The American Civil War1861-1865

Nir Gavrielov, Ido Ben Shaul, Hagar Abergel and Adi Inbar

The American Civil War took place between 1861 - 1865. The war was between the United States (the Union/ the North) and the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy/ the South).

General Details

- Union states (the North)

- Union states which permitted slavery (border states)

- Confederate states (the South)

Legend:

- Areas which were not states before or during the American Civil War.

Map of the division of the states during the Civil War.

Richmond

Washington

The South was led by Jefferson Davis. The North was led by Abraham Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln 16th President (1861–1865) Jefferson Davis - the only President of the Confederate States of America (1861–1865)

General Robert E. Lee – the commander of the Confederate Army

General Ulysses S. Grant – the commander of the Union Army

The Flag of the North The Flag of the South

The Uniform of the North The Uniform of the South

The Causes of the WarThe North was based on industry. The south was based on agriculture and growing cotton, which required large number of workers who were slaves.

When Abraham Lincoln, who was against slavery, was elected President, states began to leave the United States and formed the Confederate States of America, which allowed slavery.

Abraham Lincoln announced that the states’ secession was illegal, and therefore those states had rebelled against the United States and he declared war on them.

When new states were formed in the west of the United States a question arose: what economy would those states be based on (on industry – like in the North, or on agriculture that depended upon slavery – like in the South)?

The North pushed to completely abolish slavery. The South feared that losing the slaves would cause them severe economic damage.

The slavery

The status of the alliance

Main Events* 12th April 1861 – the Civil War began with the attack of the

Confederate Army on Fort Sumter in South Carolina.

* 1st-3rd August 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg:the battle with the largest number of casualties in the

American Civil War.The South was defeated in this battle.

The two armies suffered between 46,000 and 51,000 casualties.

* 2nd April 1865 – The North conquered the Confederate capital – Richmond (in Virginia).

* 9th April 1865 – the South surrendered to the North and the surrender treaty was signed by the commanders of the armies.

Results• The North won the war.• The Confederacy was dismantled.• Slavery was abolished.• The Confederate States were reaccepted into the Union.• It was decided that no state is allowed to leave the United

States.

• During the war about 620,000 men were killed and hundreds of thousands of others were wounded.

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