The American Civil War

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The American Civil War
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• What is a Civil War?

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• A civil war is a war between opposing groups of
  citizens of the same country

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• When was the American Civil war fought?

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• The American Civil War began on April 12, 1861,
  when the Confederate troops in South Carolina
  opened fire on Fort Sumter.
• The American Civil War ended on April 9, 1865,
  when Confederate general Robert E. Lee
  surrendered to Union general Ulysses S. Grant at
  Appomattox Court House in Virginia.

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• Who fought in the American Civil War?

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• The North, OR
• Union
• Yankee
• Blue

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• The South, OR
• Confederate
• Rebels
• Gray

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• Who fought for the North, and who fought for the
  South?

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• The North consisted of
• Maine New Hampshire
• Vermont Massachusetts
• Rhode Island Connecticut
• Pennsylvania New Jersey
• Ohio Indiana
• Michigan Illinois
• Wisconsin Iowa
• Minnesota Kansas
• New York California
• Oregon

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• The South consisted of
• Virginia North Carolina
• Tennessee Arkansas
• Texas Georgia
• Alabama Mississippi
• Louisiana Florida
• South Carolina

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• Border states, meaning states that had a stake in
  both sides winning the war, included
• Delaware Maryland
• West Virginia Kentucky
• Missouri

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• What is the dividing line between the North and
  the South?

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• The common dividing line between the North and
  the South is the Mason-Dixon Line.  The
  Mason-Dixon Line was originally the boundary
  between Maryland and Pennsylvania in the United
  States. Together with the Ohio River, it was the
  dividing line between slave states south of it
  and free-soil states north of it.

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South side of Elbow Lane, less than one mile west
of route 896.

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• Who were the leaders of the two sides?

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• The Union was led by President Abraham Lincoln,
  and the Confederacy was led by President
  Jefferson Davis.

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• Famous Union generals included Ulysses S. Grant,
  George Meade, Irvin McDowell, William Sherman,
  George McClellan, George Pope, Joseph Hooker, and
  Ambrose Burnside.

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• Abraham Lincoln

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• Ulysses Simpson Grant

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Ambrose Burnside
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William Tecumseh Sherman
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Joseph Hooker
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• Famous Confederate generals included Robert E.
  Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Joseph Johnston, James
  Longstreet, J.E.B. Stuart, and George Pickett.

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• Jefferson Davis

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• Robert Edward Lee

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George Edward Pickett
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James Ewell Brown Stuart
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Thomas Jonathan Stonewall Jackson
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• How many men fought, and died, in the American
  Civil War?

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• Approx. 2,160,000 soldiers fought on behalf of
  the Union army
• Approx. 780,000 soldiers fought on behalf of the
  Confederate army

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• In all, approx. 620,000 Americans died during the
  war

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• About as many American deaths as the
  Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the
  Spanish-American War, WWI, WWII, Korea, and
  Vietnam COMBINED
• Approx. 360,000 Union (1/6)
• Approx. 260,000 Confederate (1/3)

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• Total Casualties were approx. 1,100,000
  Combined battle deaths, disease, wounded, missing
  in action, and taken prisoner.

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• Modern Civil Wars
• Civil Wars are not unique to the US. Currently
  there are major civil wars raging in parts of
  India, Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Pakistan,
  Mexico, Israel/Palestine, Yemen, and in Sudan.
• In Somalia alone, the conflict has lasted more
  than 19 years and has resulted in over 400,000
  deaths.

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• Why was the American Civil War fought?

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• Reasons for the war included, but were not
  limited to
• States Rights
• Cultural Differences
• Slavery
• Economic Issues and Tariffs

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Sectionalism

• In a political context, sectionalism is loyalty
  to the interests of one's own region or section
  of the country, rather than the nation as a
  whole.
• an exaggerated devotion to the interests of a
  region