The American Civil War

5th Grade American Historywith Mr. Flemming

Civil War

• 1861 – 1865• Abraham Lincoln was president• Slavery was the main issue• Southern states seceded from the United

States• Troops were sent to squash the rebellion• The American Civil War is born

Civil War

• Southern states formed the Confederate States of America

• Their capital: Richmond, VA• Their president: Jefferson Davis• Short name: the Confederacy• Top General: Robert E. Lee

The Confederate Flag

Robert E. Lee

Civil War

• The North was known as the Union• The Union’s top general was Ulysses S. Grant• President Lincoln was still president of the

United States even though the south didn’t see it that way

U.S. Flag in 1861

Ulysses S. Grant

Civil War

• Infamous battle at Gettysburg• An estimated 51,000 soldiers were killed,

captured, wounded, or missing• President Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg

Address in Gettysburg, PA

Additional Civil War notes

• Harriet Tubman was a spy for the Union and a nurse

Reconstruction

• 1865-1877• Abraham Lincoln assassinated by John Wilkes

Booth in a theater• Andrew Johnson became President• Not as concerned about former slaves• Black Codes passed• Birth of “Jim Crow” laws