Appomattox: Where Robert E. Lee Surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant. April 9, 1865... Majorly ends the civil war. Lee gets his men surrounded after being surrounded. Custerd it present who helps wins the battle(Not Much of a battle).
Antietam: Robert E. Lee invades the North lead by George B. Mclellan. -September 1862, Lee realizes that one more big battle will make him recognized among Great Britain and France. His battle plans are however found wrapped around several cigars. Lincoln uses this battle as a tool to prevent Britain and France from recognizing the institution of slavery.
Shiloh: Ulysses S. Grant Vs. Albert Sidney Johnson a Union Victory fought in 1862 and an important battle because Albert Sidney Johnson, the current confederate commander in the west is killed which leaves no current commander for the Confederacy. 23,000 casualties including wounded, death, and missing in action.
First Battle of Bull Run: July 1861... It is a confederate victory with general Joseph E. Johntson and P.G.T. Beauregard fighting against Irvin McDowell. 20 miles from D.C. If the Confederates were more organized, they could have followed the Union back to D.C. and ended the war there.
Chancellorsville: May 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee Battles Union General "Fighting" Joe Hooker. Decisive Confederate victory. Stonewall Jackson gets shot by his own men, has his arm amputated, and develops pneumonia and dies on a Sunday.
Sherman's March to the Sea: Total War. November-December of 1864; Sherman burns everything in his trail that he may help the confederacy or give them ANY upper-hand.
Albert Sidney Johnson: Confederate General in charge of the west who leads a charge, gets shot in the knee, and bleeds to death. Until he's shot, the Confederates are winning the battle, but after his death the Union forces easily secure the victory. (TN)
Sherman's March to the Sea: Total War. November-December of 1864; Sherman burns everything in his trail that he may help the confederacy or give them ANY upper-hand.
Albert Sidney Johnson: Confederate General in charge of the west who leads a charge, gets shot in the knee, and bleeds to death. Until he's shot, the Confederates are winning the battle, but after his death the Union forces easily secure the victory. (TN)
Ulysses S. Grant: Becomes Commander-in-chief July 1863 and seen as the best General of the Union. He becomes the eighteenth president. He's the only Union general that can actually beat Lee. Grant knew that the north vastly outnumbered the southern population and troops of the north were replenishable. He is the second person after George Washington to hold the title of Commander-In-Chief.
Joseph E. Jonston: The confederate general of bull run. The western confederate army becomes known as the army of Tennessee. And becomes commander of this army.
Joe Hooker: the General in charge of the army of the potomac at the battle of Chancerllorsville and loses.
Joseph E. Jonston: The confederate general of bull run. The western confederate army becomes known as the army of Tennessee. And becomes commander of this army.
Joe Hooker: the General in charge of the army of the potomac at the battle of Chancerllorsville and loses.
Tecumseh Sherman: He is the one who creates the idea of total war and harshly battles the Confederacy with it. And attempts to defeat the civillian's support.
General Robert E. Lee: He obtains a mythological status after the war because he wins so many battles against odds. And is the major battle of the Civil War.
Stonewall Jackson: Robert E. Lee's right-hand man. If he had survived Chancellorsville, the battle of Gettysburg may have been a bit different because Lee chose not to listen to James Longstreet, but he most likely would have to Jackson.
A.P. Hill: A Confederate general who takes over Jackson's regiment after he is killed and is killed at the battle of Appomatox.
James Longstreet: Becomes Lee's right-hand man after Jackson's death, and ...Longstreet is not listened to by Lee and costs the Confederacy the battle.
Booker T Washington: An African-American Reformist/Educator who promotes african-americans joining civil job-services or training to get them.
Sojourner Truth: She is a female abilitionist who spoke for women's rights as wells as abolition.
Harriet Tubman: An escaped female slave who leads many other slaves to freedom via underground-railroad.
Fredrick Douglas: Wrote a lot for white abolitionist papers, but later starts his own papers and starts his own auto-biography.
Lincoln Suspends Habeus Corpus because there is a lot of confederate support in Maryland, and could not allow Maryland to secede.
Border States: Missouri, Kentucky, Deleware, and Maryland.
Why did West Vriginia Form: The other side want to stay with the union and also had different political beliefs.
What disadvantages did the South face: The North Produced about 90% that came out of the United States, the South technically did not have a navy, and the south was out-manned by the north and out-produced.
Why did the confederate states believe they had a right to leave the union?: The civil war solves two big issues. The States entered the Union as an agreement between states and if they disagreed they thought that they had a right to secede.
What were the three Main Strategies of the Union? Blockade all the ports, take the Mississippi; dividing the confederacy in two, and taking Richmond, Virginia.
The average age of soldiers in the war was 25.
Lincoln's reasons for the emancipation proclamation: Strike fear in the south, disrupt the south and hopefully remove food, political weapon.
How was the Civil War a rich man’s war but a poor man’s fight? Rich people were able to buy there way out of the war. If there number was drawn in draft, they would either fight or pay a fine of approximately $300.
Who were the Presidents of the Confederacy and the United States during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis & Abraham Lincoln
What, exactly, did the Emancipation Proclamation do? It frees all slaves in those areas still in control by the confederate states. It frees all slaves in enemy territory. It is used as a political weapon.
General Robert E. Lee: He obtains a mythological status after the war because he wins so many battles against odds. And is the major battle of the Civil War.
Stonewall Jackson: Robert E. Lee's right-hand man. If he had survived Chancellorsville, the battle of Gettysburg may have been a bit different because Lee chose not to listen to James Longstreet, but he most likely would have to Jackson.
A.P. Hill: A Confederate general who takes over Jackson's regiment after he is killed and is killed at the battle of Appomatox.
James Longstreet: Becomes Lee's right-hand man after Jackson's death, and ...Longstreet is not listened to by Lee and costs the Confederacy the battle.
Booker T Washington: An African-American Reformist/Educator who promotes african-americans joining civil job-services or training to get them.
Sojourner Truth: She is a female abilitionist who spoke for women's rights as wells as abolition.
Harriet Tubman: An escaped female slave who leads many other slaves to freedom via underground-railroad.
Fredrick Douglas: Wrote a lot for white abolitionist papers, but later starts his own papers and starts his own auto-biography.
Lincoln Suspends Habeus Corpus because there is a lot of confederate support in Maryland, and could not allow Maryland to secede.
Border States: Missouri, Kentucky, Deleware, and Maryland.
Why did West Vriginia Form: The other side want to stay with the union and also had different political beliefs.
What disadvantages did the South face: The North Produced about 90% that came out of the United States, the South technically did not have a navy, and the south was out-manned by the north and out-produced.
Why did the confederate states believe they had a right to leave the union?: The civil war solves two big issues. The States entered the Union as an agreement between states and if they disagreed they thought that they had a right to secede.
What were the three Main Strategies of the Union? Blockade all the ports, take the Mississippi; dividing the confederacy in two, and taking Richmond, Virginia.
The average age of soldiers in the war was 25.
Lincoln's reasons for the emancipation proclamation: Strike fear in the south, disrupt the south and hopefully remove food, political weapon.
How was the Civil War a rich man’s war but a poor man’s fight? Rich people were able to buy there way out of the war. If there number was drawn in draft, they would either fight or pay a fine of approximately $300.
Who were the Presidents of the Confederacy and the United States during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis & Abraham Lincoln
What, exactly, did the Emancipation Proclamation do? It frees all slaves in those areas still in control by the confederate states. It frees all slaves in enemy territory. It is used as a political weapon.
