CIVIL WAR JOURNAL

WHO FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR?

• Confederate commander, General Robert E. Lee
• Union commander, General Ulysses S. Grant

THE PRESIDENTS

• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson davis

POLITICAL

• Defined as having to do with structures and affairs of government,politics, and it's institutions, or politicians
• Texas supported it's "sister-slave holding states".
• Texas fought in many battles in the civil war on the confederate and union sides

ECONOMIC

• Defined as having to do with the production, development, and management of material wealth of a country, household, and business enterprise.
• Cotton produced declined because of the war, but demand for corn and wheat was up due to food shortages.
• There was a shortage of hired or paid labored. The lower production of agriculture and business due to men at war.

SOCIAL

• Defined as having to do with the way people live together in communities.
• Families were torn apart brothers against brother, fathers against sons, mothers against daughters, people were divided because they were picking different sides.
• Many suffered the loss of family members; fathers and sons who never returned. Union supporters were treated with hostility. Life was hard in Texas.