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Southern Secession
Secession T his was the withdrawal from some of the Southern States who decided to leave the Union of the United States to form Confederatacy in the south. The South was already angry and upset about the compromises and decisions that had been made earlier regarding slavery. Thus they attempted to seperate fully from the Union in the Civil War.
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Jefferson Davis
Davis was a soldier and statesmen, and was also the President of the Confederate States of America throughout the entire Civil War. He took charge in leading the Confederate army by creating war plans and strateiges to battle against the Union. However, he was unable to suceed in defeating the larger, more powerful and organized Union. Led the Army from 1861-1865 -
General Grant
He was the lead Commander of the Union Army during the CIvil War. Under Grant, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military, and the secession. This resulted with the surrender of Robert E. Lee's army at Appomattox. He was elected as President after the Civil War in 1869, and was in office until 1877. -
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the President of the United States during the Civil War. Lincoln is best remembered for for his vital role as the leader in preserving the Union during the Civil War and creating the Emancipation Proclamation which led to the end of slavery in the United States. -
Stonewall Jackson
Stonewall Jackson was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and one of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee. Jackson was highly respected by the men he commanded who gave him his nickname “Stonewall". Served from 1861-1863 -
General Lee
General Lee General Lee was an American career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War. Served from 1861-1865 -
Union Blockade
The Union Blockade was put into place by President Aberham Lincoln between 1861-1865 during the American Civil War. The Union Navy put in a great effort on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast to prevent the passage of goods and supplies to and from the Confederacy. -
Slaughter at Shiloh
40,000 Confederate soldiers under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston poured out of the nearby woods and struck a line of Union soldiers occupying ground near Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. The overpowering Confederate offensive drove the unprepared Federal forces from their camps and threatened to overwhelm Ulysses S. Grant’s entire command. -
Capture of New Orleans
Union forces were seeking to capture the city as a main rallying point for the troops. A Union naval squad with over 40 ships entered the lower Mississippi near New Orleans and breached across the Confederates main defense system. The Confederates realized their resistance was useless and withdrew out of the city. Union troops took over the city on May 1st, 1863. -
The Battle of Antietam
This was the first major batlle of the American Civil War. It was the bloodist single day battle in American History with 22,717 dead, wounded, and missing on both sides combined. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln's Proclamation Emancipation Proclamation President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. This stated "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious areas "are, and henceforward shall be free." Basically this announced the freedom of slaves in the Confederate States that had already left the Union. -
54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
This was an infantry regiment that saw action for the Union Army for druing the Civil War. The regiment was one of the first official African American units in the United States during the Civil War. Before 1863, no effort was made to recruit black troops as Union soldiers. -
Siege of Vicksburg
Siege of Vicksburg Union forces under U.S. General Grant assaulted the Confederate position at Vicksburg, commanded by J. C. Pemberton. After their first two attacks were fought off by the Confederates, General Grant came up with the idea to preform a "siege". They surrounded Vicksburg cutting off all essential supplies in and out of Vicksburg, forcing the Confederates to surrender. May 18th - July 4th -
Batlle of Gettysburg
This battle was between the Union and the Confederate forces during the American Civil War, it was fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This battle has the most casualties of the entire war over the three days of fighting. It is considered the turning point of the war. -
Copperheads
Copperheads were a group of Democrats from Northern United States who were against the Civil War. They wanted an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates. -
Gettysburg Address
This was a speech presented by Abraham Lincoln which ordered that all people were to be considered equal and treated with equality as it was written in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution to do so. -
Battle of Chattanooga
Battle of Chattanooga Union forces routed Confederate troops in Tennessee at the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, which are known as the Battles of Chattanooga. Theses vicotries forced the Confederates back into Georgia and this paved the way for the Union to move forward with the Atlanta campaign and march to Savannah, Georgia, in 1864. November 23rd - November 25th -
Camp Sumter
Camp Sumter This was the largest and most famous of the military prison during the Civil War. Camp Sumter is also know as Andersonville, was the deadliest landscape of the Civil War. 45,000 Union soldiers were imprisoned here and about 13,000 men died. -
Burning Atlanta
Battle of Atlanta Union forces commanded by William T. Sherman, wanted to neutralize the important rail and supply hub in the city. The Union defeated Confederate forces defending the city under John B. Hood. The Union ordered the city to be evacuated and Sherman burned most of the buildings in the city, military or not. After taking over the city Sherman headed south toward Savannah, beginning "Shermans March." -
Sherman's March
Union General William T. Sherman led about 60,000 soldiers on a 285 mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. The campaign began with Sherman's troops leaving the captured city of Atlanta, Georgia, on November 16 and ended with the capture of the port of Savannah on December 21. They distroyed military targets as well as industry, infrastructure, and civilian property. This was a bold move to go deep into enemy territory but it paid off.
