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The U.S. Civil War Abraham Lincoln • • • • • Elected President of the U.S. in 1860 First Republican to be elected President 16th President of the US Deepened sectionalism “Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free…” Jefferson Davis • President of the Confederate States of America North versus South • The Confederate states of America included 11 states • The south had a population of 9 million people. This included 4 million slaves • The Union was comprised of 24 states • The population was 20 million people Confederate General Robert E. Lee • Was offered the command of Union forces but returned to his homestate of Virginia • Surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Union General Ulysses S. Grant • Given command after a series of victories, including Vicksburg • Hi plan was to concentrate on Sherman’s march through Georgia and his own assault in Virginia Fort Sumter • April 12, 1861 • Charleston, South Carolina • Confederates open fire on the fort, beginning the Civil War Antietam 1862 • First major battle in the North (Maryland) • Bloodiest single one day battle- 23,000 casualties • McClellan fails to destroy Lee’s army • Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation after Antietam • The draft began to meet the demand for soldiers Emancipation Proclamation • Jan 1, 1863 – issued by President Lincoln freeing all slaves in Confederate states and emphasizes the enlisting of black soldiers in the Union Army. The war to preserve the Union now becomes a revolutionary struggle for the abolition of slavery. Gettysburg • July 1-3 1863 • 92,000 Union troops/76,000 Confederate troops • Pennsylvania • Turns the tide of war with the union victory • The greatest single battle of the Civil War Aftermath at Gettysburg • Vicksburg • • • • July 4, 1863 (May-July) Confederates surrender to General Grant This split the Confederacy in two. This victory gave the Union control of the Mississippi River. Lee’s Surrender • April 9, 1865 • Small Virginia town of Appomattox Court House • Grant gave generous terms of surrender – Confederates could return home – Were allowed to take private possessions and horses – Food was given to the hungry Others worth mentioning… • Philip Bazaar – Won the Medal of Honor • Born in Chili and was a Union Navy seaman • Entered Fort Fisher to carry out dispatches at the height of the battle • William Carney– Congressional Medal of Honor recipient • • First black soldier to get this award Wounded twice while trying to save the flag – Served w/ the 54th Massachusetts Match the people with their description • • • • • • Lincoln Lee Clay Carney Davis Grant • Confederate General • First Republican president • President of Confederacy • Great Compromiser • Union General • Medal of Honor recipient Put these events in order • • • • Kansas-Nebraska Act Missouri Compromise Compromise of 1850 Nullification Crisis Explain the significance of each event • Dred Scott Decision • Lincolns Election • Fort Sumter • Emancipation Proclamation • Gettysburg • Lincoln’s Assassination
