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Civil War
Battles
Battle Of Nashville
The Battle of Nashville shattered the Confederate Army of Tennessee and marked the end of major Confederate offensives in the Western theater during the Civil War.
Battle of Gettysburg
This battle was one of the most important battles of the Civil War for the North. Robert e. Lee had invaded the North and was trying to defeat the Union Army . The Battle of Gettysburg was the deadliest battle of the Civil War. There were about 46,000
casualities and including nearly 8,000 deaths.
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Battle of Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11 to15, 1862. The battle was one of the largest and deadliest of the war. Resulting in 18,000 deaths and included the Civil War’s first urban combat.
Women
Hundreds of women served as spies for the Confederate and Union armies in the Civil War. Women spies did anything possile to gather valuable military information.
Women Soldiers
Women werent allowed to join the military at the time. But over 400 women still served as secret soldiers in the Civil War. What these women did was to disguised themselves as men and gave themselves masculine names.
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Medicine
Sutures
The doctors of the North used the silk thread for stitching wounds. It was strong, light and "slick" , making it much easier during stitching.
Amputation
Amputation was the most common surgery during the Civil War The wait for the treatment could be a day, or maybe even two . When the treatment was finally done on a soldier, it was not always done antiseptically..
Morphine
Morphine was used in the Civil War to relieve soldiers after surgical procedures that was performed in field hospitals. Even though Morphine had side effects it held up more than all other pain relievers.
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Generals
General Thomas Jackson
In 1862, He led a smaller Confederate force in the 'Shenandoah Valley Campaign' . He comammned and Surprisingly beating a much larger Union army. He also instructed the 'First Battle of Bull Run, the Second Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg'
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General Ulysses S. Grant
He served as the commander of the Union forces. Torwards the end of the war he led the Union to victory. Before he became a offical commander he gave the Union its first major victories by capturing Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. Then, he went on to becoming the 18th President of the United States.
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Presidents
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis was born in Kentucky, on June 3, 1808. He was a 19th century U.S. senator. And was the president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
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Abraham Lincoln
What Abraham Lincoln's role was he led in preserving the Union during the Civil War and began the process of the ' Emancipation Proclamation' and it led to ending of slavery in the United States.
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African Americans
African American soldiers were not given the same rights as whites. White soldiers earned 13 dollars a month with a additional 3 dollars clothing allowance. However, African American soldiers earned 10 dollars a month and had 3 dollarsremoved from their earnings.
Over 200,000 African Americans, equaling to 10% of the entire military force, served in the Union military. And 37,000 died fighting for the Union.
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, African Americans probably had the most vested interest in the outcome of the Civil War. Although, Their freedom and human rights were at stake. The Confederacy was fighting to preserve a way of life that included slavery based on race.
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Children
Children were impacted by the Civil War as well. Children of freed or escaped slaves often ended up in 'Contraband' camps.
Essentially, diseases and illness spread through the camp because of the poor conditions they were living in .
Children were sent to work in fields for their families in need. They were treated and payed poorly. Children earned at least
1/4 of what an ordinary adult
would receive.
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