United States Civil War

A war within one country rather than between two different nations

• Revolution War

• Civil War

• Total War

• Proxy War

First battle of the Civil war

• Battle at Fort Sumter

• Battle of Normandy

• Battle of Lexington

• Battle of Shiloh

First (Major) battle of the Civil war. Indicated the war was going to be long and deadly

• Battle of Richmond

• Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Shiloh

• Battle of Gettysburg

These were known as the lifeblood of the nation and were incredibly important for the union when it came to transporting troops and supplies during the war

• Telegraph Lines

• Railroads

• Ironclads

• Ration Packs

President of the Union when the Civil War broke out

• Andrew Johnson

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Jackson

President of the Confederacy during the Civil War

• Andrew Johnson

• Jefferson Davis

• Andrew Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

Became President after the Civil War and was one of the top generals for the Union Army

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• George McClellan

• Stonewall Jackson

Top General of the Confederate Army

• Robert E. Lee

• Stonewall Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

Used by the Union so President Lincoln could transmit messages to his troops almost instantaneously

• Railroad

• Pony Express

• Telegraph

• Telephone

This battle was General Lee's first attempt at invading the Northern Union States during the Civil War

• Battle of Shiloh

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Vicksburg

• Battle of Bull Run