The Civil War was fought from 1861 to 1865 between the Union states of the North and the Confederate states of the South. There were over 50 major battles and thousands of minor battles, resulting in over 620,000 deaths among soldiers. The Union had advantages in population, industry, and naval power, while the South had advantages in geography and experienced military leaders like Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. Ultimately, the Union's greater resources and General Ulysses S. Grant's effective strategies led to the South's defeat and the end of the war in April 1865.

2. The Civil War was fought from1861 to1864.

3. 

The Union - 23 states, including four border slave
states
The Confederacy - 11 states

4. INTRODUCTION

Tensions between the Northern states
(the Union) and Southern states (the
Confederate)

states' rights, authority and slavery

5. 
Bombardment of Fort Sumter in South
Carolina

Battles at Bull Run, Antietam, Gettysburg
and Vicksburg

6. 
The Civil War consisted of more than 50 major
battles and 5000 minor battles.

Over 620,000 of 2.4 million soldiers were
killed, millions more were injured and the
population and territory of the South were
devastated.

7. 
It was the costliest war of America.

8. Northern and southern advantages

(Union advantages)

Population

22 million in the Union and 9 million in the
Confederacy.

Industry, firearms, railroad equipment

9. (South Advantages)

Geography

experienced military leaders

10. The Union and Confederate Navies

90 ships at the start of the war to 650
vessels of all types. (the Union)

various ironclads and a lot of minor
vessels. (the Confederate)

11. Leaders of the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
President of the
United States

12. 
the Commander-in-Chief of the Union
Army

He issued the Emancipation
Proclamation.

end of the slavery in the United States

13. Jefferson Davis
President of the
Confederate States
of America

14. 
Commander - in - Chief of the
Confederate Army

a great military leader

many victories during the Civil War

15. Ulysses S. Grant
Leader of the
Union Army

16. 
trained at the Military Academy at West
Point, New York

an excellent military leader

president of the United States twice

17. Robert Edward Lee
General-in-chief of the
Confederate army

18. 
the greatest general-in-chief of the
Confederate State army.

every virtue of great commanders

West Point Military Academy

refused the request of President Lincoln

19. The Confederacy’s Defeat

despaired

stronger, more troops

General Lee surrendered

end of the war on April 9, 1865 .

20. Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation
- the freedom of all slaves

21. Freedmen's Bureau

4 million slaves were
freed in the U.S.

new but hard life

22. 
look to the United States government for
help

The Freedmen's Bureau aided freed
slaves in1865 –1872.

help find lost family for African

teach to read and write

23. Cost of the Civil War

difficult to measure

computation of several researchers

total direct cost
 $ 3,365,846 - the North
 $ 3,285,900 - the South

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