By: TaKeya

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Civil War The Battles

• By TaKeya

Battles Confederate officers Union Officers Union
States Border States Confederate States End of
the War and Life After
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Union States

• Oregon
• California
• Kansas
• Iowa
• Minnesota
• Wisconsin
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Ohio

• Michigan
• Pennsylvania
• New York
• Vermont
• Massachusetts
• Connecticut
• New Hampshire
• Rhode Island
• Maine

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Confederate States

• Texas
• Louisiana
• Arkansas
• Mississippi
• Alabama
• Tennessee

• Georgia
• South Carolina
• North Carolina
• Virginia
• Florida

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Border States

• Missouri
• Kentucky
• West Virginia
• Maryland
• Delaware

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Union Officers

• General Ulysses S. Grant
• General Joseph Hooker
• General George McClellan
• General Ambrose Everett Burnsides
• General Bernard Bee
• General Irvin McDowell
• General Thomas J. Jackson
• General John Pope

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Confederate Officers

• General Robert E. Lee
• General Beauregard
• General Sumner
• Major Anderson
• Colonel Bartow
• General James Longstreet

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Battle of Fort Sumter

• The Battle of Fort Sumter was the 1st battle of
  the Civil War in Charleston, South Carolina.
• On April 12, 1861, the Confederates opened fire
  on Fort Sumter.
• On April 13, 1861 Major Anderson surrendered and
  left Fort Sumter.
• There were no deaths, except for 1 Union
  artillerist.

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1st Battle of Bull Run

• On July 16,1861, the Union army under General
  McDowell marched on the Confederate army beyond
  Centreville.
• The Confederates were victorious but General Bee
  and Colonel Bartow were killed.
• The Union army was broken down and reached home
  to Washington on July 22, 1861.

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Battle of Shiloh

• Confederates attacked in Corinth, Mississippi on
  the morning of April 6, 1862.
• At the Hornets Nest The Confederates killed,
  wounded, and captured many Union troops.
• General Beauregard counterattacked on the Union
  but did not break the battle line so he went back
  to Corinth.
• An estimated 23,746 were killed or wounded.

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2nd Battle of Bull Run

• On August 28,1862, Major Jackson ordered an
  attack on a passing Federal column at Warrenton
  Turnpike.
• The Confederates demolished them with the help of
  Longstreets 28,000 men.
• The Unions left flank was crushed and the army
  was driven back to Bull Run.

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Battle of Antietam

• The Battle of Antietam is known as the Bloodiest
  Day in American History.
• In Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1867,
  Union soldiers attacked the confederates at 930
  a.m.
• The fighting continued at Bloody Lane and at
  Burnsides Bridge, but no ground was gained by
  either side.
• 23,582 soldiers were wounded, captured, missing,
  or killed in the Battle of Antietam.

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Battle of Gettysburg

• The Battle of Gettysburg began on July 1,1863 and
  ended on July 3,1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
• On the first day of battle General Robert E. Lee
  led his troops to attack the Union forces at
  Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
• On the 3rd and last day of battle, Lee sent
  troops to attack at Cemetery Ridge, but the
  Unions counterattack overpowered them.
• 23,000 Union troops were killed and over 20,000
  Confederates were killed.

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The End of the War

• On April 9,1865, General Robert E. Lee
  surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at
  the Appomattox Courthouse.
• When the word got around that Lee surrendered,
  other Southern generals surrendered as well.

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Lincolns Assassination

• Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 4,
  1865.
• Both northerners and southerners were saddened by
  his death.

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Life After the War

• When the war ended the slaves were set free.
• In 1865 Congress set up an organization called
  the Freedmans Bureau.
• The Freedmans Bureau was created to help freed
  slaves who had nowhere to go, no money to eat,
  and no education,
• The Freedmans Bureau created over 4,000 schools
  and hired thousands of teachers.

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Leave or Stay

• The slaves had an option to stay on the
  plantation and work for money or they could leave
  and find work on their own.
• Many stayed because they didnt think they would
  make it on their own.
• Others left because they wanted to see how it was
  to live in freedom, not under anybodys control.

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Black Codes

• Black Codes were laws that limited the rights of
  former slaves.
• In most states African- Americans were not
  allowed to vote.
• They were not allowed to travel freely.
• They could not own certain kinds of property or
  work in certain businesses.
• They could be made to work in the field if they
  couldnt find work elsewhere.

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Discrimination

• Many whites still had hate in their hearts and
  felt superior to African-Americans.
• This lead to secret groups such as the Klu Klux
  Klan (KKK) and the White Brotherhood.
• They burned schools, killed and attacked freed
  slaves, broke into homes,burned their churches,
  and did anything in their power to make their
  lives horrible.

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Summary

• The Civil War had ended but it created new
  problems.
• Racism continued then and its still a battle that
  we fight today.