General Stonewall Jackson

-born in Clarksburg, West Virginia on January 21,1824

-died on May 10,1863

-skilled military tactician

-Confederate General

-served as general under Robert E. Lee

- leading troops at Manassas, Antietam and Fredericksburg

Ulysses S. Grant

-born in Point Pleasant, Ohio on April 27,1822

-died on July 23, 1885

-Union General

-18th president of the United States

-colonel of the 21st Illinois Regiment, June 17, 1861

-Battles engaged: Battle of Fort Donelson, Battle of Shiloh, Siege of Vicksburg,Chattanooga Campaign, Overland Campaign, Siege of Petersburg, Appomattox Campaign

-made Robert E. Lee surrender to win the Civil War

Battle of Antietam

-began on September 22, 1862 at Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland

-McClellan (Union) vs Robert E. Lee (Confederate)

-deadliest one-day battles in military history

-faced off across a 30 acre cornfield owned by David Miller

-carnage began after the Union fired first at the Confederate's left flank

-close range fire with cannons and muskets

-around 23,0000 casualties and an estimated 3,650 dead

-McClellan forced Lee's troops to retreat and forced his troops away from Maryland

-The Union took the victory over the Confederates on Union Soil

Fredrick Douglas

-Born in Cordova, Maryland

-after escaping slavery, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York

-helped African Americans/slaves to sign up to go into war for the Union Army

-recruited both of his sons Charles and Lewis into the 54th Regiment

-Main Goal: to abolish slavery

Jefferson Davis

-born in Christian County, Kentucky

-Febuary 1861 elected to be the president of the Confederacy states

-concentrated on war strategy and not domestic politcs

-viewed slavery as a positive aspect for our country

-thought it was beneficial for our economy to have slave labor

-proslavery

Reconstruction Successes

-Expanison of South's economy

• sell crops and goods to make profit

-Creation of the 13th , 14th and 15th amendments

-Enforcement Act of 1870

• protected black rights to vote, to hold office, to serve on juries, and recieve equal protection of laws

Reconstruction Failures

-The creation of the Ku Klux Klan

-Poverty in the South

-Jim Crow Laws

• made to legal to have white only and black only public schools, public places, restrooms, restaurants, and drinking fountains

Definitions

abolitionist- someone who is against slavery

blockade- the North keeping ships from leaving or entering southern ports

border states- Deleware, Kentucky, Maryland, and missouri

confederate- supporting the south

union- supporting the north

emancipation- freedom of slavery

musket-firearm fired from the shoulder

navy- a branch of military using ships to conduct warfare

rebel- loyal to the confederate states

yankee- a northerner , loyal to the federal government of the United States