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The Civil War By Bailey Gaston

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

THE CIVIL WAR

1861-1865
Photo by Scott*

UNION TERRITORY GEOGRAPHY

  • Northern states, anti-slavery
  • Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Massachusetts
  • Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan
  • Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, California
  • Oregon, Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, New Jersey
Photo by tim caynes

CONFEDERACY TERRITORY GEOGRAPHY

  • Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina,
  • North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas,

MAJOR VICTORIES FOR THE UNION

NORTHERN STATES

UNION VICTORIES

  • Battle of Fort Donelson – February 11-16, 1862. Location: Tennessee.
  • Battle of Shiloh – April 6-7, 1862. Location: Tennessee.
  • Siege of Vicksburg – May 18-July 4, 1863. Location: Mississippi.
  • Battle of Gettysburg – July 1-3, 1863. Location: Pennsylvania.
  • Sherman’s March to the Sea – Late 1864. Location: Atlanta to Savannah.
Photo by dbnunley

CONFEDERATE VICTORIES

SOUTHERN STATES
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CONFEDERATE VICTORIES

  • First Battle of Bull Run – July 21, 1861. Location: Virginia.
  • Second Battle of Bull Run – August 28-30, 1862. Location: Virginia.
  • Battle of Fredericksburg – December 11-15, 1862. Location: Virginia.
  • Battle of Chancellorsville – April 30-May 6, 1863. Location: Virginia.

CONFEDERATE VICTORIES

  • Battle of Chickamauga – September 18-20, 1863. Location: Georgia.
  • Battle of Spotsylvania – May 8-21, 1864. Location: Virginia.

NON-VICTORIOUS BATTLE

  • Battle of Antietam – September 16-18, 1862. Location: Maryland.
  • This battle had an unclear victory, however the North found some
  • Strategic battle methods.
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THE FINAL BATTLE

UNION WINS: SLAVERY ABOLISHED
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THE FINAL UNION VICTORY

  • Battle of Appomattox Courthouse – April 9, 1865. Location: Virginia.
  • One country again
  • Slavery abolished

MAJOR LAWS PASSED

NEW LAWS

  • May 20, 1862 Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law.
  • June 1862, congress passes militia act, allowing African Americans to serve.
  • January 1, 1963 President Lincoln passes The Emancipation Proclamation.
  • February 1, 1865 Congress proposes the 13th Amendment, outlawing slavery everywhere in the United States.
  • 1866, 14th Amendment passed by Congress ­grants full citizenship to African Americans.

MAJOR SPEECHES

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MAJOR SPEECHES GIVEN

  • The Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863 given by President Lincoln
  • The Gettysburg Address November 19, 1863 given by President Lincoln
  • Speech on Reconstruction April 11, 1865 given by President Lincoln