The Civil War 1861 1865 Union Confederate Basic

The Civil War 1861 -1865 Union Confederate

Basic Information • The American Civil War started with Abraham Lincoln's victory in the presidential election of 1860. • The war lasts from 1861 to 1865. • 623, 000 Americans were killed. • Cost of the war = $20 Billion.

Causes of the Civil War • Issue of Slavery. • Abolitionists. • South fears they will lose power in the National Government. (States Rights) • Southern States Secede from the Union after Lincolns election. • Confederate attack on Fort Sumter.

Beginning and End • The Civil war begins at Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861. • The war ends on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrenders to Grant at the Appomattox court house.

Fort Sumter

Appomattox court house

Jefferson Davis

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

Robert E. Lee

New or Improved technology of the Civil War • The Minie Bullet. • Cannons. Exploding Shells. • Ironclad ships.

Medical tools of the Civil War

Death Toll • Union -110, 000 Battle Deaths • Union – 224, 580 Disease • • Confederate – 94, 000 Battle Confederate 164, 000 Disease

The Civil War was total warthe destruction of everything, not limited to military targets.

Effects of the Civil War • Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation. (13 th Amendment) • Northern Economy booms. • South loses its cotton trade with Britain. • Total war destroys the economy of the South. • Over 600, 000 Americans are killed.