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United States
Civil War
Causes and
Events of war
Compromise of
1850
Ellen Rider
Points At Issue
• United States recently
gained new territorySlave or free states?
• Washington D.C. had the
largest slave market in
North America.
• Texas claimed that its
territory extended all the
way to Santa Fe.
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Henry Clay Introduces
the Compromise
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The Compromise
• Texas would give up extra land for 10 million
dollars.
• New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and UtahTerritories would be made free or slave states
by the inhabitants when applying for
statehood.
• Slave trade would be abolished in D.C.
• California would be admitted as a free state
• The Fugitive Slave Act was passed.
The Fugitive Slave Act
• Required citizens to
assist in the recovery
of fugitive slaves.
• Denied a fugitive’s
rights to a jury trial.
• More federal officials
to enforce the law.
Works Cited
• http://www.historyisgroovy.com/STUDY_GUIDES/vis/1820_1877/1850map
_lg.jpg
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2951.html
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Slave_kidna
p_post_1851_boston.jpg/250px-Slave_kidnap_post_1851_boston.jpg
The Underground Railroad
What was the Underground
Railroad?
• The underground rail road was not actually
underground, but simply a small group of people
who attempted to move enslaved individuals
escaping from slavery to and from safe places in
a quick and secretive manner.
• Most widespread during the three decades prior
to the Civil War and primarily took place in the
regions bordering slave states.
• Started By Quakers
• Code names for places and people were
used to ensure that it remained a secret.
• Participation was illegal
• Fugitive Slave Acts as early as 1793 that
allowed slave catchers to come north and
force runaways back into slavery
Important People involved in the
Underground Railroad
• Henry 'Box' Brown
• Robert Smalls
• Harriet Tubman
Citations
• http://www.myhero.com/images/guest/g202782/h
ero47742/g202782_u53245_moses.jpg
• http://www.kingtisdell.org/Smalls.jpg
• http://thespiritofniagara.com/images/slides/under
ground-railroad/underground-railroad-002.jpg
• http://www.freedomcenter.org/undergroundrailroad/history/people/Henry-Brown/
• http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/images/ugrr_18
60.jpg
• http://www.freedomcenter.org/
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Emily Hrabovsky
Background
• Written by Harriet
Beecher Stowe
between 1850 and 1852
• First appeared in the
National Era, and antislavery newspaper, in
1851
• Did not attract interest
until it was published
as a novel in 1852
• Sold over 500,000
copies in the US within
the first 5 years
What Was It?
• Novel based off of accounts
of runaway slaves she heard
about and gathered while
visiting Kentucky
• Stowe was an abolitionist
that wanted the North to
understand the mistreatment
of slaves in the South
• The South took the North’s
interest in the book as an
attack on the South as a
whole.
• Many historians think that
the novel was the cause of
the start of the Civil War.
Citations
• http://www.antislaverysociety.addr.com/hus-utc.htm
• http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_'Uncle
_Tom's_Cabin'_play_a_role_in_the_Civil_
War
• http://blackbloggers.files.wordpress.com/2
011/06/uncle-toms-cabin-pic.jpg
• http://www.wildwestweb.net/cwp/cwp65.jp
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
Bleeding Kansas
Ezra K. Marshall
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Popular Sovereignty
Created Kansas & Nebraska Territories
Stephen A. Douglas
Transcontinental RR
Republicans aimed to eliminate act
Bleeding Kansas
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Free Soilers were outnumbered
Civil War
200 Killed
Pottawatomie Creek Massacre
Citation
• http://www.culpeperschools.org/kwalter/us.
jpg
• http://www.ushistory.org/us/33b.asp
• http://www.patrioticflags.com/confederate/1_rebel_emb.jpg
Sumner and
Brooks Fight in
the Senate
• Charles Sumner is
the Senator of
Massachusetts, an
Abolitionist, and
the leader of the
Republican party
• Preston Brooks is
a representative
of South Carolina
and the cousin of
SC senator
Andrew Butler
• Sumner had a two day speech on the
Senate floor called “The Crime Against
Kansas” (referring to the KansasNebraska Act) where he blasted
politicians, including Butler, for
supporting slavery
• This makes Brooks really angry, so he
savagely beats Sumner with his cane
• Brooks became a hero in the South and a
negative symbol of the South in the
North
• The incident exemplified growing
hostility between the North and the
South
Works Cited
• http://www.ushistory.org/us/31e.asp
• http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/prestonbrooks-attacks-charles-sumner
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Sou
thern_Chivalry.jpg
• http://1.bp.blogspot.com/VJTAbpqFZqc/Tfe1bSn67dI/AAAAAAAAHMI/K2PUExw9
JV8/s1600/bleeding%2Bkansas%2BArgumentsChivalry1
856top.jpg
• http://bradwarthen.com/wpcontent/uploads/2010/03/PBrooks-SC2.jpg
• http://www.nndb.com/people/458/000050308/sumnersm.jpg
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Imani Brown
Mrs. Dorman
23 February 12
Background
 Dred Scott lived in Illinois,
which is a free state and
Wisconsin Territory majority
of his life.
 In 1830, he moved to
Missouri.
 He felt that since he lived
as a free man for so long,
he should have citizenship.
 He first sued for his freedom
in 1847.
 After ten years his case was
brought to the Supreme
Court.
 Roger B. Taney
Facts About The Case
 The Supreme Court voted against Dred Scott
 The Missouri Compromise was determined
unconstitutional.
 Slaves were property, not human.
Outcome
Southerners celebrated the decision.
It harden the political rivalry between North
and South.
Abolitionists thought it was a conspiracy.
North thought about leaving the union.
Citations
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2932.
html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2933.
html
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_
significance_of_the_Dred_Scott_v_Sanfor
d_decision
Lincoln Douglas Debates
By: Lillian Sachs
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
• The debates were between Stephen A.
Douglas and Abraham Lincoln.
• Was held in 1858 during the campaign for
a US Senate seat from Illinois.
• There were 7 sites throughout Illinois that
the debate was held, one in each of the 7
Congressional Districts
• Series of seven debates
Stephen A. Douglas “Little Giant”
• Was a democrat and the
current Senator of Illinois
since 1847.
• Douglas's KansasNebraska Act
• Popular sovereignty
• Whigs and Democrats
Abraham Lincoln
• Lincoln argued over
Popular Sovereignty.
• National Policy
The Outcome
• The Compromise of 1850
• Fugitive Slave Law
• Douglas said that the Compromise of 1850 replaced the
Missouri Compromise ban on slavery in the Louisiana
Purchase territory north and west of the state of
Missouri.
• Lincoln argued that this was false,and that Popular
Sovereignty and the Dred Scott decision were a
departure from the policies of the past that would
nationalize slavery.
Cited Works
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/com
mons/c/cf/Lincoln_Douglas_Debates_195
8_issue-4c.jpg
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abraham_
Lincoln_1860.jpg
• http://www.illinoiscivilwar.org/debates.html
Harpers Ferry
By: Jared Huntley
Harper Ferry
• Harpers Ferry is in West Virginia.
• Harpers Ferry was a hub of trains and
canals which set up easy escape routes.
• On the border of Pennsylvania, a free
state, and Maryland.
John Brown
• John Brown and his 21 followers 5 of
them were free African Americans set out
to take over the federal arsenal which was
in Harpers Ferry.
• He hoped that it would inspire slaves to
join a revolution that would destroy slavery
in the south.
You Failed
I'm sorry
• Everything that Brown had setup was put
to rest.
• And not only did Browns plan fail but two
of Browns sons were killed.
Work Citied
• http://l.yimg.com/cv/eng/yahoo/events/blac
khistory/2011/t1_10.jpg
• http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/image
s/johnbrown1.jpg
• http://4.bp.blogspot.com/s02eAuZ7D80/TyJFATvqdiI/AAAAAAAAB
AQ/p-yq1CfFMDY/s1600/Failure-8.jpg
Confederate States
Virginia
NC
SC
Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Jefferson Davis,
from Kentucky, was
president of the
confederate states
during the Civil
War.
South Carolina was the first state out of the union on
December 20, 1860. By March 1861, six more states who
were angry at Lincoln’s election also left the union such as
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana and
Texas. Eventually Arkansas, Virginia, Tennessee and NC
followed.
Work Cited
laugalaekjarskoli.is/.../the-civil-war.html
www.zazzle.com/confederate_states_flag_postca...
Fort
Fort Sumter
Sumter
The Beginning of the Civil War
The Beginning of the Civil War
It Fort Sumter (the most
important of all Union forts) was
the 1st engagement of the Civil
War.
guarded the harbor at
Charleston, South Carolina.
January 1861, President Buchanan tried
to send troops and supplies to the fort , but
Confederate guns fired on it.
 By April the troops at Fort Sumter
desperately needed food and supply;
Lincoln faced a dilemma.
 Lincoln sent only food supply.
Major Robert Anderson (Fort
Sumter Commander)
The Fall of Fort Sumter
Conferderate batteries showered Fort Sumter with over 3,000
shells.
 Major Robert Anderson surrenders.
Citation
• http://www.charlestonbatt
erytour.com/attack-fortsumter.jpg
• http://www.ushistory.org/u
s/33a.asp
• http://www.nps.gov/hps/a
bpp/battles/sc001.htm
• American History Book
North (UNION) vs South(CONFEDERATE)
Union vs Confederate
Union Advantages
Confederate Advantages
 More states
 Out populated the Confederate
states greatly
 Enormous industrial advantage;
9 to 1 ratio
 Much transportation
 Larger army
 Held the ability to generate
gunpowder
 Had all agricultural needs
during war
 Fought in defensive state in
own territory
 Easy access to industrial needs
Works Cited
• http://edu.glogster.com/media/5/33/82/51/33825
124.jpg
• http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TmUPFrRGwMw/TUG
k-2Z6-2I/AAAAAAAABLo/D9hTTqJB1Q/s1600/kansas-nebraska-act-1854.jpg
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas%E2%80%93
Nebraska_Act
• http://civilwar.bluegrass.net/secessioncrisis/blee
dingkansas.html
Strategy of The Union
VS.
Strategy of Confederacy Border States
Kia Claggett
Union Strategy
*In order to win the war the north had to get an enormous
amount of men and supplies to invade and win a territory
that was almost the size of Western Europe .
*The “Anaconda” Plan
General Winfield Scott proposed the anaconda
plan which Lincoln executed.
1) Blockade the southern seaports
2) Gain complete control of the Mississippi River
3) Capture of Richmond VA the capital of
confederacy
General Winfield Scott
Strategy of the Confederacy Border States
*The south did not have nearly as many resources
as the north. There biggest problems were that they
did not have enough men , and they couldn’t get
there supplies where they needed them.
There strategy was based off of DEFENSE !
1)The defense of Richmond
2) The defense of the costal area , gaining Border
States into Confederacy
3)Taking the war into Maryland and Pennsylvania “the
offensive defense”
4)Blockade running privaters
Citation Page
http://www.tngenweb.org/campbell/hist-bogan/unionStrategy.html
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080429184414AAXkMnj
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2&q=strategy+of+confederacy+border+states&gbv=2&oq=strategy+of+confede
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20of%20the%20union&gs_upl=0l0l0l666745lllllllllll0&safe=active&um=1&ie=
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24&bih=482
Weapons and
technology of the civil
war
Kierra Blackmon
U.S History
4th period
LeMat
revolver
Edged weapons
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Mameluke sword
1860 saber
1832 Dragon saber
Bowie knife
Handguns
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Colt army model 1860
Starr revolver
LeMat Revolver
Lefaucheux M1858
Rifles
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Henry rifle
M1819 Hall rifle
Spencer repeating rifle
Sharps rifle
The Kentucky rifle
technology
Balloons
and Submarines
Railroad
The
Telegraph
Civil War Photography
Works cited
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_weapon
s_in_the_American_Civil_War
• http://www.history.com/topics/civil-wartechnology
Battle of Bull Run
Jacob Banasiewicz
How it Began
• Fought in Virginia only miles away
from Washington DC.
• Fought on July 21,1861
• North and South had major disputes
over slavery.
• First major land battle of the Civil
War.
• Lincoln wanted the Union to stay
together and not fall apart.
Outcome of Battle
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Confederate forces managed
to defeat Union soldiers.
Over course of battle 5000
men died, 3000 were Union
soldiers.
No more civilian battle
spectators.
Union feared that Confederate
soldiers would march to
Washington DC and capture it.
North changed all battle
strategies and became a
careful militia.
Works Cited
• http://udleditions.cast.org/INTRO,gettysburg_address.html
• http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/gettysburgaddress/Pages/default.
aspx
• http://randomcivilwarquotes.tumblr.com/
• http://landmarksofliberty.blogspot.com/2009/11/lincolnsgettysburg-address-november-19.html
• http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/gettysburg.htm
• http://blog.tutorspree.com/post/11138864260/common-coregettysburg-address
• http://www.quotableonline.com/GettysburgAddress.html
The Battle Of Antietam
• By:
• Ty’Quan Bitting
Important People
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General Robert E.
Lee was the general
for the confederates
in this battle.
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The general for the
Union in this battle was
General George B.
McClellan. Later, he
became the commander
of the Ohio forces in the
Civil War.
Reasons For Battle
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Robert E. Lee wanted to keep going into
the North because he felt confident when
he won at the Bull Run.
The more important reason is that he
wanted countries in Europe, such as,
England and France to help the South and
the Confederates with their cause.
Reasons For Battle
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Bloodiest battles in Civil War history.
On September 17, 1862 at dawn General
Joseph Hooker fired on the left side of the
Confederate army in Antietam.
When the Confederate army got reinforced
they gained back part of the field and this
kept going back and forth.
General McClellan fought General Lee along
a road that was separating the Roulette and
Piper farms, also known now as Bloody
Lane.
End of the Antietam
battle
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In this battle the Union Army won. When
this battle ended it changed the course of
the war, now the war was not only to
support the Union, it also wanted to free the
slaves. The slaves were freed when Lincoln
gave the Emancipation Proclamation.
23,000 soldiers died, were wounded, or
missing after 12 hours of the battle.
Bibliography
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http://www.nps.gov/ancm/index.htm
http://kms.kapalama.ksbe.edu/projects/200
2/civilwar/battle13/historian.html
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/com
mons/thumb/8/89/Robert_Edward_Lee.jpg/
200px-Robert_Edward_Lee.jpg
http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/uploa
d/mcclellan_geo_welles_diary_med.jpg
Emancipation
Proclamation
Olivia Hatch
Emancipation Proclamation
• Lincoln finally acted on slavery because it was very
unpopular in Europe.
• He first proposed his idea to congress in the summer of
1862, but they urged him to wait until a Union victory.
• After the Union victory at Antietam, he announced a
formal emancipation of slaves in any state of the
Confederacy that did not return to Union control by
January 1, 1863. Non returned.
• Lincoln hoped to convince some southern states to
surrender with the proclamation.
What is it?
• The proclamation went into
affect on January 1, 1863 when
no confederate states returned
to the Union.
• Freed all enslaved people in
states still in the rebellion.
• Did not apply to loyal border
states or places already under
Union control.
Citation
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1549.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Procla
mation
• Textbook
54th Massachusetts
Regiment
Maddie Havens
What Was The 54th
Massachusetts Regiment?
-All black unit led by union colonel
Robert Gould Shaw.
-Black soldiers were paid $10 per
month, $3 less than white
soldiers.
-July 16th was the first confrintation
with the confederate soldiers when
the regiment repelled the attack on
James island.
-July 18th Colonel Robert Gould
Shaw readied 600 men of the 54th
Massachusetts Regiment For the
Attack on Fort Wagner in SC.The
battle was unsuccessful on their part.
Due to black men
fighting in this battle
they were able to
prove that they are as
worthy as white
soldiers.
http://www.zuguide.com/#Glor
y
Works Cited
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_54th_Massach
usetts_regiment
http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/sc007.htm
http://www.us-civilwar.com/54th.htm
http://www.historynet.com/americas-civil-war-54thmassachusetts-regiment.htm
VICKSBURG
What was it?
• Along with Gettysburg, Vicksburg was
considered the turning point of the Civil
War.
• Ulysses S. Grant’s strategy was to take
command of the Mississippi river and wait
for the confederacy to surrender.
• The confederates surrendered on July 4th
after over forty days of siege by the Union
army.
Pemberton,
Confederate
General
Grant, Union General
Sources
• http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/ms01
1.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Vicks
burg
• http://drtlibrary.files.wordpress.com/2009/0
8/gettysburg-battle-charge-15001.jpg
Gettysburg
Miles Morton
In July of 1863, General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern
Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac, under George G.
Meade, concentrated together at Gettysburg and fought the
Battle of Gettysburg.
Of the more than 2,000 land engagements of the Civil
War, Gettysburg ranks supreme.
Although the Battle of Gettysburg did not end the
war, it was a great battle of the war, marking the point
when the ultimate victory of the North over the South
became clear to both sides alike.
The battle lasted three days (July 1-July 3), until
Robert E. Lee retreated and the Union won.s
Work Cited
http://americancivilwar.com/getty.html
 http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/battl
e.htm
 http://www.gettysbg.com/battle.shtml
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The Gettysburg Address
by: Adison Gregory
About the Address
• Location: the Soldiers’
National Cemetery at
Gettysburg
• Who spoke: Edward Everett
(orator) & Abraham Lincoln
• Everett was the main
speaker for the day and
gave a two hour long
speech. Lincoln followed
and his speech lasted a little
over two minutes.
About the address
• Lincoln conveyed the
United State’s principles
of unity and equality in
the address
• It contained lyrical
phrases and haunting
imagery
• At the time it was given it
wasn’t considered
important , but today it is
considered one of the
best speeches in history
Quotes from the address
• “Government of the people, by the people, and for the
people shall not perish from the earth”
• “But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot
consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men,
living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far
above our poor power to add or detract.”
• “...that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not
have died in vain; that this nation shall have a new birth of
freedom; and that this government of the people, by the
people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth”
Citation Page
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http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h114.html
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ull1.htm
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aham_Lincoln_by_Alexander_Helser,_1860-crop.jpg/170pxAbraham_Lincoln_by_Alexander_Helser,_1860-crop.jpg
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ull1.htm
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ct_the_outcome_of_the_Civil_War
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Life of a soldier by: Rico Walker
Reasons for fighting
• Believed it was their duty to their country
• Saw it as an opportunity to start a new life
• Other were forced to go, due to the military
draft
South versus North
• In the south, plantation owners were
among the first to volunteer for the
“gentlemen’s war,” believing the conflict to
last no more than a few months.
• The north encouraged young men to
volunteer and fight in order to preserve the
Union. Very few white soldiers served in
the Union Army to fight slavery. Saving the
Union was their first priority.
• African Americans
served in the
Confederate Army,
mostly as cooks,
musicians or hospital
attendants. Those
who fought saw an
opportunity to fight to
prove they were
worthy of freedom.
Daily life
• The majority of the time was spent
overcoming boredom. Days would be
spent making meals, doing laundry, cutting
firewood and writing letters to home.
Horse racing, gambling and games such
as cards and dominoes helped to relieve
the boredom.
Bibliography
• http://www.pitt.edu/~amerimus/LPCivilWarSoldie
r.html
• http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/civilwar/
Life.htm
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ivil%20war%20soldiers.jpg
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s-civil-war/images/recruitment-broadside.gif
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sives/Nuclear_explosion/8010
Women’s roles…
in the civil war
Women and the Civil War…
During the civil war women in the North and South joined to volunteer
brigades and signed up to work as nurses. It was the first time in American
history that women played a significant role in a war effort.
This caused an expansion in the definitions on “true womanhood”.
Fighting for the Union…
With the outbreak of war in 1861, not only did men eagerly volunteer to fight for the cause, but
women as well.
Many women wanted to take more of an active role in the war during this time, and were inspired
by the work of Florence Nightingale and her nurses in the Crimean War. They fought for
ways to work on the front lines to care for the sick and injured soldiers.
− In the Northern States: Women organized ladies aid societies to supply Union troops
with items they needed (food, clothing, and cash).
− In the Southern States: The Confederacy had less money and fewer resources than did
the Union, so they did much of their work on their own or through local auxiliaries and relief
societies.
June 1861: The federal government agreed to create “a preventive hygienic and sanitary service for
the benefit of the army” called the United States Sanitary Commission. They sought to combat
preventable diseases and infections by improving conditions in army camps and hospitals. It
also worked to provide relief to sick and wounded soldiers.
Women in action…
Working class white women and free/enslaved African-American women worked as
laundresses, cooks, and matrons. Middle class white women worked as nurses.
− Army nurses: traveled from hospital to hospital providing care for the wounded, sick
and dying soldiers. Activist Dorothea Dix was responsible for the calling of Army
nurses.
− Confederate spies: Sometimes they beguiled government or military officials to obtain
information; other times the simply listened in on conversations in hotel lobbies—or
bought the latest edition of the newspaper.
− Vivandières: were women often officers’ daughters or wives who accompanied and
provided support to Union and Confederate regiments. They sold the troops tobacco,
coffee, identification tags, oil lamps, hams and whiskey. Vivandières did laundry and
sewing, as well as cooking.
Sources
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http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhis
tory/resources/Lesson7.pdf
http://www.history.com/topics/womenin-the-civil-war
Sherman’s March to the sea
By
Ian Wilson
4th period
Sherman’s march to the sea
• It’s a common name for the savannah
campain.
• The Savannah campain went around
Georgia on nov 15th,1864 – dec 23rd,
1864.
• Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of
the union army led it.
Result
• The campaign ended on December
21st,1864 when his army captured the port
of savannah.
• It resulted in significant damage to
industry.
pictures
Citation
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman's_Mar
ch_to_the_Sea
http://ngeorgia.com/images/march_to_the_sea_map.jpg
Surrender at Appomattox
Tanner Somerville
4th Period
Surrender at Appomatix
• April 9, 1865
• General Robert E.
Lee surrenders his
army of Northern
Virginia to Lt. General
Ulysses S. Grant
Cont’d
• Set model for
surrenders that
shortly followed
• Other Surrenders
occurred on April 26th,
May 4th, June 2nd and
23rd
• Occurred after 4
years fighting and
630,000 casualties
•The battle
leading up to
the surrender
had an
estimated 500
dead or
wounded.
The Site
• Town of Appomattox
Court house, Virginia
• House of Wilmer &
Virginia Mclean
• Dismantled to move to
D.C. for a tourist
attraction, fell through
• Rebuilt a house as replica
on spot
• General Lee’s and
General Grants direct
decedents cut ribbon for
opening.
Citation Page
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http://www.nps.gov/apco/the-surrender.htm
http://www.masonicsourcebook.com/civil_war_soldiers-union_confederate.GIF
http://www.donkennedyphotography.com/Collections/In-A-Single-Image-Americas/0904AppomattoxCourthouse/531953246_exqrS-L.jpg
http://thomaslegion.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/appomattoxmap.jpg