighting for the North .
Great movie called “Glory was made about this group.
Ft. Sumter
• First shots of the Civil War were fired in Charleston, SC
Led to the secession of Virginia, NC, Tennessee and Arkansas
Bull Run/Manassas
• July, 1861, Virginia- First major battle of the War. Southern Victory.
• This battle woke up both North and South to the fact that the war
would be long and bloody. It would not be short and easy.
Antietam, Maryland
• September 17, 1862- Lee’s first invasion of the North. Union Victory. “
Bloodiest day in American History.
• Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after the Union Victory
at Antietam.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
• Union Victory. Grant Took Vicksburg
• This Union victory gave the North ( Union) total control of the
Mississippi River. This was an objective of the Anaconda Plan.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• July 1,2,3, 1863- This was Robert E. Lee’s 2nd and final invasion of the
North. Union Victory. Greatest battle ever fought in North America.
Turning Point for the North. South could not win the war militarily.
Gettysburg Address by Lincoln
Atlanta Ga
• September 1864- Union Victory. Atlanta captured by William Sherman
then burned. Began the infamous “ March to the Sea.”.
• Insured Lincoln’s re-election in November 1864.
“ Sherman’s March to the Sea”
• September-December. 1864 Sherman and 70,000 Union troops
marched from Atlanta to Savannah destroying everything in a 70 mile
wide path.
• Introduced the concept of “total war” The made civilians suffer and
feel the hard hand of war. This helped end the war.
Appomattox Court House
• Virginia, April 9, 1865- Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant
• The war is over. Lincoln assassinated 5 days later. Reconstruction
begins.