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General Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene was a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He however did not start as a General. He was a militia private, which in the lowest rank, but worked his way up through out the war as George Washington's most dependable officer. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson is known to be one of the founding fathers of the United States. During his presidency he authored the 1787 Northwest Ordinace which prohibitted slavery North of the Ohio River even though, he was a slave holder himself. He imagined that in the near future slavery would no longer exist. The Northwest Ordinance drove a wedge between the free North and the slave holding South. This ordinance would inevatibly lead to the American Civil War. -
Maine Seperates from Massachusettes
Maine seperates from Massachusettes to become its own state. Shorty after, it passes an anti-dueling law that allows for a thousand dollar fine against anyone who challenges somebody to a duel. -
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The War
The War between the Union states and the Confederate States. -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president of the United States who helped lead the Union to victory and ended slavery. He posed a threat to both the econmical and political power of the slavery holding South. His emancipation proclimation hlped to demoralize the slave holdilng South and energize the ANti-SLavery North; thus the American Civil War came about. -
South Carolina in the CIvil War
South Carolina was a southern state that strongly supported slavery. South Carolina became the first state to declare its secesssion and would later form the Confederarcy. The first shots of the Civil War were fired in Charleston, South Carolina on anuary 9th, 1861 at Fort Sumter. South Carolina became a source for well trained soldiers, uniforms, textiles, water, and wasr material. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, where the American Civil War began. Although there were no casualties during the bombardment, one Union gunman was killed and three wounded when a cannon exploded prematurely while firing a salute during the evacuation on April 14. -
The First Battle of Bull Run
The First Battle of Bull Run also known as the First Manassas took place in Prive William County, Virginia and is the first maor battle of the American Revolution. The Union Army under General Irvin McDowell marched from Washington against the Confederate Army. In The First Battle of Bull Run there was 5,000 casualties; some of them being the civilians. This battle verified that the war was going to be much longer and much more costly than what was envisioned. -
Battle of Fort Donelson
Under the control of Ulysses S. Grant , the capture of Fort Donelson by the Union forces opened the Cumberland River which is an imprtant avenue for invasion from the South. This attack elevated Ulysses S. Grant from an unproven leader to a Maor General. This attack also ensured that Kentucky would stay in the Union building their force even stronger. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point. Union General George Gordon Meade's Army defeated attacks by Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army , ending Lee's invasision on the North. -
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Lee Surrenders
"It would be usedless and therefore cruel, to provoke the further effusion of blood." These words were spoken by General Robert E. Lee shortly after noon on April 9th, 1865 to show his surrender from the Civil War to General Ulysses S. Grant.This took palce home of Wilmer McClean in the village of Appomattox Court House, Virgini shortly after the Batttle of Appomattox Court House. -
Battle of Appomattox Court House
The Battle of Appomattox was one of the final battles of the American Civil War and took place on the morning of April 9th, 1865. It was the final engagement of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under General Ulysses S. Grant. -
General Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States following his highly successful role as a war general in the second half of the Civil War. Under Grant, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military. -
General Robert E. Lee
Robert Edward Lee was an American career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War. -
Casualties
The Civil War, America's bloodiest conflict, cost nearly 1,100,000 casualties and claimed more than 620,000 lives. -
Union Army
For the Union Army: 1 out of approximately 65 men were killed in action 1 of 56 died from wounds 1 of 13.5 died of disease 1 of 10 was wounded in action 1 of 15 was captured or reported missing 1 of 7 captured died in prison -
Mississippi enacts Black Code
In the United States, the most notorious Black Codes were laws passed by Southern states in 1865 and 1866, after the Civil War. These laws had the intent and the effect of restricting Black people's freedom, and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt.Mississippi was the first state to legislate a new Black Code after the war on November 9th, 1865. -
Andrew Johnson
President Andew Johnson was Vice President to Lincoln but suceeded Lincoln when he was assassinated. he entered office just as the Civil War was concluding. He fought with a mainly republican Congress over Reconstruction and did not give any protection to former slaves. He would soon be impeachedto later beacquitted by just one vote. -
Edward Bates
Edward Bates was a United States lawyer and statesman. He served at the United States Attorney General under Abraham Lincoln 1861 until 1864 and was notable as the first cabinet member to be appointed from west of the Mississippi River. -
The Supreme Court declares The Civil Rights Acts unconstitutional
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 sometimes referred to as the Force Act of the Enforcement act, was a United States federal law created during the Reconstruction Era that guaranteed African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and prohibited exclusion from jury service. The Supreme Court decided the act was unconstitutional in 1883. -
The Power of the Civil War
Approximate ratio of American deaths in the Civil War to American deaths in all other wars combined: 1:1
