THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW)

The Civil War was fought from1861 to1864.

The Union - 23 states, including four border slave states

The Confederacy - 11 states

INTRODUCTION

Tensions between the Northern states

(the Union) and Southern states (the

Confederate)

states' rights, authority and slavery

Bombardment of Fort Sumter in South

Carolina

Battles at Bull Run, Antietam, Gettysburg

and Vicksburg

The Civil War consisted of more than 50 major

battles and 5000 minor battles.

Over 620,000 of 2.4 million soldiers were killed,

millions more were injured and the population

and territory of the South were devastated.

It was the costliest war of America.

Northern and southern advantages (Union advantages)

Population

22 million in the Union and 9 million in the Confederacy.

Industry, firearms, railroad equipment

(South Advantages)

Geography

experienced military leaders

The Union and Confederate Navies

90 ships at the start of the war to 650 vessels of all types. (the Union)

various ironclads and a lot of minor vessels. (the Confederate)

Leaders of the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln

President of the

United States

the Commander-in-Chief of the Union Army

He issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

end of the slavery in the United States

Jefferson Davis

President of the

Confederate States

of America

Commander - in - Chief of the Confederate Army

a great military leader

many victories during the Civil War

Ulysses S. Grant

Leader of the

Union Army

trained at the Military Academy at West Point, New York

an excellent military leader

president of the United States twice

Robert Edward Lee

General-in-chief of the

Confederate army

the greatest general-in-chief of the Confederate State army.

every virtue of great commanders

West Point Military Academy

refused the request of President Lincoln

The Confederacy’s Defeat

despaired

stronger, more troops

General Lee surrendered

end of the war on April 9, 1865 .

Emancipation Proclamation

Emancipation Proclamation

- the freedom of all slaves

Freedmen's Bureau

4 million slaves were

freed in the U.S.

new but hard life

look to the United States government for help

The Freedmen's Bureau aided freed slaves in1865 –1872.

help find lost family for African

teach to read and write

Cost of the Civil War

difficult to measure

computation of several researchers

total direct cost $ 3,365,846 - the North $ 3,285,900 - the South

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