AMH 2020 0001 page 1 January 13 2015 The Civil war ended in 1865 and started April 1861 It is the most discussed event Lincoln searched for a general to help him lead a successful campaign o Generals are more well known for contributions to the English language than their contributions to the war Only 1 3 of the soldiers in the Civil Was died from war wounds 2 3 of the soldiers in the Civil War died of diseases that were mostly dysentery and Most soldiers drank liquor because they knew that it was safe unlike the water The Union army grew in size while the Confederate army shrank The Union kept its soldiers in platoons by the states they registered to join the army in The Confederacy grouped soldiers into platoons by who signed up to join the army and diarrhea when o Most groups were high school graduates who registered for military service together but Clubs and Fraternities also registered together Confederate lines were stretched thin to avoid flanking There was no eye contact between squadrons the soldiers didn t know if or when supplies were coming the mail system broke down and Lee s army was quickly disintegrating because more than 1 000 soldiers were deserting per day o The Confederacy had the highest desertion rate of any civilized army The Confederate flag had 12 stars but only 11 states were in the Confederacy This is because they were counting on another state joining but it never did AMH 2020 0001 page 2 o Battle flag o Final official Confederate flag Vocabulary Abraham Lincoln Ulysses S Grant 1st Sunday in April of 1865 Lee told Davis was told to return to Confederate White House o Ulysses S Grant was originally Hyram Ulysses Grant but West Pointe Registrar messed up his name Didn t change it because he didn t want his initials H U G on all of his stuff during military career John Wilkes Booth Andrew Johnson Robert E Lee President Jefferson Davis Ford s Theater Presidential Reconstruction 1865 1866 Congressional Reconstruction 1867 1876 Wilbur McClain had the Civil War start and end at his home The Old Lee Mansion is Arlington National Cemetery There were between 2 1 million and 2 6 million injured in Civil War There were about 250 000 deaths in the Civil War AMH 2020 0001 page 3 o 1 in 2 Confederate soldiers died in the war The best and brightest Confederates died in the war protecting their beliefs o 1 in 7 Union soldiers died in the war Vocabulary Radical Reconstruction Tilden Hayes Freedman s Bureau Wade Davis Carpetbaggers People born outside of their current residence Scalawags Support constitutional form of government
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