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The Civil War

Published on Nov 25, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

THE CIVIL WAR

Photo by Rennett Stowe

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Fort Sumter
Commanded by major Robert Anderson
Started the civil war

Gettysburg

  • 51,000 people died at gettysburg
  • Confederate forces were lead by robert E. Lee
  • Abraham Lincoln gave his address there after the battle
  • Turnong point in the civil war
  • July 1-3 1863
Photo by Tim Evanson

VICKSBURG

  • Strategic spot in the souths shipping industry
  • Grant vs. Pemberton
  • May 18 – July 4, 1863

CHICKAMAUGA

  • Key known battle in the civil war
  • Braxton braggs VS. Willaim rosecrans
  • Walker county Georgia
  • September 19–20, 1863
Photo by vanherdehaage

BATTLE OF WILSONS CREEK

  • In Missouri
  • Nathaniel lyon VS. Sterling Pierce
  • The union was forced to retreat
  • August 10, 1861
Photo by (chris-gill)

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EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION/GETTYSBURG

  • Gettysburg address was on june 1, 1865
  • Both give Given by Abraham Lincoln
  • Emancipation proclomation declared slaves free in ten states
  • Gettysburg address lasted 2 minutes

COLONEL PH. ANDERSON

  • He was a slave then freeed
  • Went to fight for the north
  • He earned the rank of colonel

PRIVATE WILLIAM NORTON

  • In the 7th Connecticut volunteer infantry
  • Suffered from chronic diarrhea
  • He asked for food clothing and money
  • He was very desperate
Photo by Rennett Stowe

SAMUEL BROOKS

  • Feared for his life because yakees were coming
  • Was leaving his town to get out of the way of sherman
  • His son was in the war
  • He feared for his son life
  • He and his wife were shot at
Photo by Marion Doss

TECHNOLOGY

  • Cannons
  • Muskets
  • Cotin gin
  • Gun powder
Photo by Hopeful in NJ

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African American soldiers in the civil war

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