CIVIL WAR COMPUTER COMPETENCY

By: Chase Fair

When did the civil war occur? The civil war started April 12, 1861. The end

of the war was April 9, 1865

States on the Union Side

Union: Oregon, California, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Masochists, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine

Confederate and Border

Border: Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia

Confederate: Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia

Alliance formed during the civil war

Napoleon: French+ British

Confederate Leaders

Confederate Jefferson

Davis Robert E. Lee Stonewall

Jackson Braxton

Bragg

Union Leaders

Union Abraham

Lincoln Ulysses Grant William T.

Shannon John Brown

Facts about John Brown

Married Daintier Lusk in 1826 Fallowed sons to Arkansas in 1855 Married Mary Anne Day in 1833 Born inn Torrington Connecticut Meets Fredrick Douglas in 1847

The Main Battles of the Civil War Fort Sumter 1st battle of the Bull Run 2nd Battle of Fort Fisher Battle of Appomattox Courthouse Battle of Gettysburg

The Main Weapons

Artillery: These weapons are any weapons bigger then small arms, they are also known as cannons and where a big help in the war, the union had a very large lead on the number of these they had

Edged weapons: These are weapons that have a sharp edge such as swords, lances, stuff like that, but they where mostly used to show ranking in the armies

Weapons continued

Small Arms: Small arms are anything small enough to be carried in hand or on the shoulder of a soldier. They where the main weapon class that was in the civil war and caused more deaths that most other weapons. Like the artillery, the north pr the union had a much higher number or these then the confederate did.

Vehicles

One of the special vehicles in the civil war where special ships call “iron clad” these ships where made of iron and where much harder to sink.

The other transportation was really only horse drawn wagons and horses themselves

America’s Future

The civil war is a big part of our history, it’s one of the main things to end slavery, and also stopped states from creating laws that didn’t go along with the laws of the country itself.

End

The civil wars ends with the surrender of the southern states in the in Appomattox Court House, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses Grant, thus effectively ending the Civil War.

Is Everything on the Internet True? No, anyone can make a website, and

websites like Wikipedia let people edit the pages, therefore, any one could post false information.

Works Cited

Civil War handouts “American Civil War ends.” 2011. The

History Channel website. Mar 28 2011, 12:20 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-civil-war-ends

. Sterngass, Jon, and . John Brown. New York, NY: Infobase Publishing, 2009. Print.