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Secession
Defined as the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or poilitical party/entity. -
The Role of African Americans in the Civil War
The United States Civil War began as an effort to save the Union, and ended in a fight to abolish slavery. It is clear that the slaves did contribute significantly to their own freedom. By running from masters to become contrabands for the Union, laboring behind the scenes for Northern armies, and risking their lives on the battlefront, the slaves centralized the issue of freedom and played a significant part in Northern victory. -
Confederate States Of America
Alson known as tje Confederacy. It was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by Southern slave states that declared their secession from the U.S. They were eventually defeated in the American Civil War by the Union. -
The Union
This name refers to the federal governemnt of the United States during the American Civil War. It was supported by 20 free states and five border slave states. It was opposed by southern slave states that had declared secession known as the Conferacy. -
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis was the leader of the Conderacy during the American Civil War. He served as its President for its entire history. -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 to a poor family. Most of what he knew was self taught. He was the 16th President of the United States of America and he served from March 1861 until his untimely death in April 1965. He is most known for successfuly leading his country through it's greatest constitutional, military, and moral crisis, The American Civil War. He preserved the union while ending slavery and promoted economic and financial modernization. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
The first battle of the Civil war took Place at Fort Sumter, which is located near Charleston, South Carolina. Following declarations of secession by seven southern states, South Carolina demanded that the US Army abandon its facilities in Charleston Harbor. The Union surrender of the fort became a rallying point for the north and an encouragements to many Northerners to join the war effort. -
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee was the General in Chief of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He is known mostly for his offensive in the North and his leadership at the Battle Of Gettysburg. -
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Jackson was the second most famous general of the Confederate Army, following General Robert E. Lee. He is most widely known for his dangerous excursion and huge victories. He is considered by many to be one of the most gifted tactical commander in United States history. -
Uslysses S. Grant
Uslysses S. Grant was born April 27th, 1822. He was the General in chief of the Union army. Under Grant, the Union Army defeated the Confederate army after effectively ending the war with the surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox. He later became the 18th President of the United States. -
The Emancipation Proclamtion
During the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln delivered an order that proclaimed all those enslaves in Confeserate territory to be forever free. -
Gettysburg Campaign
Series of battles that were fought in June and July of 1863 during the American Civil War. After his victory in the Battle of Chancellorville, Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his troops moved for offensive operation in Maryland and Pennsylvania. -
The Battle Of Gettysburg
The Battle Of Gettysburg actually started without the knowledge or consent of either army commander--Lee or Meade. It was fought on some of the hottest days of the summer and is often described as the war's turning point. It was a battle with the largest number of casualties, as a matter of fact, most of the photos seen with fallen troops were loss troops at Gettysburg. -
The Gettysburg Adress
At the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettyburg, Pennsylvania, President Abraham Lincoln, delivered this historical speech. In just over two minutes, what some consider one of the greatest speeches in American history was delivered. Lincoln addressed the equality of all humans and citizens and that states rights were no longer dominant in the United States. -
Battle of Appomattox Court House
The final engagement of the Confederate States Army under General Robert E Lee before it surrendered to the Union Army under General Ulysses S. Grant. It was one of the last battles fought in the American Civil War. This was Lee's final stand and he launched an attack to break through Union front. When he realized the calvary was backed by two more Union infantrys, he had no choice but to surrender. -
The Surrender at Appomattox
With his army surrounded, his men weak and exhausted, General Robert E. Lee realized he had little to no choice but to surrender. After a series of letter passed between him and Uslysses S. Grant, they agreed to meet at Appomattox Courthouse. The meeting lasted for about two and a half hours and at its conclusion, the blodiest conflict in the nation;s history neared its end. -
Assassination of President Lincoln
As the American Civil War was drawing to a close, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by stage actor John Wilked Booth. This marked the first presidential assassination in American history. He was mourned throughout the country in both the North and South. -
John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth was a famous American Stage Actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC, on April 14, 1865. Booth strongly opposed the abolition of slavery and was also a confederate sympathizer. -
Aftermath of Civil War
The long war was over, but for the victors the peace was marred by the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the greatest figure of the war. The ex-Confederate states, after enduring the unsuccessful attempts of Reconstruction to impose a new society on the South, were readmitted to the Union, which had been saved and in which slavery was now abolished. The Civil War brought death to more Americans than did any other war. -
Aftermath 2
The war cost untold billions and nourished rather than canceled hatreds and intolerance, which persisted for decades. It established many of the patterns, especially a strong central government, that are now taken for granted in American national life. Virtually every battlefield, with its graves, is either a national or a state park. Monuments commemorating Civil War figures and events are conspicuous in almost all sizable Northern towns and are even more numerous in the upper South. Read more
