Civil War

Things to Know for the Quiz

• What they ate• When did it start• Bloodiest battles• When did it end• What weapons were used

What was the Civil War?

• The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other sectional names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy.• While the Revolution of 1776-1783 created the United States, the Civil

War of 1861-1865 determined what kind of nation it would be.• www.civilwar.com

Who led the Civil War?

• Abraham Lincoln was the chief-in-commander of the Civil war.• Lincoln was also the president at the time.• who question

Reasons why the civil war changed us.• We know have Hospitals and

ambulances because of the Civil war.• We all are Americans.• why question

Where did the Civil War begin?

• The civil war began in Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina.• www.history.com

Where did the Civil War take place?

• The Civil War took place in the Southern and Northeastern United States.

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Why did the Civil War start?

• The war began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter.

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When did the Civil war begin?

• The Civil War began in 1861, at Fort Sumter, South Carolina • when question

Why did the Civil War affect us?

• it affected multiple ways of life in America, one was it passed the 13th amendment which banned slavery.

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• All the weapons in the picture were used in the civil war

• Most of the weapons were High-Tec compared to the time of the war.

Weapons used in Civil War

How did the civil war finally come to an end?• The official date of the end of the civil war was in the spring of April

9, 1865 when General Robert E Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at the McLean House in the village of Appomattox Court House.• how question

What kind of people fought in the civil war?

• Most of the Union Army was made up of young white men born in North America. Although soldiers generally ranged in age from 18 to 45, boys as young as 12 often served as cavalry buglers or drummer boys.

• Like the Union Army, most Confederate soldiers were under 30. Young boys under 18 sometimes worked as drummer boys.

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When did the states secede from the Union?• South Carolina - December 20, 1860• Florida - January 10, 1861• Georgia - January 19, 1861• Texas - February 1, 1861• when question

What were the Bloodiest Battles?

• Gettysburg--51,000 casualties• Chickamauga--34,624 casualties• Spotsylvania--30,000 casualties• what question

What did they do with the dead?

• Typically, soldiers were buried where they fell on the battlefield. Others were buried near the hospitals where they died. • At most battlefields the dead were exhumed and moved to National

or Confederate cemeteries, but because there were so many bodies, and because of the time and the effort it took, they disinterred some of them. what question

What happened to the prisoners.

• More than 400,000 soldiers were captured over the course of the Civil War.• In the first years of the conflict, equal numbers of captured troops

were regularly exchanged for one another.• what question

How much were soldiers paid?

• A white Union private made thirteen dollars a month; his black counterpart made seven dollars until Congress rectified the discrepancy in 1864.• www.history.com

What did soldiers eat?

• For the most part, neither side ate particularly well. Hardtack and coffee were the staples, in addition to salt pork, corn meal, whatever fruits, vegetables and berries could be collected on the march.• www.history.org

What was the average soldier's age?

• The average Union soldier was 25.8 years old; there is no definite information on the average age of Confederate soldiers, but by the end of the war old men and young boys, who otherwise would have stayed home, were being pressed into service.• www.history.com

Interesting Facts

• The youngest soldier in the Civil War was a 9-year-old boy from Mississippi• The population of the Union was 18.5 million.• Approximately 620,000 soldiers died from combat, accident,

starvation, and disease during the Civil War.• www.history.com

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