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Civil War

Civil War. By: Sydney Parson. When did the civil war occur?. It started on April 12, 1861 Shots were fired on the fort that morning and the fort was surrender to South Carolina The attack on the fort made four other states join the confederacy . April 12, 1861. THE LEADERS OF THE UNION.

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Civil War

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  1. Civil War By: Sydney Parson

  2. When did the civil war occur? • It started on April 12, 1861 • Shots were fired on the fort that morning and the fort was surrender to South Carolina • The attack on the fort made four other states join the confederacy April 12, 1861

  3. THE LEADERS OF THE UNION • Abraham Lincoln • William T. Sherman • John Brown • Ulysses S. Grant

  4. The Leaders Of Confederacy • Robert E. Lee • Stonewell Jackson • Braxton Bregg • Jefferson Davis

  5. People who was involed in civil war • Robert Anderson Don Carlos BuellJohn BufordNapoleon Bonaparte Buford Ambrose E. BurnsideBenjamin Franklin CheathamJoshua Lawrence ChamberlainPatrick Ronayne CleburneJohn Lincoln "Johnny" ClemPhilip St. George CookeJabez Lamar Monroe Curry George Armstrong CusterThomas Ward CusterJefferson DavisVarina Howell DavisDorothea DixBasil Wilson DukeHarriet Tubman

  6. Alliances formed during civil war • Great Britain • Russia • France

  7. Civil War Battles Fort Summer • First battle happened here • Incoming shells started fire on southern confederacy • Southern troops leaders demanded union troop leaders to leave fort summer • Southern troops won the battle Gettysburg • July 1, 1863 • Bloodiest battle in the civil war • 9,000 soldiers and more were killed in each army • Last battle happened here and northern won

  8. Civil War affect America's future • Showed that America can win battles and people can stand up for what they believe in. • It abolished slavery, 4 million slaves were free • It changed a lot of families lives by losing loved ones around 618,000 deaths total in the civil war

  9. What were the main weapons and vechiles used? Weapons Vehicles • Artillery • Minie Ball • Small Arm • Rifles • Cannons • Swords • Train • Ambulance Wagons • Horses • Ironclad war ships • Most soldiers had to walk everywhere by foot

  10. Union States • California • Connecticut • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Maine • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Nevada • New Hampshire • New York • New Jersey • Ohio • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • Vermont Border States • West Virginia • Kentucky • Missouri • Delaware • Maryland

  11. Deaths in the civil war The Civil war had the same amount of World War and World War 2 • Deaths in Prison 24,866 • Drowning 4,944 • Accidental deaths 4,144 • Murdered 520 • Suicides 391 • Sunstroke 313 • Military executions 267 • Killed after capture 104 • Executed by enemy 64 • Unclassified 14,155

  12. Pictures from the Civil War

  13. Citations • Davis, Burke. "Causlities in Civil War." N.p., 11-1-04. Web. 23 Mar 2011. <http://www.civilwarhome.com/casualties.htm>. • Freeman, Joanne. "Time Line of Civil War." N.p., 01-15-00. Web. 24 Mar 2011. <http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1861.html>. • Columbia, Encyclopedia. "Causes of Civil War." Causes. Columbia Univeristy Press, 1993. Web. 24 Mar 2011. <http://www.us-civilwar.com/cause.htm>.

  14. Union and Confederate Union Confederate • The leader Major General George • He led his army the Potomac to fed off Confederate troops invading north. • The leader Robert E. Lee was moved his troops towards the north • He led them to Philadelphia • He told his troops to kill any union troop on the way

  15. How does Civil War end • Ended on April, 18, 1865 • Confederacy surrender, approximately 617,000 American’s died that is as most death as all the other wars combined • The southern landscape was devastated • General Lee met at the Appomattox court house and signed the surrender papers

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