THE CIVIL WAR

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THE CIVIL WAR

• An Overview

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CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR

• Economy
• Slavery
• States Rights
• Election of 1860

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Major Political Leaders

• South-Jefferson Davis

• Alexander Stephens

• North- Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Johnson
• Hannibal Hamlin

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Major Military Leaders

• South- Robert E. Lee

• Stonewall Jackson

• James Longstreet
• Pierre Beauregard
• Nathan Forest
• George Pickett
• J.E.B. Stuart

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People and Influences on the War
Photography-Mathew Brady Harriet Beecher
Stowe Abolitionist Music-Camp songs and cadences
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Military Leaders

• North-Joseph Hooker
• George McClellan
• Ambrose Burnside
• George Meade
• Uslysses S. Grant
• William T. Sherman
• Phil Sheridan

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Events Battles-1861-62

• Anaconda Plan
• Secession of Confederate States
• Fort Sumter
• Mobilization of North and South
• Trent Affair
• Navel Blockades
• Battle of Ironclads

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Battles of 1861-1862

• First Manassas(Bull Run)
• Peninsula Campaign
• Shiloh (Pittsburgh Landing)
• Antietam
• Fredricksburg

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Battles Events of 1863

• Chancellorsville
• Gettysburg
• The Gettysburg address
• Vicksburg
• Chickamauga
• Chattanooga

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Events Battles 1864-65
Atlanta Election of 1864 Shermans
March Franklin Petersburg Appomatox
Campaign Surrender of Lee Assassination of Lincoln
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Closing Days of the War

• Capture of Jefferson Davis
• Joseph Johnston surrenders to Sherman

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Reconstruction

• Struggle for Equality

• Actions of U.S. Government

• Ratification of 13th,14th, 15th amendment

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WEST VIRGINIA

• BECOMES A STATE- 35TH IN THE UNION

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• Mary Ann Bozeman
• Christopher Godfrey
• Sharon Hutchison