Civil War

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Abraham Lincoln

16th President of the United States and during the Civil War.

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Jefferson Davis

President of the Confederate States of America (Southern states that broke away from United States/ Union).

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How long was the Civil War?

1861-1865

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North Advantages

More people, more factories, more railroads.

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Emancipation Proclamation

Issued by Lincoln, freed enslaved people in Confederate States still at war.

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Battle of Gettysburg

Deadliest battle of the Civil War. A turning point because it stopped a Southern invasion into the North.

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Number of Casualties of the Civil War (1861-1865)

620,000+

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13th Amendment

Abolished slavery in the United States.

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Appomattox Court House

Famous as the site of the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant.