The american civil war
by Kristoffer Reyes
1. union states
1.1. delaware
1.2. pennsylvania
1.3. new jersey
1.4. georgia
1.5. connecticut
1.6. massachusetts
1.7. maryland
1.8. south carolina
1.9. new hampshire
1.10. virginia
1.11. new york
1.12. north carolina
1.13. rhode island
1.14. califonia
2. Matthew Brady's Photography
3. general grants victories in the west
4. the battle of shiloh
4.1. April 6, 1862, 40,000 Confederate soldiers under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston attacked union soldier on the Tennessee river,
5. the fall of new orleans
5.1. New orleans was the jewel of the confederates but had very little time setting up defenses for it and eventually lost it.
6. general lee's victories in the east
7. general lee invades the north
8. battle of antietam
9. 54th massachusetts
9.1. of July 18, 1863 the black soldiers were tired, hungry and proud of winning many battles,
10. conscription
11. economy of the war
11.1. The civil wars economy was one of the most expensive wars and devastated many families.
12. women in the war
12.1. around 400 women disguised themselves as men and went to war.
13. civil war prison camps
13.1. During the war some soldiers were captures and about 56,000 men perished in Civil War prisons.
14. the battle of gettysburg
15. the battle of the wilderness
16. the fall of richmond
16.1. The fall of richmond, With the lack of food and being attacked General shermen requested a peace tready and was denied.
17. costs of the war
17.1. 1,094,453 soldier were injured/killed and the war costed $2.5 million daily A final official estimate in 1879 totaled $6,190,000,000. The Confederacy spent almost $2,099,808,707
18. thirteenth amendment
18.1. January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865. The 13th amendment states that slavery was abolished and is bad.
19. president lincon assasinated
19.1. April 14 1865, while the civil war was coming to a close president lincon was assasinated on good friday in the fords theater.
20. consequences of the war
20.1. States powers decreased and the tready of peace ended.
21. confederate states
21.1. alabama
21.2. arkansas
21.3. florida
21.4. georgia
21.5. louisiana
21.6. mississippi
21.7. north carolina
21.8. south carolina
21.9. tennessee
21.10. texas
21.11. virginia
22. boarder states
22.1. delaware
22.2. maryland
22.3. west virginia
22.4. kentucky
22.5. missouri
23. The confederates stratagy
23.1. The confederates strategy was to defend and wait after the union soldiers were tired of attacking.When they did the confederate attacked.
24. The unions strategy
24.1. The union strategy was to capture the missisippi river and blockade the south ports and capture richmond viginia.This plan was known as the anaconda plan.
25. Fort sumter
25.1. April 12, 1861, General P.G.T Beauregard who was in control of the confederate forces around charleston harbor open fire on the union troops at fort sumter.ajor Robert Anderson, garrison commander, surrendered the fort and was evacuated the next day.
26. The first battle of bull run
26.1. July 16, 1861 the first bull run battle in the civil war.
27. the emancipation proclomation
27.1. in the emancipation proclomation it states that slavery was to be abolished.This changed the way of the war because the union troops had more soldiers and let black men fight.
28. african american soldiers
28.1. About 180000 were African-American. Forty thousand black soldiers died in the war.This was all allowed after the emancipation proclomation.
29. riots in richmond
29.1. Richmond riots over food shortages, angry women in richmond demanded a emergency supply of food
30. the battle of fredricksburg
30.1. On November 14th Union generals C. Feger Jackson and George Bayard, and Confederate generals Thomas R.R. Cobb and Maxey Gregg were killed.Theen bunside called off the offensive and recrossed the river.
31. the siege of vicksburg
31.1. Battle and Siege of Vicksburg, After crossing the missisippi river.The confederates were being attacked and had to hold out and wait for their reinforcements.
32. general sherman takes atlanta
32.1. The Battle of Atlanta was on July 22, 1864 to tave over the supply center of atlanta.
33. general sherman takes savannah
33.1. General sherman arrived over seas and held off the attack and waited for the confederates to retreat.
34. surrdener at appomattox
34.1. fought on the morning of April 9, 1865 where general lee had to surrender.
