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An American Confederate General, who served with the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
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An American politician who was the president of the confederate states.
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He was the sixteenth US president and a part of the Union.
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The 18th president, American politician and military officer.
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The Confederate States of America were an unrecognized breakaway republic in North America, they were the southern states of America at the time who believed in slavery.
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Known as the Federal Army and the Northern Army, referred to the United States Army. They were the northern states of America and they were against slavery.
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The Battle of Antietam led Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
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The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
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The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War.
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Union casualties in the battle numbered 23,000, while the Confederates had lost some 28,000 men–more than a third of Lee's army.
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The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia in the McLean House in the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia signaled the end of the nation's largest war.
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The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
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South Carolina was the first state to secede from the federal Union. They were trying to continue on with their every day life meaning they had slavery and owned slaves. -
Anaconda plan, military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War.
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Took place near Charleston, South Carolina that marked the official beginning of the American Civil war. Between 300 and 550 Confederates manned the fort throughout the first 2 years of war. -
The first battle of Bull Run was one by the Confederate States. The Battle of Bull Run was the first major battle of the Civil War. The Battle occurred along the small river named Bull Run. -
It was a series of American Civil War battles which gave new life to the Confederacy. There were 6 different battles throughout these 7 days along the Virginia Peninsula.