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General Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States following his success as a commander in the American Civil War -
StoNEWALL jACKSON
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and one of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee. -
Southern Secession
Eleven Southern States declared seceded from the United States and joined together to form the Confederate States of America. They were viewd as a sovereign nation by the Union Army. The Confederate movement eventually diminished and collapsed in 1865, suffering defeat at the hands of the Union Army during the American Civil War. -
Jefferson Davis
Davis was the President of the Confederate United States of America during the Civil War. He was responsible for formulating his army’s strategic plans but ultimately failed to defeat the much larger, powerful, and organized Union Army.He causes inflation within the Confederate economy. -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the U.S. and dealt with the constitutional, military and moral crisis in the American Civil War. He also preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the government and nationalized the economy. He promoted the nationalization of the economy through banks, canals, railroads and tariffs, to stimulate the construction of factories. He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in April 1865. -
Copperheads
They were a group of Democrats located in Northern U.S. as part of the Union whom were opposed to the Civil War and fought for expeditious peace settlements with the Confederates. They blamed abolitionists for the cause of the war and resisted draft laws. They viewed President Lincoln as a tyrant who demoralized American values. The group wanted Lincoln and the Republicans ousted from power. -
Slaughter at Shiloh
The Union advance (army of Tennessee) by General Ulysses S. Grant into Confederate territory was the most significant. Although the Confederates under General Sidney Johnston (who died on the first day) launched a surprised attack near the Tennessee River, they were defeated on the second day of battle. This was the “bloodiest” battle at the time and ended the Confederates’ hopes of blocking the Union advance in to northern Mississippi. -
Union Conquers New Orleans
After fighting past Forts Jackson and St. Philip, the Union was unchallenged in capturing New Orleans. It was the capture of the largest Confederate city and was a major turning point and of regarded high as international importance. General Butler of the Union Army created a war policy that would allow slaves in, to divert resources of the Confederate Military and weaken their government’s hold on plantations and labour forces. -
Battle at Antietam
It was the first major battle in the American Civil War and was part of the Maryland Campaign. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln used his power a commander in chief of the armed forces to issue an executive order to the Army and Navy. This proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were in favour of slavery. It also stated that people who were freed were allowed to enlist into the paid service of the U.S. forces and were to be recognized and have the mobility of freedom. -
54th regiment massachusetts volunteer infantry
It was a ninfrantry regiment that acted as an extensive service in the Union Army. It became one of the first official African American units in the U.S. during the Civil War. It wa commanded by Colonel Robert Shaw and was commissioned after the Emancipation Proclamation. Most of the soldiers were recruited by white abolitionists. -
Siege of Vicksburg
This was the final battle of the Vicksburg Campaign in the Civil War. Union General Ulysses S. Grant and the Tennessee Army were able to send the Confederate general John c. Pemberton and his army in full retreat to the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. When the garrison holding the fort after forty days surrendered, this gave the Union Army full possession and control of the Mississippi River. -
Battle of Gettysburg
It was an American Civil War battle fought in the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania between the Union and Confederate armies. This battle inflicted the largest amount of casualties in the war and was considered the turning point of the war. The Union General, Gordon Meade defeated the Confederates’ General Robert E. Lee which ended Lee’s campaign into the Union territory. Following this win, the Confederates were unable to gain ground and not once came as close as they were in defeating the Union -
Gettysburg Adrdess
It is a speech delivered by President Abraham Lincoln at the Soldiers’ national Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania four and a half months after the Union victory at the battle of Gettysburg. His speech focused on the human equality referring to the Declaration of Independence. He emphasized a preservation of the Union and a “new birth of freedom” despite the Southern Secession. It is considered one of the greatest speeches in American history. -
Prisoner of War Camp Andersonville
It was a Confederate prisoner of war located in Georgia. It had inadequate water supply, overcorwding, low food provisions and unsanitary conditions. 45, 000 Union prisoners were held and 13,000 died mainly from scurvy, diarrhea, and iysentery. The commander of the camp, Major Hnery Wirz was tried and executed after the war on charges of murder. -
Burning Atlanta
When General Sherman invaded Atlanta, the Confederate general ordered it evacuated and ordered all buildings and assets destroyed by arson. However, a plea by Father Thomas O'Reilly spared the burning of Atlanta's churches and hospitals. Much of the city were burnt including the railroad depot. This boosted Northern morale and federal soldiers occupied it for the remainder of the war. -
Sherman's March
It was a campaign through Georgia by Major Genereal William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army. They left the captured city of Georgia and captured the port of Savannah on December 21. His army destroyed industry, infrastructure, military targets, homes and suceeded in disrupting the Southern economy and transportation networks.
