Important people
Who was the commander of the confederate army
Robert E. Lee
The civil war started in this year
1861
Unuion general Irvin McDowell against the confederate army
First battle of bull run
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called who
Abolitionist
What part of the U.S were more battles fought the north or the south
South
Who was the president during the civil war
Abe Lincoln
The civil war ended in what year
1865
Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant are suprised in in Tennessee and have 23,000 casualties between the both of the army’s
Battle of Shiloh
what invention sped up the process of cotton processing
Eli Whitney’s cotton gin
What were some effects of the war in the south
Cities, buildings, plantations, were burned and destroyed, and slaves were freed
Who was the confederate president during the Civil War
Jefferson Davis
13th amendment ends slavery in what year
1865
Victory for Gen.Stonewall Jackson against Gen.John Pope is blamed for the loss
Second battle of Bull Run
What was the south’s main source of income
Slave economy/ cotton
Who was the best confederate general
Stonewall Jackson
Lincoln requested the enlistment for 500,000 men
1861
The bloodiest day in U.S history, and 26,000 men are killed
Antietam
What river split the south into two
Mississippi River
A former slave that became a figure head in the anti-slave movement
Frederick Douglass
First ever military draft
1863
Gen.Ambrose Burnside lost in_______VA, and lost 13,000 Union casualties
Fredericksburg
What about the south made slavery necessary
Large plantations, very agricultural, and needed slaves for cotton picking