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Men and Battles of the Civil War

By: Jake Ewing ETE 100 – 02 November 2, 2009. Men and Battles of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln. 16 th President of the United States. President during the Civil War. Freed the slaves. President from March 1961- April 1865. Was assassinated in 1865 by John Wilkes Booth. .

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Men and Battles of the Civil War

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  1. By: Jake Ewing ETE 100 – 02 November 2, 2009 Men and Battles of the Civil War

  2. Abraham Lincoln • 16th President of the United States. • President during the Civil War. • Freed the slaves. • President from March 1961- April 1865. • Was assassinated in 1865 by John Wilkes Booth. (Gardner, 1865)

  3. Robert E. Lee • He was a career United States Army officer, an engineer, and among the most celebrated generals in American history. • He commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War. • Lee supported President Andrew Johnson's program of Reconstruction. • He died October 12, 1870.

  4. Ulysses S. Grant • He was general-in-chief of the Union Army from 1864 to 1869. • He then became the 18th President of the U.S. from 1869-1877. • Was the first president since Andrew Jackson to be re-elected.

  5. Jefferson Davis • He was an American politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history, 1861 to 1865. • He was the United States Secretary of War under Franklin Pierce. • He also served as a senator from Mississippi. • After Davis was captured May 10, 1865, he was charged with treason. • He died in 1856.

  6. William Sherman • He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War. • He was described as the “first modern general”. • He led the campaigns that led to the fall of the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg on the Mississippi River. • When Grant became president, Sherman succeeded him as Commanding General of the Army from 1869-1883.

  7. Battle of Fort Sumter • Known as the site upon which the shots initiating the American Civil War were fired. • On April 12, 1861, at 4:30 a.m., Confederate batteries opened fire, firing for 34 straight hours, on the fort. • The Fort Sumter Flag became a popular patriotic symbol after Major Anderson returned North with it.

  8. Battle of Bull Run • It was fought near Manassas, Virginia on July 21, 1861. • It was the first major land battle of the American Civil War. • Battle that Jackson earned his nickname “stonewall”. • After this battle they realized that the war would potentially be much longer and bloodier than they had originally anticipated.

  9. Battle of Fredericksburg • This battle was fought around Fredericksburg, Virginia. • December 11 to December 15, 1862. • Remembered as one of the most one-sided battles of the American Civil War. • The Union Army suffered terrible casualties in futile frontal assaults on December 13. • Brought an early end to the Union’s plan of capturing Richmond.

  10. Battle of Gettysburg • Took place in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. • It was the battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War. • Usually described as the turning point of the war. • The union defeated the confederates and ended Lee’s invasion of the north. • Between 46,000 and 51,000 Americans were casualties in the three-day battle.

  11. Battle of Vicksburg • Fought in Vicksburg, Mississippi. • It was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. • When the Union Army took control of Vicksburg they also took control of the Mississippi River. • It also blocked communication between the Confederate states.

  12. References • Library of Congress • Gardner, A. (1865, February 05). Abraham lincoln : a resource guide. Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/presidents/lincoln/bibliography.html • (n.d.). Jump back in time. Retrieved from http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/jb_date.cgi?day=19&month=05

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