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Objective:
North vs. South: 2 column notes
United States in 1861
Name__________________________ Date:_____________________
Objective:
3 Civil War Battles
Battle of Manassa
"Bull Run"
Battle of Antietam, MD
September 17, 1862
Battle of Fredericksburg, VA
December 13, 1862
North vs. South: 2 column notes
United States in 1861
Name__________________________ Date:_____________________
Objective:
North vs. South: 2 column notes
United States in 1861
NORTH
In the North, cities were centers of
wealth and manufacturing. There were
many skilled workers
The North produced three-fourths of
the nation's wealth. They had a bigger
army including thousands of black
soldiers. The North also had better
equipment and supplies to fight the war
SOUTH
In the South there was not much
manufacturing. There were not many
skilled workers. Most of the people were
farmers. Money came from plantation
crops, like cotton, rice, sugar cane and
tobacco. Slaves did most of the work on
the plantations.
The South had some advantages too.
Most of the war was fought on Southern
territory so soldiers did not have to
travel so far
The South had better generals. Like
Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall"
Jackson. The South also grew cotton,
which Europe needed
Answer Key:
Civil War Battles
Northern Victory
Southern Victory
Battle
1st Battle of Bull Run, VA
July 21, 1861
X
2nd Battle of Bull Run, VA
August 27-30, 1862
X
Battle of Antietam, MD
September 17, 1862
X
Battle of Fredericksburg, VA
December 13, 1862
X
Battle of Chancellorsville, VA
May 1-4, 1863
X
Battle at Gettysburg, PA
July 1-3, 1863
X
Battle of Vicksburg, MS
July 4, 1863
X
Battle of Chattenooga, TN
October 17, 1863
X
Battle of Cold Harbor, VA
June 1864
Battle of Pettersburg, VA
June 15-April 3, 1865
X
X
Civil War Battles
Battle
1st Battle of Bull Run, VA
July 21, 1861
The Battle of Bull Run (1st
Manassas)
(July 21, 1861)
2nd Battle of Bull Run, VA
August 27-30, 1862
The Battle of 2nd Manassas
(The Second Battle of Bull Run
)
August 28-30, 1862
Northern
Victory
Southern
Victory
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Civil War Leaders
North vs. South
Leaders of the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln was President of the United
States during the Civil War from 1860-1865.
When he was president he was also the
Commander-in-Chief of the Union Army,
which is the highest-ranking military officer.
He appointed generals to command his
troops. In 1863 he issued the Emancipation
Proclamation which declared that all slaves in
the Confederate States would be free. This
helped end slavery in the United States.
The same year he gave a great speech called
the Gettysburg Address at a cemetery in
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He wanted to
honor all the soldiers who had lost their lives
in the war.
Many people thought he was a great
president, but some people did not like his
views on slavery. President Lincoln was
assassinated on April 14, 1865 by John
Wilkes Booth at a theater in Washington DC.
This was only five days after the South
surrendered to end the Civil War.
Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis was the President of the
Confederate States of America.
He was also Commander - in - Chief of the
Confederate Army. He was a colonel in the
United States Army during the MexicanAmerican War. He was Secretary of War and
also a United States Senator.
Jefferson Davis was born in the South and
grew up on a cotton plantation. When he was
16 years old he went to the Military Academy
at West Point.
The training he got at the military school
helped him to become a great military leader
and is one of the reasons the Confederates
won so many battles at the beginning of the
Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant
Union General
Ulysses S. Grant was the leader of the Union
Army. He had all the qualities President
Lincoln wanted for the commander of his
army. Grant fought very hard and was very
stubborn in battles. He did not like to be
defeated.
Robert E. Lee
Confederate General
Robert E. Lee was the South's greatest
general during the Civil War.
He graduated from West Point Military
Academy and became a colonel in the army
before the Civil War began. He was from
Virginia and decided to fight on the side of
Grant was trained at the Military Academy at the Confederates even though President
Lincoln asked him to be commander of the
West Point, New York. During the Mexicanentire Union Army.
American War he was a second lieutenant in
the army.
General Lee wanted to fight for the South
and remain loyal to his home state.
When the Civil War began and the North
began losing so many battles, Grant joined
the Army for a second time. He was an
excellent military leader because of his
training and skill. General Robert E. Lee, The
leader of the Confederate Army had to
surrender to General Grant in 1865.
Later General Grant became president of
the United States twice. People remember
him as a great war hero. They felt he did
more as a leader of the army than what he
did as president.
General Lee was a fierce fighter and helped
his soldiers win many battles at the beginning
of the Civil War. But the Union Army was
bigger and stronger.
Lee felt he had to surrender to the North to
stop so many of his soldiers from being killed.
Name_______________________________ Date___________________________
Civil War
CIVIL WAR DIARY
Pretend that this is a page from the diary of a high school student who lived during the
Civil War Period. Fill in the missing information.
November 1860
_______________________was just elected to be our next president.
December 20,
1860
_______________________decided to leave the Union today. Everyone
is shocked by the decision.
February 1861
The Southern states that have seceded from the United States and have
formed the ___________________
___________________________________.
They even chose their own president! His name
is______________________________________.
April 12, 1861
There is big excitement everywhere. The war has begun. The
Confederates just attacked
_______________________________________.
July 21, 1861
The Confederate army won a battle today outside Washington D.C. It was
called the battle of _________________________.
June 1, 1862
The Confederates selected a new general in-chief of the Confederate
armies. His name is ___________________ _________________.
January 1, 1863
The front page of every newspaper has a copy of President's Lincoln's
document to free slaves. It is called the __________
_____________________________________.
May 4, 1863
General Lee is a great general. Even though he had fewer soldiers, he
defeated the Union army today at
_________________________________.
July 4, 1863
The Union army won two very important victories yesterday and today.
They were at ______________________ ______________ and
______________________________.
April 9, 1865
It's over! It's over! The war is over! General Lee did not want his men to
lose their lives in an impossible battle. He surrendered at
____________________________.
Terrible news. President Lincoln has been __________. It was done by a
man named____________________________
________________________________________. The president died
early this morning. What a sad day. Everyone is mourning the loss of this
great leader.
April 15, 1865
Word Box
Bull Run
Fort Sumter
John Wilkes Booth
shot
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
South Carolina
Jefferson Davis
Emancipation Proclamation
Confederate States of America
Chancellorsville, Virginia
Appomattox Court House
Vicksburg and Gettysburg