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American Civil War 1861 - 1865. Christian Bubat Marc Krämer. Arrangement. Reasons Initial position Development 1. half of war + Coloured troops Turning point Ghettysburg + CSS Hunley Results. Sources : www.wikipedia.de www.americancivilwar.com. Reasons. Ecomony - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Christian Bubat Marc Krmer
ArrangementReasons Initial positionDevelopment 1. half of war+ Coloured troopsTurning point Ghettysburg+ CSS HunleyResults
Sources:www.wikipedia.dewww.americancivilwar.com
Reasons Ecomony+ Influence+ Slavery=>Splitting
Initial situationAdvantage SouthLeadingWeaponsTraining of TroopsNavy
ConfederatedUnionTroops
Begin of WarSecession of South StatesNew President, Constitution and GovermentFailed peace conferenceAttack on Fort Sumter
Development 1. half of warFirst attack of North failedTrainingSuccess in the West +Missisippi regionSouth loosesCut of Texas and Arkansas>Gettysburg
Coloured troopsProclamation of 17th July 1862 by LincolnFreedom for 3 Million Slaves
180.000 coloured Soldiers
The battle of Ghettysburg
July, 1863
In July, 1st, 2nd and 3rd of 1863
Army of northern Virginia (General Robert E. Lee, 75000 men)
Union Army of the Potomac (General George Meade, 97000men)
first day
second day
third day
It remains the great battle of the war although it did not end the war
There fought and died more men than in any other battle of the war
50.000 dead men
23.000 union and 28.000 confederated soldiers
the CSS Hunley
first submarine used in a naval war
1864 submerged the USS Housatonicin the harbour of CharlestonThe Hunley sunk on its way home!Nobody knows how!
burial of the Hunley-crew
lifted 20009 men with broken neck (probably because of the explosion) were found
Results of the war620.000 killed soldiers End of slavery4 million slaves set freeeconomic adjustment of southern statesbeginning of imperialism 3 billion Dollar debt for the unioncentralization of the USA