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The American Civil War
What is a “Civil War”?
•A civil war is a war
between opposing
groups of citizens
of the same
country
When was the
American Civil
war fought?
• The American Civil War began on April
12, 1861, when the Confederate troops
in South Carolina opened fire on Fort
Sumter.
• The American Civil War ended on April
9, 1865, when Confederate general
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union
general Ulysses S. Grant at
Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
Who fought in
the American
Civil War?
•The North, OR:
•Union
•Yankee
•Blue
•The South, OR:
•Confederate
•Rebels
•Gray
Who fought for
the North, and
who fought for
the South?
• The North consisted of:
• Maine
• Vermont
• Rhode Island
• Pennsylvania
• Ohio
• Michigan
• Wisconsin
• Minnesota
• New York
• Oregon
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
California
•The South consisted of:
•Virginia
North Carolina
•Tennessee
Arkansas
•Texas
Georgia
•Alabama
Mississippi
•Louisiana
Florida
•South Carolina
•Border states, meaning
states that had a stake in
both sides winning the war,
included:
•Delaware
Maryland
•West Virginia Kentucky
•Missouri
What is the dividing
line between the
North and the
South?
• The common dividing line
between the North and the South
is the Mason-Dixon Line. The
Mason-Dixon Line was originally
the boundary between Maryland
and Pennsylvania in the United
States. Together with the Ohio
River, it was the dividing line
between slave states south of it
and free-soil states north of it.
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South side of Elbow Lane, less than
one mile west of route 896.
Who were the
leaders of the
two sides?
• The Union was led by
President Abraham Lincoln,
and the Confederacy was led
by President Jefferson Davis.
• Famous Union generals
included Ulysses S. Grant,
George Meade, Irvin McDowell,
William Sherman, George
McClellan, George Pope, Joseph
Hooker, and Ambrose Burnside.
Abraham
Lincoln
Ulysses
Simpson
Grant
Ambrose Burnside
William
Tecumseh
Sherman
Joseph Hooker
• Famous Confederate generals
included Robert E. Lee,
Stonewall Jackson, Joseph
Johnston, James Longstreet,
J.E.B. Stuart, and George
Pickett.
Jefferson
Davis
Robert
Edward
Lee
George
Edward Pickett
James Ewell Brown
Stuart
Thomas Jonathan
“Stonewall” Jackson
How many men
fought, and died,
in the American
Civil War?
•Approx. 2,160,000 soldiers
fought on behalf of the
Union army
•Approx. 780,000 soldiers
fought on behalf of the
Confederate army
•In all, approx.
620,000 Americans
died during the war
• About as many American deaths as
the Revolutionary War, the War of
1812, the Spanish-American War,
WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam
COMBINED
•Approx. 360,000 Union (1/6)
•Approx. 260,000 Confederate
(1/3)
•Total Casualties were
approx. 1,100,000 –
Combined battle deaths,
disease, wounded,
missing in action, and
taken prisoner.
• Modern Civil Wars
• Civil Wars are not unique to the US.
Currently there are major civil wars raging in
parts of India, Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq,
Pakistan, Mexico, Israel/Palestine, Yemen,
and in Sudan.
• In Somalia alone, the conflict has lasted
more than 19 years and has resulted in over
400,000 deaths.
Why was the
American Civil
War fought?
•Reasons for the war
included, but were not
limited to:
•State’s Rights
•Cultural Differences
•Slavery
•Economic Issues and Tariffs
Sectionalism
• In a political context,
sectionalism is loyalty to the
interests of one's own region or
section of the country, rather
than the nation as a whole.
• an exaggerated devotion to the
interests of a region