CIVIL WAR BOOK

SLAVERY
-the south Thought that the abolition of slavery would destroy the economy. The north felt slavery should be abolished for moral reasons.

States rights
-southern states claimed the right to have slaves through states rights.

Sectionalism
-the south seceded from the union didn't want Abraham Lincoln to free their slaves.

BATTLE OF FORT SUMTER

• Fort Sumter was bombarded and surrendered.
• After was the secession of seven states.
• The Confederacy won.
• "They have started a war that they wish they could've avoided."
• "We must protect our right to keep slaves."

BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

• 23,000 men fell making it the bloodiest day in American history.
• The union won.
• "We will fight to free slaves no matter what the costs."
• "Lincoln will never take away our slaves."

BATTLE AT GETTYSBURG

• This battle prevented lee's second invasion of the north.
• The union won.
• "We stopped the confederacy now- and we'll stop them overall.
• "The union may have won this battle but we will never give up."

BATTLE OF VICKSBURG

• The union once again had control over lower Mississippi
• The union won
• "Mississippi is ours, and we will win."
• "We cannot let the north advance further."

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

• This proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln freed slaves.
• "We have been blessed by God with the power of freedom."

SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE

• The surrender by Robert E. Lee set the stage for the end of the civil war.
• "This tedious war fought for freedom will finally be ended."
• "Our economy is sure to be ruined, and our lives will deteriorate without slaves."

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

• "WE ARE ALL EQUAL, AND ONE MAN IS NO BETTER THAN ANOTHER, NOR HAS THE RIGHT TO OWN any OTHER."

JEFFERSON DAVIS

• "We are superior and must fight to keep slaves in order to sustain a strong economy, or our society will fail."

ULYSSES S. GRANT

• The union general
• "I will fight to protect those who cannot protect themselves, and whom on their own cannot retaliate against those who wrong against them."

ROBERT E. LEE

• The confederate general
• "I will do what I need to to support what I believe in."

THOMAS "STONEWALL" JACKSON

• Was a confederate general.
• Served under Robert E. Lee.
• He led troops at manassas and Antietam .
• He was the best known confederate commander (after Robert e. Lee.)

PHILIP BAZZAR

• Was an ordinary American seaman.
• Received the Medal of Honor for valor in the battle for fort fisher.

WILLIAM CARNEY

• Was an African American soldier. (Sergeant)
• He is considered to be the first African American to receive a Medal of Honor.
• He received the Medal of Honor for his gallantry during the Battle of Fort Wagner.

THE ASSASSINATION

• Abraham Lincoln was shot in ford's theatre.
• He was the first American president to be assassinated.
• He was killed by John Wilkes booth.
• "Our leader has been lost, but the war has still been won."
• "Lincoln lose his life, as he destroyed our lives."