Civil War

25. Appomattox Court House

is the small town in Virginia where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to the Union General Ulysses S. Grant, thus ending the Civil War.

21. American Civil War

(Civil War) was fought from 1861-1865.

24. Siege of Vicksburg, MS

Capture by the Union forces in 1863, effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union.

26. Battle of Shiloh

The North won and effectively gained control of the state of Tennessee and gained easy access to the northern part of the Mississippi River.

21b. American Civil War

This war was also called the "War Between the States".

21a. American Civil War

This war was fought between the northern states (Union) and the southern states (Confederacy or Confederate States).

20. Confederate States of America

the 11 southern states who seceded from the Union in 1860-1861. This group fought the north during the American Civil War.

21c. American Civil War

two major causes were States Rights Issues and Slavery.

19. Secession

was in reference to the Civil War when 11 southern states formally withdrew from the Union from 1860-1861.

30. Abraham Lincoln

was the 16th President of the United States who successfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days after the Civil War ended.

29. Robert E. Lee

was the Commander of the Confederate Army.

28. Ulysses S. Grant

was the General of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the North.

27. Jefferson Davis

was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

23. Battle of Gettysburg

was the turning point in the Civil War for the North. Confederate Troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again.

22. Fort Sumter (S.C.)

was where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.